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Friday, May 30th, 2008

15 Quick Cooking Tip

Many of us are time pressured. We want to cook healthy meals for our family but, between working long hours and spending time with our partner and kids, we just haven’t got time to cook, have we?

Actually, there is time. By changing your methods, looking through your recipe collection for quick healthy recipes or searching online for free recipes, you can cook healthy meals for your family and do everything else.

Here are 15 quick cooking tips to help you:-

• Spend a weekend re-organising your kitchen - move saucepans nearer to your cooker, keep knives in a block on the worktop or on a magnetic strip on the wall, hang utensils on hooks above the work surface and know where measuring jugs and bowls are. Having things to hand and knowing where things are will cut down preparation time.
• When you have found some healthy recipes or low fat recipes, read through them and choose ones that have fewer steps or ingredients. Some free recipes online will give preparation and cooking times to help you plan.
• Read through the recipe first and then gather together all of the ingredients and equipment you will need before you start.
• Prepare a washing up bowl of hot soapy water so you can throw things in it to soak or wash up when things are cooking.
• Plan ahead and use shortcuts - buy ready chopped vegetables and prepared salads.
• Multi-task - while one thing is cooking prepare the next step.
• If you are chopping onions, peppers or herbs, chop twice the amount and freeze - this will save time in the future as they will be on hand for healthy recipes and vegetable recipes.
• Use the microwave - speed up grilled chicken by microwaving it first on medium high until it starts to turn white and then grill.
• Build a collection of recipes - keep a file on your computer or a ring binder file of favourite healthy recipes which are quick to prepare and cook. Choose a range of recipes - diet recipes, vegetarian recipes, dessert recipes and low carb recipes.
• Keep ingredients you use frequently on hand and within reach.
• Use a magnetic, erasable shopping list board on the fridge to note down items as you run low on them. That way you will never run out of vital ingredients.
• Don’t rush - Rushing around can cause mistakes and accidents and therefore add more time to cooking.
• Ask your children to help by laying the table, washing up and grating cheese etc.
• If you are making a sauce, make double and freeze a batch.
• Have a plastic bag or container on the work top for rubbish so that you don’t have to keep going to the rubbish bin.

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