Save time on cooking

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1.  Plan your weekly menu before you begin cooking. Once a week devote time to plan the dishes and if it is possible the snacks of the whole week, taking into consideration the following factors :

Opt for the staple dishes for example once a week cook red meat, beef or pork, once chicken or turkey,  once fish, once legumes, vegetables cooked with oil or roasted  and one day opt for meals that look like fast food such as burgers, club sandwich, crepes, pizza and so on. Everyday meals must contain the essential elements for our organism such as carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins and trace elements. Consider the available time during the week as extra obligations hinder us from cooking.
Before planning the weekly menu, verify the particulars and your family's choices. There may be a need to consult a nutritionist or a physician for a particular issue.

weekly menu

2.   When you go shopping, have the shopping list with the ingredients for your weekly menu.

3. Opt for dishes that are easy to prepare, don’t require much time, and are considered healthy.There are recipes for one pot in most cuisines, where the pot can be a pan, a wok, a hull, or another piece of cookware.

easy prepared dish

4. Buy frozen products such as pizza, cheese pies, tortillas, or prepared food in case of an emergency. It's better to opt for the healthy version of frozen ones such as vegetables.

5. Some foods consist of similar ingredients for example melting tomato with onions, you can prepare a common mixture in many dishes. You can prepare this mixture over the weekend and use it during the week by cooking two or more dishes containing it.

 6. An organized kitchen is a key factor in saving time, as the utensils should be available every time, avoiding spending time searching for suitable ones.

7. Sometimes when the aim is to satisfy all the family members having different tastes, try to make food by using some similar ingredients. For example, you can make pasta with minced – meat, pastitsio (a Greek food) and moussaka (another type of Greek traditional food). Pastitsio and moussaka can be baked in the same pan by divided with baking paper.

8. A good solution for working people is the use of freeze, so in the freeze you can preserve the cooked meal in excess, to consume it after a few days. This trend is called “Batch Cooking” when you devote one day to cook a large amount of food and store it in the freezer by using airtight containers. Another solution is to store a base recipe that can be added or adapted to more than one dish such as tomato sauce, or dough suitable for pizza, crepes, or pies.

9. Ask for the support of other members of your family and organize the tasks of each member respecting their daily schedule and other obligations.

1 10. Invest part of your free time in learning and improving your cooking skills, as this will help you to reduce cooking time and to find smart solutions for healthy and tasteful meals.

111.Keep in mind that you can replace a cooking meal without losing nutritional ingredients with nuts, fruits and cereals,  items that you can consume on the go.