Ideas for finishing dinner cooking on time
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Meal prep and planning. Plan what you need to cook in advance. I usually plan on Saturday all the following week, batch cooking. Take a day (usually 2/3 hours)and make multiple things that will be cooked during the week. For example you can make lasagna, divide it in portions and freeze it. You can cook veg and they will last a couple of days in the fridge. You can pre cook lentils/beans/chickpeas and use then when needed. Will not take more than 30min a meal this way. Usually even less. Go on Instagram and follow people that do batch cooking so you know what to do. For example you want to cook meat and veg on the slow cooker? Chop all and divide in portions, put in the freezer, when the times come you just take a bag and put in the slow cooker. Seems nothing but the amount of time saved is considerable
@Alessia could you suggest one ? I do try meal prep sometimes however not being consistent with it and not sure what veg I could freeze and others that I couldn’t
Come up with 5 quick go-to meal ideas. Maybe start with a protein that is precooked like sausage, a ham slice, or tofu. Steam a veggie in the microwave (6 min in a microwave steamer) and add a stove-top carb side. Stuffing is a stereotype, but cous cous and chickpea rice are healthy options that also fluff right up in boiling water. Maybe look up some quickies for your air fryer too. Once you have five or so picked out, keep the ingredients for one dish in your fridge from week to week. If you don't have your ham or sausage by the weekend/grocery day, have it for breakfast and try something else the following week.