@Bobbinyc Thanks for the kind words.
I've tried (always a few blips) to cut out sweets. Cutting back on small things ( eating yogurt with 10g of sugar instead of 20g of suger, or putting 1 pack of sugar in coffee instead of 2 packs might seem trivial on an individual basis but it keeps my sugar craving meter in check.
Sunday is my cheat day where i have pancakes or pizza slices or burgers but try to keep my calories in check and not go completley off the deep end. A beer or two also if im in the mood.
Monday to Saturday I really try to prepare all my meals. I enjoy cooking for an hour an making a nice meal but its not realistic for me to do all the time. I want fast and healthy. Im willing to sacrifice a little on quality for fast. So I try to focus on fast ready made meals that I can have ready in under 5 minutes using a microwave or frying pan. So once in awhile Ill spend half a day making individual portions that I freeze. Some of the items include:
Frozen Chicken breasts - I buy the large breasts at grocery store. Butterfly them in half then cook like 3 trays (yields about 36 portions ranging from 4 to 6 ounces when cooked) that are seasoned only with a bit of spray olive oil and pepper). I let them cool, packaged each one in a sandwich bag, weight them and mark it on the bag for logging. When I want to use these, I usually take one or two out and leave them in the fridge to dethaw. If it is still al little frozen I throw it in the microwave to defrost for a bit. I use these chicken breasts for strips on salads, quick chicken sandwiches or grill them on the bbq wen everyone else is having burgers, make a simple chicken parm with them, dice them up and throw them in pasta sauces, etc.
Sweet Potato packs - I am addicted to sweet potatoes. So I buy about a dozen at a time and bake them in the oven whole for an hour+, mash em up in a large bowl, then freeze sandwich bags with individula 1 cup portions. I press the bags completley flat and as thin as possible pressing all the air out. When I want sweet potato side I either put a bag in the fridge beforehand or run them under warm water for a bit, break them up fast and then microwave them for 20 seconds bursts. Doesnt take long at all to do that.
Frozen Pasta Packs - I buy the family sized portions of cheese tortellini, divide them up into individual portion packs (usually around 400 cals per pack), suck all the air out of them and freeze them in sandwich bags, then cook them for meals.
Frozen Pasta Sauce Packs - In the past, whenever i used a jar of sauce I would have a lot of waste. So now I buy the snack pack bags and freeze 1/2 cup portions and freeze them flat just like the sweet potato. Use them for pasa or to make my chicken parm.
Frozen Carrot mash - Simple, buy 5lb bags of carrots, clean and cut into 1 inch chunks. Boil everything and then mash it up, add parsley, little bit of butter and a bit of garlic power. Freeze flat packs just like sweet potatos so it is ready fast.
The next thing I want to add to my list is frozen breakfast burritos.
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