Tuesday Morning Chef
One of the ways to reach good health is to make sure you are preparing most of your meals at home. Lately, I have been striving to make 95% of my meals at home with the added challenge of using as many TRUE foods as possible.
Tuesday morning is my main cooking day. I prepare foods or recipes that turn into healthy meals throughout the week. I have been perfecting the use of a weekly menu plan that has really helped organize everything and save us a lot at the grocery store. Well, unless its an impulse grocery shop. I’ll write up a post in the future about how I use my weekly menu plan.
ANYWAY . . .
Tuesday morning starts with a wake up call anywhere from 7-8am. I have to make sure I get sleep though as I usually don’t get back home until 1:30am from school.
I start with a cup of decaf coffee and a breakfast of overnight oats . . . my new obsession.
Then I get my menu plan and write out exactly what I am going to be making. On the bottom is a list of steps prioritized of things I have to Mise En Place (French for have everything in place). This helps as I get the stuff that takes longer started first or I can see if I have a gap of time to do some other prep work for another food. NO TIME WASTED IN THE KITCHEN!!!
Once things are ready to be cooked, I take a brief intermission and clean up the area. This also means doing a sink full (or more) of dishes. I try and use as least dishes as possible, but it doesn’t always work out.
And sometimes there are a few casualties . . .
But the payoff is always good . . .
Asian Leafy Greens
Chicken Sausage Crumbles
Spicy ChickPea Snack (recipe HERE)
Millet Burgers
Ginger Juice
I usually have an early lunch/snack that contains a mix of what I made.
Asian greens, chicken sausage crumbles, ginger carrot salad (not made today)
Then its time to pack it all up, do another sink full of dishes, and do it all over again at school tonight.
Good thing I love it 
P.S – Recipes for Asian Leafy Greens, Millet Burgers and Ginger Juice coming soon!!
When do you get all your cooking done?
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9 Responses to Tuesday Morning Chef
I get most of my cooking done on the weekends. But, I am also out of the meal planning habit which, as I am sure you are aware, can cause chaos for those of us who eat all of our meals from scratch!
I am very intrigued by ginger juice and what it is for.
I was hoping someone would ask!
Answer coming in a future post
Menu planning IS tough when you make everything. Its well worth the time and money!
Do you use a special spreadsheet for yours? And where do you usually get your meal ideas from?
I do all my kitchen prep work on Sunday. It’s really the only time when I have an entire day to play. I’ve found that if I plan ahead and do the work then I can eat healthier for the entire week. I also don’t have to come home from work and do a bunch of cooking which I like a lot.
Yes, it seems like a lot of work but it really does save a ton of time during the week AND it makes sure your eating healthier
Wow! So organized….
I work 6 days a week and 5 of those days are 10 hour days + 1 hour each way commuting. So 12 hours away from home. Even with all that time away, I still don’t menu plan, though I really should. I just come home and start chopping whatever vegetables are in the fridge and stick them in a pan or start them “roasting” in the toaster oven. Then maybe stick a grain in the rice cooker.
I really should utilize my day off better (Wednesdays — tomorrow!)
Wow, Christine they are working you like crazy at the winery huh?
Its good to plan, just make sure you rest and relax on your day off too
Num, num, num, num, num! I wish I could hire you!!!
I made a New Year’s Resolution to cook more, but so far it hasn’t happened. I still have 10 months left to achieve my goal.
I get very overwhelmed with the organization/cleaning aspect.
One nifty thing I’ve been eating with dinner, kind of as a appetizer while nuking my food, is a vegetarian spring roll! Never eaten those things in my life. Def not a sushi fan, but these are pretty good! (Although I always think to myself, these would be perfect with some chicken in side!!)
Aww, thanks!
Cooking seems very daunting at first . . . especially healthy cooking but I promise you it is not overwhelming once you got the basics down.
I plan to do a lot of work on helping people realize the importance of eating real true foods and how they can make it easy to do for themselves.
Stay tuned!!
That would be great! I know the importance of eating real whole foods, unfortunately I don’t have the easy part down, nor the planning, clean up, & organizing!! I’m all ears!!!