Have you ever had a long day at the office and the last thing you wanted to do was go home and spend 2 hours in the kitchen? I think we all have experienced that. Not to mention, having to do the dishes after eating.
Why cook when you can just go pick something up from the fast food joint? It's a lot easier, however, it's expensive and unhealthy without a doubt. Our goal is to get us all into the kitchen and stop spending money eating out.
Cooking is easier than you think and obviously healthier because you can control the ingredients that go into each meal.
There is one thing that you have to do in order to get dinner to the table without spending all night dedicated to this and it can be summarized with one word. Planning.
Step 1 - You need to calendar your meals each week. Find a calendar and write out your meals for the week. I try to cook Sunday - Thursday. It's really important to make enough for lunch the next day. For example, if I'm making dinner on Monday, I try to make enough for the following day. This saves a lot of money! Even though lunches are only $5 per lunch, it adds up quickly.
Step 2 - Make a shopping list of ingredients you need. Many times, when compared to what you already have at home, you'll find that you don't really need to purchase a lot of ingredients at the grocery store.
Step 3 - Get to the store with your grocery list early on Sunday morning in order to beat the rush because this trip can take anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour depending on what day and time you go.
Step 4 - This is the easiest step. Cook. Once you have all the ingredients at home, cooking is easy. Have you ever watched a cooking show and saw how easy it was for them to make the meal because everything was within arms reach? This is how it should be for you in the kitchen, each night.
Final step - Make your husband, wife or kids wash all the dishes. You did the hard part of buying the groceries and cooking the meal (even though cooking was the fun part...shhh), it's time for them to pitch in.
After a couple months, you will be addicted to cooking and you will see your savings increase and you will probably lose some pounds, too.
Why cook when you can just go pick something up from the fast food joint? It's a lot easier, however, it's expensive and unhealthy without a doubt. Our goal is to get us all into the kitchen and stop spending money eating out.
Cooking is easier than you think and obviously healthier because you can control the ingredients that go into each meal.
There is one thing that you have to do in order to get dinner to the table without spending all night dedicated to this and it can be summarized with one word. Planning.
Step 1 - You need to calendar your meals each week. Find a calendar and write out your meals for the week. I try to cook Sunday - Thursday. It's really important to make enough for lunch the next day. For example, if I'm making dinner on Monday, I try to make enough for the following day. This saves a lot of money! Even though lunches are only $5 per lunch, it adds up quickly.
Step 2 - Make a shopping list of ingredients you need. Many times, when compared to what you already have at home, you'll find that you don't really need to purchase a lot of ingredients at the grocery store.
Step 3 - Get to the store with your grocery list early on Sunday morning in order to beat the rush because this trip can take anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour depending on what day and time you go.
Step 4 - This is the easiest step. Cook. Once you have all the ingredients at home, cooking is easy. Have you ever watched a cooking show and saw how easy it was for them to make the meal because everything was within arms reach? This is how it should be for you in the kitchen, each night.
Final step - Make your husband, wife or kids wash all the dishes. You did the hard part of buying the groceries and cooking the meal (even though cooking was the fun part...shhh), it's time for them to pitch in.
After a couple months, you will be addicted to cooking and you will see your savings increase and you will probably lose some pounds, too.
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