Time Crunch
I just got back from a day-long conference. All I had to eat was two bananas, six Ry-vita crackers with Smucker’s Natural peanut butter on them, dried apricots, and an apple, all spread throughout the day. It was good food and I did fine, but when I got home around seven o’clock I was ready for some food! Unfortunately, we didn’t have a plan for dinner (gasp! Has that ever happened to you?) and Julie was gone with some friends for the day.
The problem was, I wanted food
- I wanted it FAST
- I wanted it healthy
- And I wanted it real (as in, like a meal)
Kind of hard to do, right? Years ago I might have stopped at step one, but this time I used a few brain cells, got creative, and saw that we had some rinsed romaine in the salad spinner in the fridge.
SCORE.
It pays to have prepared food at times like this. But what substantial food could I add to the lettuce?
AHA! Black beans in the pantry. I didn’t want to spend the time heating them and cleaning a pan, though. So I opened them, drained them, put them in a bowl an added a tablespoon of balsamic vinegar and a tablespoon of olive oil. Then I mixed it up with a fork and spread it over the romaine.
That was it. It was gone in a few minutes, AND IT WAS VERY ENJOYABLE.
So what’s the point of this story?
The point is:
- It’s a good idea to have a meal plan, but…
- If you don’t have a meal plan, it’s good to have some healthy, fresh food prepared. And…
- If you don’t have healthy fresh food prepared, at least you can have some healthy items stocked in the pantry.
- THUS… it’s not necessarily hard to eat healthy in a hurry (if you take a few minutes to get some helpful tips and info)
So, what should you do?
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