For those focusing on eating in a more healthy nutritious manner, one way to help you stick with this positive change is committing to trying a new healthy meal each week.
Surprising as it sounds, many people who start out with the intention of eating healthier get stuck at the onset because they have no idea of what to prepare. Most have been eating in such a detrimental manner for years, or even worse decades, it’s difficult to know how to get started.
This is why it’s imperative to start creating an arsenal of healthy recipes. Best yet, designate a recipe book or a simple notepad you keep in a kitchen drawer so you have it right at hand on a moments notice. It is in this specific location where you’ll store all the healthy meals you’ve prepared.
A Great Way To Start Changing Your Nutrition Is To Try Out A New Healthy Meal Every Week
As a way to not overwhelm yourself, just choose one meal you want to try out each week. You can even designate a certain day of the week when your family knows it will be experiment-with-a-healthy-meal night. Call it something special such as “Wonderful Healthy Wednesday” or “Terrific Tasting Thursday”. Then if most everyone enjoys what you prepare, you know you have a winner and that recipe needs to be added to your healthy recipe book.
It may also help to take a picture to print and attach right alongside the recipe in the book for future reference. A simple visual cue will help remind you of that particular meal at a later date.
Where Should You Start Looking For Healthy Recipes?
There are numerous places you can start looking for healthy meals such as a library, bookstore, Amazon, or even a simple Google search. You will find that if you input the search query ‘healthy recipes’ or ‘free healthy recipes’, you will get pages upon pages of results. Check the top 5 and you should come across plenty of recipes to get you going on your healthy way.
If you get into the habit of trying out one new healthy meal every week, you will potentially have 52 meals under your belt within one year’s time! Not bad for just trying out one healthy meal every week. Having over 50 healthy meals at your disposal will be a gigantic leap forward in developing and maintaining healthy nutrition for you and your family and will most likely inspire additional healthy habits to develop.
