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On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:55:39 +0100, Ashley Moran
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>Hi
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>I'm considering switching to an alternate day eating pattern.
>Basically because even eating once a day is wasting far too much time
>- by the time I've prepared, cooked and cleaned up the mess after a
>meal, I can easily lose 2 or 3 hours in the day.
Hi Ashley,
I can sympathize with this. I absolutely hate to cook, and eating paleo is a
challenge for me because of all the extra cooking (on top of being a single
mom and working full time). I'm not very successful so far, but when I am, it's
because I've planned ahead.
One thing I do is cook ahead. When I make dinner, I often make enough for
either two meals for the entire family, or at least for a lunch for me the next
day. Then we'll eat the leftovers the next day, or I'll put them in a container
and freeze them.
Occasionally I'll cook on a Sunday for the whole week. I'll have a chicken in
the crockpot, something baking in the oven, and something cooking on the
stove all at the same time. Everything gets portioned into Rubbermaid
containers so at dinner all I have to do is put it in the microwave. I'll put some
in small containers to take to work.
I realize that some things won't freeze or even keep well when made ahead--
like salads--but the real preparation time goes usually goes into the meat dish
anyway. You can put together a salad while the main dish is in the microwave.
Also, I try to make one-dish meals. A meat and vegetable soup, or ground
beef scrambled with spinach and egg.
Hard-boiled eggs can be cooked ahead will keep for at least a week.
Hope this helps,
Marianne
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