Shopping on the way home
Food traps to avoid: shopping on the way home
Menu planning and strategic grocery shopping are the key to healthy eating during the week, and even more so for busy workers. It's easy and often tempting to pick up convenience food, such as readymade meals, which can be high in kilojoules, saturated fat and sodium. And this type of meal looks all the more tempting when you've worked hard, skipped lunch and survived on coffee and snack food all day - in fact, you can be tricked into thinking it's your just reward. That and the big block of chocolate you threw into the basket on impulse at the checkout!
Solution:
To make healthy eating easier, get organised. Set some time aside each week to plan meals for the following week. Write a shopping list and head to the supermarket once a week to buy a week's worth of groceries. Try to avoid visiting the supermarket or convenience store on the way home from a hard day's work, when you are tired and hungry. Or you could shop online and have your groceries delivered. You could also cook a few meals on the weekend and freeze single portions.
© Reproduced with permission from Healthy Food Guide magazine. For more articles and healthy recipes, go to www.healthyfood.co.nz
