Recipes, Meals and Snack Ideas
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Eating Smarter
The way you shop, cook and store food can have a big impact whether you’re considering the environment - or your wallet! To make meal preparation easier, help reduce wastage and save your pennies, work together with your FNA dietitian to develop a meal plan and shopping list that makes your weekly food preparation simple and stress free. |
Here are four basic meal planning, shopping and cooking tips to get you started:
- Plan ahead and write a list. Plan your meals for the week on a day when you have some extra time. Write down the meals you will have and when, and the ingredients you’ll need. There are a number of recipe books available from FNA that provide quick and easy meal ideas that will help keep meals interesting!
- Shop according to your list. By shopping with a list you are more likely to buy all the things you need, and save money by avoiding buying things you don’t need! Consider buying ingredients in bulk to have at hand when required.
If you’re pressed for time, major supermarkets and other online retailers allow you to shop for food from your computer and deliver to your home. |
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3. Consider using pre-prepared items. Purchase fresh pre-chopped vegetables or pre-cooked rice pouches to save time, and keep frozen mixed vegetables and canned vegetables, legumes, fruit in natural juice and fish for convenience. Freeze meat in individual portions and pull out as needed. Buying packaged pantry staples like liquid stock, tomato paste and bottled pasta sauces also makes life easier!
4. Cook in bulk and store for later. Make a big pot of soup, risotto, pasta or curry and fill up containers like Lock & Lock (available from FNA) to freeze for later or take for lunch the next day. Lock & Lock containers are suitable for the microwave and freezer, and you can store your cut up vegetables or pre-pack your snacks ahead of time for the week ahead.
Click here to browse the Healthy Eating section of the FNA store for great storage and recipe ideas.
For more food facts and useful information on the latest nutrition topics click here.
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