Is the warm weather making you not want to be in the kitchen? Stop eating unhealthy takeout food, because cooking in the summer can be a lot easier if you follow the tips we share with you below. They do not require cooking skills, money and a lot of time. All you need is a little creativity and effort.
Clean up your fridge and pantry
Look at your pantry and fridge and remove hard-to-cook ingredients. Also remove the things whose expiration date has passed. Make a shopping list for the whole summer using only simple ingredients such as fruits, vegetables, yogurt, oatmeal, beans, etc. Also, eliminate meat that takes a long time to cook.
Keep the recipes simple
Collect the easiest yet healthiest recipes – the more, the better – and keep them close at hand. Keep the recipes for breakfast, lunch and dinner separately to save time searching for the recipe you need. Go through them once a week to find out what you will be cooking this week.
Prepare the ingredients in advance
Suppose you want to make oatmeal porridge with fruit for your breakfast. And for lunch you want a nice salad and a refreshing soup for dinner. Prepare all ingredients in the evening. Place them in three large bowls and refrigerate if necessary.
Make the most of leftovers Leftovers don't sound good, but they can be just as delicious as a freshly prepared meal. Again, the internet can help you turn any leftover into a fantastically tasty meal. Cooked grains, including oats and quinoa, or a vegetable soup can keep for several days in the fridge, so why not spice them up a bit and serve them for dinner?
Cook once for the whole week
Speaking of leftovers, it's also a good idea to cook all the meals throughout the week. Of course you will spend a few hours in the kitchen on Sunday, but the rest of the week you don't have to do much. You don't have to cook anything special. Just choose simple recipes from the meals that can keep in the fridge for about a week and voila.
Cut, bake or grill into batches
View your cooking recipes. If a few recipes include chopped onions or toasted almonds, write it down and do this process first. This simplifies cooking and speeds up preparation time. You can also cut or grate vegetables that you use often and store them in the freezer.
