5 Steps To Easy, Healthy Dinners
OK let’s get real – you don’t have to be a ‘foodie’ to cook awesome dinners every night. You just need a strategy for creating simple, quick, healthy meals that rock. Here are the 5 steps we use at BUF HQ to get it done.
Step #1: Choose a protein
Our favourites are grass fed beef or lamb, free range chicken or turkey, oily fish like salmon, mackerel or sardines, white fish, tempeh, beans combined with rice, quinoa or nuts/seeds.
Step #2: Choose 3-4 vegetables or salad ingredients
Make at least two of them green.
Step #3: Choose a method
Steam, grill, bake, pan fry, poach, slow cook.
Step #4: Add herbs and spices
From chilli to coriander, basil to garlic and pepper, anything goes! Extra points if you put a little kim chi or sauerkraut on the side for a probiotic boost.
Step #5: Have great condiments on hand
Our favourites are organic mustard, chilli sauce, guacamole, or a little organic butter. Make sure the sugar content is non-existent before you smother your protein in any store-bought options.
BONUS: Stress-free but fancy ‘sides’ for entertaining
Have these on hand for when it’s time to entertain, with zero stress!
- Pan fried: Mushrooms + Chilli + Garlic + Butter
- Steamed: Asparagus + Broccoli + Drizzled Nut Butter (add as garnish)
- Baked: Carrots + Drizzled Honey
- Diced & Steamed Broccoli + Fried in Coconut Oil + Salt
- Baked: Roast Cauliflower + Turmeric + Drizzled Greek Yoghurt (add after baking)
- Roasted: Kale Pieces + Coconut Oil + Salt
- Baked: Sweet Potato Fries + Dusted Cinnamon + Pinch of Salt
Want more super simple meal and snack ideas?
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