Thursday, 15 February 2018 12:53 Written by John Reardon

Hello my Foodie Friends. Our daughter is currently at home completing her final clinical for her degree. She has been committed to helping Paula and I with making better food choices and controlling our serving sizes. To do this; she preps meals for the upcoming week. Meal prepping for the week can be time consuming but worth it by helping to create healthy food choices. Therefore, there are no excuses for the unhealthy food choices! This is an excellent way to stay on track and become fit – which is our goal. To help save time: one key item that our daughter uses is a food chopper.  Keep a food chopper on the counter top to make short work out of chopping vegetables. Mini food choppers are especially good for chopping small amounts of vegetables such as celery, onions, bell peppers, carrots, and other firm vegetables. Choppers take the hassle out of slicing and dicing. The use of a food chopper can cut your food preparation time and help you get to the serving stage sooner. Food choppers come in different styles and sizes but they generally have a similar function - to chop, coarse or fine. They can efficiently chop onions, nuts and vegetables, and they clean up easily. Simplify chopping onions and other vegetables with an easy-to-use hand chopper. Most hand-held choppers involve pressing down on the soft knob that rotate blades for easy chopping while the internal soft bumper absorbs shock. Chopped product is enclosed in a cup or directly on a cutting board. The blade cartridge is removable for easy cleanup. Hand-held food choppers will be considerably smaller in comparison to a food processor. In the event that you would like to chop vegetables, you can utilize this type of vegetable chopper to give you a hand. This may undoubtedly help save time from chopping the food items. Chopping foods like garlic and onions is really simple if you use choppers. Various other food, for instance, tomatoes, celery, and also apples are additionally suitable for chopping by using a food chopper. In addition to that, even hard food items much like nuts can in fact be severed to form smaller pieces; you just need to use your chopper. 

Food prep is an important part to planning and making our meals. Don’t try to prep it all!
First and foremost, when starting out, don’t try and make ahead your entire weekly menu plan. This will completely overwhelm you – it can still overwhelm me. Start slow. The first week prep 1 or 2 recipes ahead of time and as you get comfortable with the process you can prep more. 
Stop by Compliments to the Chef at 33 Railroad Place to find those cool tools that can help you as you plan out your menus and get chopping.  Remember my Foodie Friends, “Life Happens in the Kitchen.”

            Take Care, 
           John and Paula

Here is a delicious prep ahead, cold weather recipe!

Chicken Burrito Bowl

 

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