If you work too much, takes care of the house and children, or live in a chronic disease such as Crohn's disease, stress can be easily integrated into daily life. More planning and cooking healthy meals mixing, and it is overwhelming. One way to eliminate stress in your life is to make the cooking process simple and rewarding.
The following tips, as simple as it seems, can make meal preparation less arduous task.
One of the easiest ways to eliminate stress is to take the guesswork out of dinner. Take time to plan meals for the week ahead. Want to reduce stress even more? Make a universal list of all meals and go to the supermarket to get everything you need for the week. This not only eliminates the stress of "what shall I make for dinner tonight," but do not have to take time each day to spend at the supermarket.
Preparing dinner is not to impress your family with your culinary skills; The calculation of tasty and nutritious meal on the table without much effort.
Start with foods that your family likes and find recipes that you think are easy to prepare. Soon you will have a collection of "stress" recipes everyone will love, and you can work on weekly rotation to simplify the planning process.
Mise en Place
One of the secrets professional chefs use to keep their kitchen running smoothly is a technique called mise en place, French for “everything in place.” It’s a fancy phrase for a simple idea. In a restaurant kitchen, all the ingredients and tools a chef needs to prepare a dish are organized within reach before he or she starts to cook. So before you begin to cook, read through your recipes, gather all the required ingredients, utensils, and pans, and organize them in an easy-to-reach area.
Take all hot and ready to eat at the same time is one of the hardest things to achieve for many. Take a few minutes before you start cooking all the recipes look and discover that it takes the longest. With dinner, the end point, and then count backwards to determine when you should start each recipe so that they will all be ready at the same time.
With our busy schedules is no longer busy, always looking for ways to make two or more things at once, which only adds to our everyday stress. Instead of multitasking, focus on one thing at a time. Enter your kitchen and look for things that are competing for their attention to trying to cook. Turn off the computer and put the phone in another room. Instead of turning on the TV, try to play music, many studies have shown to help calm nerves and relieve stress.
Another trick you can borrow from professional chefs is the act of cleaning as you go. Professional kitchens are usually small, leaving no room for dirty pots, pans and dishes. Have a sink full of soapy water ready for a quick wash, when something is dirty. Not only will this help keep the kitchen clean while cooking (which is a great stress-reducer), but it also makes cleaning up after dinner so much easier.
We know there are times when I get home, and the last thing I want to do is cook dinner. A little 'planning, you can have meals ready to cook. There are a number of great recipes you can prepare in advance and in part, finishing the second day. Many cookbooks and websites, even their label meals, "Make Ahead". Also look for recipes you can double or triple, and left to freeze for another day.
Who says you have to do lunch? There are many ways to share the work to prepare dinner. Bring the whole family, and ask each person to prepare all or part of a recipe. Young children can help parts of the food, such as washing and tearing lettuce or set the table. You may also have older children to have one night a week to prepare something to eat. Not only your work but also teaches them a skill that will use the rest of their lives.
Food preparation is an important part of the management of Crohn's disease, but it is all they have to worry about. For more tips and information about living with Crohn's disease, see the following articles.
