10 Quick and Easy Healthy Recipes For Your Busy Life

10 Quick and Easy Healthy Recipes

For Your Busy Life

By: Libby Darnell

Don’t like to cook? Too busy to prepare healthy meals at home? Do you lack the cooking skills necessary to reach your health goals? If yes, then keep reading!

If you want to have endless energy, live free from medications and be your healthiest overall, then first you’ve got to face facts; you HAVE to prepare most of your meals at home. We can no longer ignore the fact that pre-made and processed meals are wreaking havoc on our health¹!

Even the so-called “healthy” processed foods on the market contain harmful ingredients², all added for the convenience of packaging and bigger profits.

We must control the ingredients in our foods, and we can, IN OUR OWN KITCHENS. But again, who has time? And what if you don’t have the skills? Even more-so, what if you don’t enjoy cooking?

If you have the resources to hire someone to cook meals for you, awesome! Outsource that job! But if not, then this article is for you.

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I’ve gathered my favorite, yet VERY SIMPLE and SUPER QUICK to prepare recipes that will make your health goals far more reachable. Why? Because time is limited, but ultimately your health is way too precious to ignore!

You will find healthy crock pot recipes, healthy chicken recipes, a to-die-for spinach salad and much more!

The following recipes are all:

Easy to make
Quick to prepare
Able to be stored for future use throughout the week

Gone are the days of spending hours in the kitchen to keep ourselves and our loved ones healthy and satiated. Say hello to quick, surprisingly simple, and wonderfully delicious meals.

Let’s be realistic, you will have to put in a little effort. But that’s it, just a little effort, and you can begin to TRANSFORM YOUR HEALTH and still have time to enjoy life!

New to cooking? Simply focus on these easy healthy recipes. Get these down, learn what you like, and when you feel more confident, move on to a few other recipes that look good to you. Take it one step at a time and soon easy meal prep for healthy meals will become a life-sustaining habit.

Time Saving Tip: Keep these recipes bookmarked for future use, so when life happens and you’re short on time, you can still make sure everything you put in your body is building health and vitality.

Cheers to your healthy and happy lifestyle!

1. Broccoli Salad with Cranberries
This recipe is a definite crowd favorite! Just throw the ingredients in a bowl, toss it up and enjoy this versatile broccoli salad! Add diced chicken to make it a complete meal. Perfect for dinners on the go.

2. Easy Crock Pot Chicken

Roasted chickens are delicious! But so much time in the oven deters us from planning these meals, especially on a week night. This simple crockpot recipe is a great solution and is one of my favorite healthy chicken recipes! Take 15 minutes tomorrow morning to prepare this meal and come home to the wonderful smell of dinner already prepared!

3. Braised Oso Bucco

This beauty of an oso bucco dish is another of my favorite healthy crock pot recipes. Nearly all you’ll have to do is toss the ingredients in your slow-cooker to be able to enjoy this delicious dinner at the end of the day.

4. Turkey Bacon Roll-Ups

This is an all-around favorite! Children and adults love this quick recipe. It’s great for lunches on the go as well as a last minute dinner solution for those nights when you simply weren’t able to plan ahead.

5. Healthy Chicken Tacos in the Crock Pot
These healthy chicken tacos are awesome! This recipe comes with a super simple homemade taco seasoning. Yes! You can and should make your own seasoning mixes! Prepare a double or triple batch to have some on hand for next time.

6. Crock Pot Beef Roast

The possibilities in the crockpot are endless! Yes, you’ll have to take 15 minutes in the morning to prepare, but there really is no better way to hold yourself accountable to your health goals than to start your day off with mindful planning. Enjoy this healthy crock pot roast recipe!

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7. Spinach Salad with Zucchini and Chicken
Use the leftovers from the Easy Crock Pot Chicken to make this a quick and easy spinach salad on the go!

8. Cucumber Tomato Salad
This is another great recipe to enjoy during the summer harvest! It’s incredibly simple, quick and absolutely delicious. Choose this cucumber tomato salad next time you feel you don’t have an ounce of time to prepare a healthy snack.

9. Cauliflower Soup with Bacon

Believe me! This cauliflower soup is crazy simple and super delicious! Not only that, it contains the health benefits of collagen by using bone broth as one of the main ingredients. Learn more about how I use bone broth in my daily diet by clicking here.

10. Chicken and Bacon with Spinach

Bacon! Who doesn’t love it? Be sure to use the healthier organic turkey bacon when preparing this instant crowd pleaser. This is one of my favorites of all the healthy chicken recipes out there.

Try out a few of these super simple recipes this week (how about one of the healthy crock pot recipes?) and be sure to tell us what you think in the comments below. Your taste buds, your time and most importantly your well-being will thank you!

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Sources:

Cordain, Loren, S. Boyd Eaton, Anthony Sebastian, Neil Mann, Staffan Lindeberg, Bruce A. Watkins, and And James H O’Keefe. “Origins and evolution of the Western diet: health implications for the 21st century.” The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. N.p., 01 Feb. 2005. Web. 11 Jan. 2017. <http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/81/2/341.short>.
Martínez Steele E, Baraldi LG, Louzada MLDC, et al Ultra-processed foods and added sugars in the US diet: evidence from a nationally representative cross-sectional study BMJ Open 2016;6:e009892. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009892