How to Prep 5 Healthy Dishes in 2 Hours

To Stash in the FREEZER

Once a month (or so) I spend a couple hours to batch up a bunch of easy to freeze, easy to thaw, nourishing, healthy meals.

As you'll see in the video above I made:

• cream of broccoli soup (lunch)*

• a veggie lentil soup (lunch)

• blueberry chia compote (breakfast)*

• flax granola (breakfast)*

• ginger lemon elixir (first morning drink)

• wild rice (supper component)

• and a smoothie snack

* RECIPES from the Metabolism Plan by Lyn-Genet Recitas

Some healthy food prep tips and hacks:

• Whenever I'm chopping veggies, I keep the trimmings and freeze them for the base of the next soups.

• Blend soups for a easy to sip meal on the go

• When you're making lunches ahead of time, aim to get 15 grams of protein. Adding red lentils to veggie soups can help you get there (9 grams per 100 grams of cooked lentils) and also make the soup in to a nice thick, comforting stew.

• Apparently if you put a bowl of water beside you when you're cutting onions you don't cry like a baby? Clearly I didn't do that in this video.

• Freeze soups and other meal components in serving size dishes. I'm a big fan of a wide mouth mason jar or two, as you'll see in the video. I use 500 mL mason jars for my soups and 250 mL mason jars for other foods such as frozen wild rice, cooked pasta, or cooked veggies. Yes. I freeze all of those things. You've been to a grocery store right and been down the freezer aisle right? Of course you have! And when you did that I'm sure you found a variety of frozen, precooked goods. I'm definitely not the first to come up with this idea! Make sure you leave 1-2 cm of space at top of the jar for expansion in freezer town.

• Find kitchen gadgets that make food prep easier. I love my blender, food processor, and vertical mandolin to get lots of food very small very quickly.

• Get a silicon brownie tray. I use these to freeze portions of my ginger lemon elixir like in this video, as well as sauces, dips, dressings, home made chocolates, and more.

These recipes are all very low reactive and work to decrease inflammation in your body. Less inflammation means better healing, less disease progression and more better good health. You got me?

I'm my practice as a Naturopathic doctor and certified IV nutrient therapist in Nanaimo, British Columbia, I love #nutrifying people - helping them get healthy through nutrient IV therapy because a lot of people don't have the time or energy to do everything that I just did.

I fully understand that and respect that.

So come on in, put your feet up, receive some IV vitamin therapy, and then maybe you too can spend just two hours and make several delicious, nourishing recipes for yourself.

I'm Dr. Tonia Winchester. I'm a Naturopathic Doctor and IV nutrient therapist in Nanaimo, British Columbia. I'm here to fuel your cells with vitamins, minerals and nutrients, via IV therapy. Why? So you can keep up with life demands with out your health suffering anymore. And! So you can create habits that can sustain your well-being with ease and vitality.

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