Tricks That Make Healthy Cooking Easier And More Fun

Having a healthy meal plan is great, but it’s not doing you any good if you don’t stick to it. Pick up these hacks to make cooking easier and hassle-free for you.

If you’re too overly ambitious about how much time you’re willing and able to devote to meal prep and cooking, or you get too restrictive in what you think you should be eating, you’re setting yourself up for a quick burnout. A few weeks in, and you’ll be back to ordering KFC or grabbing a nasi lemak bungkus on your way home from work.

Here’s the issue: Healthy eating also should be fun. Setting yourself up with the tools and resources you need to streamline your approach and add fun to the process of feeding yourself will help you enjoy a balanced diet that supports your goals. More than that, you’ll want to keep it up.To dig deeper into how to make your time preparing and cooking healthy meals more fun, Shape spoke to Ryan Scoot, an Emmy-award winning celebrity chef and TV host, who knows a thing or two about not just healthy food, but also about having a good time in the kitchen. Here, he shares some genius hacks for making healthy cooking and meal prepping more fun, so you can optimise your time and your health benefits.

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