5 Tips to Prepare Healthy Meals Quickly

Published March 31, 2010 | By Lisa Nelson, RD

Do you need to get in and out of the kitchen fast? Here are 5 tips to speed up meal prep while still delivering a heart healthy meal:

Purchase vegetables, such as baby carrots and salad greens, pre-washed and ready-to-eat.
Select fruit packaged and pre-sliced.
Use the microwave to cook vegetables quickly.
Find recipes that require minimal cleaning and preparation of ingredients.
Choose meats at the store with low levels of visible marbling (white, fatty streaks) to decrease time spent removing the fat.

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