The coolness of not buying takeout


Image by Fajar Arif from Pixabay

 I know I know. If you are like me, take out is seen as a treat. And I really thought I would never eat less take out.

But I challenge you, to find a meal you love and cook it for the week (unless you have kids, kids means they probably won’t want the same meal every day). So it doesn’t have to be the same meal for the week. Plan, buy and make time to cook your meals for the week.

Make sure you love eating these meals. And then don’t buy take out. Don’t even remind yourself you aren’t buying take out. Because as soon as you think about take out, it’s really easy to get swept up in the convenience and yumminess of takeout.

Wait till the following week and transfer to your savings or spendings account the money you have saved from not buying take out! Trust me, this feels amazing. The first week I did this, I bought myself essential clothing items with the money I saved and thanked myself for not digging into my savings to pay for it. I simply didn’t spend it on take out.

And then the following week, I put my $50 of take out savings to my savings account and that felt great. 

So write down if you could have $50 (or however much you would spend on one night of take out) what else could you use it for? 

Also, after a couple of weeks I did buy take out (and this is fine-there is no rule book here), and I actually preferred my cooking better! So win/win. 

I learnt that cooking foods I love is simply healthier and yummier and I can save that money and put towards real things that I want for my life, whether I spend it or save it, it’s better than spending on one night of food! 

I also noticeably started to lose weight. Because I am eating healthier, a mix of carbs, meat and fresh vegetables as well as some added ginger and garlic to help keep the flu away.

Here is my current every second week meal:

Ingredients

500g Diced beef (but you can use any meat you prefer) 

One bag of Hokkien noodles or rice

One jar of pasta sauce

One teaspoon of minced garlic

One teaspoon of minced ginger 

Pumpkin

2x capsicum 

2x Bok Choy

1x zucchini 

Box of mushrooms

1x onion

This is enough for one person for about 4-7 days pending the serving size.

Method

Chop up the vegetables (You can buy the vegetables you love) and only add half the vegetables. I normally boil the water in a pot, place it on medium to high heat and then add the vegetables for about 20-40 minutes. Basically until the pumpkin is cooked and you can piece a fork into it.

I then cook the diced meat in the fry pan on the stove. I turn it over once it is brown and then add the garlic and ginger, jar of sauce, and hokkien noodles (a handful). Once the noodles are cooked, I place the meat into a container. I then drain the vegetables and add it to a separate container.

I find the vegetables only last 3-4 days, so I only cook half the ingredients and then save the other half to recook once finish eating the first batch. 

I also cook the noodles fresh every day. Just a handful at a time. You should get about 3-4 serves / handfuls from one packet. If you run out use, rice or pasta.

Then add a bit of everything to your plate and enjoy your meal! The fresh vegetables gives you palate a nice soft taste and makes you feel healthy. 

Remember eating well nourishes your mind and body for the next day and your future. So by eating real food, cooked healthily you will be able to focus better the next day and perform better. 

Enjoy! 

#healthyrecipe #takeout #meltoye

Follow me on Pinterest at: @melanietoye

Follow me on Facebook and receive all my blog posts here: https://www.facebook.com/share/1AEkVDXzeT/?mibextid=LQQJ4d

Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melanie-toye-a3267644?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app

Subscribe to my YouTube channel at littlemissmel23.  






Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Break up your walking routine

Image
  Image by Sasin Tipchai from Pixabay So for me, I feel like I keep breaking my walking routines. I guess every day is filled with different aspects, which means I can’t always set a routine I just have to try and find time to walk and sometimes I just can’t walk that day due to other commitments.  However, I have worked out if I break up my walking into at least two segments, then if I can’t make one than at least I have done half the walking steps that I am wanting to do, rather than nothing at all.  What I haven’t decided yet is if I am going to wake up at 5:30am and lose thirty minutes of sleep and walk for thirty to sixty minutes pending on the commitments that day. Or wake up at 6am and start my day later with everything else. It’s a tricky one. But I need to choose and I need to do it every day so it becomes a routine.  A routine is what creates your goals being met.   I guess what I am trying to say, is flexibility is key. Maybe the routine is just...
Read more

Testing, testing day two

Image
Image by Susana Cipriano from Pixabay When you first set out to exercise day one is fully pumped, yet it’s what comes next which is most important.  Day two. I thought I would go for a walk for an hour and I assumed in that time I would walk 10,000 steps. Because yesterday I went for a longer walk and reached 10,000 steps…. Oooh, I just worked it out. This makes sense now. After my walk today, I got home, all proud of myself. I checked my step counter and I had done 6,000 steps. I was disappointed and I didn’t want to go back out for a second walk.  But as I said above, I just realised why an hour didn’t give me the result I was seeking. Because yesterday I went for an hour and twenty minute walk which gave me the 10,000 steps not an hour. Oh silly me. Oh well.  Anyway, what I wanted to say was, did I achieve my goal when I said I wanted to walk 10,000 steps a day and I only walked 6,000 steps?  The answer is yes. Here is why. Because today of all days, I tend to no...
Read more

Create your 2025 walking goals

Image
Image by kalhh from Pixabay   So the New Year has started and welcome to it.  To be honest, I had my goals preset just before the New Year and when the New Year hit, I didn’t start straight away like I was expecting to.  So what are my goals and how am I going to achieve them?  Basically, this year I want to lose my remaining weight of 10 kilos. (I did put on 4 kilos over Christmas so chuck on that extra weight and I have to lose 14 kilos).  I have literally lost an extra 14 kilos previously just by walking. I didn’t change my eating habits, I just walked. It took a year because I only walked 10,000 steps every fortnight so I was only losing weight every fortnight. Not weekly.  Again, I feel this is pretty good considering I didn’t focus on eating only carrot sticks to lose weight.  So however you plan it, just note it the time to lose the weight may take longer. So do not get discouraged. Because, for me, once the weight is off, I am culling my bigge...
Read more