Eating Late

bobbi29

I feel you... having someone acting like they are dying is really frustrating....he can fend for himself.....he's a big boy...tell him to stop and get himself something on the way home.....that way maybe he'll have it eaten before you get there.....lol. Otherwise he's going to have to deal with whatever is in the fridge. I would also suggest buying the steam veggies that you can throw in the microwave and have some chicken or something available to eat with it...I know you said you don't eat much meat, so I'm not sure what your meals are normally like. A store bought rotisserie chicken and the frozen veggies can do you for a while.... hubby can eat his on the way home or something...

Thank thank you, you so understand we carpool together so Its gets frustrating when you are trying to do the right think and your mate just wants to go out. I do eat meat not much beef.

ArtemisRuns

Cook healthy meals on off days from work. Save leftovers for your work days when you get home late and are burned out. Re-heat. Eat.

This. We have a food saver so any time we cook, we make an extra meal of everything and vacuum pack it, and freeze. It comes out of the freezer in the morning and into the fridge before work. Then when you get home all you have to do is microwave - you can generally leave it in the plastic you packed it in to reheat in the microwave.

ArtemisRuns

I also get home around 7 pm and I just cook and eat late. Sometimes I'll go to a yoga class at 7:30, so I won't eat until 9 pm. It doesn't really bother me.

Also, maybe you shouldn't freeze your pre-made dinners. If you have them sitting in the fridge about to go bad and be wasted, you'll need to eat them and not stop for take-out! Personally, I don't want to waste the money going out if I have food to make at home.

Why shouldn't you freeze the pre-made dinners?

Sunitagt

Pre-planning is key! I used to do this all the time. Now I'm working even longer hours just as late if not later than before, but I am sticking my to calorie goal just fine. We have healthy snacks that I plan out for the day in my lunch bag, and I arrange my time to eat lunch and dinner at work so I'm not starving on my way.

We also used to eat after getting home from late night shifts by making simple things. Bagel thins with cream cheese and scrambled eggs are pretty easy to make. Quick, and require almost no effort. It's all in the planning, and making sure you have food you want to eat available when you want to eat it.

acpgee

Some of my meals freeze well, such as braised chicken (coq au vin, curry, tagine, cacciatore), bolognese sauce and stews. When I cook these (mostly on the weekend) I do huge batches and then freeze in small portions for weekday meals.

empowered2bfit

So what sites/recipes does everyone use for plan ahead meals?

Sunitagt

So what sites/recipes does everyone use for plan ahead meals?

This one and keyingredient.com for recipe planning. But I just bring up the date in question, add food to it and make sure I hit my targets (protein and fiber are my two main ones) If I am going to cook something, I use the recipe builder on here to figure out the nutritional information, and log it that way. But usually I can just copy the same thing from day to day for a week or so.

acpgee

So what sites/recipes does everyone use for plan ahead meals?

Braised chicken recipes freeze well. Here are a few ideas. Some of the recipes call for jointing a whole chicken, but I would save time by just buying a packet of thighs or drumsticks.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/chickentagine_74834
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/coqauvin_10455
http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/cuisine/european/italian/chicken-cacciatora.html
http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/26528/mum-s-chinese-chicken-curry.aspx
http://realfood.tesco.com/recipes/easy-thai-red-chicken-curry.html

I also freeze sauces such pesto and chimchurri or salsa verde. They really dress up some pan fried or microwaved frozen fish.

http://www.food.com/recipe/pesto-marcella-hazan-448339
http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/salsa-verde-1149
http://southamericanfood.about.com/od/saladssidedishes/r/chimichurri.htm

Another two very quick midweek suppers are microwaved smoked mackerel and tinned sardines fried in the oil from the tin. Add a squeeze of lemon to both and serve with bread or other starch and a tomato salad.

aquarianpixi

I also get home around 7 pm and I just cook and eat late. Sometimes I'll go to a yoga class at 7:30, so I won't eat until 9 pm. It doesn't really bother me.

Also, maybe you shouldn't freeze your pre-made dinners. If you have them sitting in the fridge about to go bad and be wasted, you'll need to eat them and not stop for take-out! Personally, I don't want to waste the money going out if I have food to make at home.

Why shouldn't you freeze the pre-made dinners?

to motivate you to make it home to eat it. if you freeze it it is easy to just leave it there for another day. lol