Your Food Personality is:

Fast and Fresh!

You value healthy, good tasting foods and prefer streamlined recipes to save time while using fresh ingredients as much as possible. You enjoy the process of making recipes from scratch, but time is often short so you need to be efficient by selecting recipes that you can make quickly. Because you enjoy cooking you tend to cook more complex meals on weekends when you have more time. During the week, simpler recipes with fewer ingredients and fewer steps are the keys to your meal preparation process.

Recommendations

Plan simpler meals, such as casserole, broiled or roasted meats, steamed vegetables, salads, and fresh fruit desserts for busy nights. Save recipes with longer preparation times and multi-step meals for weekends.

Healthy foods are nutrient rich—or have a large amount of vitamins and minerals for their calories. The more nutrient-rich foods you can include in your diet the more balanced and healthy your overall diet will be. Nutrient-rich foods are:

Low-fat and fat-free dairy
Whole grains
Fruits and vegetables
Eggs, beans and nuts

Take advantage of the time you spend cooking on the weekends by cooking larger quantities and freezing some for later. In addition to our double duty meals try these tips:

Cook extra rice, put into a container, and refrigerate or freeze. On a busy night, microwave it, stirring occasionally, until heated through, then use as you would fresh.

Chop a whole onion, even if you only need part of it right now. Store the rest for another meal.

Grate extra cheese and store it in a zippered plastic bag in the freezer.

Other suggestions for the Fast and Fresh Personality:
Planning meals in advance can help you save time. Our Meal Planner helps you balance your diet over the course of each week. Be sure to check out the Fast + Fresh Shopping List to ensure you have healthy, convenient foods in your pantry, fridge and freezer.

For more meal planning ideas, read these articles:

The following recipes are ideal for the Fast and Fresh personality because they contain fresh ingredients without complicated steps and will occasionally include a jar of sauce or other packaged food as a timesaving step.