healthy living

currently listening to "hook you up" by sylver tongue

happy fat tuesday everyone! i don't know how everyone else is celebrating today, but i happen to have wonderful friends (as if yall didn't already know), one of which is throwing a dinner party tonight(!) fully equipped with bourbon street hand grenades.. cant. wait. which leads me to this week's healthy tip: make your meals at home.

 im sure many of you have heard this over and over again, but do you really follow through? i find it's easiest if i make several meals early on in the week so that i can just pack it up and go without having to worry about the fuss every day. if you don't have healthy meals on-hand, then of course you'll succumb to ordering that pizza or picking up fast food on the way home. it's just like my tip on snacking, being prepared will help keep you on track. oh and don't trick yourself into thinking that just because you're making it at home that it's necessarily healthy... canned and frozen (don't even get me started on microwavable) foods are packed with sodium, preservatives, etc. try to stick with fresh and organic ingredients to go that extra mile!

also, my big's company is hosting a recipe contest which is a great opportunity to jump start your at-home cooking endeavors now and challenge yourself to try out new recipes; you only have 3 days left to enter so be proactive! need a bigger incentive to enter? they haven't reached their recipe quota yet, so there's a pretty good chance that you'll automatically be placed in the top ten! happy cooking everyone :)