- Hi guys, welcome back to my channel.
In today's video I'm going to be sharing with you
five ways to make dinner fast.
As a busy mom of three, we have nights where I just
need to get dinner on the table,
but I still want it to be nutritional.
So today I'm going to share with you my top tips,
and I really hope you enjoy them.
If you're new to my channel, I would love
for you to subscribe and stick around.
And without further ado, let's get into my tips.
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So my first tip is to utilize your slow cooker,
and I know that sounds weird because this is
a video about being fast with dinner,
but honestly a slow cooker is a game changer.
You can cook a whole chicken in it over the course
of the day,
and then that is a really good base for a meal.
You can use it in pastas or curries,
or you can just serve chicken with chips,
or what I like to do to make it really fast
is use a nice microwaveable rice.
It takes two minutes, you can get it with veg
in it as well, and the kids really enjoy it.
I also like to make slow cooker dump bags.
If you haven't heard of these, you need to check them out.
There are so many good recipes on Pinterest.
They're basically non-cook slow cooker meals
that you put into Tupperware or a Zip-Lock bag,
stick them into your freezer,
and then when you need them,
like if you're a busy working mom,
you can just pull one out in the morning,
stick into your slow cooker and leave it to cook.
So I'm gonna show you one of my favorite recipes
for a slow cooker dump bag today.
It is a teriyaki chicken.
So all you're gonna need for this
is three chicken breasts cut up into pieces,
some teriyaki sauce, brown sugar, some garlic paste,
you can use fresh garlic but I'm just lazy,
and also some ginger paste as well.
Put that all into a bag or Tupperware
and as I said, put it into the freezer,
and you can make lots of these different recipes.
You can pair it all on a Sunday,
just have it in your freezer for the course of the week.
My next tip is to use the HelloFresh Rapid Box.
You guys know that I love HelloFresh,
and I've talked about them so many times
on this channel in the past.
As a brand and a service, I just love them.
And now, it's even better because they have
this special box where all of the meals within the box
take just 20 minutes to make.
If you don't know what HelloFresh is,
it is a food subscription box,
so all you have to do is go online to their website,
choose the recipes that you want to have that week,
say how many people that you're cooking it for,
and it doesn't matter if you're gluten free,
a meat lover, or vegetarian,
they have recipes and boxes to suit everyone.
We get a family box and I just love that it comes straight
to my door with the recipes that we're gonna have
and all of the ingredients are pre-proportioned out.
They're all measured, even tiny little spices,
so there's absolutely no wastage at the end of the week.
And the quantity of the ingredients is always really good,
it comes straight to my door in an insulated box,
so if I'm not in and it gets left in a safe place,
the food is absolutely fine.
I don't know about you guys, but I am always lacking
in inspiration on new meals I could try on my family.
So these give me some great new things to try,
and often we will keep the recipe cards if we like
a meal and then we can remake it any other time as well.
And a HelloFresh subscription is a flexible subscription.
So if you know you're going on holiday,
you can skip a couple of weeks,
or if you want to cast your subscription altogether
you can do that as well, it's completely flexible.
So if you want try out the new Rapid Box,
I will leave the link in the description down below.
All you need to do is use the code YOUCHOOSE3
and you will get 50% off your first and second
HelloFresh box.
For tip number three, I actually feel a little bit silly
saying this, but it is to use eggs.
These are not just for breakfast,
they make really quick healthy dinners as well,
and if we ever get in and I only have 10 minutes
to make the boys something to eat,
it is so simple to make an omelette,
or egg muffins, or egg and chips, something like that.
And eggs are a really good source of protein,
and children need protein to grow and develop.
They actually need more protein per pound
than we do as adults.
People normally worry about my next tip,
and that is to use frozen foods.
Studies have shown there is just as much nutrients,
if not more in frozen vegetables.
And same goes for fish.
Frozen fish is actually higher quality than fresh fish.
So some of the frozen food that we love to buy
is frozen mixed veg, frozen peas, frozen salmon,
and my kids' ultimate favorite is frozen fish cakes.
These are so quick and easy to throw into the oven,
and they're also healthy.
And my final tip is to try a picnic dinner.
These are so quick and easy to throw together
and my kids love them.
They are a real treat, and I find that my boys
actually eat more when I make these kind of dinners.
So I will make hummus and breadsticks,
chicken skewers, ham, maybe some fruit,
carrot sticks, and chopped up peppers,
and then just lay it all out on a blanket,
either indoors or outside and let your children
have a picnic.
Right, so there it is.
Five ways to make dinner fast.
I really hope you enjoyed these tips,
and I would love for you to comment below
how you get dinner on the table quickly,
'cause I am always looking for ideas.
And again, if you want to try out
the HelloFresh Rapid Box,
I will put the link in the description down below
so you can get 50% off the first and second box.
And yeah, I'll see you in my next one.
Bye guys.