| These days, quick and easy cooking has become the | | | | been loaded with artificial ingredients, many of which |
| goal of many a hurried mom, and a few dads. Even | | | | aren't very good for us. The net effect is a negative |
| single people are so busy that they're looking for ways | | | | impact on our health. These frozen entrees may be |
| of preparing meals that don't require them to spend a | | | | convenient, but that's about all they have going for |
| long time mixing and cooking. It's likely that this trend will | | | | them. |
| continue, given the economic and demographic | | | | There are better options when it comes to quick and |
| patterns that prevail in our modern world. It seems | | | | easy cooking. There are a great many cookbooks for |
| every year that the average person works longer | | | | sale these days, which feature meals that can be |
| hours, our kids take on new hobbies and interests that | | | | prepared in under an hour, or even in less than half an |
| require our time and attention, and every week there | | | | hour. There are others that have only recipes that use |
| seems to be less and less time in a day. | | | | five or fewer ingredients. Another great option is a |
| Feeling like they're caught between a rock and a hard | | | | slow cooker. With one of these, you can throw your |
| place when it comes to quick and easy cooking, many | | | | food in the post before you leave for work, set it on |
| people turn to highly processed and frozen meals to | | | | low, and when you get home the meal is ready. So |
| feed themselves and their families. This is not the ideal | | | | don't resort to eating nothing but TV dinners and other |
| solution. In fact, it's far from it. Highly processed foods | | | | frozen foods. There are much better ways of cooking |
| have been stripped of many of the nutrients that our | | | | that are simple and fast, but still healthy. |
| bodies need to function at their best. In addition, they've | | | | |