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Tips for Building a Healthier Pantry

January 17, 2017 by Ann Leave a Comment

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Tips for Getting Rid of Junk Food and Building a Healthier Pantry

popular pin for getting rid of the junk food in your home and building a pantry with healthy foods

Last week, we discussed finding an accountability partner. This week, to keep you on track, we will talk about building a healthier pantry by cleaning all the foods that may be a temptation out of your cupboards so you can fill it with healthy ones instead. Let’s look at some ways to make these changes.

Reasons to get rid of temptation foods:

It is too easy to give in if it’s there. Keeping foods that are not in your healthy food plan or diet in your home is like purposely tempting yourself to give in. Out of sight, out of mind.

Helping your whole family live a healthier lifestyle is as important as living one yourself. Try to get as many people in your home on board with you so you not only can keep ‘bad’ foods out, but so you have extra support as well.

There is no point in holding onto foods you won’t be eating. They can be donated or given away before they go bad and are wasted.

Tips for Building a Healthier Pantry:

Be honest with yourself, which foods are you like to overindulge in? Remove them from your home. Consider all of the food items in your pantry – even the ones that may seem slightly healthy. If you stress eat a whole box of cereal while working on late night projects, remove that cereal from your pantry.

Now think about those foods again and try to find healthy alternatives, so that when you want to snack or a treat, you have a healthy substitute (otherwise you will just drive to the corner store!).

If you tend to overeat even healthier foods, consider packaging them in servings to help yourself eat a more reasonable amount.

Wash fruits, so you can just grab some when you need something sweet.

Wash and prep vegetables, so you can easily grab some from the refrigerator when you need something crunchy.

Keep “ingredients” in your pantry rather than packaged foods. During the depression era, very few folks had pre-packaged foods. This can be much healthier! Here are some tips for creating a depression era pantry.

Happy Healthy Mama has some tips on how to create a healthy pantry including snacks.

Houzz has some tips on how to set up your kitchen for healthy eating.

I love Real Simple’s checklist for healthy pantry staples.

Here are some ideas on what to do with the food you are getting rid of:

Saved by Grace has a list of items the food banks really need so if you have any of these items in your giveaway pile, make sure to donate them.

Feeding America has a place where you can find local food banks in your area to donate to.

Are you looking for simple, actionable healthy changes you can make to live a healthier life? Check out these 52 small changes you can make to live a healthier life! Don’t forget to Join the Facebook Group to keep yourself accountable and discover what others are doing as part of their fitness plan.

If you haven’t already, sign up here to receive the Healthy Living Weekly Newsletter filled with more healthy living tips and encouragement to stick to your goals.

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On Premeditated Leftovers I share simple recipes made with whole foods, practical shopping tips, time saving techniques, and meal planning strategies. I also share tips for minimizing food waste, so more of the food that is purchased ends up on the table.

While volunteering as a budget counselor, I realized that food is the element of most people’s budgets where they have the greatest control. I set out to develop low-cost recipes from scratch to prove it’s possible to create delicious meals on a limited budget. Eating well while spending less is about more than just creating recipes using inexpensive ingredients; it’s about creatively combining ingredients so you don’t feel deprived and are inspired to stick to your budget.

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