Certified holistic health counselor Randi Cestaro of Happy Healing explains that the key to making healthy eating choices for time-pressed stay-at-home moms is having a staple of healthy ingredients in your kitchen that can be combined in numerous ways.She uses those healthy building blocks to create these ideas for healthy, balanced meals that take less than five minutes to prepare.
1. Multigrain Bread with Almond Butter, Cinnamon and an Apple
This dish is as easy as toast.
A tablespoon of almond butter has 101 calories; a slice of multigrain bread may have about 60 calories and is usually high in calcium; an apple has 60 calories and is high in fiber.
2. Instant Oatmeal with Nuts, Ground Flaxseeds and Fruit
If you can boil water, you can make this dish in about three minutes.
A packet of instant oatmeal has about 130 calories and is high in iron and vitamins such as A and B6; one almond has 7 calories and is high in magnesium and manganese; flaxseed is a great source of fiber and one teaspoon has 13 calories.3. 2 Hard Boiled Eggs with Avocado on a Sandwich
This dish is a powerhouse. One egg has 70 calories and high in protein; a cup of avocado has 240 calories and is another protein packed food with good fats.
4. Yogurt with Nuts, Ground Flaxseeds and Fruit
Nothing is required here but mixing. You can keep pureed fruits by freezing some that you can thaw if you won't use it all immediately.
A cup of yogurt has 154 calories and is high in calcium, potassium and vitamin B12; one almond has 7 calories; flaxseed is a great source of fiber and one teaspoon has 13 calories.
5. Sliced Apple with Almond Butter
Almond butter tastes a lot like, well, almonds. The texture can be grittier than peanut butter but it is packed with healthy fats and proteins, as are most nut butters; a tablespoon of almond butter has 101 calories.
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