Welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition's Ask a Nutritionist podcast, brought to you by nutritional weight and wellness. I'm Christy Kalinsky, a registered and licensed a dietitian. We're thrilled to be celebrating 20 years on air, discussing the connection between what you eat and how you feel, while sharing a practical real-life solutions for healthier living through balanced nutrition.

Thank you for your support in listening over the years. Now let's dive into today's question.

Today's question is from one of our Dishing Up Nutrition listeners. It is, what foods would you

recommend for a family always on the go and really only has two to three days a week

to cook a good meal? That's a great question. I know this is a common struggle amongst many of my

clients and something I help them navigate frequently during their appointments. It just seems

like nowadays we are busier than ever.

We're rushing home from a long day at work, wishing to take a break or maybe relax a little bit in the evening.

But something else always seems to take a priority.

I know if you have kids at home, you might be running them to their sporting practices

or going to watch their games.

You might be going to a concert at school

or another event that you have to attend with them. And if you don't have kids or your kids are a

little bit older and out of the house, your priorities shift, but you're still very busy after

work. So it's just a different type of busy. I know I have a lot of clients that like to go and

work out at the gym after work or they might have different volunteer opportunities they're going to.

Trying to cook a good meal for some just tends to get put on the back burner and doesn't really get

the priority that it deserves. So hopefully today I'm going to help you find some ways to eat a

healthier meal, but not spend so much time cooking in the kitchen. So the first thing I'd like to

talk about is batch cooking. That's something that's a relatively new term over the last couple of

years. If you aren't really familiar with what batch cooking is, it's taking usually one day out of your week

and dedicating a couple of hours to cooking in the kitchen. I know for me personally, when I batch

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