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10 Secrets to Healthy Dinners

Too tired or unprepared to cook after 10 or 12 hours of perpetual busyness, we often take the easy path: a pizza or other takeaway food, a frozen meal. Yet such pre-prepared dishes are loaded with salt, sugar and fat. There is a better way. Here are simple, realistic, easy tips to get you eating healthily at dinner again.

From: 5-Minute Health Boosters

1. Keep Your Kitchen Tidy

Families tend to congregate in the kitchen, bringing with them newspapers, post, schoolbags, schoolwork, toys and a thousand other little things. Don’t allow it. Set a new policy: the kitchen is for cooking, and, if you have room, eating only. Why? It’s hard to get motivated about cooking if you have to clean up a mess first, not to mention what it does to your mood. The opposite also holds true. A clean, bright, inviting kitchen can be a wonderful oasis after a day of craziness.

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