5 Tips to Healthier Shopping

Planning your shopping list as a mum can be hard. Looking for foods that are tasty, easy to prepare and fuel you and your family’s bodies is challenging.

Below are my top 5 tips on how to shop for a healthy family.

1. Plan out your meals for the week, then shop for the ingredients you need only - don’t be tempted to add in other items to your shopping trolley just because you “might need them”. This will also help keep your grocery bill down.

2. Stay away from the chip and biscuit aisles. Instead, make homemade healthy snacks where you can monitor the amount of sugar going in. School holidays are a great time to get the kids into the kitchen to help.

3. Stock up on fruits when they are in season, and freeze the excess. Strawberries, blueberries and raspberries are great for this, as it is much cheaper to buy them when they are in season and cheap rather than buying frozen packets each week. Bananas can also be frozen (remove the peel first) and used in smoothies or to make banana icecream.

4. If you are time-poor, buy frozen vegetables that are already cut up and ready to go. Frozen veggies can contain more nutrients as they are frozen within hours of being picked, instead of the “fresh” veggies that have been sitting out in the store for days.

5. Make sure you have protein in each meal - it will keep you full for longer, stop the cravings, and give the kids energy they need to burn, especially during the holidays. Protein can be found in meat, eggs, seafood, nuts, seeds and legumes.

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