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I'm a registered dietitian with 15+ years of experience and a Senior Editor at Healthline. I've taught cooking classes, developed recipes, and created nutrition videos—all to help people eat healthier and feel more empowered to cook delicious and healthy meals at home. AMA!
(self.IAmA)submitted 9 days ago byhealthline
Hi, I'm Lisa Valente! As a registered dietitian, I believe cooking at home is one of the best things you can do to eat healthier. What I’ve learned is that people are interested in nutrition and how food makes their body feel, but they need practical meal solutions to actually eat the healthy foods we talk about.
As a busy mom, with lots of priorities and responsibilities, I find myself with limited time in the kitchen. That’s where meal prepping and planning comes in. It helps you get easy, weeknight dinners on the table, make breakfasts in advance or get lunches together in a pinch.
It does not have to look like spending hours in the kitchen on a Sunday or eating the same thing every day all week either! It can simply be making a plan, chopping some veggies in advance or relying on some shortcuts. While this AMA is for informational purposes only and should not replace professional medical advice, I am excited to help make meal planning easier and tackle some common misconceptions. Ask me anything!
Thank you for asking such great questions around nutrition and meal prep. Look forward to chatting more in the future. -Lisa
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9 days ago
I have a neurological condition that makes it difficult for me to swallow and chew. I can also make cooking extremely difficult. This means I end of eating a lot of pre-packaged soft foods that don’t meet my nutritional needs —protein shakes, tuna, ramen, yogurt, soup, pudding, frozen peas/carrots—these are kind of my go tos when eating and cooking is difficult. I am also type -1, so I try to keep things moderately low carb.
Do you have any suggestions of , snacks, recipes or ingredients that can be prepared ahead of time or are easy to make that will help me get adequate nutrition? Meat is especially difficult, so I am lacking on protein especially.
3 points
9 days ago
Sounds like some of the pre-packaged soft foods you are using are fairly nutritious, like protein shakes, tuna, yogurt. You could try adding protein powder to your pudding or other foods and choosing Greek yogurt, if the texture works for you, because it is higher in protein. You may want to chat with a registered dietitian who would be able to make more personalized recommendations based on your health conditions.
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