Chop veggies a day ahead

Posted on: June 30, 2008
Posted by: SiteEditorArianna
Related topics: 7 day challenge, cooking, daily challenge, healthy eating, and nutrition
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When you have chopped veggies conveniently on hand, do you eat them more often? Why not find out? Cutting up produce in advance saves you prep time at dinner, it also gives you something nutritious to grab when you feel like snacking. This week, challenge yourself to schedule 1-3 ‘chop’ days. Use them to organize your meals for the next few days and cut up veggies in advance. See if this practice changes the way you eat.

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SAMAC12
Posted July 01, 2008 at 01:14 AM

veggies onhand is wonderful I eat more if I keep them on hand and eat less meat. (so less fat)

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Jordynn
Posted July 01, 2008 at 04:38 AM

This works great! When you’re rushing around in the morning you just don’t have time to cut up veggies for a healthy lunch & snacks. When they’re already cut, you just grab a bag & go!

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debby45440
Posted July 01, 2008 at 07:56 AM

A wonderful idea, it definitely has me eating more veggies than I normally do.

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baltomd
Posted July 01, 2008 at 12:59 PM

An excellent idea – and a healthy reminder to do this! I always eat all my carrots, tomatos, or whatever veggie snack I bring to work. Need to do this ahead of time and I am sure I will eat a greater variety. I agree – I never have time in the morning!

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cowgirrlup
Posted July 01, 2008 at 01:41 PM

I use them for snacks and my meals when I chop them ahead of time.

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Brian50
Posted July 01, 2008 at 10:02 PM

I usually chop up my breakfast veggies the night before, place them in a zip lock bag and in the morning I just dump them into the frying pan. If I’m chopping something up for dinner I just go ahead and chop extra for the next day.

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stef42678
Posted July 02, 2008 at 04:44 AM

I chop my veggies for the week so it is easy to have a healthy snack or a great tasting salad.

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DulceBrandi
Posted July 02, 2008 at 02:42 PM

I love this idea! I’m going to chop lettuce today. I may even go nuts and chop an onion. LOL

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greezyguy
Posted July 24, 2008 at 03:01 PM

just did this the other night. was making a meatloaf to store in fridge for the next days meal, so we had all onions/peppers/etc cut night before so i just mixred them fresh in meatloaf before cooking

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netigen
Posted July 29, 2008 at 11:36 AM

No doubt it saves time,but you loose most of the nutrition specially if you cut them in advance of days.To get most of the vegetable or fruit,we should always cut them and eat within few minutes.

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cmurphy857
Posted September 01, 2008 at 08:36 AM

I love slicing and dicing veggies and fruit – I find it to be a meditative activity. I went to the produce market yesterday and spent a hal hour this morning chopping veggies to have on hand for the next couple of days.