Healthy Cooking Hacks for Busy People | Lazy Weeknight Solutions
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Have you ever wished there was an easier way to whip up dinner after a long day? You’re not alone! In this video, I’m sharing my favorite plant-based cooking hacks to make weeknight dinners effortless, whether you’re feeling lazy or just pressed for time. From one-pot wonders and quick meal ideas to balancing nutrition on the fly, I’ll walk you through practical tips that solve common challenges like ingredient prep, lack of inspiration, and cleanup dread.
Staying healthy shouldn’t be complicated or expensive, so I’m showing you how to plan ahead, stock your pantry with essentials, and even incorporate tools like the Click & Grow indoor garden for fresh greens without the hassle. And if you want to dive deeper, don’t miss our new eBook packed with 50+ family-approved recipes, guides to building sauces from scratch, and tips for adapting your favorite dishes to plant-based perfection.
We’ll cover:
– Quick recipes like our ‘Curry-in-a-Hurry’ and ‘Pesto Pea Pasta’
– Strategies for balancing nutrition using the Plate Method and ‘Eat the Rainbow’
– Solutions for minimizing cleanup and maximizing meal ideas
Plus, check out how Click & Grow can help make healthy cooking easier by providing fresh herbs and greens with minimal effort—perfect for busy weeknights.
Want more tips? Be sure to like, subscribe, and share your own hacks in the comments below. Let’s make healthy, plant-based eating simpler together!
CHAPTERS
00:00 – Introduction
04:30 – Problem: Time Constraints
07:04 – One Pot Recipe: Curry in a Hurry
10:05 – Problem: Lack of Meal Ideas
15:50 – Problem: Ingredient Availability
18:06 – 15 Minute Recipe: Green Pea Pesto Pasta
22:42 – Problem: Balancing Nutrition
24:57 – Making a Balanced Meal Recipe
30:58 – Problem: Cleaning Up
32:01 – Problem: Eating Healthy is Too Expensive
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30 Comments
Why do you do so many close-up shots? It's not really that appealing to look at your blackheads and your "food" at the same time. 🤢
This video is a swing and a miss. Speaking of misses, did I fast forward through your wife, or is she off not cleaning another part of the house? 😆
Hey mate😎LOVE this video! 🤗But do people really ever say I DUNNO when u ASK what they want for dinner?? 😯As the only cook in our household for 20 years I think I’d keel over with SURPRISE DELIGHT & SHOCK if someone else ASKED WHAT I WANT or even cooked something for me on the blind! 😮😊❤Your mob are so lucky to have you Groover!😊Hope they appreciate you🥳& in return for cooking such DELICIOUS HEALTHY meals, I hope they give u daily foot massages, make u endless cuppas (& bring them 2u)plus tell u you’re WONDERFUL!🥰👍🏼from Lorna @ HORSECAMP in Australia 🇦🇺
I used to do the timer thing a lot; I would set it for just 5 minutes and see how much of a dent I could make. Nowadays I do "30 things" –anything counts as 1 thing–throw a piece of trash, 1, wash a dish, 1 and then after 30, I have usually made such progress I just finish it. But if I'm truly too exhausted, I go do something else and come back and do another 30, and sometimes back and even another 30. It works like magic.
Hello from Barrie Ontario. 😊 Love to see Instant Pot recipes…..thanks.
Love your book. 8 recipes in and all are keepers. Can’t wait to try more of them.
This is exactly the type of content I love about your channel! I need all the hacks! I love batch cooking components and using throughout the week in one or more recipes, but that can be entirely too much some weeks too.
Thanks❤😊
Baroness Von Sketch Show! Awesome Show!! 😄 Such talent!
Love my click and grow! Game changer! Also bought a Lettuce Grow Farmstand recently and love it too! So much easier to get my veggies in and have herbs ready. Thank you for all that you do! Love your videos!
If you hate cleaning up, put on PB and J. Instant company in the kitchen!
I always make a lot of soup, chili snd add whatever. I hate to cook so whatevet saves me from cooking every night is a blessing for me.
Thanks coach! Great pep talk!
Great tips, Jeremy! At times when I know I am going to be gone all day I put my cut up veggies, broth, lentils or canned beans and spices in my instant pot in the morning before I leave, I then set a timer (which I bought to use with my instant pot) and set the timer to start cooking about 30 min. before I get home. When I am ready to sit down to eat, I throw some already cooked rice and cut greens into a bowl and ladle my stew over the rice and greens. The hot stew warms the rice and greens and the meal is ready. If I am feeling extra fancy I squeeze some lemon or lime and/or add microgreens to the top of the bowl – and enjoy a quick and delicious meal!
Great episode! I would love a part 2. No, I do not want pumpkin in my meals, dessert type foods only for me.
I spent about 2 weeks amassing dinners that I like and I took index cards – 31 of them and at some point during the weekend before I food shop, I shuffle the meal index deck and randomly choose 5 meals. I plan for leftovers for a couple of days or if one of the recipes will give me 2 nights of leftovers but honestly, I usually have leftovers for lunch. Sat and Sunday are usually meals that take a bit more time because I have it. I have been doing this since the 90s. I know what to buy at the market cuz I know what I am eating. The thought process of what am I going to eat tonight? I am tired I don’t want to think of it etc.
Hello, everyone 😊
The Catelli Gluten free pasta is the best. You can't even tell it is GF.
Will you be printing any more spiral bound hard copy cookbooks?
With all the books you’ve reviewed, have you ever found a good recipe for plant-based tiramisu? The vegan recipes available are delicious but they’re just plain white sugar, vegan mascarpone, etc. they’re really tasty but very far from whole food plant-based. The closest I ever found was a version on the channel called whole food plant based cooking, but I still feel it’s missing something. Any inspirations you’ve come by?
Ok this might be a dumb question. I kinda have been out of the loop, but can you show how the insta pot works? Or is it just a fancy name for a pressure cooker? Lol in that case I know how it works.😂
Another awesome video with amazing healthy cooking hacks for busy & lazy people Jeremy. Frozen vegetables is my favourite cooking hack and using the instant pot instead of the stove top is a game changer. Love 😍 this channel and your videos and love ❤️ Jeremy & family.
Another great video, guys. Not sure which was my favourite takeaway: “delicious slop, that’s the name of our next cookbook “, or “suck less every time you show up”.😂
Yay! I’m Sarah from clarington (and the mighty network 😉) 🙏👋
Good tips in this video! I would love a future video dedicated to your meal planning process for 1 week, step-by-step, from start to finish, as an example of how to do it. Yes to a part 2 to this video. Thanks, Jeremy! By the way, when my son was in elementary school, he wasn't happy with our meals. I sat down with him and asked him what he would like and did menu planning, including his choices. He is 39 now and jokes about my journey to planning healthy meals for the family. He recalls big slabs of pan fried tofu, pasta with beans, including mac and cheese (dairy) with chickpeas added and baked ziti with cottage cheese instead of ricotta cheese. I really tried to make our meals healthier in those days, prior to going WFPB. I didn't realize how much he disliked some of our meals, especially in comparison to his friend's eating style. We all have a good laugh but some of his memories are cringe worthy!! My 37 year old daughter doesn't feel the same way. She liked our meals more. When my kids were little, a friend of mine was big on snacks foods and had a pantry full of Costco snacks such as chips, cookies and sour patch kids. Going to her house was so much fun for my kids because I did not buy that stuff. If my kids wanted sugary cereal like fruit loops or Cocoa Puffs, it had to be their snack for the day (they were allowed 1 sweet treat a day), not breakfast. Hahah, I tried!
I am frustrated because I don't seem to be able to take a screenshot with utube any more. I would love to save the Pesto pasta but I can't get a Screen shot. I must add I am casting from my phone to tv.
My saving sanity tip is to find 2-3 recipes and buy and prep ingredients. Bag them. Prepare throughout the week.
Love the instant pot!
I am family of 1, a senior and working full time. I enjoy having a freezer stash.
Being chronically ill and low energy, this video will be so helpful. Thanks!
Noooo, you said the “W” word. Now you are required by universal law to take her out! (Hint to reluctant exercisers…that was how I got myself up and moving. I asked the dog if s/he wanted to go for a walk. There was much canine excitement, and I HAD to get off my backside and go for a walk!)
Hoping news that strike is resolved is true.
Thank you, Jeremy.
Great video