Cooking At Home And Meal Plans For Cam Girls

There’s nothing like good home cooking. Really, I can’t think of anything more comforting. Cooking at home is more popular than ever today. Like, insanely popular. This isn’t just about your taste buds, it’s much more. Knowing what goes into what you eat and how it’s prepared is essential for your health. It’s not a trend, but an absolute necessity, especially if you are on a health plan and are looking for healthy meals without breaking the bank.

Today I’ll cover the benefits of cooking at home and provide additional information that can help you spice things up in the kitchen. Time to take charge of your health and hopefully yield better results parallel with your fitness plan.

Why Cook At Home?

Simple, because it is better – A LOT BETTER. You can plan your meals, consume healthier dishes, and best of all, it’s much cheaper to cook at home versus eat out. However, not everything is as simple as loading a cart of produce and hauling it home. There’s a lot more to consider. You’ll have to plan meals, ingredient combinations and be savvy about it or get used to eating unpleasant dishes. 

Cost-Effective Eating

When you cook your meals at home, you will for sure save money (a resolution for many), but only if you’re smart about it. The priciest ingredients will cost you, there is no doubt about it, but there are ways around overspending, and here is some crucial advice to help you get started:

Buy What You Need

Before shopping, prepare a list at home and don’t deviate from the list. Take stock of what you have at home, and buy accordingly. Careful, veering off the path can get pricey. 

If you don’t cook a particular cuisine, like, for example, Asian recipes, then you should stick to a small bottle of soy sauce. If you cook many Italian recipes, you need to stock up on Italian seasoning and that sort of thing. Stick to your staples and stock up at reduced costs.

If you wish to try a new recipe that requires a particular ingredient you’ve never used, don’t buy a bulk container at a big box store. Instead, buy only a tiny amount at the local grocery or health food store until you try it and see how you like it.

Buy Items On Sale

Look for sales. When cooking at home and looking to save money, you can save big by buying items on sale.

When, for example, you come across a flash sale discounting tender-looking chicken or something similar that you can freeze and use later, then buy one or more extra packs and freeze them. You’ll be ready next time you have a craving for chicken.

Maybe the key factor to saving is to eat small portions in moderation. To save money, we need to learn that we can’t have everything in an instant just because we crave it. Have some willpower when it comes to food. 

Cook What You Have On Hand

Be resourceful and use what you have. Identify what you have in stock and cook what you have. When you cook what you have in your kitchen, you will save money and stop being so wasteful. The amount of food we all are accustomed to throwing away is insane today.

Trust me, it’s not just you. But really, it’s massively wasteful!

By regularly taking inventory of the items in your fridge and pantry, you can better plan your meals and stop wasting money buying things you already have. Not trying to point fingers, but it’s something that must be said. 

Make Your Own Food

One ingenious way to save money is to make your food items and/or ingredients. Instead of buying pancakes, muffins, or cake mixes, you can make them from scratch. Homemade always tastes better, costs less, and you have control of the items you put in the mix. Invest in quality measuring cups and spoons, and you’ll be set.

This is probably a great time to mention that cooking on cam is a cool thing to do! True fanatics would love to see you cook on cam. Trust me, I know this for sure. Think about streaming your baking or cooking skills for your fans and watch the money fly in, just saying.

Make it from scratch. You can also think about making vegetable or chicken broth using leftovers when cooking something else and freeze it for when you need it next. The same goes for salsas, sauces, gravy, and even salad dressings.

Instead of buying the pre-shredded coleslaw mix, you can buy cabbage and carrots and make your fresh salad in minutes. Of course, you can adjust the dressing to fit your taste, and you’ll eat healthier and save money. Truth is, it will probably stay fresher too. 

Meal Planning

Now that we talked about saving money when creating delicious dishes at home, time to cover meal planning. Meal planning can be a tedious job when you go from the perspective of a newbie who wants to start cooking at home.

Meal planning is basically the answer to your most commonly asked question, “What’s dinner?” Instead of thinking about what to cook for every meal, you have everything planned way ahead of time.

It’s way more cost-effective, healthier, and less for you to think about. To do this, you need to select the meals you wish to eat, prepare things using recipes of your choice, shop for ingredients, and properly store things.

You can start over the weekend, shopping for ingredients on Saturday morning and starting your meal prep process on Sunday afternoon. Of course, to make things more convenient, you can also plan for pizza night, takeout night, and even leftover dinners.

Keep those takeout meals to a minimum though…

Meal planning is for everyone and is not just for families with small kids, and it is for people who like to cook at home, even if they live alone. It’s for fitness fans that take pride in staying healthy. It’s for bodybuilders and anyone who likes to be prepared for the day and week ahead. 

My advice here is to start with recipes you know and can make well and slowly add new recipes to your prepping. Don’t go overboard, it’s just going to cause more confusion.

A great help is to cook meals with “everyday” ingredients. You know, the basics…start with what you have in your kitchen, and you’ll stop throwing away food. Plus, the best thing about cooking at home is that you can cook what you want to eat – if you are a fan of veggies, you can use more of them in your dishes and reap the rewards of a healthy meal and balanced diet.

What about the people that just refuse to cook? Well, you’ve got plenty of options too! Consider a meal planning service.

Meal Planning Services

Now that we’re cooking, time to talk about how you can take advantage of the many meal delivery services that exist today. The services these companies provide are excellent, and you can focus on getting a balanced set of ingredients that are based on the diet you like. Of course, you’ll need to do your own research, but there are a lot of options out there today.

Most of these provide weekly and monthly subscription services that either send over-ready meals or provide meal kits that you need to cook at home. Some folks choose to do a combo of meal prep and delivery. You need to find what works best for you.

Here are a few top meal delivery services that you might consider:

• Home Chef – You can choose from over a dozen meals each week and prepare each meal within about 30 minutes. They provide fresh ingredients based on your diet, and you select the menus up to five weeks ahead.
• Sun Basket – This meal kit delivery service serves organic produce, antibiotic and hormone-free meat, and fresh-caught seafood. They cater to special diets, and you can mix and match your recipes.
• Green Chef – The Green Chef offers USDA-certified organic foods and sends over 90% organic items. They focus on using recyclable and reusable packaging and send color-coded recipe cards to help with meal preparation.
• Gobble – Honestly, this service has made it so simple to cook at home, as they send peeled vegetables and chopped items and promise that their meals take less than 20 minutes to prepare.
• Blue Apron – Okay, so this was the pioneer in the meal kit delivery services, and they have laid a lot of the groundwork for other similar brands. They promise their meals can be prepared in about 45 minutes. Check out the site for more.
• Freshly – They provide fresh meals cooked thoroughly, and you only need to heat the meal, and you are set. Freshly does it fresh. 
• EveryPlate – The EveryPlate service provides affordable meals that novice cooks can cook. The meals are effortless, and the company focuses on delivering tasty meals that bring value and convenience.
• Purple Carrot – This service focuses on plant-based food delivery and diets, and all meals are vegan, with seasonal produce, herbs, and creative sauces.

Comfort Foods Perfect For Home Cooking

You don’t have to restrict your diet and forgo comfort foods, especially when making them at home. Here is a list of homemade comfort foods that can be healthy and filling and the epitome of comfort food delight:

• Homemade macaroni and cheese
• Grilled cheese
• Chicken pot pie with spring veggies
• Cast Iron Sausage lasagna
• Crispy Tacos
• Ultimate crispy fried chicken
• Chili
• Pasta with cauliflower, bacon, and bread
• Baked ziti
• Shepherd’s Pie
• Creamy Tomato Soup
• Buffalo Wings
• Cast Iron Loaded Beef Nachos
• Chewy Chocolate Cookies
• Cheesecake Bars
• Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Fudge chocolate brownies

Wrapping Things Up: Start Cooking Now!

The simplest way to say it is, just start. Cooking at home is an excellent way to become healthier and save money. If you’re looking to live a better life, then start cooking at home. You don’t have to be an expert chef. Just make an honest effort to give it a try and see where things go. Stream your experiences on Camsoda too!