Pia Wurtzbach Quotes

Studies have found that preparing your own food is usually healthier and less expensive than buying fast food. But most people just don't have the time.

Lunch is for wimps.

You know, all these fancy, detailed diets work only if you are sitting at home doing nothing. If you are working, where is the time to whip up food again and again?

I don't do much cooking because it's impossible when you travel so much. You go grocery shopping, buy everything, and then get a call to fly out for two weeks. By the time you're back, all the food is rotten.

Here's what I've learned about eating healthy when you're busy: It's all about preparation. Make your snacks on Sunday, and you will be good to go until Thursday or so.

Sometimes I'll go to the grocery store and buy a bunch of groceries as though I knew how to cook, which I don't, and as though I was going to be home for the next six days, which I won't.

Honestly, if I can plan out a few meals ahead of time, I feel much more organized.

Buy groceries and feed yourself, even on the road.

Another suggestion is to cook a meal, maybe not every night, but a couple more times a week than you usually do. That way you have leftovers, and you take your lunch to work.

When I'm writing, I spend all my time in The Grocer on Elgin buying ready-made meals; I think they are the only reason my husband and kids haven't left me.

You have a lot of people on the run and really don't have time to sit down and eat a balanced meal.

For the most part this is a place to find down-to-earth advice on everyday cooking, eating, food shopping, cooking equipment, and nice things to put on your table.

I mostly get takeout, I have to admit - I don't know if that's something to be ashamed of. I'm not much of a cook.

I sometimes skip meals when I travel.

We spend so much time sublimatin', thinkin' about, 'What am I going to have for lunch, dinner?'

I used to love looking at a recipe, getting all the bits and pieces in the shops, getting them ready and prepared... I don't really have the time to do that anymore.

I'm doing a two-hour show every day, so you can eat what you want.

Organize yourself so you aren't struggling to shop at the last minute. When you have real food, it's very easy to cook.

I don't cook. I think they named the 'Mike'-rowave after me.

I get quite lazy about cooking because when I come back from work it is the last thing I want to do, really is spend loads of time cooking.

My fridge is usually pretty empty. If I can get it together to order FreshDirect, I will have some fruit and yogurt in the fridge. But there isn't a ton of stuff you would cook with.

I try to plan our meals for the week on Sunday.

I try to be semi-healthy, but I've got into a really bad routine of never food shopping. My fridge is always bare!

I rely way too much on Seamless, and I really need to learn how to feed myself.

It may seem counterintuitive to some people to take an entire morning or afternoon to prepare food for the week, but believe me, it's not. You'll even find that you eat much healthier when you've planned your meals ahead.