Before starting to cook, take time to get everything organized. Take out all the ingredients, wash or rinse items as required, measure ingredients and pre-heat your oven if needed.

• Cook extra brown rice and quinoa for freezing in zip lock bags or freezer friendly containers. This will save time when a recipe calls for already cooked rice.
• Spend more time preparing recipes on the weekend and always make extra for freezing or plan over.
• Keep track of your pantry, fridge and freezer staples.
• You can make shortcuts by buying already cooked chicken or fish.
• Keep a shopping list on your fridge and write down items that you need, as you use them up.