Food411 is here to take on the challenges of your New Years Resolutions. Let’s review some of the more popular resolves:
- I will lose weight.
- I will eat healthy & exercise
- I will start eating real meals, (no, frozen waffles with flutternutter is not a meal)
- Make more quality time for family & friends
- Quit smoking
- I learn something new
- I will take the time to enjoy my life more
- I will get organized
It sounds strange but all of these resolutions can be solved using Food411.com. Let’s start with #1-3, since they are all really the same goal. To lose weight, you must eat healthy, eat real foods & exercise. Food411 provides you with all the necessary resource to accomplish these tasks. With a multitude of resources available to you in our Weight Reduction section, you can quickly formulate your plan. Start eating real meals, if the problem is time to cook – check out the resources under our Let Other’s Cook area. Here you will find home cook fresh meals that can be shipped to you ready for your oven. We found a company called Artiko, they offer a great selection of items and offer a variety of portion/assortment options. If you want to cook but just don’t have the time to shop of fresh ingredients – take a look at our Fruits & Vegetables section. Resources such as Diamond Organics & Melissa’s can ship wonderful fresh ingredients to your door. Local Harvest‘s website is a real gem. You can find you farm fresh ingredients and they also direct you to your local food co-ops. Now that you are getting the idea that Food411’s resources can easily handle #1-3, there are no excuses left to make!
On to #4 ( which also encompasses #7!)
Make time for family and friends (take time to enjoy life). This will be accomplished by simply sitting down to eat the real meals. Taking the time to cook with friends/family is also wonderful way to increase quality time. Click on our Grocery Items delivered area, order the ingredients and you will now have the time to actually enjoy a sit down meal. You can expand your recipes box at one of our creative recipe sites .
Now #5 – Quit smoking , this is a tall order. How can Food411 possibly help with this. Well Food411 is all about helping people appreciate Food. Slowing down to savor one of life’s pleasure. When you learn to do this with your food – this will be a tremendous start to building the willpower you will need to kick your very unhealthy habit. One of the 5 keys to quitting is learning new skill and behaviors. Instead of “relaxing” with a cigarette, you will have learn how to take this time to appreciate the qualities of genuine foods. Substitute the enjoyment of wonderful teas, an occasional fine chocolate, the unbeatable taste of sweet ripe fruits and fresh fish dinner. Start new habits! Spend a few minutes each day reviewing various resources on Food411 and soon you will be a “foodie” instead of a “smoker”.
Learning something new ranks #6 on the resolution laundry list. Our suggestion...Food/Cooking Blogs are an informative, fun and entertaining way to increase your knowledge. A Blog is a web diary typically created by independent writers. Some are personal journals; others resemble newsletters or columns. Often, they contain links to other sources of content. The food blogs we have found represent a variety of writers from professional gourmet chefs to people who just love to eat! They are the perfect resource for you to learn something new! Check out our favorites in our Food Reads department.
We are now at our final resolution...#8, getting organized. Food411 has so many way to organize your kitchen. Check out our Tools of the Trade section. The resources we have uncovered will have your kitchen (and other rooms) well equipped and fully organized.
