Fitness for Dads: Dad, What’s for Dinner?
This article written by Contributing Writer Chris Lopez.
It’s 5pm. You’re still at work, but tonight you’re supposed to make dinner.
The last thing you want to do is order pizza because that’s what you did last night and you can’t bear to ask your wife to cook again this week because TONIGHT is the only night you’re responsible to feed the family.
It also happens to be the day that your meeting ran through lunch so you couldn’t pop down to the gym for your workout.
So, no workout, no dinner.
Many times before I’ve been a victim to this situation so much so that I had the local Chinese Food restaurant on speed dial. And although Chinese Food tastes good in certain situations (think college, late at night after getting home from the bar), it’s not ideal for feeding a healthy growing family.
So to save you time, strife and stress, my advice is to have a “Go-To” Meal/Recipe that 1) is tried and true and tastes great and 2) is relatively healthy so that you won’t be feeling the effects of it when you wake up in the morning and feeling like you got hit by a truck.
In my video below, I’ve outlined my “Go-To” meal that takes 23-minutes to prepare.
I also got a quick workout in as well.
Let me know what your “Go-To” meal is!
Chris Lopez is a Contributing Writer for Discovering Dad. His personal site is Fit and Busy Dad Blog. You can also follow him on Twitter @fitandbusydad.
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Comment by Ed (zoesdad) on 25 January 2009:
Timely post, Chris. For I happened to have some salmon in the fridge–thawed and ready to prepare. It came out fantastic!!
Thanks, man.
Comment by Chris Lopez on 29 January 2009:
hey Ed,
my pleasure. my goal is to try to get one of these recipe posts out at least once a month. i do all the cooking in my house and the meals have to be quick, easy and healthy. so, if i have any more gems, I’ll be sure to let you guys know!
Chris
Comment by David on 12 August 2009:
Now why i haven’t thought of this at the first time. Thanks for the idea!
Comment by Abbas on 26 October 2011:
I tried your go-to-meal and I can safely say it has become mine too! I have to cook twice a week, and my wife gets very disappointed when I end up ordering pizza because I am far too exhausted to prepare anything, and I still have to do my daily workout. This 23 minute recipe literally takes 23 minutes… love it. Thanks bro.
Comment by Taylor on 22 November 2011:
Man, you’ve hit on a very common problem where go to plans like this are essential. Going to add this to my growing list of short cut Dad maneuvers that get everyone fed and get Dad some exercise.