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Health & Fitness

Back-to-School Meals Made Easy

Concerned with how to put healthy meals on the table during the busy back-to-school season? Healthy Habits Kitchen will show you how!

There is no doubt that back-to-school is one of the busiest times of year. Making sure kids have the proper school supplies, shopping for school clothes and the many tasks associated with transitioning from summer to fall brings on a host of new challenges that often puts food at the bottom of your list, if it’s there at all.

There is no doubt that kids need the proper nutrition to fuel a healthy mind and body. In addition, as kids come into contact with more germs from their peers and the weather cools, colds become more of a threat. Central to maintaining a healthy immune system and preventing illness is consuming quality food with plenty of fruits and veggies.

However, as much as moms and dads want to feed their children a healthy, homemade meal every night time is an ever present issue. Running to and from activities leaves us without the hours needed to plan meals, grocery shop or cooking a quality meal. Eventually, we feel guilty about hitting the drive-through or takeout more often than we should.

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Healthy Habits Kitchen in Wellesley has a unique meal solution that was designed for busy families on a budget who want to cook a healthy, homemade meal, fast. This solution consists of nutritionally-balanced meal kits that contain all of the high-quality, raw ingredients that are needed to put a meal on the table in less than 30 minutes. The beauty of HHK’s solution is that all one needs to put the likes of Pretzel Crusted Chicken, Taco Skillet, Spinach Lasagna and Broiled Tilapia Parmesan on the table is an HHK meal kit—no cooking experience or additional ingredients are needed. Best of all, the cost is cheaper than takeout at an average of only $5 – 6 per serving.

At the core of this unique solution is the ability for families to plan ahead. Because the meal kits are freezer friendly you can literally fill your freezer with them and simply unthaw them overnight as needed. In the morning, moms and dads know they have something in the refrigerator that they can cook up in no time.

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HHK’s kitchen and retail store is located at 36 Washington Street, Suite 2 in Wellesley. Delivery and next day shipping are also available. For more information, go to www.healthyhabitskitchen.com

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