2 Simple Meals, Great for Moving Day

September 5, 2011

Everyone knows that it is very tiring and exhausting to move into a new place. For those of you looking at the Jacksonville NC homes for rent, you may be taking this into consideration. When it comes to moving day, a lot of people plan out, room by room, just how the move is going to go. What remarkably few people think about is what they are going to eat either during the Big Day or in the following handful of them. During the day of the move you will get hungry. It is entirely likely that nothing from the kitchen area will be out of the moving truck yet, meaning that you will have to fend for yourself. You could make a fast food run, but that is typically terrible tuck, especially when you are trying to move into your new Jacksonville NC homes. Or you could plan ahead for something super simple.

Lunch: Packed lunches. Yes, they remind us all of sending the kids off to school with a relatively balanced meal and hoping they actually eat the fruit. This does not mean it is not a viable lunch option for you movers though. Make a few sandwiches with some cold cuts on them. Get a bag of chips to share. Pack an item or two of fruits and some water to drink. Though it may sound lackluster now, come the day you move into whichever of the Camp Lejeune homes for rent you picked, that water will taste like the nectar of the gods after lifting heavy boxes and furniture all day. Clementines are coming into season as well, and they make an excellent snack to help round out the lunch. Pack it all into a cooler with some ice and that meal is ready to eat as soon as you are.

Dinner: Chicken, rice, and broccoli. These staple foods can be prepared easily and relatively quickly. All you need are two pots, and a pan to make it. Brown rice is healthier than white for you, but it cooks differently and I have become quite fond of it. I have found these instructions make perfect fluffy brown rice every time. Now just steam some broccoli starting about the time you turn off the rice burner. The chicken, of course, is the most versatile part of this meal. You can prepare it any way you feel, with some rosemary, lemon, salt, and pepper, or some cumin, lime and Adobo seasoning. Either way, let the seasoning on the chicken determine the tone of the dinner, because the rice and broccoli easily compliment just about anything you use to season the chicken.

These are just suggestions, but they are also great ways to replenish energy after a hard day. Not to mention that plenty of people find cooking rather cathartic after a busy or stressful  day. So when you move into your Jacksonville NC homes for rent don’t forget to properly feed yourselves, and remember that something healthy as suggested above won’t leave you feeling like a bloated mess after you’re done like fast food tends to.