For instance, oatmeal doesn't need to be sweet. Savor it with savory additions: lean ground meat, spices, veggies, eggs, soy sauce: treat it like rice! I start out many of my days with savory foods because I'm less likely to eat for pleasure if the food isn't sweet.
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I typically throw all of my lunch's components into a single dish and take it to work with me. I also typically eat my lunch in less than 5 minutes. I've discovered that the more dishes I bring with me, the slower I eat. So, the next time I want to toss that piece of chicken and the leftover corn and rice together, I'll just pull out three smaller containers and take them separately.
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It may take a bit longer to heat up these pieces at the workplace microwave, but you can always nibble on one element while the others are heating up. Of course, if there's a line for the microwave, you may need to get creative!
To save time putting dishes away after they have been washed in the dishwasher, I take the dishes out according to their size,stack them together then put them up in the cupboards. First I start with the largest size dish then do the next largest size down to the saucers. Then work on the soup bowls and their sizes and then the cups. I find this systems makes easy work for putting dishes away.