Grapefruit is a nutritious fruit that’s easy to add to your diet because it doesn’t require much preparation time or special cooking tactics. Here are some ways to make it even easier to add grapefruit to your routine.
Plan
It can feel daunting to eat healthy when our world is always on the go. At the end of a long and busy day, it’s sometimes hard to muster the mental energy to decide what to make for dinner, let alone actually make it. If you aren’t an early bird, mornings might be a mad dash to get out the door and to work on time, leaving no time for breakfast.
Making a meal plan ahead of time can take the pressure off you during the week and help you stick to a schedule. Meal planning doesn’t have to be time-consuming. Set aside an hour or two during your days off to go through your fridge and pantry to see what you have on hand. Use this inventory to plan your meals for the week, making a grocery list of additional items needed as you go. You can find what works for you and your tastes, but try to incorporate grapefruit into at least one meal or snack a day. You don’t have to reinvent the wheel either; if you find a recipe that works, repeat it as often as you like each week! It can even be something fun, like having a Paloma on a Saturday night out or grapefruit mimosas with Sunday brunch.
Prep
Planning your meals is sure to help you stick to your grapefruit routine, but you can take it one step further by doing weekly meal prep as well. Again, set aside a block of time on a day off (after you’ve made your meal plan and grocery shopped!) to prep food that will make your daily meals quick and easy. For example, if you are topping your lunch salads with grapefruit, cut and section enough grapefruit for each day. Cut grapefruit can be kept in the fridge for about 3–4 days, or until it begins to become soft, so you can do two smaller batches of prepping during the week or freeze half of the prepped batch and pull them out to thaw as needed. Store them in individually sized airtight containers so you can easily pack one in your lunchbox each day. Frozen grapefruit segments are also great for tossing in smoothies or as cocktail garnishes. Try freezing freshly squeezed grapefruit juice in ice trays. Once frozen, transfer them to a freezer-safe bag or container and you’ll have them on hand to add to water, cocktails, juice, smoothies, sorbets, and more!
Find Recipes Fit for You
The most important thing about incorporating grapefruit into your routine is making sure your choices are fit for your routine. If you don’t like eating plain grapefruit and plan to eat plain grapefruit for a snack every day, you are not going to look forward to it and it can become a roadblock for you. If you don’t have the time to cook an elaborate breakfast that features grapefruit every morning, putting those recipes in your meal plan is unrealistic and will be discouraging when you cannot keep up. You can find recipes to try on the Yarden blog or sites like Pinterest. Try out different recipes to find not only what tastes good, but ones that are easy and manageable for you to make. You want to make it as enjoyable as possible when adding more grapefruit to your diet!
As a closing bonus, adding a grapefruit tree to your Yarden or indoor plant collection is an easy way to have fresh grapefruit literally at your fingertips!
