FALL FUN
New Food Trends Can
Save Time & Money
(Family Features) As families
continue to adjust their meal
routines amidst a worldwide
pandemic, there are trends
you and your loved ones can
follow to improve your general
health, maintain a budget and
spend more time together.
Home cooking: According
to a study conducted by Hunter
on how COVID-19 has changed
home cooking, 54% of Americans
are cooking more and 50% have
more confidence in the kitchen.
Many, perhaps for the first time,
found that cooking at home and
learning cooking techniques
could be a fun family activity.
Trusting frozen: Frozen foods
have seen a renaissance in 2020.
Many families discovered that new
technologies allow frozen foods to
deliver innovations in flavors, recipes,
authenticity and affordability without
compromising taste. For example, Aqua
Star's frozen Cutting Board Meal Kits
are available at grocers nationwide
and feature full chef-inspired meals
like Chipotle Shrimp Street Tacos
and Southwest Chili-Lime Tilapia.
Saving money: It's common
knowledge for many consumers that
eating at or ordering takeout from
a restaurant is more expensive than
cooking at home. Eating at home
showed families just how much they
could save, and this trend is likely
to continue. According to a Simon-
Kucher Restaurants Survey, 26% of
consumers who ate meals from casual
restaurants before the pandemic
anticipate eating meals primarily at
home for up to a year after lockdown.
More seafood: According to a
national survey by Aqua Star, one of the
country's largest seafood companies,
75% of Americans want to eat more
seafood. Seafood provides nutritional
benefits for a multitude of recipes,
but many people don't know how to
prepare it. One of the easiest ways to
introduce your family to seafood is
through familiar comfort food recipes
and convenient one-pan meals.
Online grocery shopping: Nearly
daily trips to the grocery store can
be an expensive habit since impulse
buying is a bane to healthy eating
and saving money. As online grocery
shopping grows in popularity, it
provides families with a convenient,
time-saving way to keep must-haves on
hand without overspending at the store.
Dinners with family: After years of
families grabbing meals on the run,
sheltering in place has brought many
back to the dining room table. For a
simple family meal that focuses on
frozen seafood and pantry staples, try
this recipe for Shrimp Scampi that
involves just a few steps of preparation
that can even allow kids to help in the
process. If you don't have time to cook,
Aqua Star's Shrimp Scampi MicroSteam
Bowl is a simple way to enjoy the
same flavors in minutes, from the
microwave, with no clean-up required.
Find more at-home seafood
solutions at aquastar.com.
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