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5. Use More Ingredients of Different Colours

Adding to dishes colourful vegetables (e.g. carrot, bell peppers,
tomato, corn) helps arouse appetite as well as prevent cancers and
maintain cardiovascular health as they are rich in anti-oxidants.

Step 2: Make a List before Shopping
Grocery shopping for 1 to 2 people is quite a headache for many people
as the food portions needed are small. Some solutions include：

• Buy food that can be stored for a longer period of time (e.g. frozen fish
fillets, frozen mixed vegetables, black fungi, mushrooms);

• Prepare a shopping list by writing down the items and portions you need;

• Make group purchases with colleagues or neighbours to save yourself
the trouble of buying too much for too few.

Well-planned grocery shopping can minimise the number of visits and
make preparation of meals for 1 to 2 people an easy task.

Stocktake your food storage and draw up a list to remind yourself of the
food you have. This can help you plan your meals with more variety and avoid
spoilage due to prolonged storage.

Below are steps for preparing a
3-day menu with a shopping list. This
will help minimise the frequency of
grocery shopping, which is especially
important to busy working people or
elderly people with impaired mobility.

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