Whether paid work or volunteer work, working at home offers easy kitchen access. Whether that’s a benefit or a hazard to smart eating depends on you. To eat smart as a home-office habit, set regular mealtimes rather than heading to the kitchen on a break. When you do need a break, “do” rather than eat: walk the dog, pick a flower bouquet, start a laundry load. Especially if you work alone, go out for an occasional lunch with a friend or a colleague. .

Enjoy the home-office advantage: take your afternoon break to put dinner in the oven or start a simmering pot of hearty stew.

Since you likely have no workplace deli or cafeteria to rely on:

• Stock your kitchen for easy workday meals: fruit, canned soups and stews, salad ingredients, whole-grain bread, lean deli meat and cheese, frozen microwave “bowls” and other prepared foods, milk, yogurt.

• Plan ahead, then re-create last night’s leftovers: Heat leftover stir-fries, and wrap in a warm tortilla for a quick fajita. Microwave a baked potato; top with yesterday’s stew or lentil soup. Slice leftover chicken to arrange on a freshly tossed salad.

Source: 365 Days of Healthy Eating from the American Dietetic Association (Wiley 2004), Roberta Larson Duyff, MS, RD, FADA, CFCS; Reprinted with permission of John Wiley & Sons, Inc

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