{"id":275,"date":"2017-12-09T06:30:09","date_gmt":"2017-12-09T10:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joshevilsizor.com\/?p=275"},"modified":"2017-12-09T06:53:20","modified_gmt":"2017-12-09T10:53:20","slug":"how-to-use-google-keep-to-eat-healthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joshevilsizor.com\/?p=275","title":{"rendered":"How to Use Google Keep to Eat Healthy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.joshevilsizor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Google_Keep_4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-281\" src=\"http:\/\/www.joshevilsizor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Google_Keep_4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1396\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joshevilsizor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Google_Keep_4.png 1396w, https:\/\/www.joshevilsizor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Google_Keep_4-300x56.png 300w, https:\/\/www.joshevilsizor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Google_Keep_4-768x142.png 768w, https:\/\/www.joshevilsizor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Google_Keep_4-1024x190.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1396px) 100vw, 1396px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For those trying to change up their eating habits or for those simply trying to make easier the prospect of regularly eating healthy, there are certainly a few key challenges. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Those challenges are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Figuring out what to eat<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finding recipes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Staying on budget (Myth: healthy food costs so much!)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remembering to take ingredient lists to the grocery store<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019ve found that one simple part of the solution to these challenges is Google Keep. Although Google Keep and myriad other \u201cbrain overflow\u201d cloud storage apps have been around for a while (e.g. Evernote, OneNote, etc.), it wasn\u2019t until recently that I was able to find a utility for the service and add it to my trusted systems list. I\u2019ll explain why further below, but for now, here is the complete system I use to help <\/span><b>find <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">healthy, inexpensive recipes, <\/span><b>select <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the best ones, and <\/span><b>store <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">them so they\u2019ll be immediately available when I need them. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Figuring out what to eat and finding inexpensive recipes.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For some people, this is the hardest part. Fortunately, it\u2019s the easiest to solve. Google \u201chealthy recipes\u201d, and peruse the results. Even better, use these targeted <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/websearch\/answer\/2466433\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">boolean<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> searches to refine your results as follows: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Simple recipes: \u00a0recipes healthy ~simple<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inexpensive recipes: recipes healthy ~simple ~inexpensive<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quick and inexpensive recipes: \u00a0recipes healthy ~inexpensive ~quick<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minimal ingredient, quick and inexpensive recipes: \u00a0recipes healthy ~inexpensive ~quick \u201c~limited ingredients\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And of course, just add any search terms you want, and use a minus symbol for any results you do not want. For example: -pinterest<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From those results, pick a few blogs that have recipes that you like. Finally, add those blogs to your <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/RSS\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RSS feed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. If you\u2019re not sure what an RSS feed is, it\u2019s an aggregator (collector) of blog entries. One I use and recommend is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/feedly.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feedly<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The result of these actions is that now, every day (or so) you have new recipe ideas hitting your RSS reader. This solves problems 1-3 from above.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Refining our options and remembering to take ingredient lists to the grocery store.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First, open your Google Keep account on your computer. Do that by clicking on the grid of nine small squares located by your avatar (picture) in the top right hand corner of your Gmail account. Or, click <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/keep.google.com\/u\/0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Second, install the Google Keep app on your phone. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next, create two tags or categories:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recipes to make<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recipes that rock<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then, look at your battle rhythm (or daily routine) and determine a time to review the recipes coming into your RSS feed. This is also a cool thing to Do Instead of Facebook (DIOF, or affectionately titled \u201cdie off\u201d &#8212; an idea I continue to explore and eventually post about). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Note: I originally discussed the concept of a battle rhythm in my blog post: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.joshevilsizor.com\/?p=165\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inbox Zero &#8211; You Are Doing Email Wrong (Step 1)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. One day I\u2019ll elaborate on the importance of the concept, perhaps. But I digress&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As you review these recipes and discover ideas that hit on all of your particular requirements (quick, simple, limited ingredients, etc.) click the share button and share them with Google Keep (there\u2019s a chrome extension that allows you to do this from your computer as well). Finally, be sure to tag these recipes with the \u201cRecipes to make\u201d category before you close the Keep app. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The results from these actions are&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. We have taken a large array of overwhelming recipe options and boiled them down into just a few recipes we know that we are able to make, <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. the next time we\u2019re at the grocery store all we need to do is open the Google Keep app and select the \u201cRecipes to make\u201d tag.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, if you\u2019re a super efficiency nerd like me and want to waste zero time in the grocery store deciding what you might want to make that week, you can pin your top selections in Google Keep and they\u2019ll be at the top of the list waiting for you when you launch the app.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s it! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Bonus: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you make a recipe that turns out great that you would like to eat again, simply tag it as a \u201cRecipes that rock\u201d in Keep and it\u2019ll be there waiting for you as a \u201cgo-to\u201d or \u201cthrow down\u201d recipe in a time crunch or other moment of decision-making weakness (hey, we all have them).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And that\u2019s literally it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Background (for those interested in more than just the nitty gritty how-to above)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The reason I found this topic interesting is because I\u2019ve tried to set up numerous trusted systems for keeping recipes. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/getpocket.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pocket <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was probably my first attempt, but the UI just wasn\u2019t good for recipes. It has tags and such, but its necessarily and beautifully \u201cstripped down\u201d look (it typically removes images and other things for simple offline reading) don\u2019t work for recipe making.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m also not sure if I tried keeping recipe ideas in Google Drive, a spot where I do all of my work and often use my miscellaneous folder as a dumping ground for brain overflow storage (i.e. things I just can\u2019t bother with trying to remember, but can easily search with the tap of an app on my phone or computer). However, creating a Google Doc or saving a link in a Google Doc for each recipe would involve way more clicks than what I outlined above, so also not great for recipe keeping.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, I think my first attempt at recipe total recall was with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/qODk86\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GQueues<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (heads up, affiliate link). This is my everyday super trusted to-do app that integrates with Google Calendar like a boss. It\u2019s also highly customizable so you can employ the David Allen <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/2cOyURcqpbo\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get Things Done (GTD)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> contextual settings and location based methodology, if you so choose to do so (and I <\/span><b>so<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> choose). Unfortunately, the UI and resultant UX didn\u2019t make this method a keeper either (no pun intended). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So as you can see, Google Keep wasn\u2019t my first shot at this. Hopefully my research results save you some time and help you get on track with a healthy lifestyle. You only get one lifetime\u2026 choose <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VA7J0KkanzM?t=1m35s\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wisely<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Please let me know any ideas or systems you might use for eating healthy in the comments section below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those trying to change up their eating habits or for those simply trying to make easier the prospect of regularly eating healthy, there are certainly a few key challenges. Those challenges are: Figuring out what to eat Finding recipes Staying on budget (Myth: healthy food costs so much!) 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