Pre making meals?

mybigfat

I know it is popular to premake your meals and freeze them. What kind of things work well for this? How many days do you do and do you make only one thing or do you mix it up?

mybigfat

Also what kind of storage containers work best

coboblack

I prep lunch and dinner for a week. I do a new theme each week. One week might be Italian, next week chicken and rice, then another week might Mexican, etc.

coboblack

Here are the containers I use.

I make 3- 4 eggs over medium and 1 turkey sausage link every morning. So I don't have to prep that.

Lunch
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0128YT76S/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Dinner
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01I8AQYCQ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

And I use this scale.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0113UZJE2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

CafeRacer808

I usually do a big pot of hearty soup, stew or chili on Sundays. I free them in Ziploc bags so they defrost pretty quickly. Pasta, lasagne, enchiladas and casseroles also freeze quite well.

brandi8484

@Coboblack your post made me so hungry!!!! LOL

fitoverfortymom

coboblack wrote: »

I prep lunch and dinner for a week. I do a new theme each week. One week might be Italian, next week chicken and rice, then another week might Mexican, etc.

Holy *kitten*. You're hardcore!

So the lunch containers are as single, larger compartment and the dinner ones are divided?

I bow to you!

coboblack

brandi8484 wrote: »

@Coboblack your post made me so hungry!!!! LOL

Hahaha! Thanks!

fitoverfortymom wrote: »

coboblack wrote: »

I prep lunch and dinner for a week. I do a new theme each week. One week might be Italian, next week chicken and rice, then another week might Mexican, etc.

Holy *kitten*. You're hardcore!

So the lunch containers are as single, larger compartment and the dinner ones are divided?

I bow to you!

Yes and I cook 2 meals a day for 5 people. So that is 70 meals a week that I usually cook on sundays or sometimes half on Sunday other half on wed.

So when people say they don't have time to prep for themselves. I find it hard to believe when I do it for 5 people, work full time, have a wife and kids, work out daily and train Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu 3x a week. =P

fitoverfortymom

coboblack wrote: »

brandi8484 wrote: »

@Coboblack your post made me so hungry!!!! LOL

Hahaha! Thanks!

fitoverfortymom wrote: »

coboblack wrote: »

I prep lunch and dinner for a week. I do a new theme each week. One week might be Italian, next week chicken and rice, then another week might Mexican, etc.

Holy *kitten*. You're hardcore!

So the lunch containers are as single, larger compartment and the dinner ones are divided?

I bow to you!

Yes and I cook 2 meals a day for 5 people. So that is 70 meals a week that I usually cook on sundays or sometimes half on Sunday other half on wed.

So when people say they don't have time to prep for themselves. I find it hard to believe when I do it for 5 people, work full time, have a wife and kids, work out daily and train Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu 3x a week. =P

I do prep for 2 people, but I need to up my game after seeing that!