meal prep

Chasksfromalaska

hi! Im wondering if anyone is doing meal prep?

MaltedTea

Every weekend! This time, it's turkey breasts, ratatouille and roasted veggies from the farmer's market. What about you?

MichelleMcKeeRN

I meal prep often. If I don’t, I am scrambling to count calories and figure out what I am going to eat

goal06082021

*raises hand*

I've found prepping to be a great complement to calorie-counting - I love being able to basically do all of my thinking/planning around food on the weekends, so that during the workweek all I have to do is grab the thing I prepped and eat it without having to worry about fitting it into my budget.

MsCzar

I don't usually prep entire meals, but always have a fridge and freezer full of prepped and packaged ingredients from which I can whip up a meal in minutes. This lets me decide how many calories I want per meal by choosing from my prepped ingredients.

I keep pre-portioned pasta sauces, soups, chili and stews in the freezer along with individually wrapped chicken, salmon, cod, haddock and a bag of large prawns. When I buy more potatoes than I can use, I will often peel, slice, blanch and freeze them in Ziploc bags. I also keep frozen bananas, grapes, pineapple and an assortment of berries. A few onions and garlic are always cleaned, peeled and ready to go.

wi1234567890

MsCzar wrote: »

I don't usually prep entire meals, but always have a fridge and freezer full of prepped and packaged ingredients from which I can whip up a meal in minutes. This lets me decide how many calories I want per meal by choosing from my prepped ingredients.

I keep pre-portioned pasta sauces, soups, chili and stews in the freezer along with individually wrapped chicken, salmon, cod, haddock and a bag of large prawns. When I buy more potatoes than I can use, I will often peel, slice, blanch and freeze them in Ziploc bags. I also keep frozen bananas, grapes, pineapple and an assortment of berries. A few onions and garlic are always cleaned, peeled and ready to go.

This is what I do as well. I find it very helpful to quickly and easily prepare a meal if all the ingredients are cleaned and cut up. It’s also easier to convince my teenage kids to cook a meal. They are more likely to comply if some of the work has already been done.

dfwesq

I do. It helps me both with calories and a healthy diet to have some food ready to eat or put into my lunch bag. I'm also guaranteed to have food that I like.

xrj22

Getting lots of good single-serving size Tupperware is key. Cook/prepare soup, salads, pilaf, bento bowls, casseroles, etc and immediately put them into single serving Tupperware and put into fridge that way.