Food prep-beginner

randibum3
randibum3 Posts: 13 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I am going to try my hand at food prepping! Any advice or tips would be greatly appreciated!! :)

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  • zoeysasha37
    zoeysasha37 Posts: 7,088 Member
    When I used to prep here's what I did.
    1. Make a plan!! Get a list together and go to the supermarket prepared to buy everything you need for the week.include all the meals you would like to have and any snacks to go with them and whatever ingredients you need to make it happen !

    2. Get yourself plenty of those Tupperware containers and freezer bags so you can portion everything out and freeze it or refrigerate . it helps when everything is already weighed out and prepacked so all you have to do is grab it and reheat it . since you will have weighed everything out already, it will already be stored in your diary .

    3 make one day ( or two . whatever works best) your cooking day and prepare everything that you planned. Weigh it all out and package it up. Eat it throughout the week :)

  • randibum3
    randibum3 Posts: 13 Member
    Thanks! I'm a big fan of chick but I'm not sure if it Is okay to cook your chicken a week in advance? Will it stay good in the fridge for 5 days without spoiling? Or is that something you package raw and then cook just that portion when it's time to eat?
  • strong_curves
    strong_curves Posts: 2,229 Member
    I don't know if you use reddit at all but these sub-reddit helped me when I started meal prepping:

    https://www.reddit.com/r/fitmeals/new/

    https://www.reddit.com/r/MealPrepSunday/new/
  • macgurlnet
    macgurlnet Posts: 1,946 Member
    I like to batch cook on weekends, eating 1 portion of 1 of the dishes, then freezing the rest. If I cook 2 main dishes, I eat one that night, then leave 1 portion of the other in the fridge for the next day.

    Throughout the week, I'll go in my freezer, pick something out, and leave it in the fridge to thaw overnight.

    I don't really do lunch prep. It takes me all of 15 minutes to put everything together since I eat the same things, and it's mainly sandwiches right now, with veggies, popcorn, and cottage cheese as snacks.

    I'm only just now seeing extra space in my freezer - it was stuffed so full of containers that not a single other thing would fit!

    :)

    ~Lyssa
  • Ginny218
    Ginny218 Posts: 194 Member
    I have my yogurt, clif bars, homemade flavored rolled oats pkg, a few low cal frozen meals, then supper is mostly next days lunch. I set up the next day if its a work day and put it in the night before. Then I know how much i got for supper time. Works pretty well.
  • MlleKelly
    MlleKelly Posts: 356 Member
    1. Invest in STURDY tupperware that can be frozen, microwaved, and put in the dishwasher. Get various sizes, and multiples.
    2. Get a good thermal lunchbox and ice packs if you don't have a fridge at work.
    3. Try to plan some mix 'n match items...Make rice, beans, sauces, and cut veggies separately so you can have variety in your meals throughout the week.
    4. When I'm adding a recipe to MFP, I wait until after I've portioned it out into tupperwares to calculate the servings. If the recipe says it makes 6-8 servings and I get 7 tupperwares full, then I say that's 7 servings and I know exactly how many calories, etc. are in each one. Or if the recipe says it makes 10 servings, but it's a low-cal meal, I make make 8 portions and adjust the number of servings to 8 so I can feel a little more full without having to say I'm eating 1.2 servings of something.

    Good luck!
  • randibum3
    randibum3 Posts: 13 Member
    Thanks everybody!

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