Meal prep

mcadamskarena
mcadamskarena Posts: 2 Member
edited November 26 in Food and Nutrition
Any meal prep ideas?

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  • ibarrarocio93
    ibarrarocio93 Posts: 8 Member
    You can find a lot of ideas on Pinterest. In my opinion the easiest thing to do is prep for no more than 4 or 5 days max. Cook easy foods that you can make a lot of at once. Chicken, fish, a lot of vegetables, and brown rice or quinoa. Stick to foods that you won't get tired of or cook things you can combine differently every day so you don't get tired of it. Hope this helps a bit!
  • COGypsy
    COGypsy Posts: 1,365 Member
    I make two kinds of meals each week. One for breakfast/lunch and one for lunch/dinner. That way I can switch back and forth and not eat exactly the same thing for every meal during the week.
  • vallary14
    vallary14 Posts: 215 Member
    Roasted veggies! You can load up a couple cookie sheets with a variety and they can be reheated quickly in microwave and some are even good cold. Chicken cooked low and slow in Dutch oven can be shredded and added to different dishes. Dry beans are inexpensive and you can cook them up and add to salads, wraps or tacos.
  • NoLimitFemme
    NoLimitFemme Posts: 118 Member
    I make 5-6 servins at a time. I put 4 in the fridge and freeze the rest. The next prep i will prepare it a little different. After a couple preps of this I have a variety of foods so I don't get bored eating the same thing. I always do a protein, rice (sometimes flavored and sometimes plain), and steamed veggies.
  • Love_2_Hike
    Love_2_Hike Posts: 103 Member
    We tend to eat 'bits' of food, rather than cook just the one meal. So on Sunday's, I meal prep.
    Boil some eggs. Cut up the veggie sticks make a dip, boil some spuds, bake some sweet potato, make a salad dressing, open a tin of corn and Beetroot. Cook some rice/quinoa. Grate the cheese. Make a few salads/tray of roast veg.
    So when it come to meal times, we just 'assemble' rather than cook.
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    Don't just do to do, do to make your life easier and happier. Keep it simple.
  • lightenup2016
    lightenup2016 Posts: 1,055 Member
    I'm never sure what people mean by meal prep – – is this meals you want for lunch for the week just for yourself, that you know have a certain number of calories? Or is it meal prep for your dinner meals with the family so that you don't have to cook every evening? I envisioned "meal prep" meaning that people make a large batch of something for their lunch to take to work with them, and divvy it up into containers with the amount of calories they want to take for lunch.

    I ask this because if it just means having already-prepared food available, I don't do an actual meal prep per se, but we use leftovers from most of our meals to provide quick meals for when we're in a hurry. This way, I'm not having to set aside extra time to make food for later in the week, I'm just making a bigger portion when I do cook.
  • COGypsy
    COGypsy Posts: 1,365 Member
    lightenup2016 wrote: »
    I'm never sure what people mean by meal prep – – is this meals you want for lunch for the week just for yourself, that you know have a certain number of calories? Or is it meal prep for your dinner meals with the family so that you don't have to cook every evening? I envisioned "meal prep" meaning that people make a large batch of something for their lunch to take to work with them, and divvy it up into containers with the amount of calories they want to take for lunch.

    I ask this because if it just means having already-prepared food available, I don't do an actual meal prep per se, but we use leftovers from most of our meals to provide quick meals for when we're in a hurry. This way, I'm not having to set aside extra time to make food for later in the week, I'm just making a bigger portion when I do cook.

    I think how much preparation constitutes "meal prep" varies from situation to situation. I only feed myself and I hate cooking, so my meal prep is pretty comprehensive. Once a week I make every meal and snack I plan to eat from home for that week. The only thing I prepare during the week is my morning smoothie on workout days. If I don't eat everything I made and it freezes well, I freeze leftovers and if for some reason I don't have enough, I'll usually just order some kind of takeout to fill in the gaps, or pull out a frozen leftover.
  • toxikon
    toxikon Posts: 2,383 Member
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    Make food in large quantities and divide it up in to portions.

    Bingo.

    I do weekly meal-preps, and my only criteria for recipes is:

    - Must be able to freeze well and reheat well

    That's it. Make anything you want, as long as it'll taste good reheated in a microwave and won't do anything weird in the freezer.
  • bhurley100
    bhurley100 Posts: 201 Member
    I make my main course foods for the week and buy my healthy fruites, veggies and snacks. I put together my food the night before.
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