Meal prepping

Personally I will just bulk cook chicken on a sunday in a marinade that will last me for my daytime meals until Thursday. I will also roast some vegetables and cook rice to last until Wednesday. If I am feeling pushed for time on the sunday will just use microwave rice/veg its more expensive but nicer (fresher) and easier. I also will bulk cook a chili with lean mince, tinned tomato's onion spices etc. That is what I eat in the evenings.

As you can see I eat same things mon-fri everyweek it doesn't bother me but its not for everyone.

1. Pick your meat. Buy what you like or what is on sale.
2. Change your sides. There’s rice, pasta, potatoes of any colour, quinoa. You could get small quantities from the Bulk Barn to add variety in a single week.
3. Use a variety of sauces. There’s curries, Italian, Mexican, Chinese. You can buy yourself ready made to save time.
4. There’s an endless variety of veggies available. Try a vegetable slicer to change up a familiar vegetable. Try adding both dark green and orange veggies. How about a Bok Choy and shredded carrots?

We don't really meal prep in my household, but anything that freezes well will be batch cooked in large quantities and frozen in small portions for future meals. These include, meatballs, braised chicken (curries, coq au vin, caciatore, chicken teriyaki, Korean dak dori tang), lasagna (classic or vegetable), stews (beef estouffade, manzo rovato, or lrish lamb stew), cottage or shepherd's pie, bolognese or amatriciana sauce for pasta, risotto cooked half way (google restaurant risotto).

The only weekly meal prep dish we do is a spatchcock roast chicken on Sunday with roast potato and veg. Make stock with the carcass by simmering leftover bones with a halved onion tossed into the pot, skin and all, with whatever tired old vegetables lurking in the fridge. Freeze for future soups, risottos or gravies. We will have a simple leftover chicken recipes on subsequent days such as
https://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/avocado-chicken-salad
https://www.spicetheplate.com/chicken/bang-bang-chicken/
https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/avgolemono-chicken-soup-rice

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