Become a Meal Prep Master!

Ok so you are wondering how do people actually do it? How do these girls on Instagram lead these crazy, busy lives and still somehow to manage to eat like a green garden goddess?! I will let you in on a secret: meal prepping with DOUBLE the recipe! If you double your ingredients, it means you have more food made in the one cooking session, which means less dishes in your sink for the week – always a win-win in my book! You can also use leftovers or big batches to sub your lunch the next day. It’s funny that someone who has a cookbook, I always have to make time for cooking! I think that’s why I have created the cookbook, to make meals with no fuss that are healthy!

You need to cook with a purpose, when you do this you are setting yourself up for success and less stress for the busy week ahead.

Tips for starting off:

Pick a day that suits you most – Sunday is mine as it makes my week run smoother
Pick one meal to prep, choose the one that you hate. I choose dinner when I first began
Double the ingredients – I’m repeating this one as it is my secret weapon
Buy zip lock bags, lunchboxes, mason jars etc. to store your food
A Crockpot will be your best friend for your batch cooking
Start off with your favorite and easy recipe!

You don’t have to start prepping with a fancy recipe you have never tried before, you don’t have to prep every meal for the week ahead. If you are feeling overwhelmed you can start small with an easy recipe of let’s say a chicken salad for lunch for the week ahead. Simple!

Then once you get into this rhythm of prepping, you can slowly start to expand to other meals like dinner, breakfast or snacks!

I am obsessed with prepping for my snacks, they get me through my day of being glued to my laptop. This is when I’m not intermittent fasting of course! The snacks that I love to make and never get tired of are Kale Chips and Energy Balls. Both literally take less than 15 mins to make. My favorite dinner meals to freeze are from my cookbook; Chicken Pesto Zucchini and my Cauliflower “Pizza” Crust. You will soon learn what meals you love to make and love to freeze and it will be as simple as riding a bike.

There are so many ways that you can approach prepping:

Have ingredients chopped and ready to cook in containers
Divide your cooked meals out into containers
Batch cooking in a crockpot

At risk of sounding like the planning-nerd that I am, if you need that final nudge to get started on this AWESOME system, here are the benefits of prepping:

Less stress, more success! One less thing to worry about in your day/week.
Takeout’s will be less likely to happen as convenience is the best after a hard day.
Saving money, no wasting ingredients and no buying a one-time meal.
Less time in the kitchen means more time for other things!

Enjoy this easy and delicious snack recipe!