Meal Planning and Food Prep 101:
- Start planning your menu and grocery list the week before.
- Before you go grocery shopping clean out the fridge and adjust your grocery list accordingly.
- Stick to your list when at the grocery store.
- Before you start make sure that you have time – I try to stick to 3 hours or less.
- Start with a clean kitchen. When your kitchen is cleaned and organized you can get a clearer vision of where everything is and what you want to do first. Keep in mind if you meal prep on Sunday this can be done Saturday night. I always load and run the dishwasher, that way if you need a knife or measuring cup it is already cleaned. That way you have more time for food prepping.
- Have your ingredients and supplied ready. Lay out all your ingredients, try to group everything by recipe. Get all your Tupperware ready – nothing is more annoying than searching 15 minutes for a lid.
- Have consistent weekly food preps. Don’t feel like you have to prep a new recipe every week. Keep is simple: Mason jar salads, brown rice, chicken, and bag almonds or sunflower seeds.
- You do not have to go crazy! I like the put an alarm on my phone for an hour. Sometimes I go a little over but that way I am not in the kitchen for 5 hours on Sunday missing out on family time.
This week for the day I have:
7 am – 2 eggs and cut up tomato
9 am – apple, almonds and sunflower seeds
11 am – carrots and celery with peanut butter
12 pm – chicken, brown rice and green beans
2pm – cucumbers and onion
4pm – banana
6 pm – dinner
I eat the same thing every day. It makes grocery shopping and meal prepping so much easier. I hope this helped you guys for your food prepping adventures.
More tips coming soon!
