icemaiden37 wrote: » Do you have the same thing each day?
icemaiden37 wrote: » DedRepublic wrote: » Katiebear_81 wrote: » I prepped my breakfast/lunch for the week last night, thanks to this thread! Ha ha. Dinner is easy - meat and veg in a pan... I don't mind doing that when I get home. Maybe next week I will prep for dinners, too. I'd really like to get a bunch of protein shakers, that's such a great idea! You are doing this the right way...pick one meal at a time...then move to the next....in a month or so you'll have it all figured out. Do you have the same thing each day?
DedRepublic wrote: » Katiebear_81 wrote: » I prepped my breakfast/lunch for the week last night, thanks to this thread! Ha ha. Dinner is easy - meat and veg in a pan... I don't mind doing that when I get home. Maybe next week I will prep for dinners, too. I'd really like to get a bunch of protein shakers, that's such a great idea! You are doing this the right way...pick one meal at a time...then move to the next....in a month or so you'll have it all figured out.
Katiebear_81 wrote: » I prepped my breakfast/lunch for the week last night, thanks to this thread! Ha ha. Dinner is easy - meat and veg in a pan... I don't mind doing that when I get home. Maybe next week I will prep for dinners, too. I'd really like to get a bunch of protein shakers, that's such a great idea!
DedRepublic wrote: » Steph38878 wrote: » @DedRepublic That truly is awesome!! Thanks bud...it really makes your week easier.
Steph38878 wrote: » @DedRepublic That truly is awesome!!
softblondechick wrote: » When I prep veggies for week, I make egg salad. Or cut up a chicken, ie, tear down rotisserie chicken, so it is ready for salads. The bonus of veggies prep is at end of week you throw stuff in a crockpot and decide what it looks like, soup, chili, and you make a batch of that for eating, freezing.
DedRepublic wrote: » Queenmunchy wrote: » Haha @DedRepublic, your freezer looks like mine! I've done this for 7 years but never splurged on a standup freezer (single mom and bought a house 3 years ago). My parents bought one for me as a christmas present last year and I think I went nuts prepping 8 weeks worth at a time for weeks! I honestly can't imagine how some parents can cook everyday while we need to do homework, bring the kids to extracurriculars, bathe them, etc. I make my time work for me! Yes, Yes, and yes...you ROCK!!! Honestly people think I'm nuts...but if they only knew how lazy I am!!! Ha ha...I prep on Sundays...like even my powder meals and preworkouts in color coded shaker...so I can just grab and go. I spend ZERO time during Monday-Friday cooking. I also spend ZERO dollars buying food Mon through Friday
Queenmunchy wrote: » Haha @DedRepublic, your freezer looks like mine! I've done this for 7 years but never splurged on a standup freezer (single mom and bought a house 3 years ago). My parents bought one for me as a christmas present last year and I think I went nuts prepping 8 weeks worth at a time for weeks! I honestly can't imagine how some parents can cook everyday while we need to do homework, bring the kids to extracurriculars, bathe them, etc. I make my time work for me!
Queenmunchy wrote: » icemaiden37 wrote: » DedRepublic wrote: » Katiebear_81 wrote: » I prepped my breakfast/lunch for the week last night, thanks to this thread! Ha ha. Dinner is easy - meat and veg in a pan... I don't mind doing that when I get home. Maybe next week I will prep for dinners, too. I'd really like to get a bunch of protein shakers, that's such a great idea! You are doing this the right way...pick one meal at a time...then move to the next....in a month or so you'll have it all figured out. Do you have the same thing each day? I don't! I have so many dishes in my freezer - varieties of soups, stews, chilis, curries, beans, nuggets, meatballs, burgers, meatloaves, casseroles, stuffed peppers, burritos, etc. and they're all in individual portions (with the exception of the cauliflower/cheese sauce, marinara, BBQ, enchilada sauces) or flash frozen. All I do is make a list of a few dishes, cook them, portion, and freeze. If you do a small load (maybe 2-3 dishes per weekend) you will build up quite a stash. I tend to cook 6-8 different dishes in a weekend, then use the following weekend to make 1-2 or just take the weekend off.