When it comes to healthy eating, preparation is the key to success. This way you tend to not waste food, and plan ahead. If I don’t meal prep part of my week, I get lazy and waste food or make bad choices for snacks and dinners. You know when you don’t have anything easy to make and you end up filling up on chips or cheese or bread? Yup I do.
This simple meal prep just takes about an hour or so of my Sunday (or Monday night).
I’m sure you’ve all seen this trend on Instagram or maybe you also follow Tracy at Shutterbean.
Start off by cooking anything on the stove top all at once. Set the oven to roast your veggies or bake bread and desserts. I like to get this all going so I can use my counter space to wash and prep veggies and fruit. I would also suggest investing in a Tupperware set so keep organized. It’s nice when you can stack the containers in your fridge neatly.
Chopped veggies and fruit are key, they are easy to grab snacks and if prepped you tend to choose them instead of chips. Consider planning your menu for the week before shopping and prepping. That way you won’t waste anything you’ve made and keep on track budget wise.
Share your meal prep with me using the hashtag #alwcmealprep! If you want to make a change to your routine this year, I suggest going with this one!
I just did a post on this last week! I loved how you suggested starting on the stovetop, and gave some examples of recipes that work. Pinning!
thanks angie i’ll check yours out!
Getting everything prepped ahead of time makes meals so much less stressful!
Thanks for sharing your ideas for prepping! Sounds like some great meals.
I’ve been trying to do weekly meal preps and haven’t quite gotten the hang of it yet..you make it look so easy!
start off small, just do a handful of things and then it gets easier
I try to always do my meal prep on Sundays as well. Yesterday didn’t go as planned so I had to do the grocery shopping and meal prep today. I much prefer to do it on Sunday! Great tips!
me too, sometimes you don’t have the same energy on a monday.