Anyone else out there a meal prepper? Since Warren and I started dating, maybe a month and a half after, we started meal prepping together. Let's talk technical....We combine grocery shop for meal things and then take one day, usually Saturday or Sunday and spend a few hours in the kitchen prepping 6 breakfasts for him, (I make egg sandwiches day of for my breakfast), 6 of one meal, and 8 of another meal. The breakdown is 4 of each meal for him and 4 of one meal for me and 2 of the other. Warren has a thing for eating food hot and I definitely do not. I like my ham/chicken sandwiches for lunch not a full meal.
Now does this cover all of our food nope. not at all. But it does make it a lot easier! Warren doesn't have to worry about lunch or dinner most of the time, which is great for him as he is up at 4:15 most mornings, comes home just long enough to eat breakfast and take a short nap before heading to work until 5/6/7 at night.
I on the other hand have a little more time in the am to make breakfast, and lunch, I do have an absolute love for sandwiches. But I don't get home until 5/6/7 either so having dinner ready and just needing to reheat it is a HUGE life saver.
Meal prep is hard. I can't be the only one who thinks this. The doing of the prepping isn't hard its more finding recipes to make! Pinterest has been my best friend in that. Though not every recipe, dish, meal, is meal preppable.... I have learned this one the hard way. Have gotten better with it but I still have some moments where it just doesn't reheat very well those are not fun weeks, let me tell you.
The more I think about it the more I wish bloggers, recipe makers, etc would give some tips and tricks for large batch meal prepping things. Like few things I know and can give you a secret on. Make extra sauce. When you reheat things the sauce doesn't go nearly as far as you think it does, make extra sauce. Don't finish the meal..... This one sounds crazy BUT remember you do have to heat it again to eat it. Let it do its magic on that heating moment. So like when at the end it says to combine ingredients together and simmer or whatever the recipe says..... DON'T DO IT!!! Combine them in your storage container then let them finish melding flavors when you reheat, it tastes better that way.
Maybe this is my calling. I haven't found anyone else who dishes the tips and tricks for meal prepping a meal. Maybe I will start doing that. Giving the tips and tricks for making meals/
recipes that are delish, and turning them into meal preppable meals. That could get interesting..... I will add it to the ideas list.....
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