Save HOURS with this simple meal prep trick – 360 Fitness
Here is a super time-saving tip for you today – a tip that will make your life easier, save you money, AND help you stay on track with your nutrition.
Here it goes: In a nutshell, most of us fall into two camps when it comes to meal prep. We either overthink it, or we don’t think about it all.
Overthinking is an easy trap to fall into… there’s just SO much “stuff” on the internet, in magazines, and on social media with conflicting information. It’s nearly impossible to filter out all of the noise and to make an actual decision.
So you think about it, you think some more, and then before you know it, it’s time to eat and you still don’t have a plan.
Way too many people think that meal prep is all about identical-looking bland Tupperware meals (like chicken, sweet potato, and broccoli) and think, “Ugh… that’s not for me”!
That’s when a lot of us join the second camp: “put it off for next week” / or not thinking about prepping or planning meals at all.
There’s actually a happy middle ground! What if you took a few minutes to map out your meals and snacks for the next several days, and when you’re making dinner, you simply cook 2-3x the amount you usually do?
That’s actually a golden tip from the good ol’ days of home ec class, grandmothers and beyond!
When some people were a kid, their grandmother always used to make an “extra” when she baked a casserole or other time-consuming dish. Instead of just one, she would cook up two and put one in the freezer for later.
You can double up by making extra turkey burgers, chili, stir fry, or … well, almost anything! It doesn’t just apply to “special” meals.
This seems like a no-brainer, but the PLANNING part of it makes all the difference, especially if you’re used to trying to figure out every night what you’re going to make for dinner.