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Simple Meal Prep

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๐’๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ฒ ๐Œ๐ž๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ‘.๐Ÿ.๐Ÿโ€ฆ โฃ

โฃI always get asked about how to get started with meal prep. Reality is if youโ€™ve never done it, it can definitely feel overwhelming, but if thereโ€™s one thing Iโ€™ve seen, itโ€™s that the reason most people fail throughout the week (and weekends) is they donโ€™t set up their environment for success. โฃ

Letโ€™s shift your perspective on meal prep. ๐˜๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ. โฃ

BUT it doesnโ€™t have to mean that youโ€™re spending hours in the kitchen. In the summer I am all about convenience, so here are some of my favorite meal prep tips to simplify: โฃ

  1. ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ณ๐ž๐ง ๐•๐ž๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง. You can roast frozen veggies in the oven. Frozen is usually just as healthy as fresh produce since itโ€™s typically flash frozen. Look for options that are just vegetables, no sauces. Tear open your bag, pour onto a baking sheet, spritz with a little avocado oil and sprinkle with seasoning. Bake at 350-400 degrees for 20-30 minutes and done. Easy! โฃ
  2. ๐—ช๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ญ! I always like to batch cook my proteins, crockpot chicken is my favorite, so Iโ€™ll usually make a double or triple portion in the crockpot, save some for the week, and freeze some for later weeks in individual portions. That way I can grab them as I go and defrost in a pinch. โฃ
  3. ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ. You donโ€™t even have to prep if you donโ€™t want to. Sometimes meal prep can be as simple as pulling the chicken off of a rotisserie chicken, stocking your refrigerator with salad kits, buying pre cooked rice or quinoa, stocking up on frozen veggies, etc.. I shared some of my favorite convenient options here!ย 
  4. ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐Ž๐š๐ญ๐ฌ. These literally take 2 minutes and theyโ€™re so simple. Theyโ€™ll last Monday through Friday so you have breakfast done all week and you can be versatile with ingredients and flavors so you donโ€™t get sick of them. โฃ
  5. ๐”๐ฌ๐ž ๐š ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š ๐›๐ฎ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ. I prep everything plain so I can mix and match throughout the week. Pick a grain, pick a protein, pick a veggie, pick a healthy fat and you have a complete meal.โฃ

๐˜๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ? ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜จ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ? โฃ

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๐ŸŒฎ ๐—ช๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Œ๐ž๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ & ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ โฃ๐Ÿฅ—

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When Iโ€™m planning for the week I try my best to be realistic & make things easy.

I choose foods I enjoy, while aiming for a variety of foods that are filling as well (๐˜ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ).
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Stop aiming for perfection and start making a plan for foods that will fit within your lifestyle. โฃ(๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ญ)
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๐„๐ฑ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ˆโ€™๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ: โฃ
Breakfast & Lunches: Pumpkin Oats, Egg Whites, Turkey Sausage & Veggies, Superfood Shake, or Protein Cookie Dough โฃ
Lunches & Dinners: Zucchini noodles with cherry tomatoes and ground turkey, or cauliflower rice or broccoli with eggs & ground turkey โฃ
Snacks: Air-popped popcorn, yogurt bowls, protein fluff, or rice cakes with protein frostingโฃ
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I sprinkle in healthy fats with all of my meals by cooking with oil, drizzling with peanut butter, or sprinkling in flaxseed or coconut. โฃ
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๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ? I get so many questions about nutrition and what I eat so I’m trying to share more. โฃ
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How to Meal Prep

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๐—ช๐ก๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ? I hear this a lot and I honestly like to keep it super simple so that I actually follow through with it. ๐Œ๐ฒ ๐ ๐จ๐š๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐‚๐Ž๐๐•๐„๐๐ˆ๐„๐๐‚๐„!โฃ
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Here’s a little hack: I break things up into 4 categories and try to have 2-3 choices for each to choose from during the week. โฃ
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๐๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ข๐ง๐ฌ: chicken, ground turkey or lean ground beef, fish, eggs, egg whites, protein powder, Greek yogurt, cottage cheeseโฃ
๐‚๐š๐ซ๐›๐ฌ: sweet potatoes, oats, rice cakes, quinoa, brown rice, beans, popcorn, cereal, frozen fruit, bread or tortillasโฃ
๐…๐š๐ญ๐ฌ: oils, nut butters, coconut flakes, nuts & seeds, dressings, cream cheese, avocado, higher fat cheesesโฃ
๐•๐ž๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ: greens mixes, frozen vegetables, roasted veggies, etc…โฃโฃ
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I like to prep any meats ahead, and eggs you can hard boil, make egg muffins, or cook throughout the week. โฃ
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If I have non frozen veggies, I’ll usually chop and pre roast along with things like sweet potatoes. Brown rice, quinoa, or any grains will get cooked ahead too.โฃ
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And that’s honestly it! I’ll do a lot of frozen veggies, random grab and go snacks, smoothies in the blender, mug cakes, oats in the microwave, Greek yogurt bowls etc…โฃ
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The simpler you make it the better! ๐˜ž๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ?! I get asked about this a lot and want to assure you that there’s no right or wrong way to do this. You have to do what works best for you and make sure you have foods you ENJOY on hand. Keep it simple! ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด? ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ?
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