People use meal prepping for a variety of different reasons, from helping to control their budget or finances, to improving their health through creating a nutritious diet or simply to reduce how much time is spent cooking. Regardless of what reasons you have for trying out meal prepping, here are several top tips to consider.
Test your meals before you batch cook
There is nothing more disheartening than spending a significant amount of time, money, and effort on a project, only for it to not work out or be as you expected. This is no different when it comes to meal prepping. The idea behind meal prepping is that you pre-cook a large portion of your planned meals ahead of time so that you may just re-heat and add the finishing touches as you go. However, if you are trying out a new recipe, it is advisable to create a singular potion to test before you batch cook it. This way, you will save yourself from disappointment in case it does not turn out the way you would have liked or if you simply do not enjoy the meal. After you have completed a test run, you will then be free to batch-cook your chosen meal with peace of mind.
Explore, and rotate a variety of recipes
When it comes to meal prepping, often a lot of people will stop or give up because they will only cook a selection of meals and eventually become bored of eating the same thing. To ensure that this does not happen to you, make sure to continually rotate, change, and explore a variety of different meals and recipes to keep things interesting. Bread is one of the easiest and tastiest things that you can create at home to include in your meal prep. It is also an extremely versatile food source, not to mention that there are many different varieties of bread that you can make. So, for your next time making bread, why not try out something different such as this homemade gluten-free cornbread recipe?
Invest in high-quality Tupperware
Meal prepping can seem easy and fun to begin with when you first buy your food storage containers when they are new, clean, and undamaged. However, if you purchase low-quality containers, then over a short period of time, many of them will become damaged, discolored, and warped. This can lead to not having enough containers and eventually to you giving up on meal prepping. Instead of going for the cheaper option, consider investing in some high-quality Tupperware containers to store your meal-prepped food in, as this will prolong the life of your containers and your meal-prepping experience. Not to mention you will be less likely to end up with a cupboard full of unused, mismatched, discolored, and warped plastic containers.
Whatever your reasons are for implementing meal prepping into your lifestyle, make sure to consider these top tips so as to make the experience easier and last longer.
