Health & Family Meal Prep anyone?

I saw on the news there was some kind of brawl, in Europe I think, over some discounted Nutella. If the avocado shortage goes on long enough maybe there will be a brawl over that too!

 

LOL, wont surprise me.

Nutella, OMG my favourite
Caption on bottom translated
"What world would it be without Nutella"

 

LOL
In Italy Nutella hazelnut flavour is totally different to what we have in Oz, its just not the same here. Going back to Italy this year, must bring some back to Oz.

Its addictive, bit like vegemite...

 

OK guys, my daughter bombed out... biatch... she's gone out with her friends.

What did I cook today....to cover 5 days (only 3 at home)

Zucchini, onion, tomato with fresh basil, garlic and olive oil, just cook it up and add seasoning as required.

Roasted/char grilled capsicums (red) with tomatoes, peel them, cut and mix with tomatoes and add olive oil and garnish with chopped chilli (mums recipe)

Morrocan chick peas..... easy, morrocan spices (Coles)... 2 cans chick peas, drain them, fry up red onion, add chick peas, garlic and squeeze lime at end.

Broccoli and cauliflower, steamed up both heads. When serving, reheat add olive oil and squeeze some lemon.

Protein will be salmon, chicken breast - strips, turkey breast (from deli), hard boiled eggs.

Another favourite but did not get time to do this yet...

Easy peasy...

Potatoes, runner beans and 2 tomatoes.

Fry up garlic in olive oil, potatoes, chop 2 tomatoes and chicken stock. Place oven on low. (another one of my mums recipe)
These are some typical peasant Italian vege meals.

MTR

 

Mange bene....vive bene.....

 

Si Signor Sash......

La dolce vita....

 

Tutto bene signora Marisa

 

Sounds yumm.
How are you going to store these? Fridge, freezer ? Single portions or family of 3 portions?

 

Fridge
Just in separate plastic sealed containers.

No freezing. Most dont need to be reheated??

Chicken breast cooked on the day
we have fresh sage in garden, cook this with olive oil high heat goes very crispy and pour small amount on chicken, its delightful
Chicken and sage is magic combination

 

Sounds delic, i kill garlic unfortunately

 

Je nes se pas?

 

Plenty of meal prep vids on youtube. I usually follow a few fitness channels and they provide plenty of decent healthy options to suit different budgets. i.e

Generally, at least having two type of prepped options helps to break it up a bit. All my meals are frozen the same day they are prepped and are only taken out to defrost the night prior to eating for optimal freshness.

I've grabbed a whole bunch of containers from Woolies when on sale as well as bulk meal prep containers (look for bpa free) on eBay.

The meals come in handy for my two kids as well when my wife and I haven't had the chance to prep any food.

I actually bring 2-3 frozen meals and stash them in the work freezer to save freezer space at home. I usually just take one from the freezer and pop it into the fridge prior to leaving for the evening to defrost overnight for tomorrow's lunch All my colleagues ask if I order professionally (must be the meal prep containers).

 

My eating habits are weird by most people's standards.
I'm vegetarian, but I also do intermittent fasting, so on workdays, I only eat between coming home and going to bed, no breakfast, lunch or snacks.
This means that I'm getting stuck into the previous day's leftovers just after 4pm and then start cooking dinner around 6pm.
So no freezing required.

Works well for me, probably wouldn't work for most people though.

 

Does prepping save money??? Thoughts

 

It does if u buy in bulk and generally reduces food wastage.

 

I started yesterday, I am doing this so that I don't get tempted to eat rubbish, healthy options in the fridge will hopefully help
Reducing wastage etc is a bonus

MTR

 

Wastage is probably our biggest problem...