Food Prep Simplified

Ok, clients have asked me many times why I food prep. The answer is easy. If I fail to plan, I plan to fail. Living a healthy lifestyle is an intentional choice. We need to be willing to hold ourselves accountable for our progress. One way we do this is through food prepping.

Food prep allows you the ability to:

• Keeps money in your pocket with less take out
• Snack less on junk
• You will be eating balanced meals
• Eating correct portions
• Keep blood levels stable, so we don’t have spikes in blood sugar.’
• Reduce time in the kitchen cooking diner
• And keeps us in control of our eating habits

Prepping does not need to be overwhelming or take all day. Here are some simple tips to help you stay on track.

1. Create a diner menu for the week.
2. Shop your menu, and a few healthy snack options (cottage cheese, PB, veggies, yogurt, fruit)
3. Have food prep containers with different compartments; you can also get snack-sized ones.
4. Decided if you will be saving the night before dinner as a lunch and which day

After shopping and putting away food, get to work.

• If you plan on having a leftover dinner for lunch, I would suggest making that meal first and start portioning the lunch container
• Then for other days, you can make a large salad for dinner. From that portion, three more food containers for lunch. (now you have salad for three days)
• For quick protein on that salad, I purchase a rotisserie chicken. Cut the breast and remove skin and place the sliced breast on salad. 
• You can put fruit, cottage cheese, boiled egg,  avocado, or measured out dressing in the third compartment.

Tada! Lunch for three-four days.

Here are some great tips when food prepping dinners, especially if you’re a busy working mom.

• Prep veggies and store in a container (cuts prep time night of meal)
• Pre-make your salad if you’re eating that during dinner. (a paper towel on top and bottom of the container will keep moister from making leaves soggy)
• If cooking pasta, cook it over the weekend and store it in a container
• If you have a slower cooker, use it dinner will be ready when you walk in 

Meal prep can help you on the go for breakfast and lunch; It can also shave time off our cooking for dinners. The options are endless and can be as easy as prepping scrambled eggs for breakfast to saving leftovers for lunch. The trick to successful prepping is figuring out what works best for your lifestyle and sticking to it.

So get planning and have some fun.