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MEAL PREP

I meal prep for 3 days at a time. Why? Because the core of my meals are vegetables and fish, which will lose freshness if stored for more than 3 days and won’t be as fresh!

 WHY DO I MEAL PREP? 

- Track what you’re eating; ensuring I’m consuming enough nutrients, reaching my macros, can track your calories - Massive time saver. A simple 1-2 hours on a Sunday saves me several hours during the week. - Stop me from aimless snacking and reaching for foods that I probably shouldn’t eat. (Not that my house has anything good ahahah) - Can make each meal different + satisfying. The satisfying part is important for me. If a meal isn’t satisfying or something I look forward too then I’ll want to eat more or over eat to compensate/ satisfy me. - Generally just so handy because my meals are always protein that needs to be oven baked and raw veggies. Both of which take a long time to prepare. - Reduced wastage of vegetables as you preplan what you’ll use and ensure you try use all veggies/ how much etc. I hope that makes sense I’m brain dead right now hehehe.

 WHEN DO I MEAL PREP? Every Sunday night I’ll prep breakfast, lunch and dinner for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. For Thursday and Friday I usually prepare the meals the night before or on Wednesday night. I don’t usually prepare meals for the weekend as I’ll go out for breakfast and usually have more time in general to cook a meal.

 HOW DO I MEAL PREP? On Sunday I’ll make up a meal plan. I still use the same meal plan found HERE!

I start off with what protein I’ll have for Lunch + Dinner per day. For example on Monday I might have ½ a salmon fillet for lunch and 100g of chicken breast for dinner. Tuesday I will have 100g of chicken for lunch and the other half of the salmon fillet for dinner. Wednesday I’ll have eggs + tuna as they last longest in terms of their freshness.

Lunch will always be my biggest meal of the day! I reference them all as Buddha bowls. For example; Monday- Rainbow Buddha Bowl, Tuesday- Mexican Buddha Bowl, Wednesday- Green Buddha bowl. On a sticky note per meal I’ll write out the veggies I’ll include in that meal. I usually weigh everything out just to get a rough estimate of what I’m consuming.

 I bake my meat and prepare all the veggies whilst they’re in the oven. It’s easy because I only have to bake a salmon fillet, chicken and boil some eggs. Sometimes I’ll prechop all the veggies and wing it and shove them into the bowls. Other times I’ll prepare/chop them day by day. So make Mondays Rainbow Buddha bowl first. This means getting veggies in and out of the fridge but weirdly this is quicker for me.

 Dinner is always simple; usually a light salad with protein or protein with chopped up veggies that I can quickly cook up (wanting warmer foods now it’s winter).

 The day of or the night before I’ll add my sauerkraut, Nulife sauces and pepper/ chilli flakes.

WHAT DO I MEAL PREP? BREAKFAST: currently is; a serving of natural nudie coconut yogurt, selection of fruits + extra toppings (muesli, nuts, seeds etc.) LUNCH: Buddha Bowls DINNER: Leafy salad + protein. Or protein + cooked veggies.

 I can write out specifically what each meal is in the above imag if that helps and what it consists of/ ingredients. Just let me know! I hope I covered everything I’m a bit brain dead right now I’ve got my last exam tomorrow, so don’t hesitate to ask any questions!

 You can just meal prep your breakfast + lunch. Or Lunch + Dinner. Whatever works best for you and is most convenient! If you’re stuck for ideas create a pinterest account or follow meal prep accounts on instagram. I uploaded heaps on scarlactive or just check through who i follow:)

 If you want to prepare for a whole week; then I’d make meals that you can freeze. Such as chicken, steamed veggies + good carbs!

Don’t hesitate to ask me aaaaaaany questions eheh, hope this helped <3 <3 <3