I take my favorite proteins 4 steaks, 4 chicken breasts, 2 pieces of Cod, 4 pork loin, and one rotisserie chicken. Everything but the rotisserie went on the grill.
I also put two delicious but simple veggie mixes in the oven to cook; kale and sweet potatoes, and fajita vegg. I like to also separate cut veggies and bag omlet fillings. I always have pre-portioned salads, and a container of boiled eggs. I keep everything in snapware (or Mason jars) so I can write what's in it, when I made it, and when to toss it, right on the lid.
I also keep a small dry erase board on the fridge and write what I have prepped and then cross it off when it's been used up. We've all had a fridge full of produce with good intentions that never came to fruition. This makes sure you don't have forgotten food and saves you money on spoilage.
When I put it in my fridge I keep everything prepared from snack bags of veggies, to containers with protein on the shelves. I use the produce drawers for backstock. Protein and meals on the bottom, snack bags of veggies, and pre-portioned produce on the middle shelf. This also helps prevent spoilage because the stuff I made is right in front of me for a quick grab and go meal or snack.
You will see very quickly that a good portion of your food savings from meal planning and prepping will be on all the food you're not throwing away anymore.
In my pantry things can get a bit chaotic. My favorite and easiest snack is fruit and nut mix or just nuts. I write on a snack size ziplock bag what's going to be in it, and then I go to town. This week it was
Costco's organic dried tropical fruit blend. They recently took out all the added sugar and it's delicious. I add raw walnuts, salt roasted unshelled pistachios, and raw almonds. The second snack bags were an all nut mix. I'll have the fruit and nut one with a protein shake when I'm on the go. It fits easily in my purse and if I forget about it for a while it won't spoil.
I used to have little ziplock bags of snacksall over my pantry. Then I got smarter and grabbed a solution from the dollar store. Now they're out in front in my pantry on the snack shelf. Grab and go!
You can use these little containers to store things for your kids. Make little baskets of pre-approved snacks and have them labeled to choose 1 from each and they can pack their own lunch! I'm not there yet, but that's my next big food prepping job I'll tackle when my son starts Kindergarten in the fall *sniff sniff.*
These are just a couple of easy for anyone, very inexpensive meal planning and prepping things I always do. Play around with it and find out what works best for your busy family.
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