5 Meal Prep Tips you need to know

Struggling with making healthier choices? Short on time? Meal prep is the solution!

It can be way too easy to order takeaway and eat foods that make you feel less than best completely out of convenience. We all know the feels of being too tired to cook or needing something in a hurry — but that’s when meal prepping comes to the rescue!

Meal prep makes it MUCH easier to stick to eating healthy meals because it saves time AND effort in the long run!

Want to learn how to meal prep like a pro? Here are my top tips!

1. Plan your meals

Set yourself up for success. The first and most important step to meal prepping is knowing what you plan on eating! This is the fun part, you get to decide what meals you wish to eat for the week. Feel like Taco's this week? No problem, Craving a burger? Where there's a will there is a way! I do this by entering my meals into the MyFitnessPal App. I then make my Macros (Proteins, Carbs and Fats) Fit accordingly.

Feel free to reach out to me for my Recipe book on how I make clean versions of the foods I love. If I don't already have what you need, I'm sure I can whip one up for you in 5 mins.

2. Grocery shop at the start of the week

The most efficient way to get meal prepping is to have all the ingredients you need in your kitchen at the start of the week! There is nothing more inconvenient than having to pop out to the shops when you realise you're missing an ingredient mid-cook!

Keep it simple! You don't have to cook fancy meals every week and spend a lot of money on the next best thing (Quinoa and Oat Milk im looking at you).

Most of my clients like to shop on a Saturday or Sunday, so they have what they need for meal prep before the start of the week begins. Also, be sure to never shop on an empty stomach. If you're hungry, you may end up putting extra foods in your trolley/ cart that weren’t on your list.

3. Purchase pre-prepared ingredients

Your time is valuable and I get it! So why not grab things that are already chopped up for you.

Cut corners where you can. These days, you can buy just about anything pre-prepared. You can buy pre-diced chicken breast, beef strips, quick oats, 10 min rice, pre-chopped vegetables and fruit,— literally anything you can think of! Whilst purchasing pre prepared ingredients can be more costly — if it’s going to help you stick to your nutrition goals, then it is worth it.

4. Batch cook

Cooking a larger batch of food is a major time-saver! Instead of just cooking one portion of a meal at a time, it is much more efficient to double or triple the recipe to cook a larger batch. This way, you can store the leftovers in containers, and you then have your lunch or dinner ready to eat for the next day!

The best part is, you can store cooked meals in the fridge for 3 days, or in the freezer for up to 3 months!

5. Get good at multitasking

You may need a little practice to get good at it, but being able to multitask can cut your time in the kitchen in half! Depending on your kitchen space, you may be able to cook multiple meals or multiple elements of different meals at once.

You could use a rice-cooker to cook your rice, while sweet potato is roasting in the

oven, chicken breast is grilling on the stove top, and fish is cooking in the air-fryer.

I found that with my Ninja Foodi, I can cook my Rice, Veggies and Chicken all in the same pot at the same time. Way less of a clean up too!