ok genuine question how long does your meal prep actually take?? i just spent FOUR HOURS in the kitchen and i only made like 3 things. am i doing something wrong or is this just what it is bc im exhausted

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i work sundays so when do the rest of you non sunday preppers do it?? i tried wednesday nights and by monday my food was sketch. tuesdays maybe? i feel like im solving a math problem

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my wife and i just turned meal prep into our thing. bluetooth speaker on, glass of wine each, we chop and cook together for like 2 hours every sunday. the kids play in the other room. honestly its become my favorite part of the week. anyone else make it a whole vibe??

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wait so is meal prep like making full complete meals in containers or just like preparing ingredients ahead of time?? some people here have these perfect little boxes with protein and vegs and rice all seperate and some people just have a big pot of stew. which one is the right way to do it

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ok im about to start a war probably but glass or plastic containers?? i bought plastic ones from amazon and they stained orange from ONE batch of tikka masala. literally one use. but glass is so heavy and expensive. what do yall actually use

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how long does meal prepped food ACTUALLY last in the fridge?? some people say 3 days some say 5 some say 7. im on day 4 of eating this chicken and rice and now im spiraling about food poisoning. should i just freeze half?

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what food do yall NEVER meal prep because it reheats like garbage?? i meal prepped scrambled eggs once. ONCE. reheated them in the microwave at work and it was like eating a rubber sponge soaked in sadness. never again

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does anyone have a solution for prepping salads without them turning into a wet sad pile of leaves by day 3?? i love salads but i cannot figure out how to keep them crispy. mason jar salads are cute on pinterest but in real life theyre annoying

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im so sick of chicken breast i could cry. ive been prepping the same lemon pepper chicken for 3 months straight and i physically cannot eat another bite. what other high protien options do yall prep that actually taste good after being in the fridge for a few days

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hot take: the secret to meal prep that doesnt taste like cardboard by wednesday is SAUCES. i make 3 different sauces on sunday and rotate them through the week. same base meal completely different flavor every day. chimichurri monday, peanut sauce tuesday, tzatziki wednesday. try it and thank me later

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ok freezer meal preppers i need your wisdom. baby is coming in 6 weeks and everyone says to stock the freezer. what freezes well and what should i absolutely not freeze?? weve never done freezer meals before and im kinda stressed about it ngl

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ok besides rice what carbs do you guys prep? im so bored of rice. ive been eating rice 5 days a week for 2 months and i love rice but even i have limits. sweet potatos take forever to cook and pasta gets weird reheated. help

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well i just burned an entire batch of rice because i forgot about it while watching tiktok for "just a sec". the pot is ruined. my kitchen smells like a campfire. the smoke alarm went off and my neighbor came to check on me. meal prep week 1 is going GREAT guys

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just spent 2 hours prepping all my food for the week. portioned it all perfectly. went to bed feeling accomplished. woke up and realized i left ALL OF IT on the counter overnight. 3lbs of chicken just sitting there at room temp for 8 hours. i wanna scream into a pillow

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so i brought my meal prep to work and forgot to poke holes in the container lid before microwaving it. the lid EXPLODED off and my tikka masala went EVERYWHERE. ceiling walls floor my shirt. the break room looked like a crime scene. my coworkers will never let me live this down

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just opened my container cabinet and every single container and lid i own fell out onto the floor. im sitting in a sea of mismatched tupperware questioning all my life choices. why do i have 47 containers and exactly ZERO matching lids. where do they GO

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yall. i just did the math on this weeks prep. 20 meals. total grocery cost $47.83. thats $2.39 per meal. with PROTEIN in every single one. meanwhile my coworker just paid $18 for a sad chipotle bowl. meal prep is literally a financial super power i swear

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just did my monthly costco run for meal prep and i might have gone overboard. 10lbs chicken breast, 5lbs ground turkey, giant bag of frozen broccoli, 20lb bag of rice, 6 dozen eggs. my fridge and freezer are PACKED. my wife is gonna kill me but we are SET for the month

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eggs are $5 a dozen now and chicken breast keeps going up. whats everyones go to cheap protein source these days?? i feel like the budget friendly proteins are getting less and less budget friendly and its stressing me out. trying to hit 150g a day without going broke

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ok i need help convincing my roommate that meal prep saves money bc he says "by the time you buy all the ingredeints and containers and spices its the same as just ordering food" and i KNOW hes wrong but i dont have the exact numbers to prove it. anyone have a good breakdown?

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