Meal Prep with Me!

Hello my Sweet, Sweet Friends! It is here! I am going to show you how I meal prep.

We are going to start slow and take baby steps, ok? This meal prep will be for 3 days of food and it is so simple you will quickly see how you can do this too!

Soon, I will be posting "Meal Prep 101". In "Meal Prep 101- Grocery Shopping", I will show you the prep of going to the grocery store- what to buy. In "Meal Prep 101- The Prep" I will show you a full meal prep and how I do it! But today will be simple.

1. Figure out what you are making.

Breakfast: Oatmeal and egg whites with one whole egg

Morning Snack: Berries and almonds

Lunch: Salsa chicken, bell peppers, and black beans

Afternoon Snack: You choose!

Dinner: Tilapia and sugar snap peas

2. Gather all your ingredients.

Oatmeal

Eggs

Berries

Almonds

Snacks (You pick!)

Chicken breasts

Garlic

Your Favorite Salsa

Bell Peppers

Black Beans

Tilapia

Sugar Snap Peas

Here are some of my favorite snacks :)

3. Decide what will take the longest to prep and start there. In this case, our salsa chicken will take the longest. This recipe is so yummy and so freaking easy!

4. Take your chicken breasts and place them into the crock pot with one tablespoon of garlic. Set the crock pot on high.

5. Our oats are the next thing that will take the longest. ***Now here is the thing, carb sources like oatmeal and rice tend to hold up well in the fridge. I know we said meal prep for three days but I go ahead and make enough for the week so 6-7 servings. You don't have to do this but I have oats every morning so I will. Just follow the instructions on the back.

6. Because I do not have school this week I will have more time to make fried eggs so I will not be prepping these. However, if your mornings are hectic you could make hard boiled eggs instead. Cook them and then peel them so they are ready to grab and go.

7. While your oats and chicken are cooking go ahead and wash and cut all your produce. This is the point where I would drain and rinse my beans as well.

8. If I wasn't making fish I would also prep my other protein but personally, I don't like to make fish ahead of time. I will make it when I am going to eat that night but if it doesn't bother you be my guest. ***Proteins in general are usually good to prep for a few days in advance after that they get kind of... well not the best.

9. Once your chicken has been cooking awhile for about an hour or so, go ahead and pour in your favorite salsa. Today I am using peach mango and it is bomb! Let this cook on high until the chicken begins to fall apart and then add your bell peppers. If you wanted to, you could dump everything in at once but this is how I like it.

10. Ding-ding-ding! Awesome everything is done cooking now you will want to portion everything into your containers. BUT you do not have to. I like to do this because I can simply grab and go. But its totally up to you. As far as portions go, follow what will fit your macros. You can measure with measuring cups or use a food scale.

11. Now all you have to do is put your food in the fridge and wash a few dishes. That wasn't hard right? :)

Meal prepping for me is a life saver. It usually takes between an hour or two (this includes clean up) and I have almost all my food for the week. For someone who battles hypoglycemia, I never know when my blood sugar will drop and I will need to eat something right then and there. Meal prepping also helps me keep on track and keeps me from binge eating on snacks or grabbing something on the go.