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The meal prepping thread
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The dump bags sound good. What did you prep?
Denise
Loving the dump bags idea too!
Tink
14/10/2020: £36,000ish
I like to try and break out my slow cooker every week. I plan on making a taco bowl this weekend; https://www.budgetbytes.com/taco-chicken-bowls/ extremely easy, and looks lovely!
So thinking about it, If I cook 3 meals a week - then we have enough for the week plus leftovers to freeze.
I'm going to have to get used to not buying lots of food!
14/10/2020: £36,000ish
Instead, I got a bunch of meal-prep containers that have 3 compartments each (one larger for the protein, and 2 smaller ones for like rice and vegetables)- makes it very easy to portion out.
It is also quite common to have 3 days worth of food in the fridge, and freeze the rest.
I'm going to mix it with a bunch of rice and put it into some wraps to make some burritos and store a bunch in the freezer.
14/10/2020: £36,000ish