The meal prepping thread 14 June 2019 at 11:58AM edited 14 June 2019 at 12:04PM in Old Style MoneySaving 28 replies 5.2K views

joedenise

GunShotResidue wrote: »

Great thread! I love meal prepping.


I managed to make 4 lamb hotpots earlier in the month from a large joint we had for a roast, we're having one for Dinner tonight. Last week I made 25 dump bags (5 x 5 recipes) to be used in the slow cooker. I had a £8 off a £40 shop voucher and managed to get most of what I needed for £32.


Going to do a freezer inventory later this week and plan for the next few months

The dump bags sound good. What did you prep?

Denise

Tink_04

Sounds like a great idea! I love to meal prep but always get a bit sidetracked!

Loving the dump bags idea too!

Tink

jbkmum

Subscribing, as per Dan's fantastic recommendation in my thread, going to start to plan tonight for next month. I'm moving house soon and need to make sure I organise our fridge and freezer when we move into the house! I think I'll be asking you lot for some advice....on how to use multiple plaice fillets lol

dan958

Good to have you here. Ask any questions you need!

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!

Getmeouttadebt

Oh I've just discovered this thread! I do batch cook and now with a bit of time off I will prepare and freeze new meals... great discovery and thanks everyone for your suggestions!

jbkmum

I'm just trying to work out how many meals to plan for 7 days for the two of us? I actually had a gastric sleeve so I have half a childs portion. If I cook a meal that serves 4, I'll assume that is 3 days worth of food. 3 Portions for DS and then I can split mine out over 3 days.

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!

dan958

I always found portioning difficult if I was not putting the food right into a container rather than onto a plate.

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.

dan958

I was going to make this a while back, but only got around to making it last night; https://www.budgetbytes.com/taco-chicken-bowls/

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.

jbkmum

Okay so....in 4 weeks time I move into my new house with my son. I'm going to have an under counter fridge and same for freezer. I won't be taking my full size fridge, don't see the point for two of us. I can either take a tall freezer with me or a small chest freezer. What do you think I should do? I have room in a tiny utility room for one of those. I'll be able to freeze stuff basically. I also need to make a list of 5 meals to prep. I have failed before because I try to make TOO many things. I've got a fussy child but he loves risotto so I'm going down the rice route

pavlovs_dog

that taco chicken recipe looks lovely!