Last Friday you and I had a little heart to heart about the importance of meal prepping.

The thing is, you know how important it is, don’t you?

But it’s easy for you to make excuses as to why you can’t get ‘er done.

You are not the first. Believe me.

In fact, I have conversations with clients almost daily about their resistance to meal prepping.

So, today I’m popping in with part two of 3 Steps to Quick Meal Prep to make sure that by the end of this series we’ve squashed all your excuses and you’re seriously prepping like a boss ( part three’s coming next Friday).

Check out today’s video – these tips will rock your world! 

Video not for you? I’ve got it all written down below for you … just scroll on down to see it.

3 Steps for Quick Meal Prep – PART 2

These 3 simple steps will make your meal prep super easy.

1. Prep a daily meal

Instead of prepping all of your food at once, just choose one meal and prep all of them for the week.

For example – if you struggle with breakfasts, prep your 7 breakfasts for the week.

But you aren’t off the hook for your vegetables, make sure you always cut up a big container’s worth too!

2. Repeat meals

Who has time to prep 21 meals and 14 snacks for the week? Not most of us.

To simplify, choose to make 3-4 days worth of food and double up your batches during prep so it lasts you the whole week.

When using this method, it’s important to choose only one complicated recipe – the rest should be quick and simple.

3. Freeze and re-heat

Any recipe that can be frozen and is easy to double, triple or quadruple has to be done whenever possible.

Portion out and freeze the extra to use another week when you just can’t get all your meal prep done.

Ain’t no shame!

Example

Step one: choose a meal

I will be making my breakfasts for the week

Step two: repeat meals

I will be making 4 meals and repeating 3 of them. My meal plan is:

• M: Overnight Oats
• T: Egg Frittatas
• W: Chia Pudding
• Th: Yogurt + Fruit
• F: Egg Frittatas
• S: Overnight Oats
• Sat: Yogurt + Fruit

Step three: freeze and reheat

I will be quadrupling the frittata recipe and freezing for other weeks

Step four: time to prep

1. Egg frittata in muffin tins (15 min prep) Bake 20 minutes a batch (two trays at a time = 40 min)
   1. Quadruple this recipe
   2. Package, portion and freeze for later use
2. Cut veggies (20 min)
   1. Remove first batch of frittatas
   2. Put in second batch of frittatas
3. Overnight oats (5 min)
   1. Double batch
4. Chia pudding (5 min)
5. Dishes (10 min)

Total time: 1 hour

Like I said last week, to make it happen quickly you have to hustle. But hustling for one hour isn’t bad when you know it’s just one hour!

Check out Part I and Part III of this meal prep series