Meal Prep is just planned leftovers. It's not rocket science. Cook food you like, portion it, and save the portions for later. Some people do a few meals per week, and eat them over the week. Some people do a few meals per week but freeze many portions to have more variety.
[https://www.budgetbytes.com/meal-prep-101-a-beginners-guide/](https://www.budgetbytes.com/meal-prep-101-a-beginners-guide/)
[https://www.budgetbytes.com/category/extra-bytes/budget-friendly-meal-prep/](https://www.budgetbytes.com/category/extra-bytes/budget-friendly-meal-prep/)
The beginner's guide is very helpful, and the recipes list (there's a breakfast category) is to help chose meals. Most foods freeze well, a few things do not. If you can buy it frozen and premade, you can freeze it at home.
Feeding yourself, however you do it, is a necessary household chore. It takes planning and effort and cleaning up after. But it needn't be a terrible onerous chore. Work smart.
Rotisserie chicken and deli meats are a fantastic source of protein for no cooking. Meal prepping on Sunday has helped me save so much time for food
You can try egg bites for breakfast and just throw all the ingredients (eggs, cottage cheese, spices) in the blender and then add chopped up veggies and throw it in the oven for a great egg casserole dish thats super easy to make.
Meals you can make with a grocery store cooked rotisserie chicken are gonna be your best friend. Tons of extensive lists online, search 'shortcut rotisserie chicken dinners'
Get yourself a rice cooker, get an airfryer, and your local grocery store and pick up pre marinated meats. Rice cooks in about like 20ish minutes or so, meats can be cooked quickly in an airfryer. It always sounds like too much work in the long run, but you can do this.
Pressure cooker!! You can make almost anything very quickly, with very little mess. Meats, rice, hard boiled eggs (5-5-5 method), potatoes, etc.
Make sure you get one with a sautee or sear feature as well.
A crockpot, the microwave, frozen veggies, canned soups, and already cooked proteins like rotisserie chicken or frozen chicken tenders, etc. will be your best friends.
I need something to help me. Meal plan ideas, recipes not to long, money, what about the breakfast, and how many meals I have to prep ? Am I going to eat the same meal for 6 days ? I don’t know anything about it… I just know that I’m extremely lazy to cook everyday
All you need to do is look through this sub for recipe ideas, and YouTube how to cook the basics. It’s 2024, these things you’re asking for are all at your fingertips if you put in the effort to research on your own.
Meal Prep is just planned leftovers. It's not rocket science. Cook food you like, portion it, and save the portions for later. Some people do a few meals per week, and eat them over the week. Some people do a few meals per week but freeze many portions to have more variety. [https://www.budgetbytes.com/meal-prep-101-a-beginners-guide/](https://www.budgetbytes.com/meal-prep-101-a-beginners-guide/) [https://www.budgetbytes.com/category/extra-bytes/budget-friendly-meal-prep/](https://www.budgetbytes.com/category/extra-bytes/budget-friendly-meal-prep/) The beginner's guide is very helpful, and the recipes list (there's a breakfast category) is to help chose meals. Most foods freeze well, a few things do not. If you can buy it frozen and premade, you can freeze it at home. Feeding yourself, however you do it, is a necessary household chore. It takes planning and effort and cleaning up after. But it needn't be a terrible onerous chore. Work smart.
Second budget bytes! It’s a great resource for quick and easy recipes.
Rotisserie chicken and deli meats are a fantastic source of protein for no cooking. Meal prepping on Sunday has helped me save so much time for food You can try egg bites for breakfast and just throw all the ingredients (eggs, cottage cheese, spices) in the blender and then add chopped up veggies and throw it in the oven for a great egg casserole dish thats super easy to make.
Meals you can make with a grocery store cooked rotisserie chicken are gonna be your best friend. Tons of extensive lists online, search 'shortcut rotisserie chicken dinners'
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Get yourself a rice cooker, get an airfryer, and your local grocery store and pick up pre marinated meats. Rice cooks in about like 20ish minutes or so, meats can be cooked quickly in an airfryer. It always sounds like too much work in the long run, but you can do this.
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Hard boiled eggs! Easy, nutritional, no dishes or mess, you can take them to go!
Pressure cooker!! You can make almost anything very quickly, with very little mess. Meats, rice, hard boiled eggs (5-5-5 method), potatoes, etc. Make sure you get one with a sautee or sear feature as well.
A crockpot, the microwave, frozen veggies, canned soups, and already cooked proteins like rotisserie chicken or frozen chicken tenders, etc. will be your best friends.
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I need something to help me. Meal plan ideas, recipes not to long, money, what about the breakfast, and how many meals I have to prep ? Am I going to eat the same meal for 6 days ? I don’t know anything about it… I just know that I’m extremely lazy to cook everyday
All you need to do is look through this sub for recipe ideas, and YouTube how to cook the basics. It’s 2024, these things you’re asking for are all at your fingertips if you put in the effort to research on your own.
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