Benefits of Meal Prepping and How to Start

Meal prepping is a big food trend these days, especially on sites like Instagram, where influencers layout beautiful pictures of perfectly portioned meals for the week.

And there’s a reason preparing your meals in advance has become such a big trend; it can save you big in time, calories, and money.

There are several different ways you can meal prep.

The Basics of Meal Prepping

Traditionally, meal prepping is preparing a large amount of a meal or multiple meals. You might prepare a large portion of 1–2 family meals to eat over the next three to seven days, stored separately for each day.

Or you could portion food into single-serve containers for individual lunches or dinners and store them in your refrigerator to be reheated each day.

So you might cook one large meal of broccoli, chicken, and rice and portion it out into individual containers to eat each evening. Or you could put together daily Mason jars full of salad to grab for your daily lunch at work.

This type of meal prepping works well if you’re not afraid to eat the same thing multiple days. And when you’re cooking for one or two people.

There’s another type of meal prepping that’s popular, especially for families…