At Indulge Salon, we believe in making life easier, not just in beauty and fashion, but in our every day lives. Home, work, play.
While browsing my favorite new app, Pinterest, I found a dandy little post that is completely about making home life easier–especially in the cooking and meal prep department!
Weekly meals can be such a daunting task, especially when unprepared. I always like to go grocery shopping on the weekend, that way, I can shop for everything that I’ll need during the week to make dinners. This is called: Prepping the Prep.
First, you’ll want to make a list of all the ingredients that you’ll need for all of your menu items. This blog is great because it has similar ingredients for all of the meals you’ll be preparing. Similar but different at the same time. You’ll also want to put on your list a box of ziplock freezer bags if you don’t already have them.
Second, you’ll get all of your items.
Third, get your chopping block and cutting boards out! This will probably take you the longest unless you have little helpers assisting you. You’ll want to cut everything up and divvy up the ingredients between the different bags you have set up for the week. Don’t lose your mind, label the bags with a permanent marker.
Side note***To make your life even easier–label one side with the name of the meal, and on the other side, write the ingredients. This way, you can reuse the ziplock bags. Easy and Green!
After you finish putting all of the ingredients in each of the bags, zip to seal, and place in the freezer.
Wasn’t that simple? All you have to do is take a bag out the morning of, place in the crock pot, and let it cook itself. By the time you get home, your dinner is ready. This allows you more time to decompress from the day, spend time with your kids, feed the pets, or just watch your favorite dvr’d program.
Planning the Prep is always going to help you life your life full throttle throughout the year. With more time on your hands, you can focus on things more important than meal planning, like beauty and fashion, duh!
Have a happy planning week!
As always, Live Your Life… FULL THROTTLE
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