![]() Or you can prep extra romesco sauce from your pitas, and use your second prepped protein like chicken to make this Easy Romesco Chicken Salad. You can prep a yummy green sauce and have flank steak tacos if you still have leftover meat. Then, you can eat it in these yummy pitas one night, and then use it in this Steak and Arugula salad the next. With your proteins and sauces in mind, you can start to build your own meal plans.įor example, you might decide to prep this amazing flank steak–a favorite at my house. It has enough pages to last you the entire year, keeps your grocery list organized by sections of the store, and it’s perforated so you can tear it off and take it shopping with you if you’d like. I do have a magnetic weekly meal planner available to purchase on my website to make things a little easier. Whatever works best for you and your family! Or, you can plan out every day leaving nothing out. You can plan a dinner or two, and then use leftovers for the rest of the week to throw together meals like tacos or bowls to fill in the gaps. When it comes to building your meal plan, you can be as specific as you want. It’s definitely an easy option for when time’s short.įor more details on how I use the rotisserie chicken during the week, you can check out the caption on this reel here.Īfter you get the protein and the sauce, it’s time to make a solid meal plan. I love buying the big bags of already pulled chicken, sorting through it to get rid of the gross stuff, and voila–I have perfectly prepped protein that I can use especially in soups, casseroles, pastas, etc. Of course, if you don’t feel like prepping a protein, a rotisserie chicken from Costco can also work in a pinch. ![]() If you want some good protein ideas, my blog is filled with them like this honey chipotle chicken. The options are endless–just choose one (or maybe two) your family really likes! Whether that’s flank steak, ground beef, chicken, pulled pork, turkey meatballs, etc. The first step is to pick a protein to prep. Here are my 3 steps to macro-focused meal prepping 101… #1 Choose One or Two Proteins to Prep But if you DON’T, at least you have the most important part of the meal ready to go. That’s why I love to batch-prep proteins and sauces to make my life easier all week long! You can get super organized and plan exactly what’s for dinner every night. Add counting macros on top of it, and you might just want to raise the white flag. Shopping for and making dinner can already feel overwhelming sometimes. With a little meal planning and prepping, you can save yourself (or at least mostly) from the dreaded dinner drama and fatigue. ![]() ![]() The boys starving, grabbing for chips or old Halloween candy while I stare into the fridge with absolutely no idea what to make is no fun. At least not every night! And that’s coming from someone who loves to cook. If I had to start dinner from scratch every night, I wouldn’t cook. ![]()
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