{"id":11469,"date":"2015-07-31T00:00:07","date_gmt":"2015-07-31T04:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theleangreenbean.com\/?p=11469"},"modified":"2021-09-01T14:22:10","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T18:22:10","slug":"how-to-food-prep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theleangreenbean.com\/how-to-food-prep\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Food Prep – 5 Tips For Beginners"},"content":{"rendered":"

Want to learn how to food prep but feeling overwhelmed? Here are 5 simple how to food prep tips for beginners to help you get started.<\/p>\n

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Hi Friends!<\/p>\n

As a dietitian, I\u2019m often asked for advice about how to live a healthier lifestyle. Many times the questions come from busy people who have good intentions, but just can\u2019t seem to find enough hours in the day to sleep enough, work hard, exercise AND eat well. My number one suggestion for people who are having trouble staying on track during the week is to learn how to food prep.<\/p>\n

Food prep is probably the most under-rated, under-utilized healthy living tool. Making it a habit to spend even just one hour on the weekend to prep food can make a huge difference in your food choices during the upcoming week.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

How To Food Prep<\/h2>\n

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If the thought of learning how to food prep overwhelms you, start small. You can ease into food prep by simply washing and chopping a few fruits and vegetables and making some trail mix and hard boiled eggs to snack on. As it becomes more of a habit, try throwing some chicken or steak on the grill to eat throughout the week, cooking up a batch of brown rice or quinoa and making a big pot of soup or a casserole.<\/p>\n

Remember that you don\u2019t always have to prep entire meals. Look at your meal plan and prep some of the common denominators in various meals. Do several of the recipes you\u2019re making this week include beans or chicken? Why not cook and freeze a bag of bean<\/a>s or make a rotisserie-style chicken in the crockpot<\/a>?<\/p>\n

I cook my beans and hard boiled eggs in this pressure cooker. So fast and easy! And if you don’t have a slow cooker, I highly recommend investing in one. It makes dinner so fast and simple.<\/p>\n

When you have cooked beans, quinoa and chicken in the fridge, along with some pre-washed lettuce and other veggies, it suddenly becomes very easy to throw together some burrito bowls or make a stirfry! You could have dinner on the table in under 10 minutes with very little effort. In addition, if you’re making something like a casserole, you could assemble it ahead of time and pop it in the oven when you get home OR bake it on Sunday and simply reheat and eat later in the week!<\/p>\n

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Store your food:<\/p>\n

Pyrex Glass Storage Containers<\/a><\/p>\n

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So if you’re ready to start food prepping but aren’t sure how, here are my top 5 how to food prep tips to get you started:<\/p>\n