As someone with ADHD who procrastinates on getting food until I forget, having meals pre-prepped in advance is a great way to ensure I’m eating consistently
Thinking about making food right before you need it throws my ADHD brain in panic mode and I end up with fastfood or ramen. Idk how mom or anybody else does that.
Been using your recipes for about 3-4 months now. I used to only do broccoli, rice, chicken because it was easy. Your recipes make it much better for only putting in a little bit more money, time, but with easy directions and simple cooking, it pays off. It's no longer boring food! Thanks so much!
I've done meal prepping for years. Everything here is spot on. For meals involving rice, I don't package them like you do. Instead I put the protein and veggies on the bottom of the container, then spread the rice on top. It helps when reheating to not just have a block of condensed rice. Also when reheating the rice, I will place a damp paper towel (soak a paper towel then wring out the excess water) on top of the rice. It will revive the rice to like-new 100% of the time! Total game changer for me!
If you absolutely hate having the same thing everyday you could make a meal with a carb you like, veggies you like, and a protein you like with basic salt and pepper. Then use different sauces or toppings to change the meal. Like Chicken and rice would easily be bbq chicken, spicy chicken, honey mustard, etc.
Thank you. My big take away. It is so refreshing to have a young adult that is articulate, well prepared, and organized in his presentation. Not to mention on point about meal prepping.
To anyone on the fence: this site has made meal prep for me a breeze. A big reason I always had trouble was that my meals always tasted like ass and I didn’t look forward to them. Now they all taste good and I genuinely look forward to them, boosting my adherence.
His advice here is spot on. Certain people try to meal prep recipes that are a no go for storage, then their experience is soured. Or they relate the thought of meal prep to thought of eating leftovers all the time, rather than eating meals that were specifically designed for storage and nutrition.
I second this. Started with the snack city double chocolate bars. Absolutely floored my expectations. If healthy tastes delicious (except that nasty veggie shake) then it's something I look forward to. There's also that long line aspect to those office lunch places. Factor in that time and meal prep is looking better and better.
Honestly I do a quasi-risotto method, where after I rinse the rice, I just put the rice in with the water and let it simmer for 20-30 minutes. That keeps the rice wet, even when it's cooled and reheated
Also a way to freeze your food, is to vacuum seal it in a bag. Especially soups work perfect. Once the bag is sealed, lay it flat into your freezer and then you get a frozen plate. I store my soups in the freezer this way, like in a record shelf. So when people come over you just pull out a pumpkin soup like a DJ
@Josh I’ve been using your meal prep recipes for about 5 months and I’ve lost 15 lbs. I just bought your gold annual subscription and looking forward to more meal prepping. I’m now training for a marathon and the nutritional benefits from your recipes has been a game changer for me. Keep up the good work and Happy 2023!
Dude you're a lifesaver. I've been trying to change my eating habits and exercising for the last ten years and always ended up back in the obese range. This year I just decided to do ONE THING (lose weight) and STICK TO IT until I reached my goal (110 lbs). I've always known about you and your website but decided to bite the bullet and purchase a monthly sub to get your recipes. It's been three weeks (started with Buffalo Chicken bowl one week. Last week was Beef Stew. This week is your Hamburger helper) and I lost 10 lbs. I did practice fasting this week (Mon-Wed) so that contributed to the weight loss but I started seeing real results, and I'm finally sticking to it! It's great!
Been a member of the site for a few months. You’ve taken out the headache of endless scouring the internet for meal ideas. I log on the website, choose a random recipe and go with that for the week! Plus, I love how you’re just down to earth and straight to the point. None of that extra fluff. Thank you!
Not me sitting here eating your PB&J baked oatmeal prep recipe for breakfast... Thanks to you and some other chef YT channels, I'm down 35 lbs from this time last year. Exercise has certainly been a factor, but these meal preps have been the ace in my sleeve. When people say "how did you do it?", they are bewildered when I tell them that it was mostly just a change in diet :)
Glass is nice too because they’re oven safe. I make mini meatloafs, lasagna and casseroles in them. hubs drives all day for his job, so a little foil and a heating lunchbox and he has a home cooked meal on the go.
I don’t know if you will see this but one of my fav ways for transporting soup is mason jars with old fashioned screw on lids. They are air tight and keep the soup in no matter which way they may get tossed and turned throughout the day
Hello from Houston, TX! I signed up for TMPM in June 2022, meal prep and working out have helped me loose 45 lbs since June. I'm truly happy for I came across your channel! I really appreciate thoroughness of each recipe and the nutrition information. I'm on a calorie deficit and it's hard for me to find recipes that break down the macros of the meal. Thank you do much, I look forward to more recipes!
The Rubbermaid brilliance sets are incredible quality for air tight containers, they have high quality glass and also come in plastic to save some money
This is by far the best comprehensive introduction to meal prepping video I’ve seen hands down. You’ve provided an extreme amount of perspective to the subject. Thanks very much for your video.
I love this full tutorial I’m a college student who does college full time so I’m on a budget that my dad provides me each week and so this is so much easier to start trying to do as I have a TERRIBLE relationship with food and want to eat better and eat in general. I’d love to prep on Sundays but I don’t get my weekly allowance till Monday 😅 so my plan for me and my bf’s prep is to prep Mondays and maybe Thursdays or something like that because I’m a bit of a picky eater ESPECIALLY when it comes to leftover foods.
For rice, and for microwaving meals in general, I've found it heats more evenly and comes out less dry if you put a damp paper towel over the whole thing then microwave it for about 2-3 minutes (depending on the depth of your container, I used 3.5 cup rubbermaid plastic containers, about 2 an half inches deep) Just take a square of the paper towel, wet it, squeezed it to get most of the water out, then cover the top and nuke it for 2-3 minutes, rice comes out great, and I think the water and towel layer helps keep moister in the rest of it.
I like the no-nonsense and direct video that you provide. I have been meal prepping for years now. It offers convenience and is budget friendly. I buy meat that is will expire within the day. I refuse to eat out just because I don't plan meals. I make meals twice a week that vary in recipes. I hate doing dishes everyday. The cost of a meal in Southern CA is ridiculous. It is good that we have the miney from meal prepping because my husband needs $15K worth of dental work. I am so glad we have the money and won't get into debt. We were able to stack up cash by meal prepping. It is now on to freezer cleanout where I will make meals out of what we already have.
I’m a vegetarian so your recipes usually aren’t for me, but your channel has been GREAT as a single mom cooking for my kid. This was equally as helpful. I don’t always have time to cook, sometimes I work past dinner and bedtime. I still want her to eat more than just pizza rolls. So thank you.
fellow vegetarian here! I've been able to find some great protein substitutes for the meals that call for meats like ground tofu or chickpeas in rice bowls instead of ground turkey or beef. wishing lots of luck and a happy new year!
@@sunnyblossom_711 I’ve done the same, but I also prefer spicier foods. Like curries and such. My kid on the other hand wants pizza rolls, beef burritos, etc. and sometimes those can lack nutrients. So watching a guy who hates vegetables but is great at prepping and hiding veg has been great. Happy new year to you!
Hey! I’m not vegetarian but do try to have meatless meals throughout the week. Some of his recipes are fantastic if you substitute chicken with air fried tofu cubes, the tofu rehydrates a bit, but they usually keep their shape. You can also substitute beans for some recipes (like burrito bowls).
Also, freezing a few meals here and there helps to give an extra variety for me (I also make Patties of all kinds salmon fish beef chicken turkey you name it and I’ll freeze them, I’ll make legumes and store in big containers freeze or fridge and I can literally just mix and match or make some things fresh the day of) There’s so many ways to mix and match and make this work for us, you got this peeps!!!
Kudos to you, man, for trying to teach folks about the financial responsibility aspect to meal prepping. I live in Dallas - home of the $30,000-a-year millionaire - and sometimes people’ ideas about financial responsibility, or lack thereof, just baffles me.
I freeze a lot of my meals and cook in really big batches. So I've got stacks off different meals so I have a decent amount of variety. So for anybody that needs to mix it up, I recommend cooking 2 meals per week and spreading them out over the month. Hope that helps!
Once tried this and ended up with my meals being excessively wet and nasty. I go to school early in the morning and eat my meal at lunchtime. How do I prevent that?
@@whippedforagroupcalleddrea5169 I tend to undercook meals I'll be freezing. Also letting them fully cool before putting the lids on and freezing them helps a little bit. But at the end of the day you'll have to decide if you want semi-soggy variety or the same thing all week.
I also do this! I try to have a choice of four, even five, individually stored ‘ready meals’ in the freezer at all times. I do eat things not from the freezer too, but I love having a ten minute nutritious, home made meal in the freezer for when I don’t have loads of time. @@whippedforagroupcalleddrea5169 If intended for the freezer, cook foods that are meant to be ‘wet’. So think saucy pasta bakes, soups, bolognese sauces (either with the pasta, or cook the pasta on the day), even things like frittata are great when slightly moist (hate that word, but couldn’t think of a better one, sorry! 😂).
I've been watching your content for about a year and I really enjoy your videos. I meal prep my breakfast and lunches because I am not a real person until 10am and I can't be bothered to think about food until after that time. Your recipes are easy to follow and to alter to my particular taste. You also convinced me to get a rice cooker. I only have two pots and it's nice to have the extra cooker to free up space.
I've been meal prepping for about a year. I love it. I try to do it on my off day that way I won't worry about what I eat for lunch/dinner because I work the night shift.
I am a big believer of meal prepping but lately watching people make low cal pizza and fried chicken had me occupied in kitchen every day but the first 5 mins of this video has convinced me to go back to meal prep. Thanks a ton. Youre doing a great job.
Signed up for the year on the site, and am excited to revamp my meal prep. Bought a food processor to grind some chicken, some new mixing bowls and meal prep containers. Just made Firecracker Beef n Brussels, Citrus Chipotle chicken and Banana Cinnamon Baked Oatmeal...... Love not having to cook for the rest of the week...Now searching the site to see how I can use all the other stuff in my pantry that I already have.
Thanks for the advice, I'm starting my weight loss journey, got my gym membership and just got done shopping. My plan is to cook everything tomorrow go to the gym for the first time and my work week starts on Tuesday. I was gonna prep as much as I could but with your advice I think I'm going to freeze some of the meat I got and take it slow and just focus on this first week. One step at a time. But I'm going from 290 to 180lbs and my goal is 14 months. I already laid out a work out routine with two rest days on Thursday and Sunday. It's crazy man, I've been single for 14 years after my last relationship I got depressed as hell it was an ugly break up and I just gained weight and lost confidence but Ive gotten to know this chick at work and last Saturday she told me about her past, moving all the time and having to get to know new people every step of the way and it resonated with me so deeply. It's the thing I always tell people. There is obviously much more to this but I got that feeling again and I haven't experienced it in so long it was almost psychedelic, definitely trippy. I was slurring words and had that gut clench 😅 omg even if it doesn't turn into a romantic relationship at least she inspired and motivated me to get off my ass and do this. It's such a beautiful thing that another human can impact you so deeply. I have been doing much better but couldn't make that step towards meaningful weight loss and I used to get drunk or baked and think yeah starting tomorrow I'm gonna do it. But next day nothing. But this is different. This has stayed a constant motivation and I'm taking the steps and I just want to get after it. 😅 I know it's cheesy but it's a powerful life changing moment so I guess I just wanted to share it. Anyway you have a new subscriber in me thanks again
pro rice tip. When reheating in the microwave, put an ice cube on top of the rice. You'd think the ice cube wouldn't last in the process, but I promise by the time your food is done reheating, the ice cube is still there :D
Biting the bullet and really making an effort to meal prep this year. Don't even want to talk about how much I spend on food a month eating out. Just picked up a TMPM sub and am looking forward to getting into it. Thanks for all the content man, here's to 2023!
Spatchulae lol. I'm not a full blown "meal prep for the week" kinda person. I go the hybrid route where I cook two or three times and make enough for a few meals. That being said, if you want to get a whole week's worth of meals, this is a great guide. A+ for soup as an option. Use bone broth in your soup for extra protein!
My family has used exclusively wooden cutting boards for everything for the last 25+ years. Vegetables, spices, fish, beef, pork, chicken... never gotten sick a single time from that food. Just wash with a bit of soap and hot water.
Some Filipino food recipes for good meal prep that last long in the fridge and taste more the longer it last 1. Meat or Vegetable Adobo 2. Fried Lumpia 3. Paksiw 4. Sinigang 5. Pastil
Legit found your channel by chance a year ago and used your meal prep site to help me drop some weight. Even after my dieting, I found myself still attracted to using your methods and recipes because you made food easy and healthy. Thank you bro! Can’t wait to see what tasty recipes you put out next!
Hey, I just logged in to say THANK YOU!! I’m on a muscle gain journey and found some recipes on your meal prep manual website . I tried two recipes so far. Both were simply amazing. Honestly it’s a game changer - I can easy track the nutrition intake in each meal and don’t need to stress about what to eat after work ☕️ My personal favorite is the Korean Spicy Chicken recipe! (Yes I’m Korean) - the taste is really on point and it’s so easy to make. Thank you 🙏
Good advice reducing the microwave power. I always reduce the power to 70% and cooking for about 2-4 minutes, depending the on the quantity and thickness of the food. Cooking in the microwave at 100% is like boiling anything on the stovetop at 10 or baking at 500°F.
I subscribed to your website not for the reasons listed at 0:19, but because I like trying new recipes and your site offers more interesting meals than any supermarket sponsored magazine ever did for me.
This is all so spot on! I'm more of a fan of the non stick skillet, but I'm lazy like that. One more recommendation for meal prep! I use a lunch box called a hot logic mini. It's a lunch box that you plug in and it heats up your food for you. I tend to make a few huge batches of food every couple of weeks and freeze them. Then in the morning I take one out and plug in my lunch when I get to work. By lunch time I have hot food that's not been dried out. I will say there are some things that work better if you don't freeze it and plug it in about an hour before lunch. Rice and pasta can be super over done if you heat it all morning. It works kind of like a slow cooker on low. I have only eaten out twice in the last year (when not planned for work functions) because lunch is so easy.
This is a really excellent primer video on the nuts and bolts of eating better. I know many, many couples who have kids and order carry out about 5 times a week (and I see lots of overweight kids). The parents are really overwhelmed by trying to keep up with all their responsibilities.....jobs, housekeeping, after-school activities, laundry, finances, etc. Its alot to stay on top of.
Loving this channel so far and I am excited to try some of your recipes I also have a recommendation for meal prepping salads ☺️ When storing salads in the fridge I always recommend using paper towels. But the mistake that most people make is putting the paper towels down into your meal prep container before your lettuce. Using paper towels for meal prepping salads has been a game changer for me !! It is best to put your paper towels on top of your salads not underneath!! For example, first put your lettuce in your meal prep bowl and add your veggies as you normally would .With this hack you're able to use a wider range of wet vegetables, like tomatoes an cucumber. After you put your toppings on your lettuce fold a paper towel and lay it on top of your salad then put your container lid on, and store your salad upside down. So that when the water from your vegetables sweat it is not draining downwards causing your lettuce to wilt but directly onto your paper towel. Simply remove paper towel when ready to eat and you are left with a nice crispy salad to enjoy. You can make up to three to four days worth of salads by doing this . I hope you all try it ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I highly recommend Rubbermaid Brilliance containers! They come in both plastic and glass, and the same lids will fit either. I use the plastic ones because they're lightweight and easy to take to work. They're stain-resistant, completely leak-proof, and they come in a range of sizes. They've even got a salad container with dividers and dressing container. I think they're a little on the pricier side, but gosh I love them.
It's always the lids with the glass ones. I have the Anchor Hocking versions of the Pyrex ones, and the bowl itself is fine, the lid is fine, for about a month. Then they start splitting, chipping, warping. As long as you don't mind replacing the lids every 6 months, they're ok.
W&P porter. That company has these bowl I love to use for meal prep. They have plastic and ceramic ones, they’re stackable, they’re cute. They’re nice. The only problem I have is they do leak. So I just have to make sure it’s upright in the lunch box. Edit: they have glass sealable snack/soup bowls that are amazing and don’t leak. Those are great for soups/cut fruit/wet stuff. Put the wet stuff in there and keep the dry stuff in the ceramic bowl and boom. Set for lunch
Thank you so much for this video! My boyfriend started body building and he asked me to help him with meal prep since I am the cook in the house. To be honest I have been winging it and there was so much I just learned I was doing wrong. This really really helped me. Again thank you!!!
Excellent video. Tons of great information. I just started meal prepping for the first time and one thing I learned was to make sure to keep everything bite-size. I ended up not cutting up a chicken thigh and that really sucked trying to cut it in those containers every day.
0:28 - meal prep for diet 1:35 - meal prep for saving money 2:55 - meal prep for saving time 3:42 - meal prep for convenience 4:22 - meal prep for eating better your alls welcome and josh! good video keep it up
Containers is the main reason I don't meal prep yet despite loving the idea of it. I recently bought a vacuum bag sealer and would love to use it for meal prepping. It should easily reheat in boiling water even if microwave was unavailable, I can just throw it away after a meal is ready rather than bother with cleaning a container every meal. I work at a restaurant so I get full meals there most days, and i've been resorting to processed junk food like you mention on my home eating time. I wanna make tortillas that will fit nicely in the vacuum bags, freeze, and reheat without needing anything to eat it in other than cardboard plate and paper tissue lol. Now to find a good recipe with chicken and buckwheat tortillas will probably take trial and error...
My wife and I are tryig to do meal prep, and our last set of Ikea storage boxes had been used util they were worn out (8 years, not bad) and although we didn't love the clippy lids, we bought those Ikea ones (thought eh lastic not hte glass, they are breakable and we have a young child), so I@m glad to hear you think highly of them. You can certainly tell they are made more robustly made than others.
Loving these videos, just getting into meal prep in a bigger way (more than my current "Make too much for a night and have some more leftovers") Quick picky thing on microwaves...inside-out cooking is a myth (throw a one pound ham in for 5min and feel what part is still frozen.. The water thing is true though. More moisture in something makes it heat up faster. Power settings on a microwave make the magnetron (yeah, real name) turn on and off in longer intervals so it heats the outside aggressively then turns off and lets that heat radiate into the inside before blasting it again. Longer cook times but FAR more even cooking for "thick" dishes and for dishes with mixed wet foods and dry foods.
Thank you, Josh. I've been subscribed to your channel for a while but I had only started out meal prepping about 2 months ago. Lost 6% bodyfat ever since and have never looked back.
When reheating in the microwave, I found that setting the time for 3 minutes at power level 3. For me it takes the chill off the food and then you can adjust the amounts of time (@ power level 3) depending on what you are reheating. I have never had a hard or dried out meal from it
Thank you for a great introductory video on meal prepping! I am an older woman with a fair amount of time on my hands for cooking, but even so, sometimes I would like to have easy to eat meals that are healthy. This sounds like a great idea! I'm also sharing this with my son who struggles to find the time to cook. I hope this will help him also! Thanks again!
I totally love the tips and as a Brazilian, I was happy when you mentioned you have been to Brazil. I think food in the US has way more preservatives and it could be one reason why food here last way more. Thank you for the tips! ❤
Thanks for the overview! I'm working on building up my kitchen supplies to start meal prepping this year, so the information on what kind of cookware and meal prep containers I need is great!
I try to never use plastic containers and definitely never reheat using them so I've had a lot of glass containers over the years.. they are not cheap by any means but by far the best I've used is OXO brand. You can go straight from the freezer to oven or microwave n not worry about cracking. I've dropped them n not broke them, they are super thick. The container is also flat where the seal sits so it seals tight. I've never had one leak anything, ever. You can also remove the seal to clean under them.
Great video. I started meal preping and working out with a trainer in late June of this year. Meal prep in early September was stating to get "boring" but then all of a sudden started seeing youtube videos of people like Josh meal prepping giving me some great ideas and product codes/links for meal prep containers. I'd say now with confidence that future meal preps will be more rich in flavour and have more variety. Super excited.
Wow! So glad that someone on Reddit referred me to you, Josh. What great information! I’m excited to start and looking forward to your future content. Great job!
I work at a ski resort and I'm pulling 70+ hours per week. I realized that during the season I'm gaining sooo much weight and it makes me uncomfortable knowing that I'm not eating healthy compared to the rest of the year (and also not sleeping nearly enough lol). This video was really helpful! So many good tips, thank you so much ❤️
Absolutely excellent, you provide a great service to us all. One small correction from someone who worked at an industrial microwave manufacturer: microwaves don't actually cook food from the inside-out, the food still cooks from the outside-in, but microwaves do penetrate the surface. There's one curious exception, chicken with the bones in it. The hollow bones act like antennas conducting the microwave energy and will actually cook from the inside-out, or at least cook more evenly. I didn't learn this at work, but you may have heard that shaping your food in somewhat of a donut shape when you microwave it helps distribute the microwave energy more evenly, I find this works in practice. P.S.: Most meals you eat at chain restaurants like Chili's, Olive Garden, etc. are microwaved in an industrial oven. These often run at a lower frequency like 450 MHz so they penetrate deeper, whereas home microwaves operate around 1 GHz, which is why the tip in the previous paragraph can help.
You’re right and I don’t like the way I said it in this video. I’m going to make a correction in my next video. My point was that it doesn’t work like conduction cooking does where the heat is applied directly to the exterior of the food. The microwaves penetrate, heat up a portion via excitation and then those hot areas can heat other parts of the food via conduction
As someone who works from 7-5 and used to spend +800$ a month on restaurants for 3 meals a day, also as someone who regularly completely forgets to eat for two days and only remembers when he starts to feel light-headed. Meal prep is the best thing I've ever did!
I'm looking for a bamboo container because those check off all the qualities I'm looking for. But right now I'm shopping around for meal prep tips to help me make the habit consistent. This video has been the most useful so far!
I've been doing meal prep since July using mostly your recipes and took advantage of the sale, should be worth every penny. Still need to get around to building a snack city in my freezer and giving baked oatmeal another try though.
Look into Mason jar salads if you want to prep salads. You don't actually have to use a jar, you just have to follow the concept of how to layer the ingredients so everything stays stays fresh and doesn't get soggy. It works great!
I will say working from home has made wanting to go out a lot more desirable. Having a cup of coffee in morning, then a meal prep, then going out every couple of days. Working from home has made me not want to stay in my room. Although I never drink or smoke so that usually helps a lot as well.
I love that I found your content. I do meal prep, but this past year I wasn’t always consistent. You give so many interesting ideas for meal prep. Thank you!! I look forward to trying many of your recipes this year. I’m excited to save money and make healthier choices.
omg thank you SO much for this! There is way too much info and videos about this topic and your video is the best by far. I haven't even started prepping but I'm excited. Thank you!
Let me see if I can tip the scales for you. I work in a large building in the brightest city in the US. I work in maintenance I get to see ALL stuff nightmares are of. Even if I am offered FREE FOOD I refuse to eat or drink anything that comes out of these building’s. Back of the house is gross and scary thing. Cooks that don’t wash their hands to critters that live in the buildings. Josh seriously following you and all your tips have changed my meal prep to master levels. I feel better and enjoy my foods. Thank you.
Josh is the best! By far the most thorough, easy to understand and follow. I’ve watched so many channels and he exceeds all the others. Keep up the good work!
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one that is not impressed with the glass containers. I've opened my freezer and had them slide out and hit the floor. The quality of the glass has been impressive because most of them have not broken. BUT, the lids shatter and make the dish unusable as a freezer container. I've switched to the black plastic against all that is reasonable in my head. But they work and I don't car as much if I forget one somewhere. Thanks for the video, I love your recipes!
if you plan to do alot of meat meal prep I'd highly advise you to get a sous vide, it completely changed the way i cook and now its the only way i cook my chicken, beef, turkey etc...
The baked oats and all its variations are a game changer. My partner and I, and our colleagues have to get up and out by 5 AM and we have all started making and baking these oats for a quick and healthy breakfast.
As someone with ADHD who procrastinates on getting food until I forget, having meals pre-prepped in advance is a great way to ensure I’m eating consistently
So true. Also helps avoid high sugars, chemicals and e-numbers by doing meal prep
Thinking about making food right before you need it throws my ADHD brain in panic mode and I end up with fastfood or ramen.
Idk how mom or anybody else does that.
@@MidnightIam as well as it's easier to skip on processed ingredients since you choose what to cook with :)
Bruh everyone who is lazy nowdays use ADHD card. If you don't have diagnosed ADHD please do not use that card
@@mmr1137 why u assuming people are lying and fishing for sympathy? It's lame to want to have ADHD, it sucks.
Been using your recipes for about 3-4 months now. I used to only do broccoli, rice, chicken because it was easy. Your recipes make it much better for only putting in a little bit more money, time, but with easy directions and simple cooking, it pays off. It's no longer boring food! Thanks so much!
Let’s gooooooo 😎
Where do I get his recipes?
@@texbeneche Look at his channel
I've done meal prepping for years. Everything here is spot on.
For meals involving rice, I don't package them like you do. Instead I put the protein and veggies on the bottom of the container, then spread the rice on top. It helps when reheating to not just have a block of condensed rice.
Also when reheating the rice, I will place a damp paper towel (soak a paper towel then wring out the excess water) on top of the rice. It will revive the rice to like-new 100% of the time! Total game changer for me!
16 minute video and not a single wasted word
He meal prep'd the video lol
Lmao I been wanting to skip ahead but I can’t and now I will not aha
😂❤
Prepped food is generally fine for a week in the fridge. I spent $200k on a bachelor's degree to tell you this
Thank you, I appreciate it.
If you absolutely hate having the same thing everyday you could make a meal with a carb you like, veggies you like, and a protein you like with basic salt and pepper. Then use different sauces or toppings to change the meal. Like Chicken and rice would easily be bbq chicken, spicy chicken, honey mustard, etc.
Thank you. My big take away. It is so refreshing to have a young adult that is articulate, well prepared, and organized in his presentation. Not to mention on point about meal prepping.
To anyone on the fence: this site has made meal prep for me a breeze.
A big reason I always had trouble was that my meals always tasted like ass and I didn’t look forward to them. Now they all taste good and I genuinely look forward to them, boosting my adherence.
Whoop whoop thanks for your support 😎
His advice here is spot on. Certain people try to meal prep recipes that are a no go for storage, then their experience is soured. Or they relate the thought of meal prep to thought of eating leftovers all the time, rather than eating meals that were specifically designed for storage and nutrition.
I second this. Started with the snack city double chocolate bars. Absolutely floored my expectations. If healthy tastes delicious (except that nasty veggie shake) then it's something I look forward to. There's also that long line aspect to those office lunch places. Factor in that time and meal prep is looking better and better.
For reheating rice or noodles I spritz with water and cover the plate/bowl with a damp cloth to create steam.
Honestly I do a quasi-risotto method, where after I rinse the rice, I just put the rice in with the water and let it simmer for 20-30 minutes. That keeps the rice wet, even when it's cooled and reheated
This guy knows. All these tips are things I've picked up from working in professional kitchen environments. Keep up the good work!
Also a way to freeze your food, is to vacuum seal it in a bag. Especially soups work perfect.
Once the bag is sealed, lay it flat into your freezer and then you get a frozen plate.
I store my soups in the freezer this way, like in a record shelf.
So when people come over you just pull out a pumpkin soup like a DJ
How does the plastic of the bag deal with such temperatures and food? Sounds tempting.
@@o1-preview Find plastic bags meant for freezing and it should be fine. 😃
Tips plus comedy. I love it lol thanks
I just started eating healthier and meal prepping and I’m not kidding when I say this channel is going to save my life
@Josh I’ve been using your meal prep recipes for about 5 months and I’ve lost 15 lbs. I just bought your gold annual subscription and looking forward to more meal prepping. I’m now training for a marathon and the nutritional benefits from your recipes has been a game changer for me. Keep up the good work and Happy 2023!
Thank you for your support 😎
Good luck on your marathon! You’ll kill it!
Dude you're a lifesaver. I've been trying to change my eating habits and exercising for the last ten years and always ended up back in the obese range. This year I just decided to do ONE THING (lose weight) and STICK TO IT until I reached my goal (110 lbs). I've always known about you and your website but decided to bite the bullet and purchase a monthly sub to get your recipes. It's been three weeks (started with Buffalo Chicken bowl one week. Last week was Beef Stew. This week is your Hamburger helper) and I lost 10 lbs. I did practice fasting this week (Mon-Wed) so that contributed to the weight loss but I started seeing real results, and I'm finally sticking to it! It's great!
Been a member of the site for a few months. You’ve taken out the headache of endless scouring the internet for meal ideas. I log on the website, choose a random recipe and go with that for the week!
Plus, I love how you’re just down to earth and straight to the point. None of that extra fluff.
Thank you!
Can't agree more
Not me sitting here eating your PB&J baked oatmeal prep recipe for breakfast... Thanks to you and some other chef YT channels, I'm down 35 lbs from this time last year. Exercise has certainly been a factor, but these meal preps have been the ace in my sleeve. When people say "how did you do it?", they are bewildered when I tell them that it was mostly just a change in diet :)
Glass is nice too because they’re oven safe. I make mini meatloafs, lasagna and casseroles in them. hubs drives all day for his job, so a little foil and a heating lunchbox and he has a home cooked meal on the go.
I don’t know if you will see this but one of my fav ways for transporting soup is mason jars with old fashioned screw on lids. They are air tight and keep the soup in no matter which way they may get tossed and turned throughout the day
Hello from Houston, TX! I signed up for TMPM in June 2022, meal prep and working out have helped me loose 45 lbs since June. I'm truly happy for I came across your channel! I really appreciate thoroughness of each recipe and the nutrition information. I'm on a calorie deficit and it's hard for me to find recipes that break down the macros of the meal. Thank you do much, I look forward to more recipes!
The Rubbermaid brilliance sets are incredible quality for air tight containers, they have high quality glass and also come in plastic to save some money
This guy deserves every like on this planet , no words wasted , no time wasted ❤❤🎉🎉
This is by far the best comprehensive introduction to meal prepping video I’ve seen hands down. You’ve provided an extreme amount of perspective to the subject. Thanks very much for your video.
My buddy recommended me this video cuz he's always encouraging me to be healthy he's my work out buddy and my friend thank you Nate & thank you josh
I love this full tutorial I’m a college student who does college full time so I’m on a budget that my dad provides me each week and so this is so much easier to start trying to do as I have a TERRIBLE relationship with food and want to eat better and eat in general. I’d love to prep on Sundays but I don’t get my weekly allowance till Monday 😅 so my plan for me and my bf’s prep is to prep Mondays and maybe Thursdays or something like that because I’m a bit of a picky eater ESPECIALLY when it comes to leftover foods.
For rice, and for microwaving meals in general, I've found it heats more evenly and comes out less dry if you put a damp paper towel over the whole thing then microwave it for about 2-3 minutes (depending on the depth of your container, I used 3.5 cup rubbermaid plastic containers, about 2 an half inches deep)
Just take a square of the paper towel, wet it, squeezed it to get most of the water out, then cover the top and nuke it for 2-3 minutes, rice comes out great, and I think the water and towel layer helps keep moister in the rest of it.
In this case, it should be covered only with the wet tower right? Not with both the container lid and the tower
@Alfalink yeah, no lid, just the paper towel.
I like the no-nonsense and direct video that you provide. I have been meal prepping for years now. It offers convenience and is budget friendly. I buy meat that is will expire within the day. I refuse to eat out just because I don't plan meals. I make meals twice a week that vary in recipes. I hate doing dishes everyday. The cost of a meal in Southern CA is ridiculous. It is good that we have the miney from meal prepping because my husband needs $15K worth of dental work. I am so glad we have the money and won't get into debt. We were able to stack up cash by meal prepping. It is now on to freezer cleanout where I will make meals out of what we already have.
Most realistic and down to earth truth talk on meal prep!
I’m a vegetarian so your recipes usually aren’t for me, but your channel has been GREAT as a single mom cooking for my kid. This was equally as helpful. I don’t always have time to cook, sometimes I work past dinner and bedtime. I still want her to eat more than just pizza rolls. So thank you.
fellow vegetarian here! I've been able to find some great protein substitutes for the meals that call for meats like ground tofu or chickpeas in rice bowls instead of ground turkey or beef. wishing lots of luck and a happy new year!
Amazing!!!
You should go hunting
@@sunnyblossom_711 I’ve done the same, but I also prefer spicier foods. Like curries and such. My kid on the other hand wants pizza rolls, beef burritos, etc. and sometimes those can lack nutrients. So watching a guy who hates vegetables but is great at prepping and hiding veg has been great. Happy new year to you!
Hey! I’m not vegetarian but do try to have meatless meals throughout the week. Some of his recipes are fantastic if you substitute chicken with air fried tofu cubes, the tofu rehydrates a bit, but they usually keep their shape. You can also substitute beans for some recipes (like burrito bowls).
Also, freezing a few meals here and there helps to give an extra variety for me (I also make Patties of all kinds salmon fish beef chicken turkey you name it and I’ll freeze them, I’ll make legumes and store in big containers freeze or fridge and I can literally just mix and match or make some things fresh the day of)
There’s so many ways to mix and match and make this work for us, you got this peeps!!!
Kudos to you, man, for trying to teach folks about the financial responsibility aspect to meal prepping. I live in Dallas - home of the $30,000-a-year millionaire - and sometimes people’ ideas about financial responsibility, or lack thereof, just baffles me.
I freeze a lot of my meals and cook in really big batches. So I've got stacks off different meals so I have a decent amount of variety. So for anybody that needs to mix it up, I recommend cooking 2 meals per week and spreading them out over the month.
Hope that helps!
Do you freeze them in the meal prep containers?
I do also
Once tried this and ended up with my meals being excessively wet and nasty. I go to school early in the morning and eat my meal at lunchtime. How do I prevent that?
@@whippedforagroupcalleddrea5169 I tend to undercook meals I'll be freezing. Also letting them fully cool before putting the lids on and freezing them helps a little bit.
But at the end of the day you'll have to decide if you want semi-soggy variety or the same thing all week.
I also do this! I try to have a choice of four, even five, individually stored ‘ready meals’ in the freezer at all times. I do eat things not from the freezer too, but I love having a ten minute nutritious, home made meal in the freezer for when I don’t have loads of time.
@@whippedforagroupcalleddrea5169
If intended for the freezer, cook foods that are meant to be ‘wet’. So think saucy pasta bakes, soups, bolognese sauces (either with the pasta, or cook the pasta on the day), even things like frittata are great when slightly moist (hate that word, but couldn’t think of a better one, sorry! 😂).
I've been watching your content for about a year and I really enjoy your videos. I meal prep my breakfast and lunches because I am not a real person until 10am and I can't be bothered to think about food until after that time. Your recipes are easy to follow and to alter to my particular taste. You also convinced me to get a rice cooker. I only have two pots and it's nice to have the extra cooker to free up space.
Watching this in 2024 .. such a high quality, no BS, professional video! I’m glad I found this channel. Subscribed and recommended!
I've been meal prepping for about a year. I love it. I try to do it on my off day that way I won't worry about what I eat for lunch/dinner because I work the night shift.
I am a big believer of meal prepping but lately watching people make low cal pizza and fried chicken had me occupied in kitchen every day but the first 5 mins of this video has convinced me to go back to meal prep. Thanks a ton. Youre doing a great job.
"I gotta watch the Dolphins lose every week." Same bro. The struggle is real
those funking dumb fish blew it again today god damn it
Probably best that I not meal prep on Sundays... having a sharp knife near while watching the Phins is not good. 🤬
Lol
@@TheMealPrepManual dolphins are sick now
@@erictzogas2580 don't jinx us
Signed up for the year on the site, and am excited to revamp my meal prep. Bought a food processor to grind some chicken, some new mixing bowls and meal prep containers. Just made Firecracker Beef n Brussels, Citrus Chipotle chicken and Banana Cinnamon Baked Oatmeal...... Love not having to cook for the rest of the week...Now searching the site to see how I can use all the other stuff in my pantry that I already have.
Meal prepping seems like the only efficient way to run a house hold and to do it in a nutritional way.
Thanks for this video.
Thanks for the advice, I'm starting my weight loss journey, got my gym membership and just got done shopping. My plan is to cook everything tomorrow go to the gym for the first time and my work week starts on Tuesday. I was gonna prep as much as I could but with your advice I think I'm going to freeze some of the meat I got and take it slow and just focus on this first week. One step at a time. But I'm going from 290 to 180lbs and my goal is 14 months. I already laid out a work out routine with two rest days on Thursday and Sunday. It's crazy man, I've been single for 14 years after my last relationship I got depressed as hell it was an ugly break up and I just gained weight and lost confidence but Ive gotten to know this chick at work and last Saturday she told me about her past, moving all the time and having to get to know new people every step of the way and it resonated with me so deeply. It's the thing I always tell people. There is obviously much more to this but I got that feeling again and I haven't experienced it in so long it was almost psychedelic, definitely trippy. I was slurring words and had that gut clench 😅 omg even if it doesn't turn into a romantic relationship at least she inspired and motivated me to get off my ass and do this. It's such a beautiful thing that another human can impact you so deeply. I have been doing much better but couldn't make that step towards meaningful weight loss and I used to get drunk or baked and think yeah starting tomorrow I'm gonna do it. But next day nothing. But this is different. This has stayed a constant motivation and I'm taking the steps and I just want to get after it. 😅 I know it's cheesy but it's a powerful life changing moment so I guess I just wanted to share it. Anyway you have a new subscriber in me thanks again
pro rice tip. When reheating in the microwave, put an ice cube on top of the rice. You'd think the ice cube wouldn't last in the process, but I promise by the time your food is done reheating, the ice cube is still there :D
Biting the bullet and really making an effort to meal prep this year. Don't even want to talk about how much I spend on food a month eating out. Just picked up a TMPM sub and am looking forward to getting into it. Thanks for all the content man, here's to 2023!
Same here, I spend too much money on food because I don't enjoy cooking. I'm going to change that!
Thank you for this. I've had a really bad financial hygiene and I'm doing my best to improve it. All of these insights are priceless for me.
Spatchulae lol. I'm not a full blown "meal prep for the week" kinda person. I go the hybrid route where I cook two or three times and make enough for a few meals. That being said, if you want to get a whole week's worth of meals, this is a great guide.
A+ for soup as an option. Use bone broth in your soup for extra protein!
Love how you give tips on what to do AFTER prep meals! A lot of people on here don’t say what to do after!
My family has used exclusively wooden cutting boards for everything for the last 25+ years. Vegetables, spices, fish, beef, pork, chicken... never gotten sick a single time from that food. Just wash with a bit of soap and hot water.
Some Filipino food recipes for good meal prep that last long in the fridge and taste more the longer it last
1. Meat or Vegetable Adobo
2. Fried Lumpia
3. Paksiw
4. Sinigang
5. Pastil
The most complete tutorial on meal prep I have seen. I'm definitely going to do some of your preps. Thank you, sir!
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for all your videos. The quick videos, tight editing, and easy recipes are so easy to follow, and makes bulk cooking accessible.
Thank you for watching 😎
Legit found your channel by chance a year ago and used your meal prep site to help me drop some weight. Even after my dieting, I found myself still attracted to using your methods and recipes because you made food easy and healthy. Thank you bro! Can’t wait to see what tasty recipes you put out next!
Hey, I just logged in to say THANK YOU!! I’m on a muscle gain journey and found some recipes on your meal prep manual website . I tried two recipes so far. Both were simply amazing.
Honestly it’s a game changer - I can easy track the nutrition intake in each meal and don’t need to stress about what to eat after work ☕️
My personal favorite is the Korean Spicy Chicken recipe! (Yes I’m Korean) - the taste is really on point and it’s so easy to make. Thank you 🙏
Good advice reducing the microwave power. I always reduce the power to 70% and cooking for about 2-4 minutes, depending the on the quantity and thickness of the food. Cooking in the microwave at 100% is like boiling anything on the stovetop at 10 or baking at 500°F.
I subscribed to your website not for the reasons listed at 0:19, but because I like trying new recipes and your site offers more interesting meals than any supermarket sponsored magazine ever did for me.
God bless
This is all so spot on! I'm more of a fan of the non stick skillet, but I'm lazy like that. One more recommendation for meal prep! I use a lunch box called a hot logic mini. It's a lunch box that you plug in and it heats up your food for you. I tend to make a few huge batches of food every couple of weeks and freeze them. Then in the morning I take one out and plug in my lunch when I get to work. By lunch time I have hot food that's not been dried out. I will say there are some things that work better if you don't freeze it and plug it in about an hour before lunch. Rice and pasta can be super over done if you heat it all morning. It works kind of like a slow cooker on low. I have only eaten out twice in the last year (when not planned for work functions) because lunch is so easy.
This is a really excellent primer video on the nuts and bolts of eating better. I know many, many couples who have kids and order carry out about 5 times a week (and I see lots of overweight kids). The parents are really overwhelmed by trying to keep up with all their responsibilities.....jobs, housekeeping, after-school activities, laundry, finances, etc. Its alot to stay on top of.
Loving this channel so far and I am excited to try some of your recipes
I also have a recommendation for meal prepping salads ☺️
When storing salads in the fridge I always recommend using paper towels.
But the mistake that most people make is putting the paper towels down into your meal prep container before your lettuce. Using paper towels for meal prepping salads has been a game changer for me !! It is best to put your paper towels on top of your salads not underneath!!
For example, first put your lettuce in your
meal prep bowl and add your veggies as you normally would .With this hack you're able to use a wider range of wet vegetables, like tomatoes an cucumber.
After you put your toppings on your lettuce fold a paper towel and lay it on top of your salad then put your container lid on, and store your salad upside down. So that when the water from your vegetables sweat it is not draining downwards causing your lettuce to wilt but directly onto your paper towel.
Simply remove paper towel when ready to eat and you are left with a nice crispy salad to enjoy. You can make up to three to four days worth of salads by doing this .
I hope you all try it ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I highly recommend Rubbermaid Brilliance containers! They come in both plastic and glass, and the same lids will fit either. I use the plastic ones because they're lightweight and easy to take to work. They're stain-resistant, completely leak-proof, and they come in a range of sizes. They've even got a salad container with dividers and dressing container. I think they're a little on the pricier side, but gosh I love them.
You should NEVER microwave plastic. Even if it says microwave safe.
just decided to meal prep this video is really helpful
It's always the lids with the glass ones. I have the Anchor Hocking versions of the Pyrex ones, and the bowl itself is fine, the lid is fine, for about a month. Then they start splitting, chipping, warping. As long as you don't mind replacing the lids every 6 months, they're ok.
W&P porter. That company has these bowl I love to use for meal prep. They have plastic and ceramic ones, they’re stackable, they’re cute. They’re nice. The only problem I have is they do leak. So I just have to make sure it’s upright in the lunch box.
Edit: they have glass sealable snack/soup bowls that are amazing and don’t leak. Those are great for soups/cut fruit/wet stuff. Put the wet stuff in there and keep the dry stuff in the ceramic bowl and boom. Set for lunch
Thank you so much for this video! My boyfriend started body building and he asked me to help him with meal prep since I am the cook in the house. To be honest I have been winging it and there was so much I just learned I was doing wrong. This really really helped me. Again thank you!!!
Fantastic. Not one moment waisted! I appreciate this video so much. Thank you.
Excellent video. Tons of great information. I just started meal prepping for the first time and one thing I learned was to make sure to keep everything bite-size. I ended up not cutting up a chicken thigh and that really sucked trying to cut it in those containers every day.
0:28 - meal prep for diet
1:35 - meal prep for saving money
2:55 - meal prep for saving time
3:42 - meal prep for convenience
4:22 - meal prep for eating better
your alls welcome and josh! good video keep it up
I just decided to start meal prepping and this video was so so helpful!! Thank you
Containers is the main reason I don't meal prep yet despite loving the idea of it. I recently bought a vacuum bag sealer and would love to use it for meal prepping. It should easily reheat in boiling water even if microwave was unavailable, I can just throw it away after a meal is ready rather than bother with cleaning a container every meal. I work at a restaurant so I get full meals there most days, and i've been resorting to processed junk food like you mention on my home eating time. I wanna make tortillas that will fit nicely in the vacuum bags, freeze, and reheat without needing anything to eat it in other than cardboard plate and paper tissue lol. Now to find a good recipe with chicken and buckwheat tortillas will probably take trial and error...
Hey Josh, I've never meal prepped before, been watching your vids for a few months. Just subscribed to force myself to start :) thanks
He makes it fun and easy.
You introduced me to gochujang and I am forever grateful
i cooked it as my first meal prep and this was one of the best meals i ever made for myself
Thank u 🙏💜 who knew a couple hrs of cooking on Sunday would make life so much easier all week and save a ton of money 💰 💴
I just got some plastic ones today and it solves my problem figuring out what to eat. Meal prepping is going to be very convenient for me
My wife and I are tryig to do meal prep, and our last set of Ikea storage boxes had been used util they were worn out (8 years, not bad) and although we didn't love the clippy lids, we bought those Ikea ones (thought eh lastic not hte glass, they are breakable and we have a young child), so I@m glad to hear you think highly of them. You can certainly tell they are made more robustly made than others.
Loving these videos, just getting into meal prep in a bigger way (more than my current "Make too much for a night and have some more leftovers")
Quick picky thing on microwaves...inside-out cooking is a myth (throw a one pound ham in for 5min and feel what part is still frozen.. The water thing is true though. More moisture in something makes it heat up faster.
Power settings on a microwave make the magnetron (yeah, real name) turn on and off in longer intervals so it heats the outside aggressively then turns off and lets that heat radiate into the inside before blasting it again. Longer cook times but FAR more even cooking for "thick" dishes and for dishes with mixed wet foods and dry foods.
Thank you, Josh. I've been subscribed to your channel for a while but I had only started out meal prepping about 2 months ago. Lost 6% bodyfat ever since and have never looked back.
When reheating in the microwave, I found that setting the time for 3 minutes at power level 3. For me it takes the chill off the food and then you can adjust the amounts of time (@ power level 3) depending on what you are reheating. I have never had a hard or dried out meal from it
Thank you for a great introductory video on meal prepping! I am an older woman with a fair amount of time on my hands for cooking, but even so, sometimes I would like to have easy to eat meals that are healthy. This sounds like a great idea! I'm also sharing this with my son who struggles to find the time to cook. I hope this will help him also! Thanks again!
I totally love the tips and as a Brazilian, I was happy when you mentioned you have been to Brazil. I think food in the US has way more preservatives and it could be one reason why food here last way more. Thank you for the tips! ❤
Thanks for the overview! I'm working on building up my kitchen supplies to start meal prepping this year, so the information on what kind of cookware and meal prep containers I need is great!
I try to never use plastic containers and definitely never reheat using them so I've had a lot of glass containers over the years.. they are not cheap by any means but by far the best I've used is OXO brand. You can go straight from the freezer to oven or microwave n not worry about cracking. I've dropped them n not broke them, they are super thick. The container is also flat where the seal sits so it seals tight. I've never had one leak anything, ever. You can also remove the seal to clean under them.
Great video. I started meal preping and working out with a trainer in late June of this year. Meal prep in early September was stating to get "boring" but then all of a sudden started seeing youtube videos of people like Josh meal prepping giving me some great ideas and product codes/links for meal prep containers. I'd say now with confidence that future meal preps will be more rich in flavour and have more variety. Super excited.
Wow! So glad that someone on Reddit referred me to you, Josh. What great information! I’m excited to start and looking forward to your future content. Great job!
I work at a ski resort and I'm pulling 70+ hours per week. I realized that during the season I'm gaining sooo much weight and it makes me uncomfortable knowing that I'm not eating healthy compared to the rest of the year (and also not sleeping nearly enough lol). This video was really helpful! So many good tips, thank you so much ❤️
Absolutely excellent, you provide a great service to us all. One small correction from someone who worked at an industrial microwave manufacturer: microwaves don't actually cook food from the inside-out, the food still cooks from the outside-in, but microwaves do penetrate the surface. There's one curious exception, chicken with the bones in it. The hollow bones act like antennas conducting the microwave energy and will actually cook from the inside-out, or at least cook more evenly.
I didn't learn this at work, but you may have heard that shaping your food in somewhat of a donut shape when you microwave it helps distribute the microwave energy more evenly, I find this works in practice.
P.S.: Most meals you eat at chain restaurants like Chili's, Olive Garden, etc. are microwaved in an industrial oven. These often run at a lower frequency like 450 MHz so they penetrate deeper, whereas home microwaves operate around 1 GHz, which is why the tip in the previous paragraph can help.
You’re right and I don’t like the way I said it in this video. I’m going to make a correction in my next video. My point was that it doesn’t work like conduction cooking does where the heat is applied directly to the exterior of the food. The microwaves penetrate, heat up a portion via excitation and then those hot areas can heat other parts of the food via conduction
you buy once-you cry once---love it
As someone who works from 7-5 and used to spend +800$ a month on restaurants for 3 meals a day, also as someone who regularly completely forgets to eat for two days and only remembers when he starts to feel light-headed.
Meal prep is the best thing I've ever did!
I'm looking for a bamboo container because those check off all the qualities I'm looking for. But right now I'm shopping around for meal prep tips to help me make the habit consistent. This video has been the most useful so far!
I've been doing meal prep since July using mostly your recipes and took advantage of the sale, should be worth every penny. Still need to get around to building a snack city in my freezer and giving baked oatmeal another try though.
Look into Mason jar salads if you want to prep salads. You don't actually have to use a jar, you just have to follow the concept of how to layer the ingredients so everything stays stays fresh and doesn't get soggy. It works great!
I will say working from home has made wanting to go out a lot more desirable. Having a cup of coffee in morning, then a meal prep, then going out every couple of days.
Working from home has made me not want to stay in my room. Although I never drink or smoke so that usually helps a lot as well.
I love that I found your content. I do meal prep, but this past year I wasn’t always consistent. You give so many interesting ideas for meal prep. Thank you!! I look forward to trying many of your recipes this year. I’m excited to save money and make healthier choices.
omg thank you SO much for this! There is way too much info and videos about this topic and your video is the best by far. I haven't even started prepping but I'm excited. Thank you!
Let me see if I can tip the scales for you. I work in a large building in the brightest city in the US. I work in maintenance I get to see ALL stuff nightmares are of. Even if I am offered FREE FOOD I refuse to eat or drink anything that comes out of these building’s. Back of the house is gross and scary thing. Cooks that don’t wash their hands to critters that live in the buildings.
Josh seriously following you and all your tips have changed my meal prep to master levels. I feel better and enjoy my foods.
Thank you.
So glad to hear that thank you for your support 😎
This was so helpful
The best video about how to meal-prep.
Josh is the best! By far the most thorough, easy to understand and follow. I’ve watched so many channels and he exceeds all the others. Keep up the good work!
Glad you enjoy it 😎
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one that is not impressed with the glass containers. I've opened my freezer and had them slide out and hit the floor. The quality of the glass has been impressive because most of them have not broken. BUT, the lids shatter and make the dish unusable as a freezer container.
I've switched to the black plastic against all that is reasonable in my head. But they work and I don't car as much if I forget one somewhere.
Thanks for the video, I love your recipes!
You my man are a lifesaver. Been looking for a good instruction video.
if you plan to do alot of meat meal prep I'd highly advise you to get a sous vide, it completely changed the way i cook and now its the only way i cook my chicken, beef, turkey etc...
I genuinely appreciate your dry humor
The baked oats and all its variations are a game changer. My partner and I, and our colleagues have to get up and out by 5 AM and we have all started making and baking these oats for a quick and healthy breakfast.
Best meal prep video I've seen. Thank you.