Full Description
Prep ahead and save time all week long! With over 125 time-saving recipes, you can transform your schedule with make-ahead breakfasts, salads-on-the-go, and easy-to-fix charcuterie dinner boards!
With simple prep each week, you can stock your fridge and freezer with heat-and-eat meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner or do partial prep and make dinnertime a breeze. Meal Prep Cookbook For Dummies can help you spend less time in the kitchen, meet health goals, save money, and just plain eat better. With over 125 recipes, plus tips and techniques for making all your favorites ahead of time, this book lets you breeze through your week. Imagine the possibilities that will open to you when you can just pop a healthy and delectable pre-made meal in the microwave, and—ding!—your made-from-scratch dinner is ready. Prep ahead and toss vegetables and your favorite protein on a sheet pan and dinner is ready in under 20 minutes. What will you do with all your extra time?
Why stress about what to eat each day? Meal Prep Cookbook For Dummies will take the uncertainty out of mealtime, as you discover everything from cooking basics to grocery store tips to meal prepping secrets. Whatever your home-chef skill level, you'll discover new favorite meals, organize your kitchen, store food efficiently, and learn new ideas to take your meal prepping abilities to the next level.
Discover over 125 make-ahead recipes that you can prepare at home in 45 minutes or less, with the cooking tools you already have
Meal prep for any diet (carb conscious, gluten-free, vegetarian), allergy, or food sensitivity
Craft delicious and nutritious breakfasts, lunches, and dinners for yourself or your whole family
Get new ideas and tips for sprucing up your staples, planning your grocery trips, and balancing your meals
Before you know it, you'll have meal prep down to a science, so you can relax a little bit more, knowing breakfast, lunch, and dinner are already taken care of!
Contents
Introduction 1
Part 1: Getting Started with Meal Prep 5
Chapter 1: Finding the Meal-Prep Method That's Right for You 7
Chapter 2: Knowing Which Supplies You Need 15
Chapter 3: Going Shopping 23
Part 2: Jumping into Meal Planning 31
Chapter 4: Meeting the Meal Plans 33
Chapter 5: Planning Meals When You Follow a Special Diet 41
Part 3: Starting with Breakfast, Soups, and Salads 49
Chapter 6: Breakfasts 51
Chapter 7: Freezer-Friendly Soups 67
Chapter 8: Salads and Bowls 79
Part 4: Time-Saving Meaty Mains 93
Chapter 9: Turkey: Today, Tomorrow, and the Next Day 95
Chapter 10: Brisket: Fix It and Revisit It 103
Chapter 11: Pork Dishes to Please Everyone 111
Chapter 12: Chicken Dishes to Chow Down On 119
Chapter 13: Making the Most out of a Ham Bone 127
Chapter 14: All-in-One Sheet-Pan Meals 135
Chapter 15: Freezer-Friendly Mains 153
Chapter 16: Twenty-Minute Main Meals 165
Part 5: Creating Simple Sides and Sweets 175
Chapter 17: Sides in Ten Minutes or Less 177
Chapter 18: Simple Snacks to Make Ahead 193
Chapter 19: Simple Yet Elegant Desserts 201
Part 6: The Part of Tens 213
Chapter 20: Ten Sauces to Make Meals Pop 215
Chapter 21: Ten Meal-Kit Recipes 223
Chapter 22: Ten Ways to Build a Bento Lunch Box 231
Chapter 23: Ten Meal-Prep Shortcuts 237
Part 7: Appendixes 243
Appendix A: Metric Conversion Guide 245
Appendix B: Sample Grocery List 249
Appendix C: Food Safety Guide 253
Index 257
