Okay, confession time. The first year I tried meal prepping, I tossed out more food than I actually ate. Soggy chicken on day three. Rice that smelled weird by Wednesday. A sad salad that turned into a swamp by Tuesday lunch. If any of that sounds familiar, I promise you the issue usually is not…
Let me be honest with you for a second. The first time I tried meal prepping chicken, I ended up with five identical containers of the driest, saddest chicken breast you have ever seen in your life. By Wednesday my husband was asking if we could “just order something,” and by Thursday I had fed…
Introduction Let me be real with you for a second. My freshman year, I walked into my first grocery store trip with a sophomore roommate who looked at my cart of microwave burritos and rolled her eyes so hard I thought she would sprain something. I had about forty dollars to my name, a mini…
Introduction Let me paint a familiar picture. It is 6:42 PM, you just walked in the door, your work bag is still on your shoulder, and somebody is asking what is for dinner. The only thing standing between your family and another overpriced takeout order is your willpower, and honestly, that ran out somewhere around…
Let me guess. It is 11:47 AM, your stomach is rumbling, and you are two clicks away from ordering a $16 sad desk salad that will arrive soggy. Again. I have been exactly where you are. For almost a year of my early career, I spent close to $280 a month on lunch alone, ate…
Introduction Let me be real with you for a second. It is 6:14 PM, everyone in the house is asking what is for dinner, and the thought of dirtying five pans just to feed people who will complain about one vegetable is honestly exhausting. I have stood in that exact spot more Tuesday nights than…
Introduction Let me be real with you for a second. The first time I tried to meal prep on a budget, I walked out of Walmart with a $142 receipt, three bags of wilted cilantro, and a deep sense that something had gone very wrong. By Wednesday, half of it was in the trash, and…
I spent three years spinning my wheels in the gym before I figured out what was actually holding me back. It wasn’t my training program. It wasn’t my sleep. It was my nutrition, specifically the fact that I had zero consistency with it. Most nights I’d come home exhausted, stare at the fridge, and grab…
I used to dread Sunday evenings. Not because Monday was coming, but because I knew the entire week ahead would be a chaotic scramble of last minute dinners, expensive takeout orders, and that familiar guilt of wasting groceries that went bad before I ever touched them. Then I built myself a simple Sunday meal prep…
Let me be honest with you — the first time I tried vegan meal prep, I ended up with five identical containers of sad brown rice and rubbery tofu by Wednesday. By Thursday I was ordering pad thai. Sound familiar? Here is what I have learned after years of actually doing this every Sunday: the…