Meal Planning
With healthy meal planning, you will probably want to put some of the prepared ingredients and dishes in the refrigerator and freezer. It also helps to save some leftovers to be used for future meals, especially when you don’t want to do any additional cooking.
In both cases, you will need to know how long leftovers stay fresh so you can ensure your family is safe when eating these prepared dishes.
Tips for Storing Foods
Before you do anything, it is important that you know some of the rules of storing foods and prepared meals. First of all, you should store meat in containers or freezer bags, not the original package they come in. This ensures they are air tight and will help to avoid freezer burn. Continue reading
Before you get started on meal planning, there are some tools you will need. Some of these are simply for prepping ingredients to store them in your pantry or refrigerator, while other tools are for when your meal planning turns into actually coking and preparing meals, then freezing them.
Here are some different tools and accessories to try to get for meal planning:
Food Scale
Meal planning on its own doesn’t always require a food scale, but when you are prepping meals and ingredients for health purposes, it is definitely recommended. This makes it easier to measure out your food and be able to track the macros, such as calories, fat, carbs, and protein. Continue reading
