As someone whose weekend routine now consists of a solid two to three hours
spent in my kitchen prepping my meals for the week, it is hard to remember how I got through each day just five years ago when I was relying on the thousands of NYC restaurants to keep me fed.
Not exact matches
There's something about main course recipes that's intimidating, mostly because they usually require a lot of
prep work and time
spent in the
kitchen.
Spend 20 minutes
in the
kitchen prepping this gorgeous, hearty sauce.
I know some bloggers who cook / bake /
prep 15 + things and
spend hours upons hours
in the
kitchen on Sunday afternoon getting everything ready for the week.
I think my newer, less extreme, version of meal
prep took over for two reasons: 1) I no longer work a 9 - to - 5 and have a lot more flexibility
in my life and 2) I just simply found a lot less value
in spending hours
in the
kitchen on Sunday when I could be out doing something else.
Plus, if you're having people over, you've already
spent enough time
prepping a meal and probably some dessert, so you've done your time
in the
kitchen and you deserve to kick back and relax with your guests.
It's no secret I am a meal
prep nerd... I love the process of creating a weekly meal plan, making a list, shopping, and
spending a couple of hours on Sunday
in my
kitchen prepping for the week ahead.
Meal
prep can feel like a super overwhelming and daunting task if it means
spending all day
in the
kitchen.
It makes me want to
spend more time
in my
kitchen meal
prepping, which is always a plus!
I just can't make time to
spend hours
in the
kitchen,
prepping food and making clean meals every single day.
I
spent hours
in the
kitchen,
prepping, cooking and cleaning up, when I really would have rather been enjoying that time with my kids.
You need to quit your job and
spend hours
in the
kitchen slaving over meal
prep, right?
Though I love to cook and enjoy
spending hours
in the
kitchen on a lazy Sunday
prepping food for the week, not everyone shares my enthusiasm.
Do you want to know the secret to having healthy food
prepped without
spending hours
in the
kitchen?
And at around 25 minutes from
prep to finish, you'll have an impressive appetizer or light dinner that's full of flavor but doesn't have you
spending a lot of time
in the
kitchen.
While we love meal
prep as much as the next person, the idea of
spending your Sunday afternoon
in the
kitchen can seem a little crazy if you're also cooking dinner for 30 - plus minutes every night.
This easy four - week meal
prep guide will set you up for a month of healthy eating — without
spending all your time
in the
kitchen.
I usually
prep my breakfast and lunch the night before, and I even like to batch - cook ingredients for dinner so that I don't have to
spend much time
in the
kitchen after work.
Of course all parents want to provide good, healthy snacks for your little ones, but most days between juggling family, household responsibilities, work, and even other children, it can be difficult to
spend time
in the
kitchen doing a lot
prep work, especially when on the go.
Meal
prep can feel like a super overwhelming and daunting task if it means
spending all day
in the
kitchen.
I love
spending all day
in the
kitchen prepping food with my dad.
I still meal
prep though — it just makes my life SO much easier if I do, but I like
spending my weekend out and about rather than
in the
kitchen.
Make sure you do all the
prep you need to do before your date comes over, to ensure you have enough time to
spend with your love interest (instead of
in the
kitchen)!
Just to let you know I paid someone to do these and
spent $ 600 on a small
kitchen, but they said 90 % of the work / labor cost is
in the
prep work.
Every family needs to eat, but when you're a busy family, you need quick and easy meal options — ones that don't require a lot of
prep work or time
spent in the
kitchen.
Kitchens are often light and bright, but so often the time we
spend prepping, relaxing, or working
in our
kitchen happens during the evening hours, and this is what drew me to the concept of a rich and dramatic palette.