How to Become a Meal Prep Pro this Year | The Beginner's Guide to Meal Prep

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

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!

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.

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.

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!

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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.

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!

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.

This guy knows. All these tips are things I've picked up from working in professional kitchen environments. Keep up the good work!

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

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!

For reheating rice or noodles I spritz with water and cover the plate/bowl with a damp cloth to create steam.

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!

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 :)

"I gotta watch the Dolphins lose every week." Same bro. The struggle is real

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!

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!