One of my favorite things to do is meal prep, or ingredient prep. I pick one day during the week and devote an hour or two to prepping vegetables, protein, and some sauces or spice blends to have on the ready for easy meals later!
I included some of my favorite, versatile meats, legumes, vegetable sides and heartier salads that last several days in the fridge.
And you can’t meal prep without throwing in a treat or two.
This post is in partnership with Fresh Menu Kitchen. All opinions shared are my own. Ingredient prepping has become one of my favorite hacks to save time in the kitchen during the week! It’s not exactly like meal prepping, which is cooking entire main dishes and sides to serve during the next few days — …
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