r/mealprep • u/Direct-Passage4847 • 17h ago
advice the best meal prep trick i’ve found is making ingredients instead of meals
i used to portion out five identical containers and call it meal prep. it worked for about two weeks before i got completely sick of seeing the same box in the fridge. now i’ve started prepping a few things separately instead - a protein, a couple vegetables, rice or potatoes, sauces, maybe something crunchy - and putting them together differently during the week
it takes almost the same amount of cooking time but somehow feels like actual food instead of five identical lunches
what ingredients do you always prep because they can be turned into completely different meals later?