Countdown . . . .Two days to go!

Meal Prep Hints

The time is getting close.  Only two days until we start the Challenge.  Today Chris and I were planning for the first few days and came up with a Menu Plan.  I'll be adding more meal ideas and links to recipes as we go along.

We also were thinking of some ideas to make food prep easier.  I know everyone is busy and if we can make it easier to fix meals than we have a better chance of success!  Here's what we came up with.

• Think quick and easy, not complicated - especially the first week!
• Make stuff ahead - do batch cooking of sausage, chicken breasts, hamburger, bacon, etc. and freeze
• Chop veggies and keep in ziplock baggies to add to salads.
• Clean and cut up fresh green beans, cauliflower, broccoli, etc and freeze in baggies
• Chop onion and freeze in baggies for recipes.
• Make veggie stock with the scraps from veggies, even the onion skin, they give good color. (Strain it.) 
• Cook up meat bones to make meat stock. You can freeze in baggies.
• Mix up a variety of lettuce for salad and keep in ziplock bag with paper towel to absorb moisture.
• Make up a batch of salad dressing and keep in the fridge. A good one is Orange Vinaigrette.
• Make a batch of pickled veggies in big glass jar. (Leave out honey and nightshades.)
• Develop a list of Go-to-Meals and post on the frig. (Simple, easy to fix or prepare ahead.)