The Ultimate Meal-Prep Cookbook Turn meal prep inspirations into reality EGGS in PURGATORY The Test Kitchen's top tips for meal preppers A few of our tips include: Make a weekly shopping list Put a date on it Bulk it up Develop labeling savvy Bring TV dinners into the 21st century 25 Weekly Kitchen Meal Plans Our 25 weekly kitchen meal plans strike just the right balance between guidance and flexibility so that you can customize them to fit your preferences and ever-changing schedule. Maximizing prep-ahead options, make-ahead options, and ingredient substitutions while minimizing shopping, food waste, and time spent in the kitchen lets you strategize appealing, practical meal plans that truly make your life easier and your meals more enjoyable. Ingredient Prep School Prep and Freeze Substitute with Confidence The Test Kitchen's Top Tips for Meal Preppers Make the Most of Your Microwave Essential Equipment for Meal Prep How to Prep a Meal Building-Block Recipes Winning Strategies for Meal-Prep Success "What's for dinner?" Whether a family member is asking you or you're just silently asking yourself, if that question gives you a sinking feeling then you need this book. With the constant schedule juggling that we all do, meal planning and meal prep are invaluable skills to master if you want to avoid eating takeout every night. Efficient meal preppers take advantage of multiple strategies. Depending on your preferences and your available time in any given week, there are many different ways to customize meal prep. Plan intensive ingredient prep-ahead sessions Possibly the most valuable meal-prep habit to adopt is a “Sunday power hour,” during which time you can get well ahead of the weeknight scramble by completing as much advance kitchen work as possible. Avoid food waste by cross-utilizing fresh ingredients We designed these meal plans to use a limited number of ingredients in creative ways throughout the week. If you decide to experiment with creating your own plans, try to map out ways to efficiently use up what you buy at the grocery store while still keeping meals varied. Store assembled meal components together If prepped ingredients get cooked together, you can store them together. Our foil packet recipes, where the assembled ingredients become an entire meal, take this concept a step further. Double recipes for "freezer insurance" or intentional leftovers We tell you when a recipe doubles well for freezing. This doubling principle also applies to meal components, even if you can’t freeze them. Meal Plan Sneak Peak: Each Plan contains 5 Meals, including a suggested pantry recipe as the fifth meal Meal 1: Bibb Lettuce and Chicken Salad with Peanut Dressing Prep Ahead: Wash lettuce leaves, cut cucumber, slice hot cherry peppers, wash and pick mint Make Ahead: Refrigerate seared chicken and peanut dressing for up to 2 days Substitutions: Almond butter for peanut butter, any soft lettuce for Bibb lettuce, basil for mint Meal 2: Rib-Eye Steaks with Roasted Vegetables and Sage Butter Prep Ahead: Wash and pick sage, grate lemon zest, peel and halve carrots, halve potatoes and shallots Make Ahead: Refrigerate sage butter for up to 2 days Substitutions: red onion for shallots, vegetable oil or extra-virgin olive oil for butter, strip steaks for rib-eyes Meal 3: Seared Scallops with Squash Puree and Sage Butter Prep Ahead: peel, seed and cut butternut squash, mince shallot, wash and pick sage, juice lemon Make Ahead: Refrigerate squash puree for up to 3 days Substitutions: extra-large shrimp for scallops Meal 4: Spinach-Stuffed Portobello Caps Prep Ahead: Remove mushroom gills, grate lemon zest, wash and pick mint Make Ahead: Refrigerate baked stuffed Portobello caps for up to 3 days Substitutions: frozen spinach for baby spinach, goat cheese for feta, scallions for mint
✔ Author(s): America's Test Kitchen
✔ Title: The Ultimate Meal-Prep Cookbook: One Grocery List. A Week of Meals. No Waste.
✔ Rating : 4.5 out of 5 base on (1040 reviews)
✔ ISBN-10: 1948703580
✔ ISBN-13: 9781948703581
✔ Language: English
✔ Format ebook: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, HTML and MOBI
✔ Device compatibles: Android, iOS, PC and Amazon Kindle
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