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I'm looking for some food/recipe ideas that I could use to make in large quantities, so as to have dinners throughout the week.
Since my training has me at the gym on average about 15 hours a week, the lady and I try to make meals in large quantities on either Sunday or Monday, so i don't have to come home at 9pm and cook. In the past we've made soups and chilli's, but I'm looking for something healthier than chilli.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
I use to cook in bulk, due to a somewhat similar schedule (school, studying and training) and I'm actually going back to it. I would always get a grip of steak and chicken, marinate each for 2-3 days, then grill it all up. I would do this twice a week, so I always had meat on standby. That's when I was trying to bulk up though, and it definitely worked, the best I ever grew. Now I'm going for leaner and cleaner, so I got a rice steamer (which are dope btw), marinate some good thinly sliced quality steaks, and yeah, serve it with rice. Lean and tasty. Your pre-cooked chicken is great over salad, or make some dank Carne Asada tacos. Just having some quality tasty meat ready expedites the preparation process. Marinating for at least 24 hours is key, too.
I really want to get into making Thai dishes; it's so frickin' good, and mad lean and usually healthy.
Good luck.
I'd love to hear an eating clean on a budget tips. I gotta feed 4
Boil and shred chicken, yams, casseroles, rice, quinoa, etc. Carbs are easiest to manage and last longest. Also buy tons of fruit and cut it all at once. A slow cooker and pressure cooker have been my best friends lately
I'd second slow cooking. I like shin of beef best (has a lot of connective tissue which melts away during cooking). You can just brown it with some onions, then throw it in the slow cooker with a load of carrots and parsnips (or other root vegetables) and some liquid (stock + wine/beer + maybe tomatoes) and come back in 4-8 hours depending on the heat setting and size of chunks of meat.
That way you have meat and some vegetables done in one pot. It'll work with any cheap cut of meat so it doesn't matter too much what you can get your hands on.
These are all good ideas. I think you should re-visit chili as well, though. You can go with all kinds of different bases and meats. I don't think it gets much healthier than some grass fed beef used to make a big pot of chili. Buying grass fed in bulk is super cost-effective if you have the space.
Check local bbq joints for great homeade marinades close to you.
Taco soup, tortilla soup, lentils... I wish I was a crockpot artist. I'm not. :-/ got a good taco soup recipe if you want it..I haven't wrote the tortilla soup down yet. Oh and the taco soup is meatless. Tortilla soup has chicken in it.
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He has bulk recipes?Quote:
Originally Posted by RobertGarza
It's best to consume your food as fresh as possible, hard but most effective IMO :)
I like to make a salad with bell peppers instead of lettuce, although I alternate spinach into the mix too.One pound of meat (chicken, steak, or pork loin works best), six bell peppers (honestly though I just buy a tray of bell peppers already sliced up, I think it's six bell peppers worth), one red onion, tomatoes, feta and cranberries to taste. You can add whatever you like. Make your own dressing with balsamic vinegar and oil and add it just before you serve - the salad will get too soggy if you mix the dressing into the entire salad and let it sit).
I realize that for a family this is not much food, but for single people each salad should last two or three days depending on whether your prefer to have other meals or not.
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When I was really into prepping food (and when I had the most success) I was grilling chicken breasts for the week. I sometimes cut them into strips for wraps. Then when they cool bag them in individual freezer bags and freeze. Quick and easy to heat up to top salads, wraps, or just to eat by itself. Boil eggs a half a dozen to a dozen at a time for salads and quick snacks.
We also prep all of our veggies for salads so all we have to do is throw them together with next to no prep. I know a lot of people that prep individual salads in mason jars. I have never tried it personally but they say their lettuce and spinach does not get soggy. They put the dressing in the bottom followed by your heavier veggies (tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers etc) and topped with lettuce and spinach.
My mother in law also freezes a lot of dishes. If she is going to make a casserole, gumbo, chili, etc she will double the recipe and freeze half of it for another day. Hope this helps you. :)
great tips and advice, everyone.
as much as i'd like eating every meal that's cooked that night, it's nearly impossible with my training schedule on most nights. the menu for this week was chicken panang curry with peppers, carrots, mushrooms, basil, and rice noodles-that was for last night and then leftovers for tonight-and then taco thursday has become a staple of thursday night and friday night; not the healthiest of meals, but shit's easy and so delicious.
Hey bro, I'm a student with never enough time in the day. Here's what I would strongly suggest (based on what I do): get a couple of different sources of protein together and cook them up (I like to carefully fry a bunch of chicken breasts, bake some fish, and boil some eggs. Then make sure you've got some veggies to chop up and throw in at will (bell peppers, celery, onions, broccoli, carrots). Also have some romaine lettuce or better yet baby spinach on hand. I personally try to stay away from too much grain but will also cook up some rice and noodles to portion out over the week. You can also just get a tonne of containers and portion off your food. Using all this stuff you can throw together a few differnt options: strong healthy salads with the chicken or eggs and lettuce or spinach along with the veggies of your choice (always add the dressing right before you eat), a variety of different kinds of stir frys (make it all at once and usually ensures youve got at least a couple meals for two), rice with salmon and some veggies or either of the other proteins, etc. You've then got clean healthy eating going with a decent amount of variety so you don't have any issues. This works for me, hopefully it helps.
Would also reccomend getting some fruits and nuts that you ziploc baggie at the start of the week in portions so you can snack on those in between meals (I like dry unsalted almonds, strawberries and bannanas).
Chicken and rice and vegetables. Cook up the chicken and vegetables together and store them in Tupperware . The cook the rice and store it in Tupperware . Then just add them together an put them in the nukerator. Or you can make a bunch of spaghetti too and store that in Tupperware.
I gained my weight back over the holidays so I gotta get back to this:
I like to cook a big pack of chicken breast and usually use about 5-6oz chicken in each meal. I then boil a lot of rice and then measure about 1 1/2 cups of rice in each container I use and when I run out of chicken (usually can get 5-10 meals depending on amount of chicken and pack size.) I store the spare rice for any other meal I could use it for. Seasonings are your choice. You can use rice or you can use broccoli since IMO its more nutrient dense than rice and if you are watching your carb intake at night broccoli is a much lower carb alternative to rice, but cater to your body's needs!
Crockpot for sure!