Alice Authorized’s wholesome meal prepping ideas

Up to date: 10:22 AM EDT Mar 27, 2024

RIGHT? I KNOW I HOPE YOU’RE HUNGRY. YOU MAY EVEN BE PACKING YOUR LUNCH NOW. OR MAYBE JUST MAKING BREAKFAST. YOU’RE JUST IN TIME FOR OUR NEXT LIVE GUEST. SHE’S HERE TO TALK ABOUT MEAL PREPPING. YES, FRIEND TO THE PROGRAM, ALICE SMITH, THE OWNER OF ALICE, APPROVED LOCAL DIETITIAN, IS JOINING US LIVE. ALICE, WE’VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT HOW FEW FOOD FUELS THE BODY. YOU ALWAYS SAY EAT THE RAINBOW. SO TELL US NOW ABOUT PREPPING OUR MEALS AND HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS AS FAR AS INGREDIENTS GO. YES, ABSOLUTELY. WELL, WE HAVE A FEW MORE DAYS LEFT OF NATIONAL NUTRITION MONTH AND MEAL PLANNING IS JUST A WORM THAT CAN SEEM VERY DAUNTING. IT CAN SEEM OVERWHELMING TO THINK THAT YOU HAVE TO PLAN OUT YOUR ENTIRE WEEK, OR MAYBE EVEN YOUR ENTIRE MONTH FOR GROCERIES AND FOR THE MENU FOR YOU OR YOUR FAMILY. SO I LIKE TO BREAK IT DOWN AND REALLY SIMPLIFY IT AND TALK ABOUT REALLY PREPPING YOUR INGREDIENTS INSTEAD OF YOUR MEALS. SO THINK ABOUT WHAT INGREDIENTS ARE SUPER VERSATILE THAT YOU CAN PREPARE, YOU CAN HAVE IN THE FRIDGE, AND THEN YOU CAN PULL THOSE OUT AND PUT DIFFERENT MEALS TOGETHER THROUGHOUT THE WEEK FOR BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND DINNER. AND IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE JUST ONE MEAL WHERE YOU STAY IN THE KITCHEN FOR HOURS AND YOU HAVE THIS ONE MEAL, AND MAYBE YOU HAVE LEFTOVERS FOR THE WEEK, AND MAYBE YOU DON’T. AND YOU SPENT ALL OF THIS TIME AND ENERGY AND NOT A LOT TO SHOW FOR IT. THAT’S GOOD TIPS THERE AND CAN YOU TELL US A BIT MORE ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE YOU SAY BETWEEN INGREDIENT PREPPING AND THEN MEAL PREPPING? YES. SO INGREDIENT PREPPING THAT’S GOING TO BE JUST GETTING THE COMPONENTS OF THE MEAL TOGETHER. SO THAT’S GOING TO BE YOUR LIGHT COOKING, YOUR CHOPPING, YOUR PURCHASING, THE INGREDIENTS AND THEN PUTTING THOSE IN CONTAINERS IN YOUR REFRIGERATOR. DARE. AND A TIP I LIKE TO USE IS TRYING TO TRANSITION FROM PLASTIC TO GLASS. SO THAT IS ONE NON NUTRITION TIP THAT CAN REALLY ENHANCE YOUR HEALTH. SO THAT’S GOING TO BE HAVING ALL OF YOUR INGREDIENTS PREPPED PREPARED IN THE FRIDGE. THAT WILL BE YOUR YOU CAN HAVE GROUND BEEF GROUND TURKEY BEANS RICE QUINOA VEGGIES OATS. YOU CAN HAVE ALL OF THESE PREPARED SO YOU CAN PUT DIFFERENT MEALS TOGETHER THROUGHOUT THE WEEK USING THOSE INGREDIENTS. THAT IS A GREAT WAY TO NOT GET OVERWHELMED. YOU KNOW, I’VE SEEN SOME THINGS ONLINE AND LIKE THE WHOLE FRIDGE JUST. LOOKS LIKE IT’S A MEAL PREP KIND OF LIKE FIASCO. AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT TAKES SO MANY HOURS IN THE KITCHEN. SO, ALICE, IS THIS KIND OF YOUR WAY OF JUST MAKING THAT EASIER AND MORE BENEFICIAL TO JUST FOCUS ON THE INGREDIENT PREPPING LIST? YES. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE SUPER BENEFICIAL TO TAKE LESS TIME THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. SO IF YOU CAN JUST HAVE YOUR INGREDIENTS PREPPED, YOU’RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE LESS FOOD WASTE. SO WE’RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT BAG OF SPINACH. IN THE CRISPER DRAWER THAT ALWAYS GOES BAD. AND YOU’RE ALSO GOING TO BE ABLE TO ADD MORE DIVERSITY TO YOUR DIET. AND YOU’RE NOT GOING TO GET TIRED OF THE SAME MEAL. SO IF YOU’RE JUST COOKING FOR ONE, JUST FOR YOU AND YOU DON’T WANT TO EAT THE ENTIRE, YOU DON’T WANT TO EAT THE ENTIRE WEEK WITH ONE MEAL WITH LEFTOVER HOURS FROM FROM ONE MEAL THE ENTIRE WEEK. THIS IS REALLY GOING TO ADD DIVERSITY TO YOUR DIET AND IT’S GOING TO HELP ADD NEW FOODS TOO. SO JUST THINK ABOUT HOW CAN YOU PREPARE SEVERAL KEY INGREDIENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK. SO THAT WOULD BE A FEW DIFFERENT MEAT OPTIONS OR EVEN TOFU EGG. HOW CAN YOU ADD IN GRAINS LIKE RICE, QUINOA, BEANS, PEAS, AND THEN ALSO MEAT? IF YOU’RE NOT DOING, UM, IF YOU’RE NOT DOING VEGETARIAN, LIKE YOUR CHICKEN, YOUR BEEF, YOUR TURKEY, AND THEN EVEN YOUR VEGGIES. SO HOW CAN WE ADD IN ROASTED. VEGGIES, SWEET POTATOES, BROCCOLI? SO WE CAN REALLY CHANGE IT UP. AND THOSE INGREDIENTS CAN BE USED IN SALADS. THEY CAN BE USED IN RATS, IN PASTA DISHES, IN SOUPS, IN BREAKFAST CASSEROLES, IN EGG OR TOFU SCRAMBLES. ALL THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. SO YOU’RE NOT EATING THE SAME EXACT MEAL ALL WEEK. YEAH, RIGHT. SOME GOOD STUFF THERE. THE SPINACH AND THE SPINACH IN THE CRISPER. ALWAYS. I MEAN, I JUST HAD TO THROW OUT ARUGULA BECAUSE I KNOW I STARTED SMELLING IT, NOT THE ARUGULA. THAT’S THE WORD THAT IS THE WORST. THAT’S A WASTE OF MONEY. BUT YOU DID JUST MENTION THAT ONE INGREDIENT THAT CAN BE USED LIKE FOR MULTIPLE WAYS. DO YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE ON KIND OF USING THE FLAVOR PROFILE OF THAT INGREDIENT AND KIND OF CHANGING IT WITH THE MEALS? YES. SO JUST THINK ABOUT IT. IF YOU HAVE GROUND TURKEY OR CHICKEN, YOU HAVE QUINOA, YOU HAVE ROASTED VEGGIES IN THE FRIDGE AND YOU HAVE BATCH PREPARED THOSE. WELL, JUST THINK ABOUT HOW YOU CAN CHANGE THE FLAVOR PROFILES. YOU CAN DO GUACAMOLE AND SALSA AT ONE MEAL. YOU CAN ADD IN TAZIKI AND OLIVES AND MAKE IT MORE GREEK INSPIRED. YOU CAN ADD MORE OF A BARBECUE SAUCE OR RANCH FLAVORING, SO YOU CAN REALLY CHANGE THAT UP. AND IT’S THE SAME BASE INGREDIENT THAT YOU CAN REALLY CHANGE THAT UP WITH THE FLAVOR PROFILES. I NEVER EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. I KNOW, BUT THAT’S A GOOD WAY. SO YOU DON’T GET BORED. YEAH, I’M A CREATURE OF HABIT AND COULD EAT THE SAME DINNER EVERY NIGHT. I’M A CREATURE OF TRADER JOE’S. JUST CONVENIENCE. YEAH, CONVENIENCE, CONVENIENCE. I KNOW, I MEAN, I WOULD BE ONE TO JUST GO AND BUY THE GUACAMOLE OR GO AND BUY THE A-C-C, BUT YEAH, I LOVE THE IDEA OF MEAL PREPPING. LIKE STARTING OUT. I KNOW I LOVE, LIKE, BEING ON A SCHEDULE, BEING ORGANIZED AND STUFF. SO THAT’S RIGHT UP MY ALLEY IN THE GLASS CONTAINERS. ALWAYS MAKE ME FEEL FANCY TOO. SO. SO I’LL HAVE TO TRY IT. THANK YOU. ALI. ALICE, YOU GOT A SHOW? DYLAN, HOW TO DO THAT AND MAKE THINGS FRESH FROM HOME RIGHT? NOT JUST BUY IT. ALREADY PURCHASED IT AND MADE I KNOW I NEED FROZEN, I NEED SOME TIPS, SO WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. YES, THANK YOU ALICE, AS ALWAYS AND FOR EVERYONE AT HOME TO GET EVEN MORE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM ALICE, YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG ON HER WEBSITE OR ALSO FOLLOW ALONG ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SHE HAS GREA

Alice Authorized’s wholesome meal prepping ideas

Up to date: 10:22 AM EDT Mar 27, 2024

For our Wellness Wednesday, native dietician Alice Smith defined why it’s best to take into consideration prepping your components as a substitute of full meals. What does prepping components imply? Ingredient prepping is simply prepping the elements of meals or snacks that can be utilized all through the week. That is the chopping, slicing, and lightweight cooking to have gadgets prepared for meals and snacks. Your whole components are minimize up in containers and all it’s a must to do is take them out of the fridge and blend them as much as make a meal!What’s the distinction between ingredient prepping and meal prepping?Not like meal prepping, the place you realize what meals you’ll have all week lengthy after which prepare dinner all these meals on the identical day, begin to end, the thought is to pick out a number of core gadgets to make use of in another way all through the week. What are the advantages of ingredient prepping?Ingredient prepping could be carried out in a few hours so it saves time, particularly at meal occasions. It’s quicker than conventional meal planning and prepping. You are apt to make more healthy selections and scale back quick meals or ordering out at time for dinner. And it could actually assist scale back the quantity of meals wasted as a result of it’s prepared for use.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. —

For our Wellness Wednesday, native dietician Alice Smith defined why it’s best to take into consideration prepping your components as a substitute of full meals.

What does prepping components imply?

• Ingredient prepping is simply prepping the elements of meals or snacks that can be utilized all through the week. That is the chopping, slicing, and lightweight cooking to have gadgets prepared for meals and snacks. Your whole components are minimize up in containers and all it’s a must to do is take them out of the fridge and blend them as much as make a meal!

What’s the distinction between ingredient prepping and meal prepping?

• Not like meal prepping, the place you realize what meals you’ll have all week lengthy after which prepare dinner all these meals on the identical day, begin to end, the thought is to pick out a number of core gadgets to make use of in another way all through the week.

What are the advantages of ingredient prepping?

• Ingredient prepping could be carried out in a few hours so it saves time, particularly at meal occasions. It’s quicker than conventional meal planning and prepping. You are apt to make more healthy selections and scale back quick meals or ordering out at time for dinner. And it could actually assist scale back the quantity of meals wasted as a result of it’s prepared for use.