How far in advance do you prepare your food/meals?

[pw154]

Do you prepare a week's worth in advance and put in tupperware? Or just a day's worth?

[rated_rko]

i usually season my chicken breasts 10 at a time and leave em in the fridge and cook them when im ready...rice i make for 3 days worth at a time....pasta too...

[gicantor]

I pre-cook mon-fridays meals on sunday just cause thats when I work so i want everything ready to go. Then saturday I will cook whatever i want.

[Delt King]

Usually 3 days in advance for most things.

[pw154]

I pre-cook mon-fridays meals on sunday just cause thats when I work so i want everything ready to go. Then saturday I will cook whatever i want.Gicantor do you find the food doesn't spoil when sitting 5 days?

[rickyboy36]

Gicantor do you find the food doesn't spoil when sitting 5 days?


Ill make batches sometimes for 7 days.I start cooking sunday.What i do is put for about 4 days of food in the fridge and freeze the rest.Once wednesday arrives i take everything out and let it unfreeze slowly in the fridge.

[rickyboy36]

Gicantor do you find the food doesn't spoil when sitting 5 days?

Not hamburger.My food has a lot of spices so that kinda keeps it from spoiling as well.Fish however i wouldnt go to long.

[Ritch]

I find 3 days is best, It could be monday, thursday I cook and cheat on Sunday. The only thing I make that lasts very long is chili which freezes very well.

[marino]

Most meals 2-3 days in advance. However, when I BBQ chicken breasts I bbq the whole bag and just leave them in a container in the fridge and heat them up as needed.

One thing whenever I cook I try to cook for about a family of 8 portion wise, so that way I am always having extra to freeze/ refridgerate.

[LonelyBedouin]

Night before, I cant stand having stuff sit in the fridge for more than a night.

[Dryvrgrl]

usually chicken 2X a week, Beef 2X a week rice 2X a week

fish as needed, pasta potatoes and everything else as needed, oh except chickpeas, Once a week

[IronRobi]

I can't stand reheating, I cook everything fresh

[Dryvrgrl]

I can't stand reheating, I cook everything fresh

not practical with work schedule for most of us!

BUT.. I had a (obese) lady at work tell me I shouldn't microwave things because it'll Kill me! ironic

[kloan]

Day to day.

[gicantor]

Gicantor do you find the food doesn't spoil when sitting 5 days?

Nope not at all. Everything is sealed up in tupperware. I've never had an issue. I usually cook beef, chicken, rice, mashed sweet potato and never had it spoil.

[ubergod]

Why make dieting, whether for cut or bulk, any harder then it has to be by cooking EVERY NIGHT? That would honestly get old soo fast, good way to set yourself up for failure IMO. Once a week for me, cook steaks, chicken, fish, rice, potatoes. Only thing i cook on a more frequent basis is veggies.

[HeavyD]

Why make dieting, whether for cut or bulk, any harder then it has to be by cooking EVERY NIGHT? That would honestly get old soo fast, good way to set yourself up for failure IMO. Once a week for me, cook steaks, chicken, fish, rice, potatoes. Only thing i cook on a more frequent basis is veggies.

yes this is me.
i believe this is why i am stuggling to put on mass. cooking after work every night for the next day is vary hard considering the amount of food we try and consume per day. i have a good handle on training and supps, but was having a tough time cooking every night.

if anyone has some good bulk recipies than please shoot me a pm....thankx

[Felinecougar]

I precook beef once per week and chicken 2x. Fish all the rest.

I might be the only one who has children eating what I do. My 19 yr old is in University and makes her meals out of my precooked stuff. My 16 yr old is a vegetarian.

Chicken breasts becomes fajitas or she makes a ceasar salad with it.

I found BS chicken breasts at Sams Club in Michigan for $1.77 a lb. HUGE!

[kloan]

not practical with work schedule for most of us!

BUT.. I had a (obese) lady at work tell me I shouldn't microwave things because it'll Kill me! ironic

wont kill you directly but could quite possibly kill the nutrients in the food... i stopped microwaving my foods.. these days i use the convection oven or stove top to reheat everything.

[519Muscle]

As already stated above i think that 3 days is max for anything thing...After that the foods really start to taste worse and stink..

[Papa Het]

Usually sundays a food prep day for me. I'll cook up a warehouse pack of chicken breast, box of rice, make up some veggie salad for the next 3 days and probably throw together some chili in the crockpot.

[ab_chic25]

I have fallen out of the habit but i used to cook 3 big meals on sundays. One was pasta sauce, roast, and meatloaf. I would freeze and pull it out the night before. Gotta start doing that again.