If you wish to meal prep however have VERY LITTLE freezer house, you must get inventive!
A lot of our meal prep queens on our Wholesome Mummy Food Lovers Facebook Page appear to make plenty of meals to pop within the freezer. However if you happen to don’t have a giant (or second) freezer, you may need thought it’s not for you.
Nicely suppose once more! Listed here are 11 useful ideas for these of us with small freezers that gained’t match many containers of pre-made meals inside.
11 methods to meal prep when you may have a small freezer
1. Make salads to final every week
Christine Jones shares her recommendation on making salad for the week – simply hold something ‘moist’ out of it and add it when able to serve.
“I do salads in bulk for the week, I make about seven and put them in separate containers. No tomato and no dressing and they might final the complete week, simply hold them behind the fridge.”
2. Get breakfast sorted in a single session
We frequently don’t consider meal prepping for breakfast, but when mornings are busy it may be actually useful to make sure you don’t miss a meal.
Attempt making a batch of Choc Berry Chia Pudding or a some of the Gluten Free Breakfast Granola (pictured above) to maintain available for the week.
3. Meal prep lunch for the week and retailer within the fridge
Ebony Featherstone does this, and doesn’t it look tasty? You would make one meal for the week, or two and blend it up.
Ebony says, “That is rooster with brown rice cooked in coconut oil with steamed broccoli. The highest is yoghurt combined with cumin, paprika and curry powder.”
4. Meal prep snacks for the week and retailer within the fridge
Samantha Lee Gaskin says, “I make Zucchini and Bacon Slice (recipe from the 28 Day Weight Loss Challenge) for my youngsters’s lunch bins for the week.”
And Stacey Beale agrees and says, “I’ve discovered a few of the Wholesome Mummy recipes hold very well within the fridge, such because the wholesome chocolate Weet-Bix Slice (pictured above) and the chocolate berry peanut bliss cups – these don’t take up a lot room.”
5. Meal prep your dry smoothie elements
Cassy Browne is aware of the best way to make her Wholesome Mummy Smoothie even sooner.
“I make up ziplock luggage of all my dry elements for my smoothies (smoothie combine, protein powder, nuts, chia seeds, coconut and many others.) so that every one I’ve to do within the mornings is empty it into my blender, then add the milk and fruit/veg.”
6. Prep and squash your mince earlier than freezing it
Cassy Browne has shared this nice tip. Moderately than freezing packets of mince, she takes the meat out of the container first.
‘”I make forward the combination for burger patties, pop them in a ziplock bag and flatten it out earlier than popping it within the freezer to save lots of house. And this has the added bonus of defrosting faster too.”
This burger is a recipe from the 28 Day Weight Loss Challenge.
7. Use glass jars within the freezer door for rice
Utilise ALL the house in your freezer, together with the door! Cassy Browne does this by cooking up rice after which freezing in particular person parts in a jar.
Then you may simply defrost within the microwave and reheat till steaming to serve.
8. Flatten your leftovers in ziplock luggage
Michelle Scowen at all times makes double of her household meals in order that she will be able to freeze one to make use of later. However as an alternative of utilizing cumbersome containers that gained’t slot in a small freezer,
Michelle says, “I freeze the second in a labelled ziplock bag, ensuring it freezes flat so it stacks simply. I by no means use the plastic containers as you may have all of the wasted “air” house in each, plus they’re dearer than luggage.”
That is the Purple Fish Curry from the 28 Day Weight Loss Challenge.
9. Chop up your meat able to go earlier than freezing
As a substitute of freezing the cumbersome packs of steak or rooster breast, do that.
Thea Gibb says, “I reduce up all my meat in parts for meals and place them in labelled plastic ziplock luggage. Not solely does it save time on the night time, however I don’t have to scrub a reducing board that has had uncooked meat on it each night time.
“Then you may simply seize a bag of chopped up rooster able to make your wholesome stir fry.”
This one is a Lemon Hen Stir Fry from the 28 Day Weight Loss Challenge.
10. Simply prepare dinner and freeze the primary part of the meal
Haven’t received house to freeze an entire meal? Why not simply make and freeze the primary factor of it? Shayla Kuczer does this when she’s making issues like rooster schnitzels which might be frozen.
“Then they only have to be partly defrosted and positioned straight into the oven for 30 minutes or till cooked by means of, eat with fast salad or steamed veggies.”
Attempt our Homemade Chicken Nuggets for this tip.
11. Make a triple batch of 1 key meal part
Us mums love a superb bolognese (particularly with all these hidden veggies), and it’s so versatile to show into different meals. Attempt making an enormous portion of bolognese (the gradual cooker is nice for this) like Stacey Beale does.
Stacey says, “I make a kilo of mince into bolognese with plenty of veggies and tomatoes and that’s sufficient for 3 meals for two adults and a couple of youngsters.
“We’ve got it with pasta one night time, then subsequent time I add peas and make a pumpkin and candy potato mash to make it a shepherd’s pie. One other time I’ll use it as the bottom for a lasagne (including some kidney beans to stretch it if wanted) or it can be made right into a pasta bake.”
As if this isn’t sufficient concepts on your bolognese, we’ve received extra HERE.
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