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Pasta is one of the most versatile and convenient ingredients for meal prep because of just how easy it is to batch cook, the ability to pair with various different sauces and the low price. Furthermore, there are various options for various dietary requirements. Nowadays, there isn’t just ‘classic’ semolina pasta but you can go for wholewheat or wholemeal pasta and you can even buy kinds of pasta made from more unusual flours such as brown rice and lentil flours. These kinds of more unusual pasta have the benefit that they're higher in protein and fibre and the fact that they are accessible to celiac people who have to eat gluten-free can also enjoy this Italian staple. So for many, an unanswered question looms large: is it safe to meal prep pasta (or any starchy food) and store it for later?
In this post I go through my 6-week challenge to lose fat and gain muscle. Did I achieve my goals? And most of all how do I look in my after pictures?
Learn about each healthcare professional so you can best support your health and wellness needs. Here, we outline what each one does, so that you can choose which one(s) are best to support your goals.
We discuss why simply cutting calories doesn’t work for everyone when it comes to weight loss. We also cover ways around being stuck!
We cover how much protein to pack into your diet as a whole, breaking it down to each meal and how much protein makes up as a proportion of your diet overall.
You may have heard the word FODMAP thrown around a few times, but maybe you still don’t know quite what it means. FODMAP is an acronym which describes a certain group of foods which can be aggravating for IBS symptoms, and other gastrointestinal disorders and imbalances.
While ready meals from the supermarket are priced really low due to the scale they are produced at, they’re usually not the healthiest. While they are fine to consume for most people every now and then, there are certain health conditions which would mean that you’d be advised to stay clear of them.
Rice and chicken is probably the quintessential meal prep meal. However, rice being a starch has led people to question whether rice is actually safe to consume various days after cooking. In this article, we will discuss whether is it safe to prepare meal prep meals with rice and what you can do to minimise bacterial growth in the rice.
Whenever handling food, hygiene needs to be at the forefront of our mind. However, whenever Meal prepping proper hygiene practices become even more important because meal prep meals are to be consumed later, therefore bacteria has more time to multiply whereas food to be consumed immediately does not really have that chance. Given this, it is key to minimise the bacteria present in your meal prep meals to begin with and to properly store the meals to slow down bacterial multiplication.
As soon as a fruit or a vegetable is harvested or as soon as an animal dies and is butchered, the inevitable and natural process of degradation starts and while that happens such food does lose nutrients. That applies to prepared meals too as once a food is cooked, the chemical makeup of the food changes and is more likely to degrade even faster. So, yes, prepared meals do lose nutrients! However, the answer to this question isn’t that simple. In this article, we’ll take a deep dive into how prepared meals lose nutrients and how to minimise the loss of nutrients in your meal prep.
Meal prep is the craze of the moment, or is it? Given the lack of modern refrigeration, did our ancestors prepare any food ahead of time? The roots of food in human history are deeply embedded and still to a great extent, still unknown. For obvious reasons, we have had food from the start of time. Century by century, human creativity changed how food was cooked, prepped, and eaten.
The urge to top everything with an extra slice of cheese, the untimely sugar cravings and the wish to grab the last piece of pizza. Sounds familiar, right? Yes, you're a foodie! However, being a foodie while managing your weight is something that can be managed and is not always a contradiction with losing weight!
In this article, we gathered various studies to provide a complete guide on how to meal prep for pregnant women. Whether doing your own prep at home ordering healthy pre made meals, this article will guide you on what meals a pregnant woman should consume at the various trimesters of the pregnancy. Ordering pre made meals might be a good idea to save you time and energy while maximising nutrition and wellbeing.
Managing your diet can get pretty stressful, especially when you are busy. Meal prepping can be the best option for you whether you are disabled yourself or you’re caring for one! This is because meal prepping allows you to get organised and efficient while also boosting health through nutritious and balanced meals!
Not everyone has time to plan a grocery shop and cook meals from scratch. Not everyone is free to prepare a 3-course meal everyday. That's why busy people prefer going with convenient options such as pre made microwavable meals. But are those meals bad for you? There is a lot of contrasting information on whether microwavable meals and microwaved foods are actually bad for you and in this article we provide an easy guide on this topic.
This may seem like an easy task for many, but reheating ready pre-made meals is actually not that easy. Ok, sure, the act of actually reheating is very straightforward. The trick is knowing which reheating method works best for different types of meals and how to maximise nutrition, flavour, texture and food safety.
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. We have great customers and we have great meal preppers too, they always do their bit to help how they can! Meal Prep is an industry which does so much for the community, for people and for the planet. Please join us to thank Holy, Root Kitchen, Love Yourself, Key to Food, Tastily, Wild at Heart, Batch & Thyme, Nourish Fit Food and Potage in wishing our planet Happy Earth Day!
In this article we explore the different solutions Marvin's Den helps you with your meal prep cravings! And yes, that is no matter where you live in the UK - whether down south, bang on in the midlands or live up north.
Are you read to get all prepped up? This customer review gave us a laugh and prompted us to write a blog! Looking for Meal Prep meals to get all prepped up but you do not want to stick to only one Meal Prep company? We’ve got the mobile app for you.
Are you looking to take your passion for food, health & fitness further by making it your job? Are you noticing a trend and growth in the adoption by people of prepared meals? Do you believe you can add value to the market?
What should one actually choose as their own Meal Prep or Ready Meal provider? By Nick Raimondo.
As our lives get busier we turned to 3 ways of dealing with saving time in terms of food. These are takeaway, meal kits and ready meals.In this article, we'll compare these 3 options in terms of price, quality and well-being, convenience, sustainability and taste. By Nick Raimondo.
Doing your own Meal Prep is hard work, so what's the alternative ? By Nick Raimondo.
There’s an elephant in the room for Meal Prep… Frozen Meal Prep By Nick Raimondo.
Cooking veggies is not easy, we get it. However, everyone knows that veggies are the heroes behind healthy meals and a healthy and balanced diet. Nutrition tells us that veggies have almost all vitamins, they promote weight-loss, help prevent cancer and the list goes on. By Nick Raimondo
Meal Prep means saving time so let’s get stuck in straight away with 10 tips & techniques on how to cook proper Meal Prep. By Nick Raimondo
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