Easy Meal Prep: Save Time and Eat Healthy with Over 75 Recipes by Erin RomeoMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
This book is a practical, health-focused introduction to meal prepping. Author Erin Romeo presents a straightforward five-step process of planning, shopping, prepping, cooking, and storing.
Five customizable meal-prep plans—high-protein, low-carb, vegetarian, gluten-free, and dairy-free—ensure readers can eat healthily regardless of their needs. Over 75 simple recipes cover breakfasts, mains, snacks, sides, dressings, dips, and sauces. Along with menu ideas, the author offers essential pantry and tool checklists, food planning tips, container guides, storage tricks, and budget-friendly shortcuts to tackle takeout temptation.
5-Step Process
1. Get containers
2. Grocery shop
3. Clean and cut
4. Cook
5. Portion and pack
The five-step process is designed to be straightforward and adaptable, catering to the needs of individuals or families while supporting your health objectives. You don’t have to prep for an entire week; you can start with just one meal during the work week. The author provides “pro prep tips” for ultimate time saving and efficiency.
As the title indicates, this book is ideal for beginners with easy, quick-prep recipes. For readers with an established meal prep routine, the basics and step-by-step breakdowns might seem too simple or repetitive. And, while there is a good variety of recipes, they may not appeal to all preferences and tastes or may be too simple for more advanced cooks or chefs. Be sure to double-check if the recipes fit within your parameters. For example, the low-carb plan has recipes with bread, tortillas, and dates; there are no carb counts for the recipes.
While the book includes some photos for inspiration, not every recipe has a picture, which can be a downside for visual cooks who like to see what the final dish should look like.
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