[Cricket]

I would love to get some ideas from those who do meal prep to help you stay prepared with Keto meals.

Do some meals or recipes save better for a few days?

Do you prefer plastic or glass containers?

 

[Steve-o]

Most meals we make are designed for leftovers. We're too busy, we generally like leftovers, and it's easier than avoiding carb landmines in takeout or restaurant food. So I guess that's a food prep technique that helps provide meals that are ready when we want them. Foods that reheat well (soups, stews, casseroles, anything that doesn't have to be served crisp or is all that delicate, like fish) predominate. If I do make fish, I'll use the cold leftovers on a salad or something to avoid reheating it.

Since there's just two of us, almost everything that makes more than two dinners and a lunch is frozen for some future date. Everything that goes into the freezer is labeled with what's inside, a quantity ("4 chicken drumsticks", "1 lb rhubarb") and when it went in so we can use it before it's too old. A freezer and a microwave with a good defrost function is a help, too, for those "Ooh -- gotta make something for dinner" days.

I'll store food in whatever's hanging around. We have lots of yogurt/sour cream containers that are good for holding chili and soups in not-enormous portions. Leftover plastic disposable containers (like the rigid Ziploc kind) are good for vegetable leftovers or a couple of pork chops. I have some glass containers but tbf they're heavy and they do break. On the other hand I don't put most of our plastic containers in the microwave to reheat unless they're designed for that.

We also tend to keep some stuff in the house for really quick meals. I've taken to those egglife egg white wraps. A couple of those, a little cheese, some protein (like ham or turkey or a leftover burger), some salad greens (always in the house), and a condiment are a good meal, quick, easy, filling, and keto-friendly.

I'll see if I remember more ideas as other people post.

 

[Zedbra]

I also cook with leftovers in mind for an easier task of eating the next day. I generally eat 3 eggs with feta cheese and some kind of protein for breakfast, which holds me until dinner, so then I can eat some leftovers and cook something else for my family that they prefer (they are not big leftover fans). So, I will make several Scotch eggs on the smoker, or a bunch of bacon wrapped chicken breasts and then keep the leftovers for the next day. I alsop make a large pot of chili every other week and that lasts us a few days - my whole family loves chili.

I use a Food Saver and vacuum seal meats for freezing - they take up much less space in the freezer; with a family of 4, we need the small freezer space we have available,

 

[Steve-o]

I sometimes wish there were more than two of us eating. But not that often. 🤔