5.Pick a Prep Day
Cooking more food at once makes it easier to put together healthy meals on hectic days. Pick a day of each week to prep as many of your dishes as you can. And make it fun! Put on some music. Invite a friend over to share the work and the food. Or turn it into a family affair — everyone gets a job that matches their age. If meals for a full week seem a bit much to take on, start with 2 or 3 days’ worth and prep another dish later in the week.
6.Think About Cooking Time
On prep day, start with foods that need the most time on the stove or in the oven: cooking meat, roasting vegetables, soaking or simmering beans, making quinoa. Once you have those pots and pans going, you can do quicker tasks like washing lettuce or chopping carrots and celery into handy snack sizes. If you don’t like to pre-cook your meat, put it in a marinade so it’s ready to toss into the pan or oven when you need it.
