Healthy Meal Prep: Time-saving plans to prep and portion your weekly meals

I love the layout and menus so much I had to buy a second one and gave my first copy to my boss! I’m working through each week as it is presented in the book. So far everything is delicious and well portioned! The shopping list is a life saver. I make a quick copy and head to the store. I’ve been following these two on YouTube for a while now and really enjoy the recipes they have on there so new the book would definitely be worth buying! I am very pleased with this purchase and recommend it to everyone!! The plan is easy to follow and even though it took me a little longer to prep I know with time and practice I’ll get faster. The shrimp from the first week was my favorite and who knew cauliflower rice would be so delicious!!

Warning! The recipes are delicious! How can they not be? They are high fat! Will this book help you lose weight? Maybe. It depends on what your caloric needs and macro nutrients needs are. Did Healthy Meal Prep help me lose weight? No. I was keen to experiment with this book. I made only these recipes set out in the week long menu design for 3 solid months. I gained a lot of weight very fast! Why? First, each weeks menus total between 2,000-2,200 calories. I now know, through experience, that I personally only need 1,200 calories to maintain my weight for my activity level. I am sedentary all day but I lift weights 3-4 times a week for 30 minuets. I am a female 5’3”and 120 pounds. Second the HIGH FAT totals, packed on the pounds! By meticulous tracking my food on my fitness pal, and through trial and error On different diets, I now know, that I drop body fat only when I eat below 35 grams total fat for the day. If I go over 40 grams of fat I will gain a pound a week. I tried the keto diet for 6 months and I only lost 5 pounds. This books is NOT a keto diet. Keto is super low carb and sky high fat. Healthy Meal Prep does have moderately carbs but super high fat. The key to shedding fat, is you need to know how many calories you need for your activity level. This book may work well for a more active woman or a much taller woman or a man. Especially if they need a 2,000 calorie, very high fat, moderate carbohydrates diet. For example, in this book, chapter, Healthy Game Day weeks menu has 2,185 calories, 119g fat, 142g carbohydrates, 34 g fiber and a whopping 127g Fat. Chapter, Cozy Comfort food week menu, has 2,144 calories, 150g protein, 146g carbohydrates, 31g fiber, and 107g fat. Second, if your trying to loose body fat, you have to track your macros and you have to know how many calories YOU need for your body in order to drop body fat and keep your muscle. This cookbook is Higher FAT and moderate carbohydrates. I am 5’3”, 120 pound female, and I lift heavy four times a week. I used this book for three months to test the recipes out and they are delicious! Except for the peanut butter overnight oats. But, I will give this to my brother-in-law, who needs 2,000 calories and more fat. Unfortunately for me, the fat I eat over 35g per day, is the fat I wear! I have been lifting weights for 3 years. So I finally have my live lean macros dialed in. This book was a useful lesson in how to gain weight fast!

I have cooked my way through three weeks of the book so far, so my review is based on those and I will update as I progress.PROS:-Step by Step Guide on how to prepare several meals at the same time-Grocery lists-The meals are very filling-It is easy to substitute ground turkey or chicken for the recipes that call for ground beef-The shrimp with cauliflower rice and the overnight oats have been highlights, as well as the buffalo chicken-Convenient: I do not have to come home every night and make dinner or wonder what I am going to have for lunch at work-Saves money-Takes about three hours to prepare all of the meals as directed for the weekCONS-The portions are really large and loaded with calories (one dish has a whopping 680 calories per serving)-The meals are basic and are not meant to be culinary masterpieces. I have no problem serving these meals to my husband and I during the week, but I would not make any of them for guests.-The plant-based week meal plan was a total fail. I have no problem with vegetarian eating, in fact, I enjoy it. So I was disappointed at the lack of flavor in the dishes. The curry was good, but that is only because I used chicken instead of tofu. The meal with the roasted tofu was awful and I ended up throwing most of them away because the combination of broccoli, hummus, black beans and more garbanzo beans made me gag every time I opened one of the containers to eat (and in general, the whole week's meals made my husband and I extremely flatulent, which is no fun). It is clear the authors are not well-versed in flavoring and pairing plant-based meals.Overall, if you are looking for filling, time-saving, thrifty and convenient meals, then this books seems to be pretty good so far.

I love the idea of meal prep, but as I'm OCD in the kitchen it can get overwhelming! The plans are easy to follow and I loved the pictures. The meal plan included with each week was helpful as well. But, even though each individual recipe had the calorie count, it would have been nice to have the days total calorie count included in the day.We tried the plant-based plates weeks and the meatless meals. I too needed to cut the fat. But, I'm happy to say that I didn't feel the taste, texture, or quality of the meals I prepared was negatively affected in any way by this.We are a split household (I'm vegetarian, my husband is flexitarian) So, we tried an experiment with the Viva Variety week. I replaced the Chicken in the Camember Chicken with Tofu, and used home made vegan "meatballs" in place of the turkey meatballs for me and prepared my husband's as written. We were both happy with the results.I did lose a couple of pounds to boot!It took me a week or so to "find my groove" so the prep went smooth. But, now it's easier and smoother.I'm going to buy more copies for friends and family.

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Love fit couple cooks. The book is full of great recipes and they match many of the YouTubes that they have done. Lots of different choices and food. My copy is already covered in food stuff from using it so often.The food is so tasty! You can tell that Adam is a chef, and uses spices and techniques that are easy enough to do in your own kitchen. Why buy taco seasoning which will be expensive and have a ton of extra fillers and yucky stuff... when Adam and Stephanie show you which simple spices to use in your own home?I mix up some of the days from the schedule they have, if I happen to not like something in their proposed week. Easy to do. If you are thinking of getting into meal prep, have a look at these guys and this book. It can change your life and help you get stated on eating healthy tasty foods.

Easy to follow. Tasty meals. All the hard work done for you. Full of joy .Inspiring. Game changing. Lifestyle.

Ottimo libro di ricette con piani settimanali per cucinarsi il cibo per una settimana tutto in una volta per risparmiare tempo. Ovviamente sono tutte ricette equilibrate per restare in forma risparmiando ore e ore sui fornelli.Unica pecca è che è in lingua inglese, ma si capisce abbastanza bene.

Just perfect i love the author of this book, and they are my motivation of eating healthy and the book quality and the way it was all presented made me content