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Cooked freezer meals for a month and saved $300+
I used to hit the drive thru like 4 times a week. Easy $12-$15 each time on burgers and fries. Then last month I had a slow week at work and decided to spend a Sunday prepping. I bought a big pack of chicken breasts on sale for $8, a bag of rice for $4, and frozen veggies for $3. Threw together 12 meals in those cheap plastic containers. Threw them in the freezer. Total was around $30 for the whole batch. Now instead of swinging by McDonald's after a job, I just grab one and microwave it. Has anyone else tried meal prepping and actually stuck with it? How do you keep it from getting boring?
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val97428d ago
Freezer meal prep is one of those things you gotta treat like a rotation... three or four different base combos so you don't hate yourself by week two. I do a batch of chicken and rice like you, but also a ground turkey chili and a creamy pasta bake with broccoli. Switching the sauce is a huge help too, I'll do buffalo one week and teriyaki the next on the same chicken. The trick is finding a couple combos that freeze well and just cycling through them so it never feels like the same sad lunch over and over.
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kellyallen3mo ago
Man that's a solid win. It really adds up fast when you look at what you were spending before. I've been doing it for a few months now and the trick for me is switching up the sauce or seasoning so it doesn't feel like the same thing every day. What kind of meals did you make with that chicken and rice?
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@kellyallen yeah same here, that frozen chicken and rice has been a game changer for my budget.
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