Do you have a freezer? Meal prep for 5 days, but freeze half into portions. Do two preps once to get some in the freezer, then just do it once a week from then on. If you do something different each time, after a few weeks you’ll be able to eat something different every night.
Pick things that freeze well. I find saucier things or minced things freeze best. Lasagne, stews, pulled pork, minced beef for burritos (if you’re adding rice, probably cook that on the day you eat it. I would avoid freezing rice I think.
Many Indian and westernised Indian dishes will freeze well, but I’d go for the vegetarian ones or test freezing smaller portions of dishes with hunks of meat. E.g. I find cooked chicken doesn’t freeze well, it dries out.
I still freeze the veggies. I’ll choose convenience rather than gourmet food. Just need to know you’ll have crumbly dry potatoes and wet eggplant (as veg releases moisture and frost thaws). It is still perfectly edible.
Do you have a freezer? Meal prep for 5 days, but freeze half into portions. Do two preps once to get some in the freezer, then just do it once a week from then on. If you do something different each time, after a few weeks you’ll be able to eat something different every night.
Pick things that freeze well. I find saucier things or minced things freeze best. Lasagne, stews, pulled pork, minced beef for burritos (if you’re adding rice, probably cook that on the day you eat it. I would avoid freezing rice I think.
Many Indian and westernised Indian dishes will freeze well, but I’d go for the vegetarian ones or test freezing smaller portions of dishes with hunks of meat. E.g. I find cooked chicken doesn’t freeze well, it dries out.
Potatoes don’t freeze well. Most vegetables don’t. Most tend to turn into a limp watery mess. Lentils or beans fare the best.
No you’re right. Cook your veggies at the time you’re eating. Many can be cooked pretty quickly in the microwave if speed is the intent.
I still freeze the veggies. I’ll choose convenience rather than gourmet food. Just need to know you’ll have crumbly dry potatoes and wet eggplant (as veg releases moisture and frost thaws). It is still perfectly edible.