You might be thinking that meal prepping is just a fancy way of saying leftovers. However, it's much more than that. With meal prep, you don't just use yesterday's dinner. You take time to prepare most or all the meals for the week at once. You pick a day of the week, most likely Sunday, get some recipes and ingredients, and cook your meals. You can order meal kits for your meal prep ideas from HelloFresh and cook delicious meals with the recipe cards provided.

Meal prep is ideal when you have a hectic work schedule. If you regularly leave work with a growling stomach and little energy to cook, spending a Sunday afternoon preparing your dishes for the week simplifies your work routine. You won't have to worry about what to cook for dinner or eating out. All you have to do is reheat your prepped meals and enjoy.

Aside from saving time, meal prepping with our food boxes also saves money. Imagine reducing the number of times you go to the grocery store. You limit impulse buying and save on delivery costs. Our meal kits ensure you have the ingredients you need and avoid food waste.

Meal prepping may seem challenging at first, but with a little practice, you will be making delicious meals in no time. The trick is to determine your meal-prepping technique. You can make and store meals prepared in single-serving containers for heating throughout the week.

You can also batch-cook a dish and store it in the freezer to be used up in upcoming weeks or months. For instance, you can make a large batch of burritos and put them in a freezer to heat up one each morning.

If you don't want to cook your meals, prepping the ingredients ahead of time is also a good option. A good example of food prep meals is beef or chicken. You can prepare the meals over the weekend and store them in different containers for your weekly beef and chicken recipes, like salads, chicken tacos or a pasta dish. You can also slice up your vegetables and herbs for your vegetarian recipes and add them to your dishes during the week.

Meal prep saves you the trouble of cooking daily. However, all that work can go to waste if you don't properly store the meal food box prepared. For instance, you need to make sure the containers used are airtight to keep the food fresh. As a thumb rule, glass jars are for soups, while plastic containers are for proteins and rice. If you dice fruit or vegetables as part of your meal prep, line the containers with a paper towel to keep the vegetables dry and ensure a longer shelf life.

Keep the temperatures in the fridge below 4.4°C (40°F). You should also be mindful of where you keep your food inside the refrigerator. For example, don't put highly perishable food on the door shelves since they're easily exposed to outside temperatures.