How to Meal Prep & Plan

If you were on Family Feud and asked about the most common New Year’s resolutions, you’d have a good chance of winning by saying, “eating better.” So if most of us want to eat healthier, what stands in our way? It takes time and energy to eat well, and a lot of us just don’t have enough of either. But what if you could do all the prep and cooking you needed for the week in just a few hours? With meal prepping, you can make feeding yourself and your family a whole lot quicker and easier. Follow this guide to get started meal prepping on a plant-based diet.

Do you ever come home from work after a hard day and wish that you could push a button and have a healthy, delicious, home-cooked meal magically appear on your table? Well, modern science isn’t quite at the “Star Trek” level of technology yet, but we do have the next best thing: “freezer meals” that you can make in advance and simply reheat in a fraction of the time it would take to create the whole dish from scratch. In this article, you’ll discover the joys of freezer meals, and get introduced to seven of our favorite recipes from around the web.

Cooking at home saves time and money — not to mention that it’s better for your health than most packaged, prepared, and restaurant meals. But if you want to have the most efficient kitchen possible, you need the right tools. Support your healthy eating journey by stocking up on these extremely useful kitchen tools.

According to the late comedian, George Carlin, the worst thing that can happen when you’re cleaning out the refrigerator is coming across something that you can’t identify: “Could be meat, could be cake. I’ve never seen anything like it. It looks like meat-cake.” Nobody likes throwing away food. Whether you tossed it into your fridge and forgot about it, or bought a fruit or vegetable on a whim and didn’t get around to preparing it before it went rotten, wasting food feels bad. The good news is that there are many ways to preserve and store produce that increase shelf life and increase the likelihood that you’ll use it. Not only that, but food storage done properly is good for your wallet, saves you time, and can even add flavor and nutritional value to your food.

What you store your food in matters. Most food storage containers are made of plastic. But research has suggested plastic is harmful to your health and the environment. Instead, try one of these food storage options that are healthier and more sustainable choices.

Is your cookware safe? Or is it off-gassing toxic chemicals that get into your food and body? This article examines the options out there so that you can make the best purchases for your health, the environment, and your cooking needs.

Learn how to eat healthy on a budget so you can enjoy a healthy eating lifestyle that doesn’t break the bank. 

Think healthy eating is hard? Batch cooking can save you time and money and make healthy eating easier.

Recipe from Garden Fresh Foodie Editor's note: This plant-based recipe is for something you may not have heard of: a...