Meal Prep 101

Happy almost 2025! It’s “New Year, New You” vibes, and you want to change everything. Let us be the first to tell you: Please don't! At least not all of them right away.

Here at CCN, we value long-term consistency over short-term intensity. And it's this long-term consistency that will yield results. No, not in one week or even 10 days. There's no "fat flush" or "quick detox" here. Little by little, your habits push you forward and change you so that it just becomes who you are and what you do. Eating healthy - little to no thought required.

Meal prep can be daunting; one might think it means spending hours in the kitchen every week. I can personally tell you this just isn't so. Every weekend, I spend about an hour getting myself set up for the week. It's become a part of my Sunday afternoon, and I know that a small amount of time spent will only set me up for success later in the week.

So what do I make in that hour? Throughout my CCN life, I have narrowed it down to things that my family and I consistently eat. This may look different for you, and I suggest you try meal-prepping different things until you get down to the tried and true food items that you enjoy and will eat because there's no sense in prepping things that will go bad in the fridge while waiting for you to eat it, which you won't. Because you don't even like it. I'm looking at you, kale salad...

Meal prep in my house includes: