Meal Prep

This is where you write something about your late nights with the knife, vegetables, fruit, and metric food scale.

In the wee hours of the night, there is a moment wherein decision-making challenges occur. Do I :
* go to sleep;
* (binge) watch some old TV programs,
* re-clean the tub, toilet, and bathroom sinks,
* visit FACEBOOK, Silverdaddies, GameColony, or
* work on the preparation of the next day's breakfast and lunch?

My usual choice is food preparation for the following day. I still measure and weigh whatever it is I eat if I make it myself. And lately, breakfast has included some vegetables that sauté nicely, such as onions, sweet bell peppers, mushrooms. I also run the steamer from time to time for baby carrots and Lesure peas.

I once asked a co- about her favorite things to do outside work. She said, "I like to eat and I like to sleep." She didn't even mention sex. I guess she gets tired of it, but who gets tired from eating and/or sleeping?

The only thing about meal prep that I don't ever do is marinating. The only time anything in my kitchen soaks, is for the overnight groundwork for softening beans. A good overnight in vinegar infused water does wonders for tenderizing dried legumes.

Meal prep gives me a starting point for calorie counting. It's easier to adjust the numbers before you put all the ingredients together. Sometimes ingredients can be cut by 25-50% and substituted with different herbs or seasonings to make up for the decrease in volume.

It's a good habit.