Great points, I've never liked meal prepping and I think a lot of people feel pressured into it. I usually just plan a few days at a time so I know what to defrost or how to manage leftovers, but beyond that I just go with what I feel like having.

I am calling the meal prep police and reporting this blasphemy!!! But on a serious note. Excellent video. I have tried meal prepping before and failed to continue long term because of all the things you point out. My biggest problem was time. I don't want to spend half of my Sunday every week in the kitchen. I would much rather spend 20min in the morning and 30-40 mins in the evening everyday and enjoy the fruits of my labor right then and there.

Solid video with lots of good info! The way I plan for the week is I buy different proteins that are freezer stable in vacuum sealed bags. Like chicken thighs, steak, ground beef, roast, etc. Then I have the veggies and staples on hand for multiple meals throughout the week. We put chosen meals for the week on the calendar but, depending upon how busy things get, quicker, easier meals can be subbed if needed. It works for us and provides the variety we crave.

my main reason to meal prep is the deletion of choice actually, to avoid making bad choices during the taxing week, if you stick to your every day nutrient dense food without thinking about it, while at first this kills some what of freedem it also gives you some other freedom, the freedom to not think about what do eat or what to do and keeps your more disciplined, I get your points, but as I undisciplined greedy foodie I'm happy with the limits that meal prep puts upon me.

I meal prep every week and I was originally going to dislike this video but you brought up some valid points and the production value in this video was pretty good. Great job!

Also I really appreciate your positive attitude! I know you are a creative artist-type dude but you are also clearly a man of conscience and compassion! 🥰

I love this video. I used to do meal prep, but I found myself waisting food because I got tired of eating the same thing every day. So I started prepping different ingredients. I like doing it because it makes me feel like I’m on an episode of Chopped and I like to see what I come up with 😊 I also noticed that I’m not spending all day in the kitchen which is a plus.

Very good advice. I've failed at meal prep many times. I found simplifying what I eat without compromising variety was the sweet spot. I generally eat two meals a day, the first one is almost always the same with an easier alternate that uses most of the same ingredients for the I'm in a mood. Second meal varies but repeats weekly. The only time I'll meal prep now is if I'm making something that can i can portion out and freeze like lasagna or pizza 2.0.

For me, the worst part about cooking is the cleanup, and there is nothing that can convince me to have to do that every day. If you find a really good meal to prep, it really isn't that hard to eat it every day for a meal a day, then just switch it up next week. Before I was meal prepping I was doing meal replacement drinks just because it took so much less effort.

Oh my god that is such great advice. I hate meal prepping and get bored with it quickly but I like the idea of prepping the ingredients for us. Great job as usual. Love the chicken. Thanks for sharing Gigi from Clearwater.

I used to meal prep to a degree, and I totally feel you on the whole getting bored with the food thing. After the first time that happened I made sure to make stuff that could keep well frozen like my sausage casserole. Once I'd had enough of it, leftovers went in the freezer and I'd make something else and restart the cycle. Only once I got the taste back for something I'd already made, I didn't have to do nearly as much cooking. A bonus was that I didn't have to use the nasty work fridge at the time. I just pulled it straight out of the freezer on the way to work, and by the time lunch rolled around (as long as I kept it covered or in my bag) it would slowly thaw and be ready, but still chilled enough that I didn't have to worry about it going bad.

I actually do both. I prep for dishes throughout the week and meal prep for my meals to take to work for lunch. I make my meal prep dishes as a freezable version so I am able to rotate out dishes based on what I feel like eating that day.

Thank you so much Black Tie, I have epilepsy and had to switch to a Keto diet and watching your videos have been so much fun and now I look forward to eating again thank you so much again.

This has been very helpful. I’ve always hit a wall of overwhelming mental distress. (Too much to do)

Great ideas! My little girls get a kick out of funny parts you add. Thanks!

My problem with meal prep is I find I don't want the meal once it's prepared. I would much rather prep ingredients that give me a variety of meals. Homemade yogurt is a great. I would recommend anyone who can get an Instant Pot with that function. Oh and, FIRST. No it doesn't matter but it's fun.

Honestly this is so accurate. I precooked taco meat and made guacamole on Sunday. Chopped up everything else when I ate. Added like 5 ,minutes to the meal time but was way yummier to have fresh cut tomatoes. Also extends the shelf life.

Thank God someone finally spoke some truth!🙌🏽🎉 Meal prepping sucks & I've failed to many times. Once I prep I may not want that food for that day...I go day by day.....since I fast I only worry about a very light breakfast & regular lunch.....works best! Lost 35lbs doing this along with fasting & stuffing my face with at least 64oz of water/lemon water...💪🏽🔥😈

Man, straight to the point, informative, well structured, perfectly edited and narrated and fun at the same time. Immediate sub from my side!!!

Thank you so much for this video! We were patiently awaiting your next one! The rabbit food in bulk always gets thrown out here, too. There’s always good intentions, but usually the same result in the end…Since November, we started buying the bag’s of salad and only one bag didn’t make it so far. lol Great advice! 🐜 🐜 🐜 🐔

You are so much fun! I just can’t resist a recipe. I put them all in a notebook and go shopping in my recipes for my menu. Sometimes I just look at what I have a lot of. I love to have something quick in the freezer for when I don’t feel like cooking. And shrataki noodles in the freezer refrigerator are always good for a meal

This is really helpful. I can't do regular meal prep because I like variety. I can only do two days of the same food in a row.

Lots of good suggestions! I have difficulty planning ahead. Like to make my hubby homemade frozen lunches so he doesn't eat processed food and can stay low carb. Most commercial frozen lunches are predominantly pasta or rice. It does take some time so started just loading up leftovers from dinners in the containers to keep him supplied. 🤷🏼‍♀️

This video was def for me! Much appreciated

I am glad I'm not the only person that does it this way

Bah hahahahaha!! Aw, I love the plushies. And the eyeing of the stack of cookies of course. Great vid. I'm going to sit here & believe that the phone call was to Steve from Serious Keto, which is how I got introduced to your channel in the first place. Shout out to Steve from Serious Keto!

I love that you mentioned Greek yogurt is an alternative to sour cream. When I was on a much more strict budget I was having to think about creative ways to get multiple uses out of items, so I’d have Greek yogurt with add-ins for breakfast and then would use it as a sour cream replacement.

I tried meal prep a couple of times, my palate could never, I had to rebrand the dishes after the 3 day... add sofrito or rice, or something. This is great advice!

Great advice, especially since I discovered this over the past year as someone living the Keto lifestyle who hates to cook. I always have chopped onions and bell peppers on hand for quick casseroles or soups, most of which end up frozen for later use as I'm cooking for one. So, on any given day, I usually have three different casseroles and two kinds of soup frozen, ready to heat, without having to give up my Sunday for prep. I fill in with steak, pork chops, pork steaks, hamburger patties and chicken thigh and leg quarters and of course, bacon and eggs. Oh, and chaffles, too.

Thanks for the great video. Funny and useful info. Love your stare-downs with the chicken! I have one rule for leftovers. If I don't love it the first time, I throw it away. I don't freeze or save it. I used to save it, and then my freezer would be full of stuff I was never going to eat, or stuff would be below in the fridge until it spoiled. :( Now I just give myself permission to call it a failure and pitch it.

Always enjoy your vids! Made your basque cheesecake this weekend for my mom’s birthday after everyone raved about it at Christmas!

Your channel is a lot bigger than it was the last time you popped in my recommendations. Congrats mate, keep up the good work! Shorts and tik toks will get you famous in no time you're talented.

Love your Beast Mode aka Gibberos (?) at the gym 😂😂 And the chicken, rabbit and Cookie Monster - missed your videos! What do you put your onions in? Water and/or vinegar?

best prep vid so far. i have the same sentiments with you! i have been preparing ingredients rather than the food itself. it makes food planning for the week much easier.

This is one FURRRKIN AMAAAZZZIIINNNGGGGGG IDEA!!! I Absolutely Love It!!! And that “Hello” at the end got me ROLLIN!!!!!!!🤣🤣🤣

Dennis, I absolutely loved this video❗❗ What wisdom just got absorbed into my brain🧐...magic💃👸

I love brown rice, turkey and a buttered steamed vegetable. I could and can, and do, eat this for days on end loving every bite.

What helps me is to cook rice, quinoa or beans and place them in freezer bags, it's so easy to warm up in the microwave. I Keep frozen vegetables on hand. For meat, I cut up chicken, steak or portion out hamburger meat and freeze, it makes it easy to just warm up my veggies and grains and place my preferred meat in the air fryer or cast iron pan. I don't buy packaged salads, they're too expensive and they go bad easily unless I'm going to eat them within a day or two. It's too easy to get bored with your own cooking, but I told myself that I wouldn't be eating out as much this year. I just recently started making crustless pizza and it's so simple and quenches my craving for takeout pizza, easy to prepare and it's delicious and less fattening.

Great episode as per usual Dennis.. Love the logic behind it. Until the next time my friend..

Your ideas are brilliant on meal prep! Thanks for your entertaining vids, too! Love seeing the Cookie Monster 😅

You always tickle my funny bone 🦴 I much prefer this idea. I definitely don’t like to eat the same thing every day. I find that a prepped meal is never as fresh as the day you prepare it. Not that I don’t like leftovers sometimes, but just not all week. Thanks for all your fun and inventive videos.

: ) I have been thinking about how to do something and just showed it to me with the pizza prep. Thank you

I'm a type of person who'd rather eat the same breakfast, lunch and dinner for a week than spend my time thinking and frustrating about what should I cook everyday, but your points are valid. Maybe I will try your method of making every day different cuisine day, and just prepping the ingredients, I just need to get better at cooking. Also, this was so fun to watch! Gymbro and cookie monster made my morning 😂

We do both at my house, I say we, my girlfriend does all the cooking and I eat it, through the week for my lunches i eat the thing everyday and have done for around 6 months and I love it, and then on Saturdays we plan what we’re having for our last meals throughout the week and she goes shopping on sundays, this way we very rarely waste and food and it seems to be cost effective that way

This is great because I never meal prep because I have the problem you talked about... Each day I change my mind on what I want and I end up wasting food.

love this! just started to get into nutrition and this is a very fascinating concept!

This make sense to me. Thanks for sharing this video and for the laughs ❣️😊

This guy needs more than 61k subs. Nice work.

100% agree. This is how I stuck to my diet. I prepped all ingredients not the meals. And I had fresh meals every day.

Oh Man it’s really eyes opening information 😊thanks keep us posted

I use low-carb tortillas to make personal thin crust pizzas. I put the tortilla in the oven while it warms up, to dry it out a bit, and pull it before it starts to get color. load it up with toppings, then bake like normal. crispy, delicious, and custom for my tastes. I'm tinkering with making them into frozen pizzas but haven't nailed that yet. oh also, my PERSONAL WISH: could you try solving the potsticker/dumpling dough conundrum, you confident keto chemist? I can never get the stretch/chew/mouthfeel I want in a dumpling dough. appreciate everything you do!

I don’t meal prep all the time ,but living alone I get tired of leftovers and hey I can mise en place with the best , so it’s a mix ,but it works for me . I did enjoy your video,enough to thumbs up and subscribe, I’ll be watching

I loved everything about this video! Especially about how I also have salad rotting against my will.

I never break my flow when meal prepping or start eating stuff that I shouldn't eat or over eat.

Finally something that makes sense for how I think! Kudos

Also, 1 idea to meal prep and combat boredom, prep and freeze. I have histamine intolerance, so I have some restrictions and throwing things in the fridge or thawing and refreezing is just not an option. What I found was that I could prep a meal (usually in the Instant Pot anyway), we eat, or I eat and put the rest in freezable containers. Into the freezer it goes, and if I make to or 3 meals when my kids aren't home, I can alternate between them, or if they are, I can grab something from last week, and eat tonight's leftovers next week. Downside, everything has to maintain quality when frozen and heating from frozen rather than getting mushy or weird textures so it doesnt work with everything.

I feel like the only thing that really makes sense to meal prep multiple meals of is various different types of homemade burrito's. Those make sense to make in bulk because you can just freeze them and have them ready to eat whenever you please. And they of course last relatively longer.

Awe, I love the blue Cookie Monster (num, num), Mr. Chicken and Yoda's cameo. You give me smiles and education, thanks! Wipe your mouth young man. Pizza, Pizza (Keto).

I dont work on Sundays, that includes meal prep and any house work. so I get Sunday to myself and catch up on sleep. best to do all work on Saturday. as saterday is also laundry day. overall is a day to do a full week refresh.

The bits of humor totally made my day in this great video! 😃

Thanks for sharing your insight. I drive truck and to save time I prep a couple meals to make sure it’s ready so I don’t get that chili hot dog from truck stop. I do food prep so it leaves it open as my options. I like the idea if working from a framework to keep organized. Thanks again.

This is my favorite video of the week I hope you get tons more subscribers and comments for this!

I did it for a while, and I did get used to it..and I ended up liking the idea! Though it's true what you're saying..my most Favorite way. As it's just me alone, I make like.2-3 Casseroles where I take out a serving lasting me 4 days! I prefer that one!❤️

Sous vide is the easiest 101 prep ticket and it makes freakishly good tasting meat. All you do is season your meat, vacuum seal it, and then put it in your freezer. When cooking you can take it directly out of the freezer and plop it in the water bath. Cooking from frozen just add 30 minutes unless it's super thick or thin meat. Meat can last indefinitely in a freezer though might start to lose an ideal taste after 3 months. This allows for variety. You don't have to plan ahead. You can have whatever kind of meal you want when you feel like it. For steak and salmon and similar, I'll setup some veggies and cook them in the oven, Meat and veggies, yum. For burgers I make iupin flour buns (taste better than normal store bought burger buns and less carbs than almond flour) and freeze them. This way I can have many meals off of one bake. To dethaw just throw them back in the oven for a second bake. I make lupin pasta (as good as any home made pasta, imo better than store bought) and lupin semolina pasta but the semolina one is a tad carb heavy a bit above almond flour. You can dehydrate them and they last forever like store bought so you can make in bulk. (Trader Joe's has really good pesto next to the cheeses.) I then will use sous vide to dethaw pesto and do pesto fettuccine. I also do a killer bolognese sauce (tomato meat sauce that slow simmers for 3 hours) which has carbs but the low carb noodles balances it. This is the ultimate prep item because it's an identical amount of work to make a years worth and freeze it. You can also can it and then store it at room temperature. I make different breads a sourdough and a white bread depending on my mood (I made bagels yesterday.) which is a week or two of ingredients at a time, though technically not prep. I want to make a super yeasty lupin flour double bake bread rolls in the future that will be and will be to die for. The only thing I do not prep is my lupin flour pizza. Using almond flour imo is a no no because it + tomato sauce is too many carbs, so I opt for the near zero carb dough. Everything from pizza to calzone to stromboli to Khachapuri I do not prep. Unfortunately, I've yet to make a proper 900 degree sicilian pizza because the allulose I use in the dough starts burning at like 450 or 475 degrees which I want to figure out. I think if I make a sourdough pizza dough then I can get around this limitation. ---- Prep makes the best tasting meals. The meals that were intimidating before cease to be. The best tasting recipes are slow cook often with a lot of steps, but when you make 6 months at a time, it effectively becomes effortless and suddenly you go beyond home cook to restaurant (honestly better) tasting food at home. Try making your favorite meal ingredients in bulk and then try freezing it. Without sous vide 3 days in the fridge will thaw frozen food and then whatever you make can typically stay in the fridge for 1 to 2 weeks after that giving a window for when in the mood. imo sous vide is nicer. If your packaging is resealable glass you can throw it it into a water bath and in 30 min to 1 hour it will be a refridge temp ready to reheat or cook or whatever. If you want to try any of the baking based recipes I copied the youtuber I don't Sugar Coat's white bread recipe and modified it. You will want a stand mixer or a food processor with a dough setting as hand needing lupin flour is a pita. But it will make doughs that are like normal white flour, nearly identical. You can start having everything again and it will taste better than store bought. Also for sous vide Joule and Anova are the best and cheep. Have fun!

Well, I learned what meal prep is considered to be. I thought meal prep was, at least in part, prepping individual ingredients for long-term like I've seen my mother do. Why pre-make the same meal a dozen times and freeze it? Thanks for this info, and thanks for making the video so fun to watch! (also real talk, I want to make that pizza framework work now :D)

Yeah I grate a lot of cauliflower and put it in a container for cauliflower rice during the week .

You are super hilarious! I am serious, dude. You should be writing, directing, or editing for a TV show somewhere.

I agree. I do the same thing. I do cook the Quinoa or millet in advance though.

Mise en Place ..my favorite French saying

I enjoy watching all of your videos and I'm not even keto. Here for the awesome content creation👌☝ kudos!

Great video!! Ty! Can you provide your mug cake prep recipe and the pizza prep recipe plz and pretty plz?

incredible how useful and funny this is, thanks for helping me remember :D

I did my first meal prep the other day. I had a great but exhausting day making 4 different meals. I have learned before that prep is important and depending on certain things i will be prepping as early as i can for meal prep.

"awesome boo you do you!" 🤣 Love it!

"How bout a nice cup of discipline" 😂 👈🏽 that part. & I haven't finished watching, but I agree that the prep is the longest part.

I been spending hours meal prepping and it's made me give it up.

I like your way of doing the prep. So many times I have planned what I'm going to eat the next day and then the next day I'm not in the mood for it. The way you prep would take care of that.

Really nice video man, i understood everything you were saying but in some cases meal prep can really help. In my case my parents are working by the time i get home from school so I make my own food and instead of getting up really early or doing when I get home I do it every sunday so I can just pop it in the microwave and enjoy. Loved the video btw

Ok, still not done watching but I looooove this video. Cookie Monster was the frosting on the cake. Thank you for these tips 💙

You do pizza Fridays too 😂 I thought my family was the only one who did that lol

As much as I enjoy watching channels (obv yours) with a variety of recipes, I basically stick to the basics, basic chaffle, basic pizza chaffle, basic everything. My grocery list is basic, yeah, life is just easier and no wasted anything. I know what to expect, and I know I like whatever is on the menu. I will occasionally vary my options, but it’s a rarity. Thanksgiving and Christmas was a great time to try new and different keto-fied stuff, but normal days-normal menu. Go with what you know. And it’s just me so it works. This was a great vid!

I…would agree. Though I think meal prepping is very useful for people who have mental health problems and cannot - really, cannot have the motivation to do anything unless it’s for a very specific amount of time.

A food youtuber that knows cooking shows should also entertain, one of my favorite internet shows dude, luv the cooking/recipes... and CHICKEN!!!

I have a food prep day, I might make one or 2 things that day so I have a quick breakfast and lunch, everything else is splitting up meats (I buy in bulk if possible) and dry brining certain meats for meals that week. Last week I did a batch of chicken broth, a bunch of hard-boiled eggs for my mom, and buffalo chicken for my lunches. I like to have the same thing every day for breakfast (egg, steak, butter, coffee) but lunches and dinners I like to cycle through stuff.

Cookie Monster's meal plan: Macadamia Monday, Tea Biscuit Tuesday, Whimsy Wednesday, Tart Thursday, Financier Friday, Saturday is a break day where Cookie eats any type of cookies he wants, and Sugar Cookie Sunday.

this channel is totally underrated, Subscribed!

As always a bunch of great tips and things to help make cooking fun, easy, and simple.

I prep veggies as I bring them home from store. The best prices are buying in bulk - so I will cook big meals to portion and freeze the meat or pasta for quick add-ins later.

Great info! Thanks. I only buy Vanilla powder so I can "shake up" different styles, chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, blueberry, etc

I've attempted meal prep a few times but find it difficult. I like my food fresh and I don't want the same meal back to back to back. I rather plan out what I want to eat and go from there. That's also how I grocery shop

I have a whole bunch of those little black sectioned boxes with lids taking up space in my kitchen, ahh yes my adventures with meal prep. Love the Cookie Monster.

Great advice! My meal prepping: 1. Cook a meal one night. 2. Have leftovers. 3. Bang! Meal prep for another day! 🤣🤣 I hate meal prepping, but I like your strategy of prepping the ingredients. 🧅 🍄 🥦 🫑 🍅 Prepping meats: after a grocery haul (or a good hunt and butcher), portion out the meats and vacuum seal them as needed; then, write with a marker the type of meat and the purchase (or process) date. 🥩 🥓 🍗 As always, I love your channel, which is the most underrated on KZfaq!! Maybe we need to discuss your SEO and tags... 🤔 Love ya hon, Lana ❤💙💜

I meal prep my lunch for work and cook dinner everyday for myself. Meal prepping has helped me eat healthier and be more disciplined to cook instead of just grabbing a quick bite at the fast food drive thru. Meal prepping has changed my life but i will start prepping more also because i still get lazy sometimes and that’ll probably help a lot.

your vidos are so creative and informative you are really talented. I meal prep for Mondays and Tuesdays. Having leftovers is also very useful, you can create a new recipe with an old one and don't waste food

That’s a great idea to just prep the ingredients

I'm not a meal prepper. Loved your ideas big time. What is cookie monster doing in your house? He's as bad as a cat having multiple owners. Cookie monster has gone low carb. He loves erythritol and allulose cookies. 😉 Dennis I've recently discovered the psmf bread. What do you think of it? Sending love from Australia. xx 💙

Wonderful production and content as always!!! (You also do a fantastic Cookie Monster voice)….. I’ve been prepping, not meal prepping, for eons. The flexibility it allows is great, but there can be a roadblock. You have Chicken, I have my husband. Those 2 should meet….

I tried meal prepping and hated it for all the reasons you mentioned.

I wanted to start meal prep and I realized i dont wanna eat the same food that was in the fridge all day so i thought to myself ill just make simple things and then mix them when its time to eat. watching your video i realized we already do this lol. like we buy a giant batch of herbs then we wash chop finely and then put them in plastic bags in the freezer. same with meat but we add spice. same with garlic. all go in the freezer in flat plastic sheets. patties, cheese bread all of it are just sitting flat in my freezer.

Accurate af and makes a whole lot of sense. Thanks Dennis!!