Why is meal prepping so important?

Meal preparation allows for you to eat your favorite meals while pre-determined portion sizes ensure you don't overindulge. Having a collection of well-balanced meals on hand will help you regulate what you eat and help you stay on track with your personal diet goals.

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With busy schedules in full swing, maintaining a healthy diet can be challenging. Meal preparation is one way to maintain control over your food intake for a stress-free, cost-effective approach in achieving your summer diet goals. Meal preparation can take many ways, shapes and forms. Jessica Hicks, RD, Dietitian at NorthShore, shares a few examples of what meal prep looks like:

Prepare meals for five days or just one

Prepare each meal in its entirety

Prepare separate ingredients (i.e. cut vegetables and cook meats) to speed up the cooking process later No matter how far you take it, meal preparation is recommended to ensure you have time to properly consider your food intake and create meals you will enjoy.

Benefits to meal preparation

Meal preparation allows for you to eat your favorite meals while pre-determined portion sizes ensure you don’t overindulge. Having a collection of well-balanced meals on hand will help you regulate what you eat and help you stay on track with your personal diet goals. If the health benefits alone have not convinced you to consider meal preparation, consider the financial gains. Having food prepared at home will help you save money as it prevents you from eating out. Along with this, meal preparation gives you complete control over ingredients, giving you the ability to selectively shop for groceries. With proper planning, you can prevent making unnecessary food purchases, saving you money and reducing food waste.

Strategies for successful meal preparation

Meal preparation requires, well, preparation! Plan ahead. Consider your budget, favorite foods and- most importantly - consider your personal goals. Gather recipes that include ingredients from each food group to ensure balanced meals (including protein, starch and vegetables). From there, make a grocery list, map out portions and start cooking!

Tips to try today:

Cook in large batches-particularly grains as they take a long time to cook- to save time and energy Freeze any food that you won’t be able to eat within five days

Make sure you have plenty of single meal-sized containers for storage

Whether it’s planning for a week of meals or just the day before, meal preparation can ease your stress and help you stay on track with your health and wellness goals. With a healthy meal plan that you create, you are sure to enjoy each meal and advance your culinary skills in the process!

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What is plan ahead and prepare?

It helps ensure the safety of groups and individuals. It prepares you to Leave No Trace and minimizes resource damage. It contributes to accomplishing trip goals safely and enjoyably. It increases self-confidence and opportunities for learning more about nature.

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Most food should be removed from its commercial packing and placed in sealable bags before packing your backpacks. Sealable bags secure food and reduce bulk and garbage. Empty bags can be placed inside each other and packed out for reuse at home. This method can reduce the amount of garbage your group must pack out at the end of the trip and eliminate the undesirable need of stashing or burying unwanted trash.

Examples of Poor Trip Planning

A group that is inexperienced or unfamiliar with the geography of an area may put people at risk by traveling through areas susceptible to flash floods or along ridge tops vulnerable to lightning activity. Groups traveling arid lands often fail to carry adequate water or a way of purifying water from natural sources. Checking with local land managers and studying maps and weather conditions can contribute to a low-risk existence. A poorly prepared group may plan to cook meals over a campfire only to discover upon arrival at their destination that a fire ban is in effect or that firewood is in scarce supply. Such groups often build a fire anyway breaking the law or impacting the land simply because they have not planned for alternatives. Fire bans and scarce wood supplies are signs that an area is experiencing the cumulative effects of heavy recreation use. A group that has failed to develop good travel plans may be unable to travel as fast as expected. The terrain may be too steep or the trails too rugged. These groups often resort to setting up camp late at night, sometimes in an unsafe location. Poor campsite selection usually leads to unnecessary resource damage. In addition, the group may never even reach their planned destination.

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