| If you’re new to meal prepping and big-batch cooking, you might be surprised at just how easy it is. In Good Housekeeping’s Easy Meal Prep, here are just a few benefits of meal planning: Five-Spice Beef Stew Save time If you’re already chopping ingredients for one batch of soup, why not double the ingredients, make a second batch, and freeze it? You just saved yourself time cleaning up AND making another dinner. That’s win-win. Five-Spice Beef Stew Save money With big-batch cooking and smart use of leftovers, you’ll use every ingredient you buy. For example, if you turned every roast chicken into chicken stock, you’d never have to buy the canned stuff again. And having pre-prepped meals ready to make means less takeout when you walk in the door and need to put something on the table. Lemon-Thyme Butterflied Roast Chicken Crispy Caprese Cakes Reduce waste How often have you bought a whole stalk of celery or head of cabbage only to throw out what you didn’t use for that one recipe? Meal planning will help you use--or properly freeze--every ingredient you buy for that week’s meals. Crispy Caprese Cakes Eat healthfully When you plan your meals, you won’t eat out as much or reach for frozen convenience items. Instead, you’ll be taking made-from-scratch meals from your own freezer! Plus, you’ll know every ingredient that went into the dish. Every recipe also comes with complete nutritional information, and many have gluten-free, keto, or vegan options. No-Cook Shrimp Rolls Sheet-Pan Pancake with Blueberry Syrup Stress less Think how much mental energy you spend in the afternoon, wondering what you’re going to make for dinner and whether you have all the ingredients you need. Meal planning solves that dilemma. You can even plan your breakfasts and snacks! Sheet-Pan Pancake with Blueberry Syrup Meal planning doesn’t have to be rigid, restrictive, OR overly time consuming. With Easy Meal Prep’s 85+ recipes, Test Kitchen tips, and the advice you’ve come to trust from Good Housekeeping, you’ll be meal prepping easily like a pro in no time, and enjoying delicious meals whenever you want. Ready to get started? Meal planning doesn’t have to be rigid, restrictive, OR overly time consuming. With Easy Meal Prep’s 85+ recipes, Test Kitchen tips, and the advice you’ve come to trust from Good Housekeeping, you’ll be meal prepping easily like a pro in no time, and enjoying delicious meals whenever you want. Ready to get started? | 