Meal preparation
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Meal preparation, sometimes called "meal prep," is the process of planning and preparing meals. Most people will do meal preparation on Sunday, but there is an increasing trend of mid-week meal preparation, where meals are prepared once on Sunday, for Mon-Wed, then again on Wednesday for the rest of the week.[citation needed] If one is meal prepping with highly perishable items such as leafy greens, one may want to consider a mid-week meal prep routine.
Advance preparation
Sometimes meal preparation involves preparing meals ahead of time for a short or extended period of time.[1] This practice may occur among people who desire to lose weight or maintain a healthy lifestyle. Advance preparation can serve to standardize food portions. Sometimes meals are fully cooked, other times they are not.[2] Meals may be prepared in small containers such as tupperware, and are sometimes labeled.
Meal delivery service
See also
References
- ^ Pare, J. (2000). Make-Ahead Meals. Company's Coming. Company's Coming Publishing, Limited. ISBN 978-1-895455-72-4. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) 157 pages. - ^ "A Beginner's Guide to Once a Week Food Prep + 20 Starter Recipes and Meal Prep Ideas - Organize Yourself Skinny". Organize Yourself Skinny. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
Further reading
- Foods and Meal Preparation
- Kitchen Afloat
- Meal Preparation as a Family Therapy Intervention
- A Guide to Meal Management and Table Services' 2004 Ed.
- Planning Related to Meal Preparation
- Space Allowances for Meal Preparation and Service in the Southern Rural Home
- "A Value-Added Approach to Household Production: The Special Case of Meal Preparation". jstor.
- "The Effect of Homemakers' Employment on Meal Preparation Time, Meals at Home, and Meals Away from Home". Home Economics Research Journal. 9: 200–206. doi:10.1177/1077727X8100900303.
- "Consumers' convenience orientation towards meal preparation: conceptualization and measurement". Appetite. 36: 15–28. doi:10.1006/appe.2000.0364.