October Meal Prep
Made a post for September that a lot of people liked so I wanted to share what I made for my October meal preps. I'm a doctor in residency so I don't have a ton of free time. I also need to hit my macros and as good as the hospital cafeteria food is, it's basically slop as far as macros go (though a little slop after a long night shift ain't so bad). Because of all that, I do a lot of meal prepping. Below are links to all the recipes- variety of Instagram and TT recipes I have saved to my folders and notes app. Some miscellaneous thoughts below that.
For recipes: I initially included the links to the IG posts, but IG doxxes you when you share a link via the app, so I will tell you where to find the recipe on IG and if you really want to cook them, you can look them up there. E: /u/Cantaloupeasleep502 posted the links in the comments; goated for that
Red Pesto chicken gnocchi: @taylorschneidur post from 7/6
Supreme pizza bowls, tomato boursin chicken pasta, artichoke spinach chicken pasta, caramelized onion pasta, sweet potato sausage egg bake: @adamwolfefitness posts from 9/11, 9/13, 9/25, 9/26, and 9/27, respectively
Smores Rice crispy treat: @noahperlotfit post from 8/31
Also a few more desserts I plan on making and one frozen meat dish but my freezer is completely packed right now, so will have to hold off.
Thoughts:
- Was way too ambitious this month. I got excited with how many good recipes I was saving (compounded with being hungry all the time in my cut) so I spent way too much and came close to wasting food with how little storage I have. Next month, I plan on calculating the number of meals I need and buying based on that.
- Costco chicken thighs have shit macros. I made the dumb mistake of not checking the nutrition label before purchasing 25 lbs of it and I was dumbstruck when I entered it into Cronometer. These recipes would be much better with chicken thighs from another place that aren't as fatty
- The sweet potato egg bake would benefit from the whole 16 oz of turkey sausage instead of 10 oz. Also, my Walmart doesn't have the sweet potato tots but sweet potato fries worked pretty well
-After not having had a dishwasher, oven that got to temp, space to do a lot of cooking, or good stove for the last 4 years, I sincerely appreciate living in an apartment that has everything.
Happy to answer any questions