‘I meal prepped all of my meals for a week, here’s what I learnt’

I finish the week with very little food waste. There’s a couple of breakfast wraps and a portion of tomato sauce still in the freezer, but they’ll help me with next week’s meals.

I gained time – it was much easier to fit in the gym knowing I’d have dinner ready in minutes. I also avoided impulse food shops.

The time, cost and health benefits are undeniable but the rigidity wasn’t for me. And I missed the wind-down benefits of cooking.

I don’t think I’ll be prepping all of my meals going forward, but I’ll continue to make breakfast wraps and granola, so I have a healthy start to the day. And I’ll try to have a few frozen emergency meals batch cooked, so I avoid takeaway apps.