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[Mus]

Thinking of trying the new fad of doing "meal prep" once a week for the entire week. Basically you create and prepare your proportions and ingredients for each meal (probably just 14 because I'm not a big breakfast person) Put them each into containers and refrigerate them and cook when needed. Obviously sides like fried rice and the likes you can cook on the prep day and just reheat later. Apparently its supposed to save a heap of time and cleaning and help you stick to a good eating plan. Thoughts?

 

[yoyo913]

I've thought of that but some ingredients won't be fresh.

 

[Mus]

The oldest anything would be though is a week which isn't that bad

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Sauerbraten turned out really good. Used ginger snaps to thicken up the sauce into gravy.

 

[Alex]

I've thought of that but some ingredients won't be fresh.

This is my issue with it.

The oldest anything would be though is a week which isn't that bad

Yes, but "old" and "reheated" or very different things. Food is never the same reheated.

I guess your method would save money, but I enjoy cooking, so wouldn't want to spend hours doing a load of meals at once - and then have to clean up that mess in the kitchen, just to have reheated meals all week.

I generally always cook more dinner than I need (when I have things like soups, pasta, stews etc) and have that for lunch for the week. But I'd never do it for the whole week.

 

[MaestroZidane]

Some left over rice, steamed or fried, throw it into boiling water and crack two eggs. Yummy!!

Also, I was going to suggest a hot-pot meal, but a slow cooker won't work for that.

 

[Alex]

Some left over rice, steamed or fried, throw it into boiling water and crack two eggs. Yummy!!

Also, I was going to suggest a hot-pot meal, but a slow cooker won't work for that.

Hot water? Ew.

My fiancee is half Asian and loves eggs and rice (in the way loads of Brits and Australians love eggs on toast), but never into boiling water. That's weird

 

[Sir Didier Drogba]

Thinking of trying the new fad of doing "meal prep" once a week for the entire week. Basically you create and prepare your proportions and ingredients for each meal (probably just 14 because I'm not a big breakfast person) Put them each into containers and refrigerate them and cook when needed. Obviously sides like fried rice and the likes you can cook on the prep day and just reheat later. Apparently its supposed to save a heap of time and cleaning and help you stick to a good eating plan. Thoughts?

When I even buy a weeks worth of groceries my plans change so much that some of it goes bad before I get to if.

 

[MaestroZidane]

Hot water? Ew.

My fiancee is half Asian and loves eggs and rice (in the way loads of Brits and Australians love eggs on toast), but never into boiling water. That's weird

It's something that was inroduced to me in Japan. You start off with what they call, Shabu-shabu, and then the rice that's left over, they throw it into the boiling water and a few eggs, stir for a few minutes and serve. It's quite tasty IMO.

But I've done it with just rice, boiling water and eggs. Still good, yet less flavor when compared to using the shabu shabu left over.

 

[chygry]

I'm glad i own one of these, so good for a quick and a tasty snack with the right ingredients in the morning.

 

[Alex]

I'm glad i own one of these, so good for a quick and a tasty snack with the right ingredients in the morning.

Not for Shifty

 

[Mandieta6]

Only time I've used that contraption I made sandwiches with mango and meat (can't remember if it was chicken breast or selected hams). It was really quite something and very simple.

 

[Alex]

I used mine loads at uni. Baked beans and cheese in them are great. Or cheese, ham and tomato. Or salami and cheese. The combinations are endless...

They're called a jaffle iron here, with the toasted sandwich that it makes being caked a jaffle. Though loads of idiots call them a Breville because of the main brand that makes them.

 

[Mus]

I used mine loads at uni. Baked beans and cheese in them are great. Or cheese, ham and tomato. Or salami and cheese. The combinations are endless...

They're called a jaffle iron here, with the toasted sandwich that it makes being caked a jaffle. Though loads of idiots call them a Breville because of the main brand that makes them.

This made me chuckle, I know a lot of people that do that

 

[Alex]

This made me chuckle, I know a lot of people that do that

I had quite a few mates at uni that called them that. It annoys me. Search for Breville, you get kettles, coffee machines, blenders, toasted, juicers and beaters all before you get a jaffle iron.

 

[chygry]

Jaffle iron sounds like a bizarre term to me. I'm used to calling it a triangle sandwich maker or something like that heh.

 

[Alex]

Jaffle iron sounds like a bizarre term to me. I'm used to calling it a triangle sandwich maker or something like that heh.

Or something like that? A triangle sandwich maker? A triangle sandwich would be a sandwich cut diagonally...not toasted.

I don't mind it being called a toasted sandwich maker, or a sandwich press. But a jaffle iron is a specific type of toasted sandwich maker. Sandwich toaster/press is much more general.

 

[chygry]

Or something like that? A triangle sandwich maker? A triangle sandwich would be a sandwich cut diagonally...not toasted.

I don't mind it being called a toasted sandwich maker, or a sandwich press. But a jaffle iron is a specific type of toasted sandwich maker. Sandwich toaster/press is much more general.

Yeah triangle sandwich maker might not sound so good afterall i think. The ones you mentioned sound a lot better. It's just that those toasted sandwiches come out triangle shaped, hence the term.

I usually cut two pieces of bread into four triangles, then put some butter, ham and cheese on one side of them in that particular order, and the other side just goes on top of it. Sometimes some other stuff as well, and off to the sandwich press they go.

I recently had a conversation with a friend of mine asking how to exactly call it (in Estonian), and that's the term he came up with. I've been mostly half-jokingly calling it just a "sandwich machine" which makes no sense in English, but when directly translated to Estonian people pretty much get what i mean, with some detailed explanation haha. Sounds weird i know.

 

[Mus]

I had quite a few mates at uni that called them that. It annoys me. Search for Breville, you get kettles, coffee machines, blenders, toasted, juicers and beaters all before you get a jaffle iron.

Interestingly I've only recently learnt to butter both sides of the bread

 

[Alex]

Interestingly I've only recently learnt to butter both sides of the bread

I often don't still...depends if I can be bothered...But I ALWAYS butter the outside. As opposed to a normal sandwich, the outside is the important part. I often butter 3 sides, because all 4 is annoying, so just one of the inside slices. Saves some stuffing around, and ends up just filling anyway.