Meal Prepping

Today was the sixth day of eating chicken pot pie for lunch and dinner and I am done. The vegetables have gone soft and crust has reverted back to being uncooked, and overall, it’s unpleasant. However, I still have tomorrow before I go to the store and meal prep for the weekend.

The last two containers stared at me, and I stared back, every time I opened the fridge. Ugh. Realistically, I’m going to toss them. They were texturally bad two or three days ago but I pushed through. But today, I ate crackers instead of my reheated meal.

But what to do about tomorrow’s lunch and dinner? I’ve decided to give myself grace and I’ll get lunch, probably In-N-Out or The Habit and then eat popcorn for dinner, I recently got access to HBO and I’m excited to watch some movies.

I think it’s important not to push one’s comfort too far away when meal prepping. If the food is gross, acknowledge it and treat yourself nicely. Otherwise, you might not be able to make that meal again for years. Once, I added too much spinach to my lasanga and I couldn’t eat/make lasanga for about two years which sucks because I love lasanga, but I only just started making it again when I forgot what those bites tasted like.

It’s also important to modify your meals to allow for maximum tastiness. I no longer use flour tortillas in enchilada casseroles, because they go soft too quickly. Instead, I layer massa which lasts much longer, but can sometimes get too dry. It’s a balancing act and I’m not fantastic yet, but that’s okay, next time it will be better.