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- Hey, health nuts.
Welcome back to my channel.
I'm Nikole and today we are doing a meal prep hacks video.
If you guys have been following for a while,
then you would know that I recently did
a part one meal prep hacks video on this channel.
And you guys seemed to love it.
It actually got over 200,000 views in less than two weeks,
so I definitely got the message,
you guys wanna see more types of videos like this.
So we are doing a part two today
because I have probably endless amounts of meal prep hacks
on my mind, or just ones that I use in my everyday life
that I know are gonna really help you guys out
in your own cooking and meal prepping in your own kitchens.
So I'm really excited to get into today's video.
But before we do, make sure you pause this video
to hit that subscribe button down below.
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And also, stay tuned to the end because I'm gonna have
a special discount for you guys for the HealthNut Shop.
Don't wanna miss out, so without further ado,
let's operate it.
Hack number one is to freeze
your leftover smoothie into ice cubes.
Now, I don't know about you,
but every time I make a smoothie,
there's always a little bit left
and I never know what to do with it
and I don't wanna waste it because I've spent a lot of money
on these organic ingredients that I blend up
into my breakfast every morning.
So what you can do is, with the leftover,
just simply fill up an ice cube tray.
And that way you can pop it into the freezer
and then you have frozen smoothie ice cubes
that are ready to create a new smoothie
or you can just add them to an already made smoothie,
if you just wanna beef it up a little bit.
And this just really is a nice way
to use up that leftover smoothie.
And then in the morning,
just dump your smoothie cubes into your blender,
add your almond or oat milk, and blend up,
and you have yourself a delicious smoothie in minutes.
These smoothie packs actually cost a lot of money
at the grocery store,
but you can just make them right at home.
My next hack is to slice your fruits and veggies
with ceramic knives.
Not only is it easier to cut through certain skins,
like tomatoes, but it's also gonna
help reduce the oxidization
when it comes to things like apples, avocado.
And that's what happens when they go brown.
It's from the metal on regular stainless steel knives.
So you wanna make sure you're getting 100% ceramic knives.
I will link my favorite down below,
but they're great for storing your apples, meal prepping,
that way you can actually not have brown apples
when you're ready to eat them.
Hack number three is to prep ahead your breakfast.
Now, I have a couple videos on my channel
just on prep-ahead breakfast ideas.
I will link that down below.
But this is a great option.
You can make a large batch of a muesli,
where it's basically like overnight oats
and then you just fill up your jars and add in some yogurt,
I use some coconut milk yogurt, a little bit of sweetener,
you can use honey, maple syrup, agave,
top it up with some almond or oat milk,
give it a stir, and then pop these in the fridge
and you will have a delicious breakfast.
And this is great, since we're kinda
coming into the warmer weather,
since you may not want a hot bowl of oats,
but this is like the spring/summer version.
If you haven't tried overnight oats, you need to try it.
This recipe will be also linked down below.
And then when you're ready to eat it in the morning,
simply add on some fresh fruit and dig in.
My next meal prep hack is to store your
kind of veggies that are going a little bit limp,
like your carrots and your celery,
that can kind of soften over time,
and put them into a container and fill them up with water
so it's completely covered.
And I'm telling you, in just like a few hours in the fridge,
they will crisp up again like they are fresh and brand new.
This is such a great way just to
bring your veggies back to life
and use them into soups and stir fries,
whatever you need to do.
I love this hack.
My next hack is to make sheet pan dinners.
This is such an easy way to make a quick meal.
It's kind of like the one pot meals,
but one sheet pan meals.
So you'll usually have some type of protein,
I have some chicken breasts here, with veggies
like Brussels sprouts, peppers, onion.
Pour over your marinade, mix it around,
and then all you have to do is pop it into the oven to bake
and it cooks all together.
Now, depending on if you're using fish or chicken,
you may need to alter the cooking times,
but the trick is to cook protein and veggies
that take around the same amount of time to cook up.
I will link one of my favorite recipes down below.
My next meal prep hack is to double batch cook.
So if you know you're gonna be making something
like a bolognese spaghetti sauce, like I'm making here,
all you wanna do is double it.
That way, you have extra to either freeze
or just to have meal prepped for the rest of the week.
It doesn't take that much more effort
just to double a recipe than it does
to make it again, starting from scratch.
I've been doing this a lot lately,
whether I'm cooking quinoa or making boiled eggs,
I'll always cook up double the amount
so that I have extra throughout the week.
So for this recipe, I basically just threw in
some ground turkey, lots of veggies
that I had left over in the fridge,
tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, lots of seasoning,
and you just cook it all up and then what I like to do is
ladle it out into large mason jars.
And I'll put maybe one in the fridge, one in the freezer,
to have throughout the week and through the month.
My final meal prep hack is to use a weekly meal planner.
This is gonna help your grocery shopping go way smoother
and you just know what you're making throughout the week.
So we actually just launched this meal planner
and grocery list bundle on HealthNut Shop.
I'll have a link down below.
Not only can you print these out, but they're also digital
and you can just use them interactively
on your iPad, on your phone,
and you can create a meal plan for the week.
We also have a prefilled meal plan option
to give you some ideas.
And then we also have a grocery list for you
that's already prefilled out.
You can just check out what you need to buy.
And then we also give you a blank template,
if you wanna make your own, depending on
what your go-to grocery staples are.
These come in really handy and it just
makes it so much easier to not only not waste food,
but know what you're shopping for
and just make meal prepping and planning
throughout the week so much easier.
Stay till the end of this video
for a sneaky little discount code
to get this meal prep bundle now.
There you have it, health nuts,
easy meal prep hacks in know you guys are gonna love.
And they will truly help you out in your own kitchen.
Also, if you guys did not watch part one of this new series,
I will have a link down below,
as well as at the end of this video
for you guys to check out.
Also, let me know if you wanna see other hack videos.
I can do, I have some ideas for preventing food waste,
I could do just healthy eating hacks, let me know.
I'm gonna have a poll in the top right-hand corner here.
You guys can vote on the next video
and I will film that for you guys.
And thank you for staying till the end of this video.
I'm gonna have a special code for you guys to use
for the HealthNut Shop.
A lot of the items that I featured in today's video
we actually sell on our online wellness shop, which,
we sell eco-friendly and sustainable kitchen items and tools
that I know you guys are gonna love.
We also have like self-care and home
and other cleaning things.
So it's not just kitchen, but if you guys wanna use
the code MEALPREP, you will get 15% off
until the end of the month.
So definitely take advantage of it.
Also, if you loved that weekly meal planner,
it's on the shop.
You guys can purchase it to easily download it
and stick it on your fridge, laminate it,
so you can just reuse it every single week.
And use the discount code, MEALPREP,
to also get some savings on that download.
So thank you so much for watching.
Be sure to subscribe.
I post every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday,
here on HealthNut channel,
and I will see you guys in my next video.
Bye, guys!
Happy meal prepping.
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