Having a hectic schedule demands too much time from your daily life resulting in only a few hours to yourself. Amidst the situation, nobody wants to spend hours in the kitchen instead of relaxing on the couch. True story! While the millennial generation with no cooking skills tends to depend on takeouts, it can be quite a mess to find yourself in a situation where you have to cook to eat. Solution? Meal prep! Not only it saves your cooking time but it also makes it easy and fun for beginners. It’s a great way to balance calories and save bucks at the same time. All you have to do it assemble and heat up whenever you are hungry. Here are some of the meal prep ideas that are perfect for busy bees and also comes packed with essential nutrients.

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Oats are incredibly healthy. You can prepare some oats a day before in a mason jar by mixing it with some milk or yogurt of your choice. Top it with your favourite sweetener and fruits and leave it overnight. Next morning you can just give it a good shake and have it on the go! You can also use poha chwida or flattened rice for this.

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Another great idea to freeze some marinated fish or chicken. Whenever you’re ready to cook just take one out and bake it in the oven. You can also add some chopped up veggies to make it more interesting. Similarly, you can prepare different kinds of marinade according to your liking.

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Burritos are a great full-filling meal. Make some burrito on the weekends with toppings of your choice and freeze them. Whenever you are craving for fastfood, just microwave one burrito and tada! Your meal is ready.

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Prepping for pasta begins with making a batch of pasta sauce at home. Be it pesto or marinara, homemade pasta sauces are much healthy than store-bought. It can last up to weeks. Whenever you are hungry, all you need is to boil some pasta and throw in some of the sauce. You may top it with whatever kind of cheese, seasoning or veggies/meats you have at home.

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To meal-prep your favourite curry, 1st steep is to chop veggies and storing them in the freezer to last. Take equal parts of masala as per your preference and store it a one jar to blend. You can label these mixes as Italian blend, Thai blend, Indian blend and so on so that next time when you're cooking all you need is your wok and you can quickly stir up your curry with pre-cut veggies and seasoning mixes.

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