A Meal-Prep Expert's Top Tips

It'll save you. Are you the ultimate meal-prepper? Do your weekly spreads look and taste perfect every week? Cool. You can tune out then. If you're more like us, your meal-prepping efforts are valiant but leave plenty of room for improvement. Dietitian and nutritionist Olivia Wagner is one of those perfect preppers, so we're tapping into her expertise in hopes of improving our own.  She's sharing her top five meal-prepping tips LIVE with our Prepped Facebook group on Wednesday, March 28 at 12:30 EST (if you're not part of our group yet, join here!), but here's her No. 1 tip to get you started now. "If I have learned anything about consistent meal prep, it is that you don't always have to follow a recipe," Wagner says. When you're stuck or in a rut, build a bowl with these four things: Protein (eggs, fish, meat, beans, or legumes) Quality carbohydrates (grains or starchy veg like sweet potatoes) Healthy fats (avocado, olive oil, nuts, and seeds) Fiber-rich veggies (non-starchy and colorful, like bell peppers, leafy greens, broccoli, and radishes) Still stuck? Here are five flavor themes to kick your meal-prep formulas into high gear:     5 Basic Meal-Prep Formulas So You Can Stop Relying on Recipes READ MORE   © Greatist 2018 Greatist, Inc. 30 Vandam St., Floor 3, New York, NY 10013   Forward  Unsubscribe