girls gone gluten-free

All the Blackstone girlies rise up! If you don’t have a Blackstone – you likely need one – you can prep all of this inside just means more dishes to wash.

I don’t love meal prep because I don’t like to eat the same thing for all meals. Not too many years ago I did a meal plan with my daughter and she calculated my macros – I will say now that at the time I did lose weight and gain muscle and it worked and all that but I was truly food depressed. With the macros came a set meal plan and she did give me options to rotate but end the end I was eating tilapia or chicken with 1/4 of rice and a cup of vegetables for 3 meals a day and after a couple of months I was cooked.

Even now if I make something and there’s a lot leftover I portion it into freezer containers or bags because I only want it for 1-2 meals. There are a few exceptions: gumbo, shrimp stew, and pizza come to mind.

Back to the prep. With multiple burners and a large cooking surface you can make a lot of food and progress in a short amount of time using your Blackstone. The key to success is prep, a good seasoned Blackstone, and a proper setup.

Top Prep Items

• Bulk cook ground beef, pork, or turkey – once cooled portion into packs and freeze or distribute to use through the week
• Batch cook bacon for the week
• Prep hamburger patties – once cooled portion and freeze, place wax paper between the patties
• Sausage and Peppers – if you like cheese wait to add this until you reheat for your meal
• Pancakes – for you or littles you can prep pancakes ahead and portion out and freeze then reheat as needed or if you have a crew you can place in the fridge and you know it will be gone in a couple days, reheat as needed
• Brussels sprouts or broccoli – large surface area to cook up a bunch at once, have a cover or bowl on hand so you can steam and lower the heat, pull from the Blackstone before too soft especially if you will be reheating later. For Brussels if you have access to an air fryer to reheat the results are better.

It may feel like it is going to take a lot of time to prep, cook, store everything and clean up….however, you will be ecstatic when you get home at 7:12 and can have dinner ready in 25 minutes or wake up and know that there’s breakfast available and everyone can help themselves.