Gone are the days of rigid meal prep with color-coded containers and hours of Sunday cooking. For busy moms balancing work, family, and real life, traditional meal prep just isn’t realistic anymore. In this classic episode, Angie and Em break down a more flexible, modern approach to meal prepping that fits your schedule and your family’s ever-changing needs.

You’ll learn how to batch-prep versatile ingredients that can be mixed and matched throughout the week giving you more freedom, more flavor, and way less stress. From creating your grocery list to organizing your pantry with easy add-ins, we’ll walk you through each step to simplify your mealtimes and bring joy back to your kitchen.

Whether you love to cook or prefer convenience, this episode will help you prep smarter, not harder, and keep dinner time fun, efficient, and totally doable even for the busiest families!

What You’ll Learn:

• [00:01] Intro: What’s in store for this episode
• [02:55] The old way of meal prepping — and why we had to change
• [08:30] How our moms did it, and why that doesn’t always work now
• [11:04] Helping kids build a healthy relationship with food
• [14:32] Prepping for a whole family without losing your mind
• [16:37] Why prepping ingredients (not meals) is a game changer
• [18:01] Turning basic ingredients into quick, delicious meals
• [27:34] How to save time and energy with flexible dinners
• [32:10] The money-saving magic of ingredient-based prep
• [33:05] A step-by-step strategy to plan smarter meals
• [41:32] Wrap-up and final thoughts

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