The Visual Guide to Easy Meal Prep

This ARC was courtesy of netgalley - all thoughts and opinions are mine and unbiased

I loved this

Stunning book full of healthy, quick meals. Lots of tips and tricks for the busy like batch packing and cooking with all the pros and cons. This is a book I will go back to time and again.

Lots of great pictures

Weekly meal plans for those wanting to organise their time - a great way to plan and stay healthy - gluten free, low carb and dairy free - something for everyone

A fantastic addition to the kitchen

A fantastic book full of healthy time saving meal ideas. Everything is kept simple without compromising on flavour. The book also includes a weekly meal plan which is very helpful indeed. Meal plans are also included for gluten, low carb and dairy free diets which is very good.

I will definitely be putting this book to good use over the coming weeks to see if I can incorporate healthier eating in less time.

Great photography is also always a bonus. A recommended book

I learned a lot in The Visual Guide to Easy Meal Prep. There are many easy to follow recipes and a guide to creating a variety of diets. I would have liked to see a design based on a balanced diet; I don
't need gluten-free, etc. but this gave me a basis to build up my own ideas and tastes.
There are some gorgeous photos included but it wasn't as visual as i expected from eth title. I kind of thought this would be more bento box like in prep. Regardless, this gave me new info about food that I did not have before.

I've tried meal prepping in the past, but being stuck eating something on Thursday or Friday that was cooked on Sunday didn't work for me. I was hoping that this book would inspire me to want to start prepping again, but even though I would like to try some of these recipes, I just don't think meal prepping is for me.

Great tips on meal planning and cook days. How to arrange and prepare ingredients for assembly line meal prep and what to buy for packing fast meals on the go, are all included in this yummy little cookbook full of nutritional excellence.

Please add nut, seed and soy free recipes in the next cookbook for those of us who can't have them.

This book is interesting and full of great ideas I will surely try. The recipes are healthy and well explained.
Recommended!
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.

This book can be used as a beginners guide to meal prep (or anyone looking for some additional tips). The author lays out instructions and tips for each recipe as well as her five step plan really well. There are a variety of recipes taking into account various potential food allergies and/or diet preferences (i.e. gluten free, no dairy, vegetarian). The recipes are simple and easy to follow and there are many that sound delicious to me and I can't wait to try. The pictures that are there are beautiful- I only wish there were more! Thank you to Netgalley and Quarto Publishing Group – Race Point Publishing for an ARC copy in exchange for an honest review.

A book that takes on the Instagram phenom that is meal prep. I was hoping with the title of Visual guide it would be like scrolling through #mealprep and seeing drool worthy photos of neatly made meals. It wasn’t. What this book does really well is take you through the steps of cooking and preparing the meals; not just regular exiles but how to plan out which parts to do sequentially and concurrently in order to maximize time.This book has some great recipes for special diets that are commonly associated with meal plans. Quite a few of the recipes are meal prep standards that if you have been doing it for awhile you have probably already tried a version of, but it would be really good for someone starting out. It is simple enough not to overwhelm someone into giving up on the process. Thanks to the publisher and netgalley for a digital ARC to review.

This book isn’t groundbreaking- the recipes are mostly simple, and the meal prep instructions are not more involved than in other websites and books I have read. However the whole of it is clearly written, and almost all the recipes sounded like I would both enjoy cooking and eating them. Many are so simple and fast that I would use them as weeknight meals without any pre prepping required. I can’t wait to get home from vacation and try them- especially the smoothie recipes, the chocolate granola, and the tofu skewers.

The recipes are all pretty paleo/low carb friendly, and the author has menus for low carb and dairy free meal plans in case that is applicable for you.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC in exchange for my unbiased review.

The ultimate guide to easy meal prep.?step by step shopping prepping. Cooking ,what containers to use how to lay out the food.Wonderful recipes system I can follow Gorgeous pictures.Highly recommend.#netgalley quarto.

Thank you Quatro - Race Point Publishing and Netgalley for this ARC in return for my honest review.

This book had appealing photos and good instructions for beginners wondering how to set up and begin food prepping.
I have menu planned and food prepped for our family for a number of years now and was hoping for some new inspiration for meals, especially to get inspiration for healthy meals to last the whole week.

This recipe book seemed to be more aimed at people cooking for one or two ( meals were written to provide four serves, used twice In a week so families would have to double or quadruple the amounts depending on family size). It also seemed to cater to those on a specific eating plan eg; low carb, vegetarian for much of the book.

I enjoyed reading this book and it was evident a lot of thought and planning went into the final product. The meals were healthy and colourful.

One thing I did wonder was how the meals looked and tasted two or three days after being prepped. There were many meals which I would personally have only ever thought to make just before eating such as zoodles (zucchini noodles), smoothies, scrambled eggs. I wonder about the retention of nutrients in pre made smoothies, juices and salads and the taste of reheated scrambled eggs.

This book is a great starting point for a busy couple wanting to reap the rewards to meal prepping.

Helpful mealprep guide with step by step instructions on how to achieve your customized mealprep whether you’re vegetarian or following a low carb diet. I wish there were more recipes. An entire keto friendly mealprep chapter would be awesome.

There are some great tips and recipes in this meal prepping book. They all seem to be healthy with lean meats and lots of vegetables. The book is easy to read and to understand. It also has a weekly plan. At the end this will save you some time, which you can use on other things in life. I do wonder how long things will still be safe to eat if you prep themThere are some great tips and recipes in this meal prepping book. They all seem to be healthy with lean meats and lots of vegetables. The book is easy to read and to understand. It also has a weekly plan. At the end this will save you some time, which you can use on other things in life. I do wonder how long things will still be safe to eat if you prep them early on in the week.

This is a ARC from the publisher via Netgalley, which I got for a honest review. early on in the week.

SO HELPFUL AND USEFUL!

I like how each "recipe" is really how to efficiently cook/prep everything at once. I haven't tried any of her suggestions yet, but I'm looking forward to it.

Only downside: the actual book didn't really start until a third of the way in. The first third is just helpful tips like "it's important to have a bowl so you can mix things inside of it."

But aside from that -- flip to about a third of the way in and get to ready to learn something.

So yummy! Wie man sich gesund ernährt und Zeit spart, genau das kann man mit diesem Buch lernen. Anhand von einfachen aber raffinierten Rezepten, gespickt mit Fotos und tollen Tipps bis hin zu Hinweisen zum einfrieren, ist man bestens gerüstet für eine ausgewogene Ernährung, die Spaß macht. Alles rund ums vorbereiten und organisieren ist auch dabei. Lecker!

Thank you to NetGalley for the advanced reader copy in exchange for my unbiased review.

Really like the layout of the book, it's simplicity, and the recipes. I like the focus on the healthy aspect of batch cooking. I felt inspired to cook and meal plan. With that said, I would have liked a little more prep/planning assistance listed for each recipe and not so generally at the beginning of the book.

Thank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group – Race Point Publishing for The Visual Guide to Easy Meal Prep by Erin Romeo. This is a book by the self-proclaimed Food Prep Princess who says her method for meal prep is “life changing.” This book is to help you meal prep so that you can save both time and money, as well as, eat healthier. Meal prep is all about routine, which this book provides you.

The first third of the book is full of very helpful tips and techniques, including the five steps to meal prep success, details on how to read and decipher nutrition labels and ingredient list, and lists of approved foods for healthy meal prep. The book also includes sample meal plans for: low carb, vegetarian, dairy free, and gluten free. The meal plans include which recipes to use and a step-by-step plan on how to do the meal plans. The meal plans each include recipes for four days – three meals and two snacks each day, including repeated recipes.

The book then lists lots of meal prep friendly recipes by topic. Some of my favorite recipes are:
- Breakfast
o Breakfast Burritos
o Healthy Egg Cup with several variations
o Chocolate Raspberry Breakfast Quinoa
- Mains
o Spinach Fettuccine with Turkey Bolognese
o Zucchini Noodles Caprese-Style
o Broccoli, Chicken, and Cheese Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
o “Not Your Mama’s Meatloaf” Muffins
- Snacks & Sides
o Apple Cinnamon Walnut Muffins
o Chocolate Granola
o Roasted Vegetables
- Dressings, Dips, and Sauces
o 3 Step Tomato Salsa
o Avocado Aioli
o Hummus

The book ends with a very detailed index to help you use the book. I found this book extremely helpful in beginning to meal prep. The recipes are all meal prep friendly and delicious. The sample meal plans really help to show you the process to use. This book is a great resource for meal prep in addition to a great source of meal prep friendly recipes.

I think this book will be great for people that are low on time and meal ideas, but still want to eat a variety of healthy meals. It is well explained and has plenty of beautiful pictures. I don't know that meal prepping will work for everyone, but for those who want to give it a try, this is a good place too start.

Thanks to NetGalley for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I love the idea of this book. I frequently cook meals that last for two nights. The idea of prepping for meals that last several nights is appealing. I really like the look of some of the chilli recipes and I am looking forward to trying them.

Thank you to Netgalley for my copy.

I enjoyed this book and it is great for beginners who are making meal prepping for the week. I will have to try some of the recipes.

The book explains what is needed and how to prepare meals for a week at a time. The recipes are easy to follow as well as being nutritious and tasty. I would recommend this book to anyone thinking of starting following a meal prep way of life.

Beautifully displayed recipes and ideas for precooking your weekly meals. Unlike some meal prep systems, every dish is cooked completely and then reheated, as opposed to creating the basics for a meal and cooking on the day of eating (which I think I prefer). Very healthy recipes, and plans include gluten free, dairy free, and vegan options as well. For a book that calls itself a 'visual guide' however, there are fewer pictures than expected.

I like the basic idea of the book, but it was almost halfway into the book before the recipes started. The first part had listings of what tools and such to have. Sorry, but didn't need to know that I should have containers and a blender. Another thing I wish would have been added would be calories. While I do not feel I have to watch every little one, I still prefer to limit excessive ones for each meal. I did like the tips on storage. For example, the Mediterranean Chicken mentions the portions could be froze up to 3-4 months. A few had ingredients that are unfamiliar to me, which would make a difference, but overall still found this a good book. Have tried a couple of recipes, and found them tasty. Would recommend.

This book is exactly what it says - a visual guide for meal prepping! It is so nice to see how to actually meal prep and not just read about it. I am a visual person so this was great for me. The recipes here are generally healthy too and there is something for any type of diet. Beautiful pictures!

This step-by-step book is great if you are struggling with the best ways to meal prep. I often get overwhelmed when I get home from the grocery store after I have sworn I will meal prep, and instead I give up on the idea. This book helped me get organized and set up in such a way that I didn't feel overwhelmed and was able to do the cleaning/chopping/full prepping. It is important to point out that this is not a cookbook (although she does include 4 simple meal plan ideas, with cooking instructions, so that you can get a better idea of how to do the step-by-step), Each of the plans she includes cover a specific type of diet (gluten free, vegetarian, etc.). She also included a great list of ingredients to have on hand so that meal prepping is easy.

This is an amazing starter guide for those interested in meal prepping. It has information in relation to the different types of equipment and containers needed for this, as well as a starter shopping list. One of the key selling points of this book is that rather than having single recipes, it has weekly plans and the instructions contained help you to make all the items needed for that plan in one session, with all the times for the various ingredients. For those who want a bit more freedom, it also contains the individual recipes for you to follow yourself.

Things I liked:
The inclusion some vegetarian options and recipes (because I am one)
It would be fairly simple to swap in a recipe or two of your own into the plan
3 meals and 2 snacks a day and she says you’ll likely lose weight
Variations for gluten free or dairy free
Healthy
Home cooked is way better tasting than fast food
I think there is great variety in the recipes - some Mexican, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, Thai, dessert, soups, wraps, beef, fish, chicken, vegetarian, pastas, salads, stir fries, snacks, dips, etc.

Things I disliked:
She says the prep time is 2-3 hours once a week, but then later she gives some instructions on doing some things the night before
To save on complicated prep, she suggests you eat the same meals twice each week. I think this will bother some people, but if time is more valuable to you than variety, you might disagree. Of course you can choose to plan different meals every day and the time required will increase accordingly.

Full disclosure: I haven’t actually tried the prep plan yet, so my review is based on an untested method.

I think this would be a delightfully easy starting point for someone who wants to try a bulk cooking/meal prep plan. Seeing how most women work these days and have very limited time for putting towards cooking, I think this could bring a lot of sanity on weeknights, especially when you have young children at home. I myself work full time and still have 1 child at home. I leave home at 6am and sometimes I’m not home until 5:30pm. That leaves me very little time for planning and cooking, and very little energy to execute any plan. I find cooking a lot more enjoyable when I’m not starving, at the end of my rope, or extremely limited on time. This plan could help solve all those problems.

If you are super picky and don’t like some of the health foods that are becoming more common, such as quinoa, whole grain pasta, cauliflower rice, lack of creamy sauces and cheeses, zucchini made into noodles, etc., you may not like these recipes. However, I think with a little planning, you could try this meal prep method with your own recipes.

There are a handful of recipes I’d like to try: Thai Bowls with Peanut Sauce, some of the Greek Yogurt dips, the Ginger Soy Chicken Thighs, Roasted Vegetables, and several others.

Meal preparation might seem like a challenge, but this book helps you prepare several meals and snacks in advance. Batch cooking made easy. A lot of lean, healthy recipes that I wouldn't have thought of on my own.

Thank you Quarto Publishing for a copy of The Visual Guide to Easy Meal Prep for review. Available August 6/19.

Lots of easy to follow information for beginners to meal prep, like me. Plenty of easy recipes as well but I really appreciated the walk through of what to prep and why meal prep works. Tips and tricks along the way will save plenty of time along the way.

As a student who has always wanted to meal prep, I had to check out this book
Erin does an amazing job introducing the purpose and benefits of meal prepping. She goes through an in-depth and comprehensive explanation over what meal prepping is, and what it means to incorporate it into your life.
What is nice is that she goes through every step of meal prepping, from getting the right containers to buying groceries to finally prepping. Where most books and YouTube tutorials would only mention the recipe, Erin provides as much advice possible.
My favourite preps are:
Breakfast: Egg and Cheese English Muffin Sandwiches
Lunch: Pan-Fried Teriyaki Salmon
Deserts: Apple Cinnamon Walnut Muffins
The recipes that Erin provides are easy to follow. I'm really excited to give this a shot one day when I have to plan a week's worth of food.

I thought that there were so many delicious sounding recipes in the book that also are healthy which is a huge plus for me. I would eat nearly all of them. I was disappointed that most of the recipes were for meals that couldn't be frozen because that is really the type of meal prep that I am looking for. I am sure that there are many people who will find a book like this useful who want to meal prep one week at a time. I am looking for more bulk cooking, so I hope the author comes out with an easy freezer meal prep in the future.

The visual Guide to Easy Meal Prep by Erin Romeo is an interesting take on planning your meals ahead of time. While planning ahead is not new, preparing vegetarian, gluten free and dairy free is new. The photos are beautiful and the recipes sound delicious. While I am not on a restricted diet I am going to be trying many of these recipes. The recipes and meal plans are thoughtful and well planned. Each plan even includes snacks and sweets. I was very pleased with this book, well done.

I would like to thank Quarto Publishing, the author and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This is a decent guide on meal prep with a great breakdown of what is needed to start successfully prep healthy meals. The recipes are interesting ranging from tropical energy balls, super food green salad, and "not your mama's meatloaf" muffins. This is a great book for someone who is just starting out in meal prep. It gives step by step directions on shopping, prep containers, cooking tips. I highly recommend this book for a novice in meal prep.

Thanks to NetGalley for an ARC of The Visual Guide to Easy Meal Prep.

I'm no chef but I prepare and make my lunches for the work week and try to eat as healthfully as I can so this book was ideal for me.

The recipes are simple and easy to follow, nothing difficult or takes too much time to make.

The author also offers meal plans for those on low-carb diets, vegetarian, and gluten-free and dairy-free, which is awesome and anyone can incorporate into their eating routine, whether you are eating low carb or gluten-free.

I've been making and brown bagging my lunches for years so most of what I read here was nothing new but I did pick up a few tips and recipe ideas and I loved the photos. Wished there were more!

This book is great for people looking for new recipes to try or newbies who are wary of making their own lunches and think prepping and organizing meals daunting.

I look forward to trying out most of these recipes in the coming months.

This book is thorough with lots of tips in reagards of meal prep. It has a somewhat healthy approach, so I think it's more suitable for those who enjoy healthy living rather than "the rest of us". I would also have liked to see more variety in regards of the recipes.

Overall, a decent primer on food prep. However, the book suffers from trying too hard to be inclusive of many diets and reads more long a series of blog posts than a kitchen resource. I would recommend this to anyone seeking to try out food prep for the first time. The photos were gorgeous, but I wouldn't exactly call this a "visual guide".

Thank you to Erin Romeo, Quarto Publishing Group - Race Point Publishing, and NetGalley for allowing me access to a digital copy of this book in advance of its release. As always, all opinions are my own.

Great book with healthy and time saving meals! Loved the included shopping lists. This is basically a step by step guide on meal prepping, and it is fantastic!

Brilliant!
The Visual Guide to Easy Meal Prep delivers - it manages to make something people usually consider to be a chore, easy and straightforward. I used to consider the sight of prepped food quite mundane to look at, the art element of this book really brought colour and life to preparation. I recommend this book if you need a kick start into healthy, vibrant eating.

As a time poor and culinary challenged human I requested this book hoping it would reveal some tricks/tip to help me along or at least point me in the right direction. I am inclined to overthink things so it was a relief to learn there were only five steps to meal preparation.
The author emphasizes the importance of portion control and the accompanying photos are a great visual guide (appetizing as well) if you are a little uncertain. Written in a chatty style, with easy to follow recipes and accompanying tips make the process a lot easier particularly for someone like me. Not all of the recipes are to my liking but I wouldn’t expect them to be. There were quite a few I book marked to make on my next plan ahead day.
I was also impressed the author had some qualifications to her name and her experience wasn’t just from blogging, being famous etc. It is also good to learn from someone passionate about their work and happy to share their knowledge with others. It certainly increases my enjoyment and motivation when someone imparts in this manner.
As a single person I find cooking a large batch of food means I end up with a freezer (upright and Tuckerbox) filled with a lot of serves of the same meal. This can become a little monotonous but I can see I just need to organize my thinking and cooking a little.
Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the opportunity to provide an honest review in return for a free digital copy of the book.

This is the perfect book to buy for someone who is new to meal prepping or just needs some new recipe inspiration. I loved the guide to kitchen tools, reading a nutrition label, and items to stock in the fridge or pantry. I do usually meal prep on Sundays but I do not feel that I am very efficient so I appreciated the step by step directions for each meal plan. The recipes look delicious and do not contain lots of unfamiliar ingredients which is so helpful with meal planning and not wasting food. Time to make the Colorful Fish Tacos!

Thank you to Erin Romeo, NetGalley, Quarto Publishing Group, and Race Point Publishing for the ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

For my, visualizing anything in life is important to me. Especially when it comes to my food. If I can't picture what its going to look like, then I can't picture what it is going to taste like when I am trying to live a healthy lifestyle. I enjoyed the healthy options in this book. Meal prepping is not easy. This book makes it less overwhelming and helps with a starting point. There are tips in here for weight loss, prepping and how to even shrink my belly. I appreciate all the information the author has shared.

Really enjoyed this meal prep cookbook. If you like cooking with lots of veggies then this is definitely for you. Even inexperienced cooks can easily follow these recipes and implement them into their weekly routines. Would be a good book to gift someone who works late and needs quick and easy meals to prepare on week nights.

This is an ARC from the publisher / Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

The Visual Guide to Easy Meal Prep is a great introduction to healthy meal prepping. We have all seen on Pinterest all the amazing meal prep posts, but Erin really breaks it down for you to understand the in and outs of what it takes to make a good idea into a reality. It really is a guide to help you get started, not so much in-depth meal plans. There are 4 meals plans (low carb, vegetarian, dairy-free, and gluten-free) and each of them are only 4 days long. I wouldn't say the low carb meal plan is really low carb. Two of the meals are pasta salads. If you are looking for a how-to guide or how to get started in meal prepping then this gives you a good foundation. If you are looking for creative meal planning ideas then this is not your book.

Quick to read with accessible recipes, this is a handy cookbook to have. It lays out the basics of meal prep as well as a crash course primer on grocery shopping (which this helpless millennial appreciated), and outlined a meal plan for not one but four different eating styles - low carb, vegetarian, gluten free, and dairy free. I actually learned something from this cookbook, and feel inspired to try some new things.

The book THE VISUAL GUIDE TO EASY MEAL PREP is presented in a visually appealing way in five chapters. Prepping is the action or process of preparing something, or preparing for something. The author’s choice of the word PREP in the title of the book makes it crisp and clear. By going through this book the reader will obviously consider cooking as an art as well as a happy exercise. ”Food is the most primitive form of comfort” – Sheila Graham. With this book in hand, comfort is not so far.



This is highly useful for those who love to plan and be prepared for the week ahead with their meals. The time for preparation of a meal depends on the dish we plan to prepare. This book guides the readers to choose the best quick and nutritious recipes. The recipes in the book are listed in separate categories like breakfast, snacks & sides, dressings, dips and sauces.



The Author Eric Romeo is a nutrition coach, expert meal planner and food prep specialist. She is better known as the ”Food prep princess.” Her meal preps have been featured on shape.com, health magazine.com and in many sites. More about her at food prep princess.com. This book is published by Quarto publishing group USA.



Author shares about her book in a different style by answering these question with more practical and simple answers.
“”what can you expect from meal prepping?””

“What is meal prep?”

“Why Meal prep?”

“Where to start?”

“How long does it take?”

I quote from page -10 of the book “All you need are three ingredients; a proven routine, some patience, and an open and willing attitude. I bring the first ingredient; I need you to bring the other two!” The words of the author are so assuring and this will definitely bring an urge in the readers to gain the other two for a satisfying meal preparation.



Food shopping terms to know in page 15, added sugars –over 50 forms available in the market products, how to read nutrition facts labels and ingredients list, parts of the label in page 17 are the eye openers for many shoppers and this surely will lead them towards a guilt free eating and healthy living.



This book can be handled even by a fresher in the field of cooking. The author initiates to take baby steps in getting containers, grocery shopping, cleaning and cutting, cooking, methods of portioning &packing. In each and every aspect of meal prep author cautiously stands by the reader and put forth the process in a convincing way.



Difference between skillet and saute’ pan, advantage of using wooden spoons, glass Vs plastic containers, pros and cons of batch packing and individual meals, are extra information being shared for the wholesome benefit of the reader.



The recipe in page 80- AVOCADO AIOLI is mouth -watering and the author’s description add more to it. I quote “ Creamy, healthy, and beautiful…Yes, Please! Enjoy this deliciousness on sandwiches, wraps, potatoes or anything barbecued.”



In page 64 author shares her first learnt recipe of Spanish Rice, where ground beef is part of the original recipe but she used learner meats like ground chicken or turkey. Because “When baking, follow directions. When cooking, go by our own taste.” – Laiko Bahrs.



In page 42 the recipe of APPLE CINNAMON WAFFLES is given and the shell life of the product is 3 months when stored in freezer. It is a boon! Like -wise in page 70, a recipe SIMPLE AND HEALTHY TRAIL MIX, just mix all the ingredients and Eat, no need to cook! One more boon! The author took to salad dressings in a vibrant style, basic, citrus and tangy salad dressings makes salads much tastier and lip smacking.

“There is no sincerer love than the love of food.” George Bernard Shaw. Enjoy cooking and love your food.




(PDF of the book provided by Net Galley for book review)

Very interesting book. I did learn a lot and I think it will be a lot of help.

I highly recommend this one.

Thanks to Netgalley for the advanced copy. I’ve always been interested in meal prep and this cookbook/ guidebook is a good place to start. Easy to follow techniques and excellent photos! I’m excited to try out the new methods!

I have tried meal prepping in the past and just haven't stuck with it for one reason or another. I found it to be time consuming and typically wasn't hungry for the food I had prepped when it was time to eat it. Overall, it was a disaster! This book had beautiful pictures that helped me when deciding what to prep and I loved how easy the directions were to follow. It was nice to see a picture of the finished product so that I knew if it was something that I would really commit to eating or if I would be tossing it and having something else. Everything I have made has come out really tasty and didn't take a ton of time to make! Highly recommend!

The Visual Guide to Easy Meal Prep is a new cookbook and recipe collection from Erin Romeo. Due out 6th Aug 2019 from Quarto on their Race Point imprint, it's 176 pages and available in paperback and ebook formats.

There have been a lot of times when I've come home from work and literally had no plan for dinner and a not-inspiring collection of ingredients and no idea what to cook for my family (we usually wind up with takeout food in those cases). I've been familiar for ages with the concept of once-a-month-cooking and meal planning and prep, but it always seemed to take a lot more organizational skills than I honestly have. I'm sort of an extreme case of course, but I wanted to read this book and see if I could get some tips I could use to be more food prep organized.

This book is certainly organized. The first 25% of the page content covers the introduction, definitions and concepts involved in meal prep, along with lists of very basic kitchen utensils and storage items. There are also lists of staples with quantities to have on hand for maximum efficiency. The author also includes 4 sample plans for meals: low-carb, vegetarian, gluten-free, and dairy-free.

The following chapters contain the recipes along with ingredient measures, shopping lists, yields, prep time and other essentials. Many (but not all) of the recipes are illustrated. The photography which is included is very clear and well done. Ingredient measurements are supplied in American and standard (metric) measurements. The nutritional information, sodium, fat, etc content is not listed for the recipes. Extra tips or recipe alternatives are listed in sidebars with the recipes. The recipes themselves are fairly straightforward and are made with easily sourced ingredients. Many are very simple (hummus, aioli, guacamole, salsa, etc). I also wonder how many of the items will taste after being stored for later in the week (cooked egg, smoothies, etc).

It's worth noting that the ebook format has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links and references throughout. I've really become enamored of ebooks with interactive formats lately.

This is a beautifully presented very well organized book. I don't know exactly how many of the tips I'm going to be able to incorporate into my daily life, since I don't really have much storage space in my freezer and refrigerator. I would definitely recommend it to any of my friends who are looking to make their food prep even more efficient and streamlined (Karen from yoga? Definitely).

Four stars.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.

Great little book full of great recipe ideas, bright and appealing with lots of photos. This is a book I’ll definitely use regularly and be a go to recipe book.

Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for a free copy for an honest opinion

This was OK. It's another average meal prep/cookbook out there to have as another resource. The photos were great--vibrant and colorful and made me want to make a recipes from the book.

I received this ARC copy in exchange for my review.

This book was straight forward with good pictures and recipes. For being a “visual guide” I expected a lot more photos. I did appreciate all the tips and recipes though. Overall, a good beginner meal prep book.

I have tried meal prepping in the past, using Youtube etc. This book is a straight forward guide, I am hoping to get back in to meal prepping using this guide.

Coherent, cleanly laid out recipes and encouraging text help readers discover the basics of meal planning and preparation, from grocery shopping to packing meals. A variety of suggested plans are included that feed a range of diets (low-carb, dairy-free, etc.). Photography is simple and clear, and the recipes are not too fussy, but offer a satisfactory arrangement of flavors.

I reviewed this on my blog and will provide details directly to the publisher in the next stage of this process.

This first part of this is great! I love how the container section is broken down for you. As someone that meal preps every week I have plenty of containers but i found that there are certain ones that you use more then others. The recopies are where I thought it wasn't as stellar. They weren't bad i just was not impressed. I was hoping for a few more creative ideas. But all in all I think this would be great for a beginner in meal prepping.

Takes a great approach to meal planning/prepping; the photos and layout are particularly clean. Especially notable is the sort global take on the subject so that a reader can apply the concepts/principles without getting overwhelmed by specific meal plans. A recommend for sure.

<i>I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review</i>

I really enjoyed this book! Meal prep is something we regularly do in our house, so when I saw this book on NetGalley, I was immediately drawn to it. What new, fresh tips and tricks could it contain?!

The introductory chapters are full of little nuggets of inspiration and encouragement to give meal prep a try. While I think this book is geared more towards beginners, I was still able to find some useful information to try out in my next meal prep session.

The tone of the book is very upbeat. You can tell as you read that Erin Romeo is truly passionate about the topic, and she really wants to help simplify life in the kitchen, something pretty much everyone can use help with!

The second part of the book is made up of original recipes, as well as step-by-step guides to get your meal prep done efficiently. She includes several meal plans for different dietary restrictions as well, so this really is an all-in-one guide. You can pick your diet, flip to the corresponding recipes, and then just follow the steps as she has laid them out. I can't wait to give her method a try during my next meal prep session!

I would recommend this book to... everyone, really. Everyone has to eat, and everyone is busy. This book could help anyone who is looking to streamline their time in the kitchen, especially people completely new to meal prep. Highly, highly recommend!

I really enjoy meal prepping one day a week out of my need to be organized, eat healthy, and be able to grab things quickly. I think this is a good cookbook but I wasn't sure what the 'visual guide' aspect of this book was since it seemed more of a straight-forward cookbook. The recipes are great (never thought of a 'broccoli, chicken, and cheese-stuffed sweet potato') yet other than the basics (a list of foods to purchase), I didn't learn anything over exciting that was different from how I normally prep my food. I think it would be a great book for someone who is just learning to change their dietary lifestyle and prep food for their success.

This was very helpful for me, as I do need visual help ha,ha! I prep for about three days a week for myself as I have to physically go to my office about three days a week. Very useful book!

The Visual Guide to Easy Meal Prep by Erin Romeo is a perfect addition to any kitchen. The layout is simple and the instructions are easy to follow. Some of the ideas do seem like common sense, however, anyone new to meal prepping and looking for healthy recipes will find them here.

While I strive to keep myself organized in the kitchen, there are always times when I wish I was better prepared. Organizing the shopping and the prep is one thing that this cookbook seems to stress. The Visual Guide to Easy Meal Prep is a planning tool with some healthy recipes to help you achieve success in the kitchen.

❀ STRAIGHTFORWARD STEPS

The recipes that are included within this book all fit together with the themes of planning and healthy eating. Sourcing the ingredients is not difficult and the steps involved are straightforward. I created the Peanut Butter Brownies, which are a healthy alternative to your standard brownie. They were tasty, but not enough to sway me from enjoying a coveted dessert.

❀ GREAT TIPS AND HEALTHY ALTERNATIVES

If you are on the hunt for ideas to organize yourself in the kitchen, The Visual Guide to Easy Meal Prep may be the book for you. It has some great tips and healthy alternatives to many popular dishes.

This book is great! It includes 75 recipe ideas for healthy meal prep ideas! There are so many photos to help with the entire process! The recipes help save time, save money, and save space in your pantry! I highly recommend this book to anyone who has meal prepped or wants to meal prep.

*Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an advanced reader's copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

This is what my life was missing! This is just the book I needed to help me find tune meal planning. The recipes are all easy to follow and the ones I’ve tried are delicious. I appreciate that many of the recipes are family friendly and I love that snacks and treats are included recipes.

The Visual Guide to Easy Meal Prep is a great book for any home if it’s a big family or small family Erin has explained great tips to help you through your meal prep process .

Transitioning into a busier life is a hard adjustment, and people need to eat regardless of the situation. The Visual Guide to Easy Meal Prep is a fantastic starter book for new parents, young professionals, or anyone just leaving the nest. Containing basic recipes and ingredients with clear instruction for prep, storage, and cooking, this book will walk any newbie through cooking on the run (and hopefully keep them out of McDonald's!).

A terrific cookbook about easy meal preparation. Enjoyed several of the recipes from this one.

Many thanks to Netgalley, the author, and the publisher. All opinions are my own.

This book works on several levels, but you have to buy into the whole package for it to work for you.
Firstly Meal Prep is a self-repeating process, the more you do the easier the idea becomes a reality. This book presented a great argument for Meal Prep but will it make me change - sadly not.
Secondly Meal Prep prompts a better lifestyle but demands a degree of organisation and planning to have a ready meal to hand to save the grasp for that slice of cake.
Thirdly Meal Plan is easy only if you are organised and your default approach isn't laziness.
For the cook want to save money, eat better and more healthily this is a great resource.
I love the approach and felt the motivation, reception is my fault alone. A cook with a smile is a winning look. A cook book works with great pictures and photos of food, good enough to eat.
This book is a cramed with easy to follow recipes. The ethos of Meal Prep is a given but since this is a niche book that demands you buy into the whole concept. Otherwise, it is a cook book with some interesting tips and meals.
If you don't buy into Meal Prep then it will be a frustrarion, a constant reminder of a 'better' way like that gym equipment gathering dust in the garage.
Buy it if you are up for the challenge. read it if you are prepared to change. Meal Prep is not a spectator sport.

I really liked this cookbook. As a vegan i like cooking with lots of plant-based ingredients, nuts and seeds and this book didn't disappoint. Novice cooks can easily follow these recipes and implement them into their weekly routines. I will definately purchase a hardcopy of this book - i highly recommend..

Thanks for the ARC from the publisher & Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

A big thank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing/Race Point for the ARC. I am voluntarily reviewing this book. This was a fun book to read, lots of visuals. It had easy, concise instructions. I personally can't see eating something on Friday, I made the last Sunday so I would opt for the 2 mini preps a week. Overall a great simple start for food prep. Very organized and lots of information . 5 stars

n these busy times, most of us want to be more organized so that we can save time and accomplish more. Preparing meals takes significant time for most of us, and trying to think of something to cook for dinner is often stressful. Healthy seems almost impossible. However, Erin Romero has solved the problem for those of us who are willing to invest a bit of prep time, in her excellent cookbook, The Visual Guide to Easy Meal Prep: Save Time and Eat Healthy with over 75 Recipes. This cookbook covers all aspects of getting things ready early so that we can simply take storage containers out of the fridge and have delicious, healthy meals in record time.

The early chapters include an approved food list, storage containers, low carb, vegetarian, and other meal plans, as well as necessary kitchen tools (most of us already have these in our kitchens – no need to go out and purchase anything). The whole point of the book, of course, is Romero’s The Five Steps to Meal-Prep Success: (1) Get Containers where she explains the pros and cons of different storage containers, (2) Grocery Shop, where she explains how to read nutritional charts, food terms, and the importance of shopping with a list, (3) Clean and Cut, including helps in keeping things fresh longer, (4) Cook, and having several items cooking at the same time to save time and effort, and (5) Portion and Pack. While these steps aren’t rocket science, they are absolutely brilliant and are the key to success.

The recipes include are excellent, healthy, and appetizing. They include items for special diets such as vegetarian, gluten free, low carb, etc. and are actually for dishes most of us want to eat. Chicken and Bacon Club Wraps, Mediterranean Steak Salad (delicious), Chicken Tortilla Soup (Yum!), Breakfast Burritos, Berry Vanilla High-Protein Pancakes, and Thai Bowls with Peanut Sauce are a few favorites. The recipes are well-written, succinct, and easy-to-follow. Everyone can prepare them, whether beginning or advanced in the kitchen, and everyone will love the results, no matter how picky. There are beautiful photographs of most of the dishes, so readers will know just how things are supposed to turn out.

If you are trying to find ways to get more organized in your meal prepping, this is an excellent cookbook that will help you reach your goals. Highly recommended.

Special thanks to NetGalley for supplying a review copy of this book.

I received this arc from NetGalley for an honest review. Great, easy to read meal prep book with lots of pictures and recipes. Easy to use with lots of great ideas. One I will buy for sure.

Meal prep is something that seems like too much work for me. This book does help to make it a little easier. While not comprehensive, it has good ideas for me. I think this is good for people beginning to meal prep. I would highly recommend this to many hat are starting a new healthy eating journey.

Useful Tips and Healthful-Sounding Recipes, But...

Do you have a hard time getting dinner or other meals on the table every day? In this book, the author introduces her take on the concept of advance meal preparation and gives her five steps for meal prep success. The introductory sections of the book do provide a firm foundation in what you need to consider if you decide to attempt this advance meal prep. I have occasionally done multi-meal food prep, so I know that organization and planning is a key to success (along with sturdy shoes). The author goes into a little about how to grocery shop for healthful ingredients and even do some pre-preparation before your cooking day.

The author espouses what she calls healthy cooking, and for the most part, I would say that it is. Although, when I looked over her “approved food list” (and something about that rankles my independent, don’t-tell-me-what-to-eat mentality), I was somewhat dismayed to find that potatoes were not on it. I am not one who believes that potatoes are inherently evil, unlike some, and I believe they have a place in a well-rounded, healthy diet so long as you are not following a low-carb or anti-inflammatory diet plan.

Speaking of plans, the author does give four meal prep plans that you can follow depending upon your dietary preferences or needs: low carb, vegetarian, gluten free, and dairy free. For each plan, she gives a couple of breakfasts, mains, and snacks. Each plan has enough for four days of food, with the three main meals and one or two snacks covered. While the author does discuss how to strategize your cooking day in general in the introduction, she goes into greater detail in each of the plans. She tells you precisely which recipes, or parts of recipes, to do and in which order so that you make the most efficient use of your time and resources (like oven or stovetop time). I think both these detailed plans and the more general plan are a fantastic way to get you thinking about how to structure your own meal prep sessions with your family favorite recipes.

The recipe portion is divided into just a few basic sections like breakfast, mains, snacks and sides, and dressings, dips, and sauces. Unfortunately, the author does not give any sort of nutritional information for any of the recipes. I think this is odd for a cookbook that is meant to be healthy. Everybody has a different approach to what they think healthy eating is. Some watch their carbs while others watch fat, amongst other things. It would have been nice to have the macronutrient breakdown as well as the calorie count. Even though she gives meal prep plans for four very specific diets, she doesn't label the recipes as being friendly to them. Sometimes, of course, this is easy to figure out (no chicken for a vegetarian, no cheese for someone who’s dairy free), but other times, it is more tricky and perhaps even impossible if you are, say, really eating low-carb since she doesn't give any nutritional counts.

For each recipe that needs to be reheated on eating day, the author gives brief but useful instructions. I will admit I have a hard time imagining some of these recipes being good warmed up, like an omelet. Eggs always seem to be the best right after they've been cooked. So I wonder how the egg dishes would actually be on day three or four.

One thing that I found kind of funny is that there is no specific dessert section, but dessert recipes are definitely included in the snacks and sides section. I'm wondering if the author thought that she couldn't have an official dessert chapter in a healthy cookbook or if she didn't have enough healthy desserts to warrant an entire chapter. Surely, she is not saying that one should snack on dessert foods? For some reason, in what is meant to be a healthy cookbook, I find that kind of funny.

I feel like this book could have been organized better, though I'm not quite sure what should have been done. I'm wondering if perhaps the plans should have been at the back, as I often see in cookbooks, and the recipes clearly marked with what diet(s) they would work with. Perhaps, too, she could have had hyperlinked master lists of recipes for each diet. I just feel like this book needs some better organization since it seems to be appealing to at least four different and distinct crowds as well as the general cook. Maybe the book would have been better split into four separate books based around the different diets, with only the recipes that would be suitable for it. Maybe she could have had a fifth cookbook that was more about the generalities of meal planning with multiple plans to really help the cook-reader get a sense of how to strategize and execute multi-meal cooking, based not just around diets but seasons and holidays as well.

All in all, I think this cookbook shares some good tips and techniques if you want to try prepping and cooking ahead. Some recipes are complicated, which could be hard to do on a big cooking day, but some look relatively straightforward. The organization is a little confusing, and there are issues with the recipe information, as I stated. I would call this cookbook a mixed bag, so to speak, with some good information and recipes but definitely lacking in a few areas.

I am just getting into meal prep, so I really appreciated the way this book was formatted. This serves as an easy introduction for those unfamiliar with meal prep. Simple and straightforward that anyone can follow.

3.5 stars.

This book is helpful in teaching you the basics but it includes many obvious stuff that you should know like buying knives for the kitchen to get started. This takes around 1/3 of the book before going to the lists of food and which category they fall into (carbohydrates, fats or protein).

I like how there was a low carb, vegetarian, gluten free and dairy free plans before heading out to the recipes for each meal of the day with pro tips in between.

Overall, a bit disappointed because I thought there would be a different insight to meal prep besides the obvious. Regardless, the recipes in the book sound delicious and I can't wait to try some of them especially since they're healthy.

Thank you Netgalley for providing me with the digital copy for an honest review.

Me and so many other are into meal prepping these days. I love the pictures in this book and the recipes that go along with it. Would recommend to any library looking to build their cookbook collection with popular trends.

Enticing photos and delicious, healthful recipes make this book a winner! I'd always meant to do more advance meal prepping, and this book was the catalyst to finally do more of it.

I received a free e-copy of The Visual Guide to Easy Meal Prep: Strategies and Recipes to Get Organized, Save Time, and Eat Healthier from NetGalley for my honest revies.

This book has a variety of recipes that will help you to eat healthier and eat cleaner. Recipes that will be pleasing to everyone, even the pickiest of eaters.

This book was full of great ideas and recipes for meal prep! I especially appreciate the visuals! This is a great resource for anyone looking for suggestions on healthy eating/meal prepping!