Comments on: How I Prep Healthy Meals (and Reduce Food Waste) https://www.andiemitchell.com/how-to-prep-healthy-meals-and-reduce-food-waste/ Healthy recipes and inspiration for a balanced, feel-good life Mon, 15 Dec 2025 09:35:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: whiteout survival top up https://www.andiemitchell.com/how-to-prep-healthy-meals-and-reduce-food-waste/#comment-1459624 Mon, 15 Dec 2025 09:35:26 +0000 http://www.canyoustayfordinner.com/?p=13683#comment-1459624 Appreciate the effort put into this. It’s always good to see quality content.

]]> By: BARIZA SCIENCE https://www.andiemitchell.com/how-to-prep-healthy-meals-and-reduce-food-waste/#comment-1459297 Thu, 11 Dec 2025 08:06:51 +0000 http://www.canyoustayfordinner.com/?p=13683#comment-1459297 Really great thoughtful Information, thank you

]]> By: Callie https://www.andiemitchell.com/how-to-prep-healthy-meals-and-reduce-food-waste/#comment-620250 Thu, 19 Nov 2015 19:54:50 +0000 http://www.canyoustayfordinner.com/?p=13683#comment-620250 Hi Andie,

Just started reading your book and I am loving it so far!!

Quick question- what indoor grill did you use for your chicken? We always bake or sauté and don’t have an option for an outdoor grill. Your chicken looks so yummy with those grill marks!!

Thanks!

]]> By: Alyssa https://www.andiemitchell.com/how-to-prep-healthy-meals-and-reduce-food-waste/#comment-619247 Tue, 17 Nov 2015 15:55:17 +0000 http://www.canyoustayfordinner.com/?p=13683#comment-619247 I started meal planning when I went back to school full-time this fall, and it’s been going great. There are still come kinks to work out, but overall, it’s working well for my other half and I. I came across a post several months ago (and I wish I could remember the blog) that was full of tips for reducing food waste. My favorite one, which I implemented right away, is to put a white board on the fridge to keep track of what food you have on hand. After I go shopping, I write down what meats and produce I bought. I keep track of what’s in the fridge and in the freezer, as well as any dairy and other perishables we have. Then each time I cook something, I erase it from the board. This helps me so much with the meal planning because I can see it all right in front of me without having to dig through the fridge. We have significantly cut down on food waste because I don’t forget what I bought when it gets lost in the back somewhere. I love it! Great post.

]]> By: Natasha Crawford https://www.andiemitchell.com/how-to-prep-healthy-meals-and-reduce-food-waste/#comment-614739 Wed, 04 Nov 2015 13:29:09 +0000 http://www.canyoustayfordinner.com/?p=13683#comment-614739 Reducing the food waste we create is very important. I feel bad what I know how many people are starving and we are throwing food to the garbage! There are many ways to reduce food waste by freezing food, giving away or get creative in the kitchen! :) Thank you for the post!

]]> By: Victoria https://www.andiemitchell.com/how-to-prep-healthy-meals-and-reduce-food-waste/#comment-612446 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 23:19:37 +0000 http://www.canyoustayfordinner.com/?p=13683#comment-612446 I started prepping my breakfast to ensure I eat protein, probiotics…a healthy tasty breakfast every day. On Sunday, I lay out 5 plastic pint containers and fill with 3/4 cup organic, grass fed cows yogurt, chopped seasonal fruit and about 15 nuts per container. this way I grab and go, eat bfast in the car, but it’s still healthy and complete. Bonus–No bread!

]]> By: Ashley (QLCC) https://www.andiemitchell.com/how-to-prep-healthy-meals-and-reduce-food-waste/#comment-607861 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 19:40:54 +0000 http://www.canyoustayfordinner.com/?p=13683#comment-607861 If only my fella would eat a week of food like this… It looks like heaven to me, but I’d waste half of it because homeboy doesn’t eat his veggies :(

]]> By: momtaxijulie https://www.andiemitchell.com/how-to-prep-healthy-meals-and-reduce-food-waste/#comment-607357 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 18:25:33 +0000 http://www.canyoustayfordinner.com/?p=13683#comment-607357 I have a board on Pinterest where I put dinner items for the week on. Then I make my shopping list from them. It works great and since I have all the food for my meals on hand I don’t eat out. I pack up the left overs in portion sized containers and use those for lunches :)

]]> By: Alice Stewart https://www.andiemitchell.com/how-to-prep-healthy-meals-and-reduce-food-waste/#comment-604462 Thu, 15 Oct 2015 14:27:45 +0000 http://www.canyoustayfordinner.com/?p=13683#comment-604462 What I’ve learned so far in order to reduce their food waste – to plan ahead, buy only what you need, cook wisely, use all the leftovers or freeze them for later use! To sum up – your food looks delicious! ;)

]]> By: Hayley https://www.andiemitchell.com/how-to-prep-healthy-meals-and-reduce-food-waste/#comment-604145 Thu, 15 Oct 2015 13:17:00 +0000 http://www.canyoustayfordinner.com/?p=13683#comment-604145 My husband and meal plan every week. We go to the grocery on Saturday or Sunday, and before we go, my husband creates a grid of the days of the week and we decide what is for lunch and dinner. Then he uses that to create the grocery list. It also allows us to see what extra ingredients you are going to have…”oh, this recipe on Tuesday calls for one stalk of celery, so we can have such and such for dinner on Friday and use the rest.” It sound crazy, but it’s really a huge part of how our lives work on a daily basis. I couldn’t imagine coming home and wondering “so, what are we having for dinner?” and rummaging through the cabinets and fridge. Nor could imagine having to do spur of the moment grocery trips just to put it together every other day. You’ve laid it all out in a much better way than I ever could. Pre-cooking some items is a great idea. We will have to try that.

I would also love to see the spaghetti squash recipe you mentioned for one of your dinners. That sounds amazing!

]]>