How often do you cook? Have the same few things in rotation? Cook for anyone else too? Prep multiple days at a time or cook every day? I personally work a weird schedule so I prep food 5 days at a time. Also only eat one big meal a day. That could be anything in my dozenish meals rotation. I prep for my girlfriend too but shes simple. For her I cut up some vegetables (bell peppers, cauliflower, celery and carrots usually) then cook up a couple pounds of seasoned meat (chicken breast or 90/10 ground beef). What about you?
13 people live in my house full time. If I didn’t meal prep, I would never be able to leave the kitchen.
We always have “egg McBluffins” in the freezer, just pop em in the microwave for a minute or so (99 seconds if you’re doing 2 at once) and you’ve got breakfast sorted. I make large batches of pulled pork, or shredded beef, and I freeze individual portions in vac seal bags. Pop some in the nuker, and you’re ready to make a sandwich, burrito, taco, whatever. I currently have 40 servings of chili in the freezer, along with 40 servings of Italian Wedding soup. I also make ham and bean soup in big batches to freeze, but we’re currently out of that. I’ve got beef stew coming up in the rotation, we’ll eat about half of it the first night, and freeze the rest in portion sized containers. Pickled eggs (the pink ones, with the beet juice) are a huge hit with my family, and I raise chickens, so we’re never short on eggs. I don’t know an exact number, but I’d say I have somewhere between 80 and 100 pickled eggs in my house right now. 2-3 of those is a nice high protein snack that you can just grab and go. Last time I harvested one of my goats, I cooked the entire thing in a pit I dug in my yard, then shredded the meat for a delicious birria inspired dish. I also like to make huge batches of Bolognese sauce and freeze it in reasonable portions, so that I just have to boil up some pasta, and that’s dinner.
I don’t just “do” meal prep, I live meal prep.