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Almost everyone is busy and spending lots of time in the kitchen isn’t feasible. Meal prep is the big thing right now; everybody’s doing it. Some prep with freezer meals that last for a month or so, and others prep meals for a week. There are dozens of cookbook out there with hints and helps on meal prepping, and Easy Meal Prep: Save Time and Eat Healthy with over 75 Recipes, by passionate nutrition coach, meal planning expert, and the creator behind the popular Instagram account @foodprepprincess. Because of her nutrition background, most of the recipes in this cookbook are healthy – some a bit over the top healthy. Nevertheless, there are several that appeal to even those of us who aren’t so passionate about healthy.

The recipes are written in the traditional manner with the ingredients listed first followed by step-by-step instructions. They are easy to follow and suitable for both beginning and advanced cooks. They call for fresh and healthy ingredients and are very appealing. Romeo includes some meal prep plans for special diets such as high protein, dairy free, and gluten free.

Also included are beautiful, professional photographs of many of the dishes, as well as instructions for successful meal-prepping. All told, this is a good one for those who want to make healthier meals and save time by prepping a week’s worth of meals at one time.

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

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Thank you, NetGalley, for an e-ARC of Easy Meal Prep by Erin Romeo.
Easy Meal Prep is a cookbook and a guide to help you prepare meals in advance so weeknight cooking is simplified. Romeo includes tips on how to divide and store food, as well as reheating. Beautiful full-color photographs help the reader visualize the final product.

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This is a great guide to meal prepping for a variety of skill levels. The book is aesthetic but also simple. I would highly recommend it for any person who loves meal prepping.

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Great photos with easy recipes to follow! The book offers practical tips and advice that make the process less daunting and more manageable. Thank you to Netgalley, the author and the publisher for a chance to read and review this book in exchange for and honest review.

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Especially good if you are busy, need to feed a family or group regularly, like cooking in larger quantities and have room to store and freeze food. All in all a good book with some different as well as many standard recipes. All laid out for a different way of batch cooking for busy lives.

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A great book for those of us looking to start prepping food but aren't sure where to start! I have been trying to eat healthier and prep more meals but it can be overwhelming. This book does a great job of giving tips and tricks as well as a few delicious looking recipes. Can't wait to try them.

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Really great collection for people that are just getting into meal prep. This was helpful, as I am in the beginning of my meal prep journey and this helped me know where to start. I wouldn't suggest this to people who have been meal prepping for awhile, but I think it's a great resource for newbies.

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Over 75 recipes prepare you to meal prep and have healthier food options. The book begins with information such as containers to use, information on portioning, and an approved food list. The book includes a high protein plan using recipes in the book. Recipes are easy to follow with a separate section showing the serving size, prep time and cook time. An additional section includes the ingredients. I do wish it included equipment needed to make the recipe. Recipes steps appear easy to follow and includes information for storage.

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I really liked this meal prep book. I need a lot of help thinking through what I should have on hand in order to make the most each week. This book helped me a lot with that and have great information about recipes and ways to do the meal prep.

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This book didn't excel as I had hoped. Easy to read recipes and I did like how the author included how long the meal would last in the freezer, but I was looking for more instructions on meal prepping and the recipes well, there are so many YouTube and Instagram meal prep videos this book did give me the wow factor I need to run and make any of the recipes.

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A great book that will help you get organised and have you wanting to cook more and enjoy more relaxing meals together as a family. This is what we all need and I think it is the perfect book for anyone who loves to cook, who doesn't have the time and best of all for those who may not be as organised as the want to be.

Great ideas, recipes and information that will get you cooking and get you organised. Enjoy

Thank you NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group – Rock Point for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book.

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Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for letting me review this book. This book has some great tips and easy recipes to try. There’s several recipes that I’m looking forward to trying.

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I was incredibly excited to look thru this cookbook! The photographs are absolutely beautiful. There are so many recipes I want to try with a wide variety from banana chocolate chip bread to the apple cinnamon muffins to pesto to fajitas. It all looks amazing! The cookbook is organized in a traditional order that has a sensible flow. I’m eager to put some of the suggestions to good use for meal preparation in order to save time and money, especially with our days getting busier as my kids get older and get more involved in activities!

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Its such an easy and good way to start learning how to meal prep. I definitely will start applying what I learned from this book to my everyday habits of meal prep. I can't wait to get a physical copy for my kitchen because the book itself is SO pretty! I’m so grateful I got to read this ARC! Thank you to Quarto Publishing Group – Rock Point and Erin Romeo for the gifted ARC provided through NetGalley! I’m so happy to share my honest review.
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Perfect for having quick and healthy lunch ideas, especially for going to the office, and having everything ready. Some recipes are a little peculiar, but otherwise it's a good guide.

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Meal prep is something I always struggle with, alternating between being on top of it for a while and then struggling entirely. this book has already helped me make meal prep feel less like a chore and something I can maintain long term.

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Fantastic, easy-to-make recipes for a variety of special diets and clear instructions on how to prep them. This book will make it easy to eat more healthy. I wasn't familiar with the author or her website, but will check it out now. #EasyMealPrep #NetGalley

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I love when a cookbook gets down to business and for the most part that is what Erin Romeo did. While I expected her 5 steps for meal prep to be "duh" there were actually some helpful hints in there.

I loved the meal plan options with how to meal prep them. I especially loved the different dietary options listed.

The recipes looked really yummy and nutritious, but also weren't filled with "weird" ingredients I see in a lot of healthy things. I think many are very family friendly which is a plus. The pictures were great and recipes laid out in a user friendly way.

My only suggestion might be to include the recipes directly after the meal plan for using them, but I also understand the goal is to be useable to select your own as well. Having the page numbers helps a lot though. Definitely going to add this to my shelf.

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The first thing I loved about this book is that it broke down what kind of containers I needed. I didn;t have to guess. And I finally understand glass versus plastic! Though I'm miffed why coffee is approved but black tea isn't. Guess what? Black tea is safer for me than herbal so I'm already going off the approved food list lol. I liked that Erin Romeo included several plans that are typical ones people must use. These only last four days so I guess you need to mix it up the rest of the week. The meal prep takes up one page for each plan and then teh rest of teh book is the recipes. I wish there were more pictures but what pictures there are gorgeous. Some recipes seemed a lot longer than I figured they should with prep while others seemed just right.

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I loved this book. It is not life-changing or exceptionally original, but it is perfect if you want to start meal-prep and you are feeling overwhelmed because it guides you step by step. It explains everything you need to do, and everything you need to have at hand, and it is really helpful to build a good routine for it.
I like the idea of meal-prepping, even if routines do not apply to my weekly schedule, but from time to time I do it because it is helpful and it can help with eating healthier, that's for sure.
And this book is not only full of good advice about the technical aspects, but it is also full of yummi recipes, and I am pretty curious to try some of them out. This book made me famished!
But that aside, it was an interesting and informative read. And I recommend it if you are in search of a good guide to meal-prepping.

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