Kelly Williams Brown

Get in the zone while grocery shopping

Have a slated grocery shopping time that includes prep time built in afterward

It helps if you set aside a few hours each week to prep. While this sounds hard, it just means that you make assembling meals as easy as possible for yourself later in the week, when you are tired and your feet hurt and every part of your body is screaming to order Chinese takeout

go ahead and wash the greens and herbs

take this time to mince onions and such, then perhaps go ahead and make a big batch of food that ages well for later in the week if you’re tired and don’t feel like cooking

Do put produce in the crisper drawer

Store and freeze things properly

Air is the enemy when it comes to storing or freezing leftovers. Get all possible air out before it goes in the freezer.

Freezer bags and Mason jars also work well.

once things are frozen, it’s really difficult to separate out individual portions, which is why you asked your butcher to separate things out and also why, if you’re freezing soup or something, you should dole it out into the amount you want for any given meal. Ziplocs are great for this.