Tips/advice for meal prepping?

[virtualwasp]

What kind of containers to use to be frozen or heated, do you put everything in one container as a meal or batch cook veg and keep meat apart until plating.

[FreyaRed]

Glass or porcelain is the best option. If you use microwave for reheating avoid plastics. High temperature accelerates release of chemicals from plastics and you don't want this stuff in your food. PP or PE containers are okay for freezing. When you reheat food from cans use a pot, never reheat it in the can. There is thin coating between food and metal made often with vinyl epoxies like Bisphenol A and this stuff seems to be responsible for metabolic health issues.

[exitseven]

I have glass containers with rubber lids. They are airtight. sometimes I put the meat in with the vegetables. Sometimes if there is gravy I put some of that in too

[virtualwasp]

I have glass bottom and plastic air tight lids so i believe they can be stored in the fridge or freezer then used to cook with if need be. Does it impact the shelf life by mixing meat and veg. Wanting to cook a lot of vegetables, didn't know if it would be best to keep things separate.

[exitseven]

Thanks for the MHO😎

[Anonymous]

We only cook what we are going to eat.

[virtualwasp]

its not for myself.