Eat healthier, save money, and save time… Make your food for the week. Below is how to prepare up to 9 servings in 23 minutes including clean-up.

I’m a large proponent of cooking the majority of your meals ahead of time and just heating them up throughout the week. Throughout the work week I grow lazy and don’t want to cook food. This leads to eating out which wastes money, leads to consumption of some seriously healthy food, and actually takes time away from me due to travel time. So I prepare all of my food on Sunday, but as always I want to be efficient. I need to minimize food prep time while maximizing the quality of my food. The following is one of the meals I prepare.

Header Info: Time = 23 min , meals 3-9,

Step 0.0: Get stuff

Acquire the following items: Salmon Filets, Basmati Rice, Broccoli, Vegetable Oil, Flour, an egg, seasoning (I just use a bit of seasoned salt)

Optional items: Butter, lemon juice, Parmesan cheese

NOTE: I use frozen filets and broccoli since I just store a lot in my freezer. Use fresh if you grab your food on the weekends. If you use frozen like me throw them in the fridge a day beforehand.

Step 1.0: I hope you can boil water

1.1 Set your water to boil or dump everything into your rice cooker.

NOTE: Use basmati rice or any other rice that isn’t covered in starch so that your rice doesn’t boil over. That means extra clean-up time!

Step 2.0: Pan Fry those filets

2.1 Put like a few tablespoons of oil in a skillet, just enough to fry the fish in. Put the stone on medium heat.

2.2 Beat an egg in a flat dish. You’re going to dip the filets in this

2.3 Spread flour over a plate. You’re going to cover the filets in this.

2.4 If you’re making your rice in a pot throw the rice in and set the timer.

2.5. Dip the filets in the egg coating both sides and then in the flour making sure it is well coated. Then throw them in the skillet. Do these in however large a batch your skillet allows.

2.6 If you require multiple batches stack the filets on your flour plate in preparation for frying.

Step 3.0 Drink Beer and stuff

3.1 Flip the filets when the first side is cooked, cook as many batches as you have to cook.

Note: Add your desired seasoning after flipping filets

3.2 Clean up everything you can: Skillet, plates, put flour away,

3.3 Prepare your containers for the fish and rice. Just throw the broccoli in there.

NOTE: I put Parmesan cheese on my broccoli cause it is tasty.

3.4 Transfer filets to containers as they are finished.

3.5 You’re probably still waiting on that damn rice. Drink beer, I recommend a nice Belgium beer.

Step 4.0 Final Touches

4.1 Dump your rice into the containers and seal them up.

4.2 Wipe off counter top and leave your rice pot to soak and be cleaned later.

4.3 Finish your beer

That is it. I’ve cooked as many as 9 meals at a time doing this. Even taking pictures this particular batch only took 23 minutes because the rice takes 20. During the time you wait for your rice you can stage other meals you may be making for the week as well. Feel free to give me recommendations on improving the process.