{"id":437,"date":"2026-02-05T23:42:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T23:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/?p=437"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:46:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:46:03","slug":"meal-prep-how-i-make-it-simple-and-sustainable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/meal-prep-how-i-make-it-simple-and-sustainable\/","title":{"rendered":"Meal Prep: How I Make It Simple and Sustainable"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/feb26.2.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-441\" width=\"493\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/feb26.2.webp 350w, https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/feb26.2-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/feb26.2-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Meal prep has saved my health\u2014and my schedule\u2014more times than I can count. I used to think it meant cooking everything on Sunday, stuffing the fridge, and eating the same thing five days in a row. Not true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now I batch cook ingredients: grilled chicken, quinoa, roasted veggies, boiled eggs. Then I mix and match meals through the week. I keep it simple, colorful, and full of nutrients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My hack? Use containers that stack, spice things up with different seasonings, and keep a backup meal in the freezer. Prep equals power\u2014you stay in control and avoid impulsive choices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jean Paul Rivas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meal prep has saved my health\u2014and my schedule\u2014more times than I can count. I used to think it meant cooking everything on Sunday, stuffing the fridge, and eating the same thing five days in a row. Not true. Now I batch cook ingredients: grilled chicken, quinoa, roasted veggies, boiled eggs. Then I mix and match [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[25],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":442,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437\/revisions\/442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}