How To Shop For Multiple Fit Meals At Once

The typical way to meal prep is to come up with a bunch of recipes, figure out how much of what ingredients you need to make each one, then head to the store. Just doing this—never mind the actual cooking—can kill an entire evening or afternoon. There's got to be a better way, right? Well, maybe there is. Casey Moulton, the Kitchen Karate guy, suggests basing your shopping list on a single number system instead of a bunch of recipes.

"Shopping by numbers is how the best chefs do it," Moulton says. "When you eat at craft food establishments, the executive chefs hand-pick the freshest ingredients at the best value each day. They make the menu after shopping, letting the ingredients inspire the dishes."

Meals are made up of three basic macronutrients: protein, carbohydrates, and fats. You can use a macro calculator to figure out how much of each you need every day. Basing your meals on macros, not recipes, is certainly a different approach, but it's how this professional chef...

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