How I prep a days worth of food in minutes 

Mike, I really appreciate your definition of meal prep. It's more akin to restaurant style and how I prefer to do it -- prep some ingredients, sauces, or flavor bases and then use them to bring meals together faster when it's time to eat throughout the week. Would really love more of that kind of content. Thanks for redefining meal prep to not mean 21 bowls of the same slop in the fridge.

I would love future content on all the decision making that needs to happen in order to execute this. Before the video started, there had to have been a bunch of decisions to make about what dishes to make, and also what ingredients to have on hand. Do you wake up in the morning, look at the fridge and pantry, and decide? Do you decide the night before? Did you do a grocery run a few days earlier aimed to ensure you would have a fully stocked kitchen for this? I would love a deeper dive into what it takes to be able to walk into the kitchen and know what you are about to do.

As a cooking instructor, I wish all food influencers would set a good example and rinse their produce before chopping it. As already mentioned, it was also obvious he did not wash the raw chicken off his hands before touching other things. I see so many of my students do this and I do correct them. But when they see food influencers not stick to good hygiene, they receive conflicting messages. These extra steps take time, but they are the right thing to do. My comment is not intending to take away from the fantastic content you put out. I am an avid follower! 😊

Hey fellow morning person! I would love to see more variations of this meal prep routine. Really enjoyed the video!

The voiceover format is so relaxing and lovely to watch. Your content just gets better and better and better.

Having dinner 90% done before breakfast is so amazing. I don’t know why I don’t do it everyday.

Mike, this is what we need. A person who is busy, not a lot of time for prepping but can donate "some" time to getting ahead of the game. This is a perfect video. Thank you.

I just realized that I probably never commented under your videos. Which is a pitty, since you pretty much taught me how to cook. Thanks you so much for the years of amazing content 🙏

Your prep videos have helped me a lot. Also, don't sleep on cauliflower leaves! Don't throw them away - cut away the meaty part, sprinkle the green leaves with some olive oil and chili pepper powder, and roast them together with the cauliflower. Once dry, they are very tasty

WOULD LOVE a full series of these!!! Even if many dishes are repetitive, it’s that insight into versatility that rly builds the home cook muscles imo so this is super helpful And you’ve got my dream garden!! 😍

FINALLY an influencer turned PARENT! Yeah, in B.C. times (before children), I could accomplish anything. All the time in the world. Cook all day? Yes, please! 😁 Enter kiddos…..I can barely do anything! Loved this paired down, make it good on the fly for busy parents video! 👏👏👏

This was amazing! Very inspiring, thank you, With ADHD I can only aspire to this degree of organisation and clarity, but a girl can dream :). I have to say the lack of any visible handwashing after handling raw chicken did my head in! Especially the shot where he clearly touched the knob on his cooker afterwards.

Mike, we require this. a person who is busy and has little spare time for preparation but can devote "some" time to being proactive. This video is flawless. I'm grateful.

Love people who show reality about life with kids and real cooking process. This channel is my win win!

These are my favorite types of videos from Mike. I mean the other stuff is fun (like the TikTok recipes), but as mom of 3 younglings, I've literally watched this 3 times.

This is manageable and realistic meal prep for a family. Please do more videos

Roasted vegetables are the best! You can also take the cauliflower stems and leaves, chop in 1 inch pieces, drizzle with oil and your choice of spices and roast them as well, ( if you dont care for any burnt pieces, remove the leaves earlier than the rest). I realized that I had been throwing some much delicious edible food away for years. I hope this idea helps someone! Have an awesome day!

As a relatively recent father, your meal prep vids have been a godsend. Before I had learned how to follow recipes, you taught me to cook! =)

He’s a professional people-he knows about hand washing.

I'm in, man! This just blew my mind because the simplicity is right there in front of my face: prep as much as you can in the morning! Why am I not doing this! Thanks so much for the great, healthy options to include the kiddos as well. I hope you are doing a series just like this format, because I think it is genius and, like I said, I'm in. But if you don't, I'm just gonna watch this a million times because it completely inspires me. Thanks!

You’re so lucky you can have a nice garden and just get fresh food from there. I like these easy meal prep videos

Id love to have some details on prepping food and storing them in freezer. Im always wondering how long I can keep and best ways to freeze them. Ideally, I plan for familly meals. Might be some content idea! thanks for your work!

Laughter is brightest where food is best.

Hello Mike, just a quick line, thank you for giving me back my mojo to get back into the kitchen and prepping again. I'd gotten into a bit of a funk and lazy to boot. So your 'freestyle' approach has been just the inspiration to get back to enjoying doing good healthy food. Thanks and kindest regards from Bonnie Scotland!

Mike, love your stuff but can you please mention the washing of hands in between the handling of raw chicken and other foods, and washing your produce to remove any toxic stuff. Know for most people this is well known and common sense, but newbies in the kitchen may not be aware.

Clean as you go Wipe as you go Stay ahead of dishes

Wonderful video - but really surprised to see that you didn't wash the veggies - especially the store-bought cauliflower! You cut it in half, threw half in a zip loc, then started chopping the other half - w/out washing! Washing veggies (even the ones I grow) is a bit time consuming - but not optional imho. I soak everything for at least 10 minutes in water with a little white vinegar to kill bacteria. Then rinse, rinse, rinse. Lettuces need to be dried - so into the sald spinner or gently blotted with a white tea towel. Indeed - adds more time & effort - but can't imagine not doing it.

I've started making chicken salads daily thanks to Mike! I love how creative and fresh they're able to be as well as great for you. Thank you so much for the inspiration and knowledge over so many years. Your content has helped nurture my passion for great home made food. Again, thank you.

As always, I can't imagine how much time it takes to edit these together with all the different points of view!! Kudos!

Would love to see more on your garden and how it is set up!!!

Pro Tip: If u pack the salad dressing in a little container which u out in the salad container the salad tastes like freshe when eating it later and the greens are not soggy;)

Good job. Same thing I do -- don't waste time unwrapping, just cut through it and peel off the wrapping after.

youre cooking intuition is so on point. This does not surprise me, but I've noticed my own cooking intuition getting better recently as I keep practicing. It's very satisfying to "feel like" the chicken is ready and then flip it to see it's cooked beautifully.

Lol, I'm so proud of you for gifting yourself that potato/all purpose hand masher!

I love love love using the same pan over and over!! Mine today was also carbon steel. Sauteed veggies for tomorrow, home fries with onions and what not, then scrambled eggs with 3 cheeses (the latter 2 were breakfast for dinner). Carbon steel needs only a wipe-out between dishes, if that. Highly recommend!

I really would love to see more of this videos! 👏 It is exactly my situation in the moment. Two kids, less time and don't wanne serve fishfinger every day 😅. Inspired by your videos, we now have an air fryer in the kitchen. Thanks for your inspiration.

The trickiest part for me is planning the meals ahead of time and do the grocery shopping. Have to make calculations on spillover or leave fresh stuff for after else it will get bad soon

I just realized how much I love and value this channel and the work and effort invested in producing this content. More power ❤

More videos like this please! My family will eat the Pancakes but not the last 2 (I would though!). Options for picky eaters would be amazing!

You can double the rice and freeze whatever you have left!! It warms amazingly from the freezer better than leftover rice from the fridge!!!!

A few hints regarding health: - be very cautious about your fat choices (I don't know what's in that spray bottle but saturated or heat proof oil with less omega 6 fatty acids is important) -you could soak your pancake flour overnight in an acidic solution (buttermilk is perfect) to get red of anti nutrients like phytic acid -don't put hot or acidic stuff in plastic containers -also the pfas coated air fryer could be a concern long term Thanks for the video and all the best!

Definitely make more of these videos! Great information and tips!

i love these videos, inspiring, getting ideas of how i do food prep week after week

The best of the chefs out there Love your efficiency

i absolutely LOVE these videos, thank you for all the inspiration and motivation!!! 💖

Amazing kitchen and garden. Would love to have that much space and fresh ingredients to cook with. Also that splatter guard is definitely what I need. My stove is usually an oily mess

Great video. Very relaxing/relaxed vibe. Love the garden and composting.

This video didn’t say it, but it changed my life!!

I love watching you make the meals, but I keep watching certain steps and going "yup, that's where this would all fall apart for me." My ADHD brain has always made cooking iffy -- simple things are easy, but anything complex runs away with me. Trying to chop things while also keeping track of cooking things is an easy way to court disaster. Trying to put food away while the pan's still over heat is another way to cause problems. I do love having a rice cooker -- and I like that it can cook more than just rice! -- and should soon be working with a crockpot as well. Hoping to incorporate part of your lessons into my kitchen skill-ups. One of the techniques I've found to help me out is to separate the stages of prep so they're not all in one big conglomeration that screws me up. So for example, chopping veggies ahead of time, or cooking the meat and fridging/freezing it and later doing the veggies. Doing the rice early is useful, too (doesn't take so many "spoons", so it's easy to recharge for the next step). When it comes to grinding your own spices, how far in advance is too far in advance? Do they lose a lot of potency if you grind them the day before? Or a week before?

Thank you for the splatter guard !!!!! I needed this my whole life I just didn't know it ! 👍🙌

What a beautiful garden you have!

This video was SO helpful btw- love this format, and would love to see more sort of off the cuff daily meal preps like this

Fantastic! This is my favorite style of meal prep, mix and match

meal prepping for the day is so smart 🤯 thank you for introducing this to me!!

More of these, this is amazing for parents!

This is one of my favorite cooking videos ever! Efficiently using time, resources and that pan! I am SO going to use that trick!

This is a better fit to my life. Thanks for sharing!

Please tell me when you washed your hands between touching the chicken and touching the pancakes or spice blend.

Love this style of cooking! I pretty much cook every other day, and this is perfect. I’d love to see more videos like this one.

I throughly enjoyed this video and how efficient this is ☺️

wow now this kind of format is really an useful one ty so much for such an exciting prep-organising content❤

This is the kind of content I really like to see. Day to day food prepping. I’m always doing a rolling prep. What I can when I can. Thank you for the video.

Love it, as usual. Will be so useful this week.

Really liked this style of video. Hope you do more of these.

what a gorgeous garden :) you inspire me with every video my dude

This was so nice to watch. I'm inspired, thanks for sharing.

Love this meal prep video! It’s inspiring to a fellow meal prepper looking to save time! ✌🏻

I love what you did with your lettuce and argula raised beds! Clever idea. These tips are great because I have two kids under 5 and it's hard to meal prep and plan. Great tips.

More of this please!!

Just tried the banana pancakes - delicious! Thanks for that idea!

Man, I really loved the vibe of this video. For some reason, it was do relaxing to watch

Yes!! Love this! It really helps someone with lots of mouths to feed and little time!! Thank you! Now I just need like seven more days of meal preps like this 😂 seriously, I would love more videos like this ❤ thank you for the content

Your sense of fashion is quite inspiring. I could never pull it off.

This was such a helpful video! More of this!

Suggestion: get some glass containers to put hot food in! Plastic can leach in heat or acidic settings

Real life cooking, love it.

That was a really good video. Just wake up early and cook all three meals. Simple yet brilliant. I am interested in that pan you are using as well. It looks like a good purchase.

Great stuff, as always, Mike. And of course I had to buy the carbon steel pan.

Clean in between and knowing what to prep first is vital for a home cook. I'm definitely getting a spatter guard. Cooking lid doesn't cut it sometime.

one of your best videos yet, absolutely love it!

Thank you for the inspiration

This looks superb, thank you 🙏🏼

I make your banana pancakes all the time!❤I have severe gluten intolerance and I love that it is so forgiving with sooo many kinds of flour and never dry.

This is amazing, thankhs and Happy Father's Day!

That's such a good use of pan non stick patina layer. Niceeeee

Not sure if you have done it before, but i really like this post video narration you decided to do with this video. Some great tips in this video to help with the flow of cooking for sure.

We have the same rice cooker -I actually looked at mine when I heard yours! It is silly but it is really nice when it sings!

Good video Mike!

Do you not wash your greens after bringing them in from the garden ?

YOU ARE A KING

Wow! Impressive! I'm going to have to try your style. Thanks for the eye-opener because I was slaving in the kitchen needlessly. Do you have more of these videos with different recipes? I would be forever indebted!😅

PLEASE make more videos with this style of cooking! :D It's absolutely amazing! My partner and I aren't able to cook more than once a day and now with a 3-month old baby, we're finding meal prep and cooking very vexing and hard to plan. p.s. the banana pancakes were spectacular - I want to eat them all the time now :D

I love the background music!

Got an air fryer from my brother yesterday. It's amazing!

Thank you! Very relateable and adaptable!

Mike! Amazing content as always! Any chance we can see a garden tour?

Best ending so far. Great video.

Really liking the new editing and voice over

I do something similar. I buy those huge chubs of 90/10 burger from sams. Break it down into 2 pound zip bags. Once a week i fry up a bag of hamburger and 2 onions. Its in the fridge for tacos, pasta, undone bierocks(my fav), mixed in eggs, gravy, stews. Just everything. Just having that 2 to 4 pounds of already cooked and onioned meat ready make cooking a real snap. And i can do it while i was dishes in a big pot. Add a little water and use that great star shaped ground meat tool. Let the onions and meat kind of boil/steam then as the water evaporates you decide how much water to leave in for reheating. It low fat and you can preseason it how you like. Same with hard boiled/steamed eggs. Just have 6 ready for salads, sides, snacking. I also buy cole slaw mix. Yes i know i could cut it up myself by buying a small head of green cabbage, red cabbage and carrots and vacuum pack it myself. But why? In my Walmart the 2 pre-done vacuum packed fresh slaw mix is about the the same price as the heads of cabbage. Then you have to get the carrots. Then you have to spend more time peeling shredding, cleaning up and still have leftover food you may or may not get eaten. So wasting food and money. For my household it's better. So for my beirocks bowls i just dump the hamburger/onion mix in a pot put the package of fresh slaw mix in with a little water to steam the veggies, season and done. I can have that for lunch all week.

Watching you make pancakes put me in the mood...I will make them the night before...