Clever mother preps vegetables for every meal of the week

‘This is genius’: Organised super mum reveals the VERY simple meal prepping trick she uses to prepare all of her veggies for the week

  • Rachael Hallett from Mums Who Organise has shared her ultimate dinner hack
  • The mother-of-two from Melbourne chops up her veggies for every meal
  • She then places the sliced pieces into airtight storage containers with labels
  • They last her the whole five-day working week and same time and energy 

A mother-of-two who designs a meal plan every week for her family has revealed the clever vegetable trick she uses to make sure she has produce pre-prepared for her every plate.

Rachael Hallett, who runs the popular Australian Facebook groups Mums Who Organise, shared the easy idea online, showing off her supermarket haul.

‘We didn’t need a lot this week so I stockpiled some Aldi items while I was there getting nuts,’ the Melbourne-based mother explained of her purchases.

A mother-of-two who designs a meal plan every week for her family has revealed the clever vegetable trick she uses to make sure she has produce pre-prepared for her every plat

‘I don’t like Aldi that much but Parmesan, tomato paste and cashews are things I like to get there so I always get a few.’

Out of the stash she collected Rachael was going to make macaroni and cheese, tacos, butter chicken, sliders and an egg and bacon combo for dinner each night.

‘I spent about $105 in total,’ she said.

After deciding on the meals Rachael promptly cuts up the zucchini, carrots, capsicum, beans, broccoli and pumpkin she will need for each meal and puts them in specially labelled storage containers.

After deciding on the meals Rachael promptly cuts up the zucchini, carrots, capsicum, beans, broccoli and pumpkin she will need for each meal and puts them in specially labelled storage containers

After deciding on the meals Rachael promptly cuts up the zucchini, carrots, capsicum, beans, broccoli and pumpkin she will need for each meal and puts them in specially labelled storage containers

Rachael’s top tips for staying organised 

Keep it simple: don’t create a complicated system that only you can use. Make sure the whole family can use it.

Think about how you want the area to function before you decide on anything else. Make the pretty things work in with function – that should be the priority.

When you’re overwhelmed find one area that annoys you most. Once you identify that area it’s much easier to come up with a plan.

Know yourself and your limits. I HATE folding so when I designed my wardrobe/drawers I made sure to not include folding – I know it won’t happen. 

So long as they are air tight the vegetables won’t dry out within the week.

Plenty of other women were inspired by the idea and said ‘it’s exactly what they need to do’.

‘This looks like such a time saver,’ another mother said.

A third added: ‘Wow you are so organised. This is very impressive.’

This isn’t the first time Rachael has shared a ground-breaking hack on social media.

She previously invented her own kitchen drawers with an individual place for each baking and dry good ingredient, causing a frenzy of women to follow the same system. 

‘This is my baking drawer. It is so much easier than having to sort in the pantry and super convenient,’ she said. 

The clever mother-of-two posted the result to the Mums Who Organise Facebook group, with many of the followers impressed by her ingenious trick

The clever mother-of-two posted the result to the Mums Who Organise Facebook group, with many of the followers impressed by her ingenious trick

She used IKEA’s tillsluta range of tubs, which are sold for $7 in various sizes, and a homemade insert to fit the containers in – with the two drawers pictured costing $270 to build. 

‘It’s so simple. It’s a sheet of melamine with square holes cut into it,’ she explained.

The decadent labels were purchased from Lovely Label Co for that extra pizzazz.

Inside the drawers she stores flour, cocoa, sugar, desiccated coconut, beef stock, coffee, milo, popcorn and even the KFC chicken herbs recipe.

She used IKEA's tillsluta range of tubs, which are sold for $7 in various sizes, and a homemade insert to fit the containers in

She used IKEA’s tillsluta range of tubs, which are sold for $7 in various sizes, and a homemade insert to fit the containers in

Rachael has managed to transform each of the drawers in her kitchen, with a dry goods and spices one also helping to make life easier when she tries to cook each day.

One of the group’s followers questioned how she remembered the used by dates.

‘I don’t keep track, there isn’t anything here that worries me. If I really wanted to I would use white board or chalk marker on the bottom,’ she explained.

While more were simply happy to feast their eyes on the neatness – with one woman stating: ‘I want to marry this drawer.’

To stay organised, Rachael told FEMAIL she keeps things simple and creates things the whole family can use and chooses one area to focus on at a time.   

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