MEAL PREP THAT MEETS YOU WHERE YOU'RE AT

MEAL PREP THAT MEETS YOU WHERE YOU'RE AT

Neurospicy or Type B Guide to Surviving the Kitchen AT ANY ENERGY LEVEL 
By your new favorite chaotically CAAAUTE (& sometimes not so cute) amiga

Listen, if you’re reading this, chances are:

  1. Your mind has a little more pendulum energy oozing out on a daily basis 

  2. Your fridge has half a jar of mayo, guac with a suspicious shade of brown, and two take out orders from the last 24 hours

  3. You looked at those meal prep containers on TikTok and thought: Ayyyy qué pretty pero that’s not me. Brain is overloading. Disengage. 

I feel you. Meal prep has been idolized as the pinnacle of discipline. The people who are capable of that are the IT crowd that wake-up-at-5am with a laid out regimen that’s checked off daily to the T.  

But what about those of us who run on vibes, ADHD, and that one last string of sanity doing its best to not snap like a rubber band?

Welcome to Meal Prep for Type B Brains, where we embrace chaos, batch things imperfectly, and cook like our loved ones taught us—a ojo (by eye) and with lots of love and compassion for ourselves.

🥑 Level 0: “Is hummus with pita chips dinner?”

Also known as: Emergency Survival Mode.
Who it’s for: Executive dysfunction has entered the chat. You’re overwhelmed. Maybe you forgot to eat. Time blindness clings to you like quick sand.

Strategy:

  • Snack & Chopped Produce Station: Make a corner of your kitchen a lil’ snack market. Think: granola bar, fruit salads, trail mix, apples, charcuterie board, string cheese, plantain chips, peanut butter, tuna. Store it in a pantry, a basket, or make a designated shelf for it. For the produce, chop up your favorite fruits and veggie and have a section in your fridge for the snacking treasures. If it takes 2-3 business days for you to prep produce, check out these 3 in 1 mixing bowls that grate, slice, and shred. 

  • Meal Prep Hack: Swap out your regular snack habits for nutrient dense snack options and call it snack prep. That’s it. Here are some examples:

    1. Candy/fruit snacks --> frozen grapes
    2. Potato Chips --> Pistachios or pumpkin seeds
    3. Gogurts --> Greek yogurt with already prepped strawberry/blueberry compote. Literally just throw them on the stove with some sugar (if you want but not necessary) and squash & stir until you see the consistency you desire. 

  • Cultural Flavor: Think of two to three snacks you grew up with or are tied to positive childhood memories. For example, mini snack sandwiches made of a guava paste cube with a piece of white block cheese and Goya crackers from the GREEN cylinder container IFYKYK. Think of it as an Emotional support meal. If you can make these nutrient dense that's great but don't stress if these specific ones aren't. The point of this task is to create a positive view or positive feeling with food as well as create a consistency in your eating habits to avoid a whole day without eating. 

Vibe: “I am doing my best, and that is more than enough.”

🧅 Level 1: “I Cooked Once and Ate It Three Times”

Also known as: Lazy Leftover Mastermind
Who it’s for: You want to cook... maybe... once a week.

Strategy:

  • The Big Pot Method: Make a big-ass pot of arroz, quinoa, grain of choice. A source of fiber: lentejas (lentils), beans, green peas, or chickpeas. And a sancocho your mom makes when Juan Luis Guerra or Aventura is playing and the scent of Fabuloso fills the air. Then eat it until you feel stew coursing through your veins.

  • Proteína Plan: Cook up a bunch of seasoned ground turkey or pollo guisado and rotate it through tacos, bowls, or sandwiches.

  • Meal Prep Hack: Freeze half of it, forget about it, discover it in a week and be highly impressed and give your past-you a mental high five.

Vibe: “I prepped but don't ask me how I did it. Please and thank you.”

🍗 Level 2: “The Fridge and I are having a stare down and I'm feeling lucky today.”

Also known as: Functional Adjacent.
Who it’s for: You want some variety but still need a pillar to stand on.

Strategy:

  • Mix-n-Match Bowls: Make 3 bases (like rice, quinoa, sweet potatoes), 2 proteins (like pollo asado, roasted chickpeas), and 2 veggies (roasted broccoli and sautéed peppers).

  • Toppings Always Elevate: A good diced onions, tomatoes, and garlic can never go wrong unless you hate flavor and texture. A sliced cucumber or shredded carrot. YUM. YUM. YUM. 

  • Meal Prep Hack: Store everything separately in containers to avoid sogginess and put the dressing on the side or make it fresh before chow time. 

Vibe: “I'm kind of a big deal....some would even say the moment.”

🍛 Level 3: “I Have A Meal Prep Planner And Labeled Containers”

Also known as: TERMINATOR MODE.
Who it’s for: You got that hyperfocus energy this week. You whipped out the recipe folder you keep on your social media platform and decided its time for them to meet their maker. You believe in the power of medicine as food and want all the fun and colorful meal prep containers.

Strategy:

  • Theme Weeks: Do “KOREAN ALL DAY EVERY DAY ” week or “SEAFOOD FIASCO” week and prep 3-4 full meals like arroz con pollo, bistec encebollado, tostones with a lil’ ajo and oil sauce.

  • Meal Prep Hack: Prep with music, a friend, or while FaceTiming your mom who is also dreading to cook right now.

  • Cultural Touch: Don’t forget the cilantro, sofrito, and your mom’s disapproving look if you try to use measuring cups .

Vibe: “I can do all things but I'm gonna need that frying oil to calm down with the popping before I show it whose boss.”

Welcome to the Speed Round for Inquiring Minds: 

  • Sensory-Friendly Options: If food textures make you queezy, it’s okay to whether the storms with smoothies/broths, crunchy plantain chips, and that one yogurt parfait that makes you wanna kick your feet and giggle. 

  • Mad Scientist Experimentation: A bowl of hot chocolate with crackers and  white cheese melted in there? Do you! Your body isn't running on empty and that's what matters at this point. You gotta do what you gotta do. Nobody here is judging your food decisions—especially not your ancestors. 

  • Embrace The Duality: Some weeks your fridge looks like it should be featured on Architectural digest house tour videos. Some weeks you eat leftovers and tuna cans with a dash of salt. That's called Balance, sweetness! <3

Final Thoughts:

Meal prep doesn't have to be like a scene out of Iron Chef. It can look like eating the same slammin dish every day if you choose or your biggest obstacle being peeling a banana.

It is up to you to choose what will be the most advantageous to your life and state of being at the moment. The goal is just to build the muscle of consistency and nourishing your body with nutrient ingredients. 

It doesn't matter how it gets done just that it does. IF WE SAY THE INGREDIENTS GO TOGETHER THEN THEY GO TOGETHER.  

So whether you’re deep in your color coded phase or just proud you got to tell your mom that you ate today, you’re doing great, friend.

The goal is to first learn how to feed yourself consistently. Then how to feed yourself consistently with balanced and nutrient dense options. 

We put it all together and we shake it all about... That's what its all about. I KID, I KID but in all seriousness. Its not an over night sensation. It's a river eroding the rock wall your mind has created between you and your beliefs on why its not possible. You wont see results immediately, but let me just say that wall doesn't stand a chance. 

Now you: What energy level are you at for this week? Let’s be imperfect and thrive together.

Want to write it out and give your brain a break from remembering everything in your life? Click for a downloadable weekly & monthly meal prep planner and food group inspo sheet 

I GOTCHU!! SAY IT WITH ME. IM.POWER.MENT CHOOSE NOW. A MOVEMENT ALL ABOUT YOU. BECAUSE WHAT? I AM POWER. 

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