Meal Prep with Under 500 Calories for Weight Loss | Chile Lemon Rice Bowls
These Chile Lemon Rice Bowls can be awesome for weight loss because they are lower calorie than many other meals while containing a good amount of volume. The recipe can be found here: mealprepmanual...
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I've been doing your recipes and since June 2022 I've dropped 90lbs. Meal prepping makes it easy to keep my daily caloric goals.
@hristohristov2882
Жыл бұрын
congrats!
@bobbyrado5406
Жыл бұрын
That’s awesome! Keep it up and never lose focus!
@TheMealPrepManual
Жыл бұрын
That is amazing, so glad to hear that you’ve found success 😎
@BryanRodriguez-ij3fv
Жыл бұрын
That so dope, keep that up you absolute beast!!
@dillonoickle5841
Жыл бұрын
nice. meal prep so you dont have to think about meals at all you just know what you have available to you helps alot. makes it alot easier to be like oh i have this one meal till dinner so ill wait an extra hour to make sure i dont get hungry early etc etc. its also much easier to calorie count when you do things ahead of time. if your choosing what your going to eat moments before you choices are going to be worse i find.
I will never get tired of the expert level fork trolling by Josh
@cameronb4099
Жыл бұрын
Is that what that was? 😂
@bread_enjoyer24
Жыл бұрын
@@cameronb4099 The way he was holding the fork I suppose lol
@dep2562
Жыл бұрын
I had to go get a fork to try it
@TheMealPrepManual
Жыл бұрын
That's just how I hold it
@JOZoSo.
Жыл бұрын
@@TheMealPrepManual ok so for the record, you are the only person on the planet who holds it like that. In case you wonder why we comment on it.
Can't wait to try this! More low calorie high volume meal preps please.
@TheMealPrepManual
Жыл бұрын
Will do
Even though i knew this one, I want to show my appreciation for your description of the tomato sauce! It's super helpful for us following along from across the pond
@Flyn898
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, Passata is great for this sort of thing.
@connorlj96
Жыл бұрын
Also wanted to say this, thank you my man saved me ruining it with tomato ketchup 😂
Josh revealed the true key of weight loss: holding your fork like you’ve smashed your index finger in the oven.
I'm so confused about the fork holding style 😹😹😹 wtf josh haha .. Great video as always and thanks for explaining the tomato sauce alternatives 🙌🙌
@sixtorodz
Жыл бұрын
I cringe!
@therealmj113
Жыл бұрын
I’m glad I wasn’t the only one! Trying the recipe today though
@Flyn898
Жыл бұрын
Haha yeah, wasn't sure if he was messing about or not lol.
@kschumi
Жыл бұрын
just a way to get more comments lmao. genius
I know its a small thing that you probably just do automatically Josh but that you add both impercal and metrical measurements is awesome. Greetings from Sweden!
@Wolf-qh2lk
Жыл бұрын
Check out Felu-Fit By Cooking he's in Stuttgart and uses both measurements.
@McCullogh
Жыл бұрын
@@Wolf-qh2lk Will do, thanks for the suggestion :)
Can't wait to try this! I started using Josh's recipes in august and have gone from 305 pounds to 270 (plus actually exercising). His meals have been a god send to manage hunger and hit my macros! Plus getting me to eat my veggies.
@Vertigoat
Жыл бұрын
Best of luck with your fitness goals! You got this! Even if you have setbacks, keep going at it!
Thanks for adding in the freezer meal demo. I don't mind the same meal for a few days in a row, but I've been wanting to start prepping more freezer meals to create some variety based on when things are in season/sales/etc. Keep up the good work!
I do a lot of meal prep and use glass storage containers to store my food. I generally pull the food out a day early and put it in the fridge to thaw first but if I have to microwave straight from the freezer I microwave it on 40%. In fact, I microwave everything at 40% regardless whether it is frozen. Yes, it does take about twice as long, but the end result is soooo much better. Less hot spots, no rubbery or burnt pieces, etc. In any case, microwaving at the lower power setting has never been a problem for my glass containers.
I literally just came for the fork comments 😂 Recipe looks amazing
@TheMealPrepManual
Жыл бұрын
Thank you 😋
Yes, please and thank you, more of these lower calorie recipes! 🤩
#Respect Josh. You held the fork in a odd way to get the comments and algorithm going. I respect the hustle. Keep it up and thanks for the recipe.
@TheMealPrepManual
Жыл бұрын
wat
@khmer5o3
Жыл бұрын
@@TheMealPrepManual I thought you held a fork in an odd way to get people to comment on the video. 😂👍 it pushes the algorithm so you get recommended more.
Just tried this recipe. And it tastes superb. Took a bit long as I'm new to meal prep, but it came out perfect in the end.
Man im so glad I found this your page. your Reciepes have helped me bulk up slowly and is now helping me lean back down for my first powerlifiting comp!
How do you not have 1M subs, this is illegal. Man you're saving my life with this! I should be able to save a lot of money by preparing well in advance. Going to give my first meal prep week a go this Sunday. Thank you!
Hey Josh thanks for posting these videos, appreciate it Suggestion: I'm a complete beginner, and I figure that are other people like me. In line with your previous video on becoming a meal prepper, maybe you should do a series or have a playlist of "easy" things us beginners can start with. Appreciate the content as always!
@TheMealPrepManual
Жыл бұрын
That's a good idea 👍
@DB-ku7vu
Жыл бұрын
His buffalo chicken rice bowl is also pretty simple and is probably my favorite that I've made so far.
@riamatthews9094
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@@DB-ku7vu i totally agree, easy to make and tasty to eat!
I really dig your style of videos. It’s incredibly refreshing to watch people on youtube that give zero fucks about the comments and what others expect of them and just do what they feel like. Your presentation and attitude is excellent. This compliment should be taken with some amount of consideration, as I often getting pulled into HR at work for being a blunt asshat. Also your fork handling and water drinking bowl is probably the wave of the future. I see no downsides to your methods.
I'm on my last spicy adobe chicken and peppers meal prep container, cant wait to try this for dinner!
@riamatthews9094
Жыл бұрын
that’s what i’m making tomorrow for my weeks lunches 😁
Honestly, came across your Buffalo chicken rice bowl meal prep and honestly went on a bit of a tangent watching your videos definitely gonna be making multiple of these for my upcoming meal preps thank you!
I just made this dish for my work week and my wife has already eaten one of my portions! This is the best meal yet!
I'm glad there's commentary, been running into too many music only recipe tutorials.
I'm loving the evolution in the way you hold your fork haha
I'm astounded by the amount of volume for so little rice. I'll have to do this next week.
loving the 2023 uploads right now, your recipes will come in clutch for when i cut
@TheMealPrepManual
Жыл бұрын
Glad you like them 😎
thx for telling me about the european version of the tomato sause, alot of times i struggle to find the right things from american recipes and i chose wrong and it dosent come out good.
Well made video with great attention to detail without over explaining, I also hate cutting fat out of chicken so I might substitute chicken breast over thighs for this recipe, as I used chicken thighs for the first time recently when my grocery store was sold out of chicken breast and I was extremely annoyed by how much time I spent trying to remove fat and it was impossible to get it all.
I always make sure to use the same fork method you use with whatever recipe I decide to make, makes for a good finger dexterity workout half the time lol.
Josh these rice bowls are amazing. Keep them coming!
I have made this twice now. Easily one of my favourite meal prep meals. I eat them for lunch at work, and it always is refreshingly good.
@TheMealPrepManual
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Thank you, glad you like it 😎
2:56 You can know that chilis is not very hot because of Josh eating a little bit of it sticked to finger. Love it.
That fork grip is killing me! I know you’re doing it on purpose to mess with us.
Down 45 lbs since my peak via restricting calories to 1500 a day. It took over a year to lose the first 25 as I wasn’t fully consistent. I started meal prepping your meals and am down another 20 in under 3 months as I’m now very consistent with staying under 1500. Pace of weight loss accelerated dramatically. Another 20 to go. This dish in particular is great because it tastes good and is super filling while being low calorie. I put portions in the freezer so it’s easier than ordering garbage off UberEats It’s crazy how much food you get for the calories. When I see pizza or a tiny Starbucks breakfast sandwich I’m like damn that’s so much less food than these meal prep meals but similar calories. Pro tip: I have started to take half servings of these meals and put them as filling for a quesadilla. I use 170 cal tortilla plus 100 cals of cheese. Works great with this recipe and the Teriyaki beef recipe. Life changing stuff - thanks Josh
Only a genius like yourself would hold a fork like that. Thanks for the recipe!
Made 3 of your dishes today for a whole week, this recipe is best of them, love how much volume you get with low calories. Thank you very much
more weight loss recipes, please! :-) used a lot of yours and need some more ideas!
Love your videos mate! Thanks for taking time to create them
@TheMealPrepManual
Жыл бұрын
Glad you like them 😎
Once again simple and delicious. I love your channel
@TheMealPrepManual
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much 😃
definitely going to give this one a try, thanks
made this tonight and it tastes delicious!! Definitely making this again
@TheMealPrepManual
Жыл бұрын
Great to hear!
Love these weight loss prep meals as I am an older female getting close to menopause and really need high protein but low calorie. Also my 18 year old daughter is also adjusting to weight changes as eating the same foods as she ate when in high school is not going to work for a slower metabolism. Thank you!!!
The chicken recipe alone is worth the like. ITS SO DAMN GOOD. I couldnt stop picking at it
I made this for my meal prep this week and it's perfectly filling and really good! I cut the rice in half just because I need to limit my carbs, but the flavor on the chicken is super tasty. I'll probably top it off with the lemon zest for a stronger lemon hit next time. What I appreciate most about these recipes is that flavor matters as much as hitting macros. Not a single recipe has been a dud and I've made about 10-12 of them so far from oatmeal bakes to rice bowls to pancake bites... Keep up the good work Josh!
@Wolf-qh2lk
Жыл бұрын
I used this instead of the individual spices and it was very flavorful. Riega Gluten-Free Zesty Lime Chicken Bowl Seasoning Mix, 1 Oz One packet in the marinade and one packet in the veggies/tomato sauce.
Keep doing what you’re doing bro, the quality of your videos are amazing!
Made this today and it was FANTASTIC! The yogurt marinade is a game changer. I don’t think I’ll cook chicken again without Greek yogurt.
Thanks for sharing, these are easy to fix and glad you went over the freezing/reheating of the meal.
you're helping me fear portioned meals a lot less. i struggle with it still but you give me hope
Props for adding the heads-up for non-US people
Restaurant Staff: "How would you like to eat your meal?" Josh: "I liKe t0 E4t l1kE a F0rkLifT BRRRRR!"
If you have room for one I highly recommend a chest freezer. They're incredibly energy efficient for how much freezer space they provide.
Thank you Josh!!! I am going to use this. I am so thankful for the time and effort you put, not just in the food here, but the VIDEO itself!
Josh Cortis changed my life ❤
I love how strong forward you are
If you ever end up scorching stuff onto a pan, if you spray it down with oven cleaner and then cover that in plastic wrap, you can just take the plastic off after about 30-60 min and pretty much rinse off the problem.
heading to the kitchen to try this now. Cheers for the recipe mate.
Looks wonderful, going to try next week! More like these!
Hell yeah it’s Sunday! New meeeeal!
Just in time for my morning run on the treadmill. Thanks Joshy!
SUBSCRIBED! Lol I’m glad I found your page during my fitness journey. Do you think you could do a shrimp & rice type meal prep video?
Joshy Fork-Holds
Just got recommended your channel, it’s exactly what I look for in a cooking show! Very good work! If you’re open to suggestions hashbrown Pattys in the air fryer with be lit, I hate waking up early to prep hash brown in the morning
This looks really good. I just got done prepping for the week to come, but I'm definitely going to do this for next week.
This looks awesome and ez. Next on my list!
In germany "chili powder" usually means pure dried ground chili. In US recipes they often seem to mean a chili powder mix with other spices. What the chili powder you're using in this recipe?
Wow, awesome dude. Thank you so much!
Just in case you are vegetarian, you can substitute the chicken with beans in combination with 1 ort 2 other vegetables. Black beans and corn, lentils and mushrooms, bean sprouts and radish, whatever!
I'm so excited to cook this one next week 😋
Just made my Chorizo Breakfast Bowls for the week. Thanks Josh!
I made this last week and I it was so delicious!
Just made this, thanks Josh!
Top tier dish Josh, thank you!
Man, this is growing to be my favorite meal prep channel, love your meals and explanations! I've really been meaning to optimize my meal prepping.
Oh man... The way you have to grab the fork... wuauuuu ultra rare.
You hold that fork like a boss
Microwaves don't penetrate very deeply which is why they cook so unevenly (well, that's one of the reasons), so stirring often is required, as they actually just cook the surface and heat has to go towards the middle as usual.
@pubcollize
Жыл бұрын
most heating methods are uneven...
@Kellegram
Жыл бұрын
@@pubcollize Yes obviously, not the point and not why I said it. It's a common misconception that microwaves penetrate the foot all the way through. They don't.
@pubcollize
Жыл бұрын
@@Kellegram lol@microwave penetrates the foot all the way
@Kellegram
Жыл бұрын
@@pubcollize no
The way you held that fork made me soooooo irrationally angry 😂
made this one, did a accidently make too much rice so got 8 contienrs of food but this was super good and teasy thank you
You’ve moved me over to the dark side and am making more rice dishes. Delish. And love the way you hold your fork. Keep being you!
@Saihbreas28
Жыл бұрын
I tried Josh’s way of holding the fork while watching the Dallas Cowboys. I don’t know which was more awkward, but holding the fork that way is kinda cool. Im gonna keep doing it. 😳😉😁
My bro is really holding his fork like Voldemort. 🤣 I really appreciate your videos though Josh. Keep up the good work man.
I want that Fork Lore. I demand it.
Hey Josh, gonna give this recipe a try this weekend, but wondering if I could just straight up sub lime juice for the lemon... more of a lime-chili flavor guy than a lemon-chili
@MindyTunnell
Жыл бұрын
I'm thinking about This too. Chili lime is more common, I'll try it both ways I think. Lime first.
This came out great for me
What size containers should I get? I'm going to start meal prepping to help lose the 20lb I put on put on giving up smoking.
Just finised meal prep, guess i'll try this next time
Made this it's soooo good . Used lime juice instead of the lemon . I will be making it agin
@TheMealPrepManual
Жыл бұрын
glad you enjoyed it 😎
Could you do more high calorie meals prep videos for bulking?
You tell em Josh!
For snack city do you think I can flash freeze and then keep frozen twice baked potatoes? Is that a thing? Will they defrost and reheat ok? Thx 🙏
@TheMealPrepManual
Жыл бұрын
Hmmm. Probably but it may require you to thaw them before reheating so the outside doesn’t burn before the inside is thawed
@nazcookz9948
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@@TheMealPrepManual thank you!!
Holy cow that looks delicious
Grill is the best
Ever use Chicken Breast to cut down on fat? Wondering how they would taste. Love the channel
@riamatthews9094
Жыл бұрын
i have swapped it out for breast before on other meals, obviously breast tastes a little different to thighs like normal but it doesn’t make a huge difference in the meals. They’re just less fatty and can be better for you.
Thanks, Josh. Admire your channel. I don't know why but we don't touch to any food with aluminum foil in Turkey. Is it safe to bake with aluminum foil? Best!
I tried to remove the water drop that was on the cutting board
Do you think it might be a decent idea to sub cabbage with fresh spinach leaves in an equally weighted quantity? I accidentally got a cole slaw kit that has dressing pre-mixed in
The fork holding though!!! 🥴
Hi!! At 0:50, can I change the yogurt to something else that isn't made from milk?
Another great recipe. I've been using your recipes on your site. Couldn't believe how cheap it was for a full year membership. Better than the other bullshit sites.
Just made this and it was delicious, but kinda mushy... The tomato sauce and the rice just made it all smoosh. Any idea what I could do differently?
It looks amazing! What other ways do you like to use chili powder?
Are these 24 oz containers? I am going to try some of these. We are elderly and don’t eat like you young people. We are trying to eat more. LOL. It is also very easy. I can freeze some for After. ❤
@TheMealPrepManual
Жыл бұрын
Hi June, these are 28oz containers. I personally don’t freeze meals but lots of people who use the recipes do freeze them. I just think the quality is better keeping it in the fridge