Meal Planning and Food Prep for Real Life (Udemy.com)
Learn to meal plan, shop, portion and package food in a way that makes sense for you and your family!
Created by: Amber Snow
Last updated May 2016
What you will learn
- Create a Meal Plan for an Individual or Family
- Take Inventory of their Current Kitchen Contents
- Create a Meal Plan Specific Shopping List
- Portion Some, or All, of Their Meals for the Week
- Properly Calculate Their Caloric Needs
- Prepare Food to be Cooked at a Later Time
How it compares
Against the other 418 rated Udemy courses in Lifestyle on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.3 out of 5higher than 12% of them
- Reviews88#343 of 419 by number of reviews
- Length1 hourshorter than 90% of them
- Last updatedMay 2016earlier than 94% of them
Course Description
This course is meant to teach you how much they should eat, how create a meal plan based on that amount, turn that mean plan into a shopping list and stick to it.
Once you have all the items, the course walks you through preparing foods to be cooked at a later date, as well as portioning out prepared foods, to be served later.
This course includes 7 videos that walk you through each step of the processes, as well as templates for meal plans and shopping lists.
Calculations for calories, blog posts for reference, example meal plans, and bonus budgeting tips are also included. I am easily accessible for questions if you get stuck or run into any confusion along the way.
This course will not take you a very long time to watch and learn from, however implementing the information will probably require you to come back and reference the videos multiple times.
My personal recommendation is to watch through all the videos, and then implement them one at a time, re-watching each one. The course is laid out in the order you would complete each task, so that should not be a problem.
I believe that you should take this course because too many times people waste money on pre made meal plans, or pre made food, at a huge inflation.
Pre made meal plans are not set to exactly what you, and your family, like to eat. They don’t take into consideration trips, days off, or nights out.
Pre made food is often full of chemicals and the packaging associated with it really is a waste. Plus you spend double, if not triple, what you would by cooking for yourself.
Taking this course puts the control of your food, and finances, back in your own hands!
Instructor Details
- 4.3 Rating
88 Reviews
Amber Snow
At 27 I was almost 300 pounds, recently divorced, totally depressed and starting my life over. After trying to get through the pain with more food, alcohol, partying, and shopping, I turned to health and fitness.
Over the last 6 years I have stumbled and struggled my way through losing 110 pounds, learning to cook, learning to like new foods, and learning about fitness.
I’ve also paid off debt, started my own company, learned a whole new way of relationships that has led to a happy marriage, and traveled the world.
I have used my experience to guide thousands of others through their own life journey, saving them time, money and heartache by sharing what I know.
Growing through my own path, but also my certifications for group exercise, graduation of personal growth courses, and currently my holistic life coaching accreditation, has allowed my real life experience, to meet expertise and knowledge.
One of my biggest strengths has become teaching others in a way that empowers them to take control of their own futures.
From fitness and food, to finances and relationships, I am to give people lifelong skills that create lasting change.
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Reviews
By Kellie Paige St. James on 2/7/2023
This is the sort of thing that should be taught in high school as part of Adult Life 101. I can't wait to start using this information. It seems so simple now where it used to be overwhelming.
By Caroline S on 7/19/2022
Concrete and straightforward. No unnecessary information is included, which I like because it honors my time, and I was able to watch the entire course in one sitting. I feel ready to start my meal planning and prep. Great course.
By Daniel Nalesnik on 2/3/2022
I was expecting a hands-on demonstration course. Instead, it was the instructor (who I'll admit seems to be very knowledgeable and experienced at food prep) just *talking* about the process. There are two "templates" that couldn't have taken more than a minute each to make.
By Anonymized User on 3/10/2020
A lot of useful ideas. Though I've done menu planning and shopping lists for years it was good to hear about food prep and portioning. Gave me something to think about.
By Barbara Gini on 2/24/2019
Great course for beginners. Great information without being too overwhelming. I would have liked to have seen more images/photos of the meal prep part-but overall the pace and content was very good! Thank you !
By Matthias Perlen on 8/26/2018
From content point of view: I am already using a weekly plan for my food, this course was especially helpful with the „Prep“ and „Packing“ lessons. Nice tips! Form technical point of view, the course is well done and the audio quality is perfect. The only thing I could say is that a little more use of media would be nice (text inserts, or some more images). But for the overall length of the course, it‘s fine.
By Ashlee Arredondo on 11/27/2017
I loved this course. I was starting to really worry not only about what we are eating but how much we are spending. I watched it in its entirety, didnt have a printer handy so i used my day planner. Made a plan, made a list, went to the store and stuck to it. I average 175-200 a week normally for our family and food gets wasted. I shopped what was in season for fruit and it made a big difference. I didnt buy snack cakes and cookies- after school i made my kids a smoothie with frozen fruit, almond milk and greek yogurt. With the help of this course I saved literally almost one hundred dollars for my weekly shopping trip. Now off to finish prepping and portioning! Thanks Amber!
By Teddy Pina on 6/23/2017
So far Amber has given me a plan, and sorted my shopping list into categories so I won't forget any thing. She has made it sound so easy to create meals and what I need to prepare them. I am going to have to rewatch the last set of videos at least a couple more times to absorb all this new information. All in all, the videos are really informative and will be very helpful in my weight loss journey. Thank you Amber for all your hard work creating them.
By Crystal on 6/4/2016
If you do not know anything about meal planning and you are a beginner, this is really a great course. Amber takes time to explain the whole process and gives you very good tips. Personally, I was hoping for more of a demo, in the kitchen kind of course.
By Shanalee Reimer on 5/26/2016
This is an amazing course. I will be using it as a reference for years to come. Thanks so much Amber, for sharing your wealth of knowledge with me. I felt as though you were right here teaching me personally! I will highly recommend this course to anyone who wants to take better control of there nutrition.
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Overall Score : 86 / 100






