Tip Cook 6 Meals in 60 Minutes Search Skip to content Menu Menu follow us Store Articles Community Loyal-T Club Loyal-T Points Rewards Subscribe to Save Search Search The World s Trusted Source & Community for Elite Fitness Diet & Fat LossEating Tip Cook 6 Meals in 60 Minutes by Chris Colucci July 16, 2016September 29, 2021 Tags Diet Strategy, Feeding the Ideal Body, Nutrition & Supplements, Tips In one hour you can prep a bunch of meals to keep on-hand. Saying you don't have time to cook great, muscle-building food is pretty much like saying you don't have time for the gym. If you want to see results, you'll figure out a way to make it work. Shopping List 12 eggs 6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts and/or thighs 2 cups of rice 6 medium-size potatoes Cooking oil of choice (butter, coconut oil, bacon fat, spray oil, whatever) Hardware Aluminum foil One big pot One smaller pot One pan Oven (always handy) The Plan Pre-heat the oven to 400 degrees. Fill the smaller pot with the rice and 4 cups of water (or chicken broth), and fill the larger pot three-fourths full with water. Put both pots over high heat to boil and keep an eye on them. Give each potato one shallow slice length-wise and then fully wrap each one in a piece of foil. Once the oven is well-heated, toss all the potatoes in. Start the pan on medium-high heat with some butter/oil/spray on it. As soon as the pan is hot, slap on 2-3 pieces of defrosted chicken. Cook for 6-8 minutes depending on the thickness of the chicken. (You'll flip them over later.) When the rice comes to a boil, turn the heat to low, give it a stir, and cover with lid. When the large pot comes to a boil, add all the eggs (in the shell, room temperature). Stir the rice again then put the lid back on. When the 6-8 minutes are up, flip the chicken and stir rice again. After another few minutes, when the eggs have boiled for 10-12 minutes total, take them off the heat. Check the rice, turn off the heat, stir, leave covered. Rice is done. Run the pot of eggs under continuous cold water for 10 minutes, then drain. Eggs are done. After another few minutes (when the eggs are still under the running water), take the chicken out of the pan. Add more butter/oil to the pan, put on 2-3 more pieces of chicken, again cooking 6-8 minutes per side before flipping. Repeat the process until you've cooked all the meat. Last step is to turn off the oven and take out the potatoes once they've been in about 45 minutes total. Stab them with a knife to check; it should go in with little resistance. Meat and 'taters are done. You can get crazy with spices and rubs on the chicken before cooking or just drown it in sauce after, your call. That's roughly one hour and you've cooked several meals-worth of protein and carbs, plus hard-boiled eggs for a few days' snacks or quick breakfasts. As a bonus, rice and potatoes are two of the best carbs to prepare ahead of time. Veggies in 2 Minutes Whether or not you noticed the lack of vegetables shows a lot about your mindset. Get a big pack of frozen "Normandy" vegetables to keep in the freezer. It's a mix of broccoli, cauliflower, and carrots. For each meal, toss one or two handfuls in a bowl, throw in a splash of water, microwave for two minutes and you're good to go. Get The T Nation Newsletters Don' t Miss Out Expert Insights To Get Stronger, Gain Muscle Faster, And Take Your Lifting To The Next Level related posts Diet & Fat Loss Tip Another Reason to Avoid Low-Fat Milk Low-fat milk leads to surprisingly high blood levels of this muscle-killing hormone. Here's what a new study shows. Dietary Myth Busting, Feeding the Ideal Body, Nutrition & Supplements, Tips TC Luoma March 10 Eating Seven Things You Need to Know About Carbs Carbs will help you build slabs and slabs of muscle, or make you so fat that you'll give your bathtub stretch marks. Dr. Lowery is here to clear up the confusion. Carbohydrate Control, Dietary Myth Busting, Feeding the Ideal Body, Nutrition & Supplements Chris Shugart December 1 Diet & Fat Loss Vitamins Too Much of a Good Thing Have you ever been in a health food store or drug store and found yourself staring at a multivitamin bottle and wondering what do all these "ABC's" do and how much of each do I really need? Hell, I have. Feeding the Ideal Body, Nutrition & Supplements Douglas Kalman June 15 Eating Tip Do This to Fix Non-Organic Produce Here's how to make your non-organic fruits and vegetables as healthy as their organic counterparts. Diet Strategy, Feeding the Ideal Body, Nutrition & Supplements, Tips TC Luoma January 19