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Surprising Meal Prep: Fast, Cheap, Tested!

The best meal prep, it turns out, isn't about elaborate recipes or exotic ingredients. Sometimes, it’s about smart tools and surprisingly simple strategies that actually work. Case in point: cracking those鸡蛋 and getting them ready for the week. Forget the frantic fear of a messy shell or a half-cracked yolk. The Crack'em Egg Cracker & Spoon Rest (Cobalt Blue) feels like a small miracle for this exact reason – it does exactly what its name promises with surprising ease. It’s not just a cracker; it's a neat solution that impresses even the most nonchalant cook. Pair it with the logic of "The Chopped Cookbook," which champions using whatever you've got, and you've got a foundation for fast, cheap, and genuinely tested meal prep. Imagine forgetting to hard-boil eggs one night, pulling this tool out, and having perfectly cracked eggs, waste and mess contained, ready to toss into a salad or toss with some toast. It’s these little efficiencies, combined with the creative farm-to-table ideas from "The Egg Cookbook" or the workhorse gluten-free plans in "Cook Once, Eat All Week," that really make meal prep feel less like a chore and more like a sensible, happy medium.