Healthy Meal Prep

You opened a menu last week and saw fermented ketchup listed beside a $32 duck breast. Not as a footnote. Not as a joke. As a feature.

You scrolled past it three times before you stopped. That Jalbiteblog post (the) one with the burnt garlic butter and the crumpled parchment paper.

I scroll past another video of someone torching a $40 steak while whispering about “umami layers.” And I close the app. You do too.

You see it everywhere. A new food trend blows up on your feed. Then your grocery store stocks it. Then your favorite restaurant puts it on the menu.

I’m tired of making the same three meals every week. You are too. That pasta dish again. The roasted chicken. The stir-fry that never quite lands.

You scroll past another food trend and think: Is this real or just a prop for someone’s Instagram story? Cloud bread. Butter boards. Baked feta pasta.

You’ve stared at the same spreadsheet for twenty minutes. Wondering if you’re about to bet the company on a hunch. I’ve been there.

You’re standing in your kitchen at 7:43 p.m. Phone in one hand. A half-chopped onion on the board. Jalbiteblog open on screen. That recipe looks amazing.

I scroll. You scroll. We all scroll. Looking for dinner ideas and ending up more tired than when we started. That’s not cooking.

I know what it’s like to stand in front of your fridge at 3pm, starving, staring at nothing that actually sounds good. You want something that tastes real. Something that fills you up without the crash an hour later. But most snack guides give you the same boring options or recipes that take forever to