Stop making huge containers of rice that are supposed to last the week, stat.

Meredith Hayden ofWishbone Kitchen, for one, is a self-proclaimed meal-prep critic.

There are other options.

Wishbone Kitchen’s Meredith Hayden on green sofa covering eyes

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We dont have to be doing that.

Haydenwhose cookbook,The Wishbone Kitchen Cookbook,comes out May 6isnt totally against meal-prepping, though.

She just wants people to do it in tastier, more food-safe ways.

Make soup that you could put in the freezer and not give yourself food poisoning, she suggests.

Its a good little hack.