Muscle Building Diet: Bulk Up Fast With This Easy Meal Prep Technique

Meal preparation has always been my favorite part of a muscle-building diet plan. If you are on a muscle-building diet and are a naturally skinny guy, you need to make sure that you are eating enough calories. The only way to gain weight is to create a calorie surplus, and if you are strapped for time, making a large meal prep and breaking it down into individual containers is the way to go.

Let me start by telling you guys a little story. When I was in college, one of the most frustrating things to me was the fact that I always had to cook food. I was obsessed with health and fitness and didn’t want to eat fast food, but I didn’t have enough time to cook for myself for every single meal. I ended up at Chipotle sometimes seven days a week! Yes, I’m pretty sure they had my order memorized, and I got really sick of paying for double meat every single day. I was wasting literally hundreds of dollars on food every single month, yet I was even getting in the quality macronutrients I would have if I cooked every meal myself. Nothing against Chipotle, as they actually have some healthy options, but for a college kid who was only working part-time and going to school full-time, it gets expensive.

I’m sure a lot of you guys have this same problem. You are always strapped for time and cash. Your two most valuable assets after all are time and money! Thankfully, I discovered a video on bodybuilders doing meal preparation. This was such a cool concept to me and it made perfect sense. Instead of cooking for yourself right before you eat, you come up with a meal that will stay good in your fridge for 3-4 days and you cook in bulk. You can then store every single meal in smaller Tupperware containers and take them wherever you go. I bring my meal prep containers to work, or I will even take them on the weekend and chow down pretty much anywhere. This is so much more convenient than having to stop your day, wait in line at the nearest fast food joint, and overpay for complete junk that is not part of a mass-building diet.

The best part about meal preparation is that it is perfect for any muscle-building diet, and it will save you money. You simply buy the food in bulk, cook it all at once, and for usually less than $20.00, you can have close to eight complete muscle-building meals loaded with complex carbohydrates, lean protein, and healthy fat.

Today I want to share one of my favorite muscle-building diet meal preparations. This recipe is absolutely loaded with everything that a muscle gain diet should contain. When I script out my muscle-building meal plan for bulking season, I make sure that I have a good ratio of complex carbohydrates, lean protein, and healthy fat. This recipe is absolutely loaded with muscle-building foods and will help you pack on mass quickly.

I know you guys are hungry, so let’s get right into my ultimate muscle-building diet meal prep. If you guys are serious about muscle building foods, you will love this recipe. Make sure to bring your appetite.

Muscle-Building Diet: Bulk Up Fast With This Easy Meal Prep Technique

Ingredients listed in the muscle-building diet meal preparation:

2 boxes of whole wheat or whole grain pasta
1 package of 99 percent fat-free turkey
1 package of 92 percent grain-fed ground beef
1 can of no-sugar-added tomato sauce
4 tablespoons of olive oil
Salt-free seasoning of choice

Optional ingredients to add in: onions, vegetables, spinach, cabbage, avocado, mushrooms, and tomatoes

Directions:

This recipe is so incredibly easy to make that you will want to make it every week for your muscle gain diet. Let’s get into the easy five-step process to make this mass-building meal prep.

Total Time To Cook: 15 Minutes

1. Start boiling the water. Once the water gets to a rolling boil, dump both boxes of whole-wheat pasta. Stir and cover. Since you are making 2 boxes of pasta, you will probably have to let them cook for about 15 minutes.
2. While the water is boiling, you can place 4 tablespoons of olive oil into a large skillet and place the burner on medium heat. You can combine both the turkey package and the ground beef package, as they are very easy to cook together. The total cooking time for approximately 2 pounds of ground turkey and beef on the skillet will be 12-15 minutes.
3. Continue to turn the meat with a spatula, making sure it cooks evenly on all sides. Sprinkle your favorite salt-free seasoning on the meat. Mrs. Dash makes some great salt-free seasoning flavors for all of your meat and veggies.
4. Once the pasta is done cooking, you can pour the water out over a strainer and put the pasta back in the large cooking pan. Keep the pasta on the burner and turn on the lowest heat setting. Pour your no-sugar-added tomato sauce over the pasta on low heat and stir.
5. After about 15 minutes, the ground meat should be perfectly cooked. Combine the ground meat in the large cooking bowl with the pasta and sauce, stir it around, and you are done! Easy as that. Now separate the pasta and meat sauce into meal prep containers, and this should be enough food to last you for 6 large meals.

This recipe is absolutely loaded with protein, complex carbohydrates, and healthy fats. The recipe has a total of 250 grams of protein. Every single one of your meal prep meals should have close to 40 grams of protein, which is perfect for any muscle-building diet.

Ground beef and ground turkey are two of the top muscle-building foods and should be included in any mass gaining diet. Whole-wheat pasta is also high in protein, fiber, and complex carbohydrates. If you are a naturally skinny guy looking to build muscle mass, you need to consume lots of healthy carbohydrates. Healthy carbohydrates are essential for a muscle gain diet and will give your muscles the energy to get through an intense workout.

Look at how easy this meal preparation was! I only spent about $17.00 on the entire meal, and this will give me food for the next 3 days. This is the same cost of 2 Chipotle meals that would have only lasted me for 2 lunches! With a little creativity and some Tupperware containers, it is really easy to make delicious weight gain diet food.

What are your guys’ favorite recipes for meal preparation? Share your top recipes so you can help other time-strapped mass builders! Happy Bulking Season!