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I am a big advocate of buying and preparing all your own food. I honestly feel that this is how I save a lot of my money — by largely abandoning eating out.

For most people, buying and preparing almost every meal of every day is a huge hassle. It was for me, too, until I learned the trick to properly managing my food preparation.

This trick is actually widely touted in health circles. Professional dietitians swear by this method. If you ever see the refrigerator of a celebrity trying to get fit for a big role, they swear by this method as well.

So not only do you save tons of money by using this simple trick, but you get added health and body composition benefits as well.

What is the trick? It’s simply to dedicate one day to buying all your groceries and then preparing them.

Most people have two days off every week. First thing after you get up one of those days, run to the grocery store. Buy all your groceries for the next week.

When you get home, instead of simply putting them all away, leave them out and start cooking with them. Put each meal for each day in plastic tupperware, and store it in the fridge, clearly labeled.

You should be spending about one hour total driving to the grocery store, shopping, and getting it all home. From there, if you mass cook everything, you could spend as little as two hours preparing an entire week’s worth of food.

Not only will you save tons of cash because you won’t have to eat out at work every day, but you’ll also save tons of time in food preparation. Small dinners will already be ready for you to eat. Snacks and other meals will require little to no preparation time.

Take just three to five hours one day a week to purchase and prepare all your food. You’ll save money by not eating out, and you’ll gain more time to be able to do the things you want to do with your life.