Tip: Use a Slow Cooker To Make Muscle-Building Meals
Tip: Use a Slow Cooker To Make Muscle-Building Meals
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<h2 class="article-detail">Here's a simple way to get breakfast and dinner ready to go for the whole week.</h2>
<div class="article-detail-byline"><span class="byline">by <a href="https://www.t-nation.com/all-articles/authors/chris-shugart">Chris Shugart</a> |</span> <span class="timeStamp3">10/31/15</span></div>
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<p>First, go buy a big slow cooker (Crock Pot). Slow cookers come in three sizes: small, medium, and big-ass. Go for big-ass because you're going to make multiple meals in one pot. You'll want one with a timer so it'll stop cooking when you're away and switch over to the warm setting.</p>
<h4>Dinner</h4>
<ol><li><span>Get a giant hunk of animal flesh: beef roast, a dozen chicken breasts, a turkey breast, a couple of pork tenderloins, etc. If it had to die for your dietary needs, it's good to go. Salt, pepper, toss it in.</span></li>
<li><span>Vegetables. Get some. Chop them up. Throw them in. Frozen veggies work too.</span></li>
<li><span>Dice up some potatoes (any kind) and add them to the pot.</span></li>
<li><span>Add liquid. Water works but I suggest stock, any kind: beef, chicken, or vegetable.</span></li>
<li><span>Herbage. Use whatever is handy. Dried stuff is fine. Or slather the meat with tomato paste.</span></li>
<li><span>Now, in the morning, turn your cooker on low for 7-8 hours. Now go do those things that you do: work, school, whatever. Come home and it'll be hot and ready. Store the leftovers for later.</span></li>
</ol><h4>Breakfast</h4>
<ol><li><span>Before you go to bed, toss a cup or two of steel cut oats in the slow cooker. For every cup of oats, add three cups of water. Add a pinch of salt.</span></li>
<li><span>If you want, add a couple of bananas, apples, or a bag of frozen berries or peaches.</span></li>
<li><span>Using the low setting, set the timer for around 6-7 hours. Go to bed.</span></li>
<li><span>Wake up, mix a scoop or two of <a href="https://biotest.t-nation.com/products/metabolic-drive-low-carb"><span>Metabolic Drive® Protein</span></a> with your hot and ready-to-eat oats. Save the leftovers because you just made breakfast for the next several days.</span></li>
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<h2 class="article-detail">Here's a simple way to get breakfast and dinner ready to go for the whole week.</h2>
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<p>First, go buy a big slow cooker (Crock Pot). Slow cookers come in three sizes: small, medium, and big-ass. Go for big-ass because you're going to make multiple meals in one pot. You'll want one with a timer so it'll stop cooking when you're away and switch over to the warm setting.</p>
<h4>Dinner</h4>
<ol><li><span>Get a giant hunk of animal flesh: beef roast, a dozen chicken breasts, a turkey breast, a couple of pork tenderloins, etc. If it had to die for your dietary needs, it's good to go. Salt, pepper, toss it in.</span></li>
<li><span>Vegetables. Get some. Chop them up. Throw them in. Frozen veggies work too.</span></li>
<li><span>Dice up some potatoes (any kind) and add them to the pot.</span></li>
<li><span>Add liquid. Water works but I suggest stock, any kind: beef, chicken, or vegetable.</span></li>
<li><span>Herbage. Use whatever is handy. Dried stuff is fine. Or slather the meat with tomato paste.</span></li>
<li><span>Now, in the morning, turn your cooker on low for 7-8 hours. Now go do those things that you do: work, school, whatever. Come home and it'll be hot and ready. Store the leftovers for later.</span></li>
</ol><h4>Breakfast</h4>
<ol><li><span>Before you go to bed, toss a cup or two of steel cut oats in the slow cooker. For every cup of oats, add three cups of water. Add a pinch of salt.</span></li>
<li><span>If you want, add a couple of bananas, apples, or a bag of frozen berries or peaches.</span></li>
<li><span>Using the low setting, set the timer for around 6-7 hours. Go to bed.</span></li>
<li><span>Wake up, mix a scoop or two of <a href="https://biotest.t-nation.com/products/metabolic-drive-low-carb"><span>Metabolic Drive® Protein</span></a> with your hot and ready-to-eat oats. Save the leftovers because you just made breakfast for the next several days.</span></li>
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