preparing food in advance

[iCookie]

If I preper all the food that I should eat next day in advance, would it be okay to put the prepared food in the fridge?

I eat stuff like pasta, ground round, omeletts etc?

Can these things handle being put in the fridge for 10 hours+?

I heard that if you put the prepared food in the fridge for the next day it will alter some of the nutritions because of the cold but I dont know if its true?

[Bman1]

Better to put it in the fridge and prevent growth of bacteria than leave it out overnight and almost guarantee problems. In other words, put it in the fridge!

[iCookie]

I use a tupperware box and put it in the fridge.... i am just wondering if the cold fridge will kill the nutrition in the food?

[vhalros]

If it has a significant effect on nutrition I'd have died of malnutrition by now, as I do this with basically all my food. Although I don't think eggs taste very good after refrigeration (hard boiled is okay, but scrambled, or omelette-ified not so good) , so I usually don't do that. Generally, when I cook I try to make enough to last 3 or 4 days, way more than 10+ hours.

I was under the impression that many people on the forum do this, as other wise there is no time to prepare food.

[itsbruce]

I make salads and other stuff to last me 2 or 3 days at a time. Perfectly healthy, as long as you're using fresh ingredients.

[lionize]

After watching the Evan Centopani series on youtube (posted in the links section) I started doing more batched meals, mashed potatoes are good for 3-4 days. I also watched another video with Evan Centopani on youtube and he cooks food for 4 days at a time, so food stores quite well. He eats mostly rice or mashed potatoes, with some kind of green (broccolli, greenbeans, etc) with some kind of meat (generally either chicken or white fish).

[iCookie]

Nice, so no worries then