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Chef notes, macro-friendly recipes, and meal-prep tips from our Austin kitchen.

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Salmon meal prep plate: seared soy-glazed salmon over basmati rice with a zucchini, squash, and bell pepper medley, honey-soy glaze ready to drizzle
Salmon Meal Prep Done Right: Seared, With the Glaze on the Side

Salmon meal prep usually means dry fish and a soggy glaze. Ours is seared, served over rice with a side of honey-soy glaze you drizzle on. 44g protein.

August 26, 2026 · 3 min read
Tray of high protein egg bites with spinach, bell pepper, and gruyère held by a Full Time Food chef
High Protein Egg Bites With Eight Ingredients: Breakfast Hits the Menu

High protein egg bites with spinach, bell pepper, and gruyère — 42g of protein per six-pack, eight ingredients total, and our first-ever breakfast item.

August 18, 2026 · 3 min read
Two brothers in the truck with a week of healthy meal delivery containers stacked on the console
Why Are Restaurants So Expensive? You're Paying for the Room, Not the Food

Restaurants are expensive because the bill covers the experience — rent, staff, service. Skip the dining room and healthy food gets cheap, fast.

August 6, 2026 · 2 min read
Holding up a typical high protein lunch — roasted chicken and green beans in a meal prep container
Why Restaurants Serve So Little Protein (and How We Flip the Plate)

Protein is the most expensive thing on a restaurant plate, so portions shrink and rice fills the gap. Our Austin lunches grow the protein instead.

August 6, 2026 · 2 min read
Two brothers laughing in the truck with meal delivery containers on the console
Why Is DoorDash So Expensive? One Driver Per Sandwich (We Batch Instead)

Why is DoorDash so expensive? Every order dispatches one driver on one trip. Batched Sunday routes get a week of Austin meals delivered for $5.

August 6, 2026 · 2 min read
Comparing two high protein meal delivery lunches side by side in the truck
High Protein Meal Delivery, Compared: What 47 Grams Actually Looks Like

Two Austin high protein meal delivery lunches both claim 47 grams of protein — and one is half the size. Here's where the protein actually goes.

August 6, 2026 · 2 min read
Mixing peanut butter protein balls by hand — peanut butter, oats, and chocolate chips in a steel bowl
Peanut Butter Protein Balls Without Xanthan Gum, Soy Lecithin, or Stevia

We put our peanut butter protein balls up against a big meal prep brand's — ball for ball. The real difference is the ingredient list.

August 6, 2026 · 2 min read
A stainless steel prep table in an Austin commissary kitchen covered in labeled Full Time Food meal containers, with family trays of roasted chicken, sliced flank steak, and chicken breast over rice in front
AI Made Our Food Cheaper. Now It Can Order It For You.

We used AI to delete the coordination costs that make meal prep cost $15 a meal. Now you can ask ChatGPT or Claude to plan your week and hand you a QR code to order it.

July 31, 2026 · 4 min read
A Full Time Food chef carrying a full sheet tray of roasted chicken in an Austin commissary kitchen
Meal Prep Delivery in Austin: A Chef Brother, $10 Meals, and Sunday-Night Delivery

Tired of Austin lunches that are either expensive or terrible? Here's how our chef-brother meal prep delivery works — $10 a meal, cooked fresh Sunday, delivered that night.

July 24, 2026 · 3 min read
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