Meal Preppers! What are you cooking this week?

Mollyeverino

@girlwithcurls2- I also have a husband and a child and meal prepping makes our life waaaaay easier than you may be thinking. You should give it a try just once, worst thing that could happen is that it really doesn’t work out for you. 👍🏻 your dinner plans look great though!!

@teriseaton so I usually switch up my meals from lunch to dinner. So one day I’ll eat the pot roast and mash for lunch and chicken for dinner, while the next day I’ll do the chicken for lunch and the pot roast for dinner. Even though I’m having the same 3 meals everyday, switching like that helps me mentally with not getting bored lol.

TavistockToad

Breakfast muffins this week

Mollyeverino

Ok, so I'm late on the prepping train this week and also making double meals because...well what my husband wants doesn't appeal to what I want. I know I know double work buuuut I'll get over it Tried to keep the meals close so I would have to cook too much differently

Breakfast-
Amador: Ground Turkey and egg white scramble
Me: Hashbrown egg cups

Lunch-
Amador: Ground sirloin lasagna
Me: Portobella cap pizzas

Dinner-
Amador: Chicken burrito bowls
Me: Spicy chicken quesadillas

Snacks-
Amador: Salmon and broccoli (his is more like 3 meals)
Me: Apples, cottage cheese, Skinny cow ice creams

mmebouchon

Then I add smoked salmon or chicken

gallicinvasion

Make Greek marinated chicken, slapped onto a whole wheat flatbread with homemade tzatziki! Greek cucumber/red onion/tomato salad on the side.

Mollyeverino

Finished up my prepping last night! 🙌🏻 left side is my meals, middle 2 are for our 2 year old (I just serve small portions at a time for him) and right side is my husbands.

JennJ323

Breakfasts: lazy this week, I'm just having a protein bar (almond, dark chocolate & peanut)
Lunches: I made spicy chicken meatballs and roasted broccoli
Snacks: cut up a pineapple and I weigh out my portion each day and I portioned out baby carrots and veggie dip. also grabbed a box of fiber one soft baked lemon bars to have a quick snack
Dinner: I didn't really meal prep these, but I bought enough tilapia fillets to have one each night (actually only 3 nights this week) and am pairing it with delicious (frozen) tater tots

MelanieCN77

I weighed out berries to go with my yoghurts for breakfast, and made three days of lunches and dinners. A little chicken, some Quorn "beef," tuna and one with garbanzos. Some have seasoning, some I will sauce up as the mood strikes.

nicsflyingcircus

A riff off lasagna. Lower carb. Ground beef, diced zucchini and mushrooms, little tomato sauce, the same cottage cheese mix I use for lasagna layering. All that tossed together and then baked with mozz and parm topping. It's delicious and nutritious, lol

Mollyeverino

Planning out this weeks meals to be cooked on Monday evening.

Breakfast-
A: Ground turkey and egg white scramble
Me: hashbrown Egg nests

Lunch-
Honey Sriracha Meatballs w/ coconut milk jasmine rice (I think @gallicinvasion and I have the same pinterest boards lol)

Dinner-
Garlic butter steak and zucchini bite

Snacks-
A: Honey Lime tilapia w/ steamed broccoli
Me: Roast beef and colby cheese sandwiched in cucumber slices, bell peppers and hummus, HB eggs

gallicinvasion

mgranai701 wrote: »

Planning out this weeks meals to be cooked on Monday evening.

Breakfast-
A: Ground turkey and egg white scramble
Me: hashbrown Egg nests

Lunch-
Honey Sriracha Meatballs w/ coconut milk jasmine rice (I think @gallicinvasion and I have the same pinterest boards lol)

Dinner-
Garlic butter steak and zucchini bite

Snacks-
A: Honey Lime tilapia w/ steamed broccoli
Me: Roast beef and colby cheese sandwiched in cucumber slices, bell peppers and hummus, HB eggs

THOSE MEATBALLS WERE SO AMAZING enjoy!

Mollyeverino

@gallicinvasion I’ve made them a few times before and we love them in our house!

fishgutzy

I have no idea. By iit will include ghost peppers and Carolina Reaper peppers.

rainingribbons

For lunch this week I'm prepping a Southwest bbq tofu salad! It'll be a kind of assemble-each-morning thing on the way out the door. c:
We don't usually prep dinners, but for dinners this week we're having stuffed shells, maple-dijon chicken + veggie, and making homemade pizza together on Valentine's!

JennJ323

Breakfast: lazy and just doing instant oatmeal
Lunch: I made egg salad (standard recipe) and will use a Sandwich Thin to make a sandwich. I cut up grapes and strawberries for a fruit salad
Dinners: (i'll be having this 3 times this week) roasted chicken thighs with a honey garlic sauce, roasted baby carrots and broccoli with it

tinkerbellang83

This week I have gone a little lazy and just made some Olive Tapenade to spread on toast for lunch, but it is quite delicious. Just black and green pitted olives, sundried tomatoes, 3 cloves of garlic, a squeeze of lemon juice and a slosh of the oil that the sundried tomatoes were in (which had oregano, garlic, salt & black pepper).

Should keep well because of the salt and oil, so having that Mon, Weds & Fri for lunch this week and then will probably have some more over the weekend.

I have soup, mini-naan breads(shop bought for work lunches today and Thursday).

I have various popcorn/skips/nuts pre-weighed in a snack basket along with some pre-portioned cheese/crackers and a pack of apples.

Dinner last night was Pan Fried Chicken Dinner.

I am clearing out my freezer this week of a few random bits and pieces like Yorkshire puddings and Fishfingers before I go back into full on Meal prep mode. Hoping to get myself a Chest Freezer next month to make a bit more room for my prepped stuff because I eat so much better when I have something I can just quickly defrost that I make over the weekend.

MelanieCN77

I'm shopping later today for the next couple of days worth of prep, and am planning some chicken meatballs and using up some garbanzos and will probably make some canned tuna salad - shouldn't be too involved this time as I also have cooked rice and quick pasta. I think all I have to do is the meatballs, one meal of potatoes and broc/sprouts.

kali31337

Last night I made these Israeli couscous bowls that I loaded with sweet potatoes, black beans, corn, spinach, feta, sunflower seeds, and a drizzle of an avocado sauce. That made 4 portions which I'll eat for dinner through Thursday.

I also made a week's worth of hardboiled eggs that I'll supplement my breakfast with.

GreenValli

We eat chicken and ground beef often and shop on Saturday. Sunday I portion out the meat in amounts to make main dishes for that week and put all but one in the freezer. This Saturday I made a low calorie soup and portioned it out into about 3 cups each small container and froze 2 to use during the week. This morning I made 3 salads: one for me for lunch, one for my husband, and another for tomorrow for me. So I would say I do my meal prepping throughout the beginning of the week.

Our three main dishes this week are:
Tostada quiche
Stir fry chicken
Sloppy joes (browned and spiced ground beef and a sauce I make from scratch)

Since there are only 2 of us, the 3 main dishes are enough for the week. I always make enough for leftovers for a second day.

Always add a salad or a cooked vegetable. I use frozen vegetables often. This week we are having the soup with our dinners.

WinoGelato

I haven't been to the store yet this week, looking through this thread for some good ideas for the remainder of the week's dinners.

We tend to be on a fairly consistent rotation of some sort of pasta, some sort of stir fry, some sort of roasted/grilled protein with easy sides

Last week for dinners we did:
Sunday: Jerk Pork Tenderloin with Black Beans & Rice and Green Beans
Monday: Pasta with shrimp, zucchini and asparagus with a garlic olive oil sauce
Tuesday: Sunday's Pork Tenderloin meal
Wednesday: Pulled pork from freezer with a ready made side of mac & cheese and roasted carrots
Thursday: Pasta with chicken, asparagus and zucchini in a creamy tomato sauce
Friday : Pizza
Saturday: Stirfry with chicken, zucchini and snap peas over rice

Most of them made enough to be repurposed into lunches for me and/or husband at work. It's funny you guys call that meal prepping. I call it eating up leftovers. #marketing

WinoGelato

kali31337 wrote: »

Last night I made these Israeli couscous bowls that I loaded with sweet potatoes, black beans, corn, spinach, feta, sunflower seeds, and a drizzle of an avocado sauce. That made 4 portions which I'll eat for dinner through Thursday.

I also made a week's worth of hardboiled eggs that I'll supplement my breakfast with.

Those sound amazing and I have some couscous in my pantry that I've been trying to decide what to do with. Do you have a recipe or just throw it together?

kali31337

WinoGelato wrote: »

kali31337 wrote: »

Last night I made these Israeli couscous bowls that I loaded with sweet potatoes, black beans, corn, spinach, feta, sunflower seeds, and a drizzle of an avocado sauce. That made 4 portions which I'll eat for dinner through Thursday.

I also made a week's worth of hardboiled eggs that I'll supplement my breakfast with.

Those sound amazing and I have some couscous in my pantry that I've been trying to decide what to do with. Do you have a recipe or just throw it together?

Yes the recipe came from here https://cookieandkate.com/2015/southwestern-kale-power-salad/

I don't love quinoa so I used the Israeli couscous instead and then subbed out the kale for spinach!

Steff46

I'm still dabbling at this meal prep thing. Mostly just planning our menu ahead and making sure we have something cooked or ready to cook so we don't make bad choices. Plus my guy is picky. Here is what I came up with this week.
Breakfast: I've been skipping it lately but next week I'm trying the egg muffins.
Lunch (for me): Taco Soup/chopped raw bell peppers/portioned out mixed nuts.
Dinner for Mon/Tues: Hamburger patties/tortilla shells/bacon/ranch dressing (patty wraps).
Dinner for Wed/Thurs: Chicken breast grilled/veggies (from the freezer) on the side.
Dinner for Friday: Take out from our favorite BBQ restaurant (BBQ beef/baked potato/small salad).
Saturday & Sunday: Has eluded me at the moment. My guy will not eat the same thing more than two days in a row so I'm still working on the menu.

MelanieCN77

Here's my prep haul for today - curious what other people would do with these ingredients! I have a plan but what would you do with this and your own standard pantry items?

TerylOz

I raised a family of 5 kids so I was used to cooking big meals. Now that I'm alone, I dont cook quite as much but I always cook more than one meals worth, so I eat some & freeze some with everything I cook. That way I keep a selection of frozen meals at the ready for when I don't have time or are too tired to cook.

Mollyeverino

Steff46 wrote: »

My guy will not eat the same thing more than two days in a row so I'm still working on the menu.

Have you checked out Fitmencook or Buzzfeed’s Tasty? They both have options to make a big batch of veggies and proteins but put them together so that the meals are different every day.

Our meals this week are just some tried and tries meals that I make often.

Breakfast:
A- ground turkey, scrambled egg whites, hash browns
Me- roast w/ tomatoes, avocado, broiled cheese and an egg

Lunch:
Firecracker chicken w/ coconut rice and sautéed veggies

Dinner:
Honey lime tilapia with broccoli

Snacks:
A- ground sirloin w/ ragu and pita chips
Me- deli turkey slices, garlic & feta stuffed olives, pepper jack cheese cubes, and buffalo pretzel chips

wandering44

My husband and I are on the keto diet. He is eating one meal per day (dinner) and I am eating breakfast and dinner. I have great keto recipes for ground beef Mexican casserole, chicken Florentine, chicken or turkey salsa verde, eggplant parmesan with pork sausage, beef goulash, and several others. I make enough for 4 servings at least so I can freeze a dinner size portion. If I make something with soft vegetables, i.e. the beef goulash, I dish out the portion to be frozen and add the zucchini to the dinner we are eating. I really don't like vegetables that are frozen in a dish. If anyone wants any of these recipes let me know and I can copy and paste them.

Mollyeverino

Getting myself together and planning for this next week so I can do everything on time!

Breakfast:
A- Ground turkey, egg whites, and hashbrowns (this guy can literally eat the same thing every day and never get tired of any of it lol)
Me-Hummus, avocado and tomato english muffins

Lunch:
Chili lime baked chicken, green beans and I will have quinoa w/mine but he won't.

Dinner:
Poached salmon in coconut lime sauce with jasmine rice

Snacks:
A-slow cooker beef and broccoli
Me-yogurts, protein box (turkey, cheese, pickles, crackers), apples, oranges

Love_2_Hike

This is me for the week.
Breakfast- Yopro, blueberries, breakfast booster & banana
Snack - nectarine, homemade protein snacks
Lunch - Roast Veggie quinoa salad with kale and spinach

lcdube01

I love prepping my lunches! Why did I never do this before?? This week I'm having meatballs and zoodles AND honey soy chicken and rice. I find choosing two meals and alternating makes it so easy and i can focus on making something really nice