Does anyone cook on weekends for the week?

I like to make a big meal on Sunday and I have the leftovers the rest of the week. (or I freeze them) Since my husband is working out of town it's just me so the meals go a long way. I like to make burritos with rice, beans, cheese and freeze them. I also like to make soups, and pastas are always good reheated

If I know I am going to have a really busy week I may make a soup or something I can eat twice during the week, just incase I make it home too late for dinner.

I made some curry-thia-coconut and chicken soup sunday, so last night all I had to do was heat some rice to mix into it.
Or some times I will buy a rotissierre chicken and cut it into 5oz bags so I can add it to tacos or sandwhiches for dinners or luches (they are just grab and go.)
Making a pot full of noodles and measuring them out into single serving bags works too, then just reheat, add some olive oil, spinach, and parmasan cheese, whaa laah.. super quick.

I cooked a big batch of chicken stir fry last Sunday, and found that it froze really well. I just put my portion size in small containers...easy to just grab and go. Soups are a great go-to as well.

I personally make oatmeal everyday. I pack it dry with cinnamon (no sugar) and add hot water from the coffee maker at work. So this is easy to do. I personally wouldn't make oatmeal in advance. I would think it would get to "gluey" But I am sure some do this with success.

Another good grain you can easliy precook is barely or quinoa. I just made a weeks worth of barely for my wife last night. Store them in individual containers. A dash of cinnamon. Good stuff.

I make a big pot of vegetarian chili once a week, and freeze it in individual portions. It makes 8 servings! Just thaw one out each day, and heat it up. It may sound monotonous, but so is junk fast food, night after night, which is what I USED to do before I lost so much weight! The chili is hot, tasty, full of vegetables, and has become my new comfort food!

Back when I was a young working mother, I used to sometimes cook dinner up the night before. So, all I had to do was heat it up when I got home, and everyone was hungry. Then, I made the next night's dinner, AFTER eating. Unfortunately, I was too tired to always do that, even back then. But it worked, some of the time.

I totally do! I make lunch for my boyfriend and I. We wraps for lunch (look at my diary) . I cook up one 9-10 oz porksteak, cut it into small cubes, and put in fresh celery (usually 3 stalks) and buffalo sauce 2 -3 tbls, and in the morning when i wake up, (literally takes me 3 minutes) i throw 1 1/2 tbls on a wrap (100 cal) with 1 tbls of light ranch and a handful of spinach and mung bean sprouts. 330 calorie wrap. We have it almost every other week. Very easy, and not a worry.

I usually cook 4 meals for the week on Sunday and sometimes breakfast and snack stuff too. It's a lot of work on Sunday, but totally worth the money it saves and the convenience for during the week. I get a lot of ideas from websites like skinny taste and skinny ms, and just make up my own sometimes.

Here is an example of what I cooked this past Sunday for this week:

Skinny Taste Picadillo and brown rice with a side of steamed broccoli (I just put the picadillo ingredients in the crock pot and put it in the fridge. The morning of the day we intend to eat it, I just put it on. Then that evening, I heat up the rice and broccoli.

Spaghetti Squash casserole with venison sausage, onion, tomato sauce and olives with a side salad of leafy lettuce, carrots, tomatoes and avocado (I just get the salad stuff washed and cut it all up the night we are going to have it).

Skinny Taste baked broccoli mac and cheese with a side salad of spinach and strawberries.

Venison Scotch soup with barley, carrots, celery, onion and venison stew meat with a side of steamed broccoli.

Friday we almost always have leftovers. I also generally get enough leftovers to bring in my lunches.

I also made pigs in a blanket with venison sausage for the kids to eat at breakfast and boiled eggs for everyone.

Finally, I made a batch of granola for snacks and breakfast.

I am on a low carb diet and hate cooking.

Every Sunday I roast two joints in the oven (my favourites are gammon and lamb leg), coo, wrap in tin foil and keep in the fridge. While they are roasting I make a big pot of low-GI vegetable soup, which I then liquidise.

Then Monday to Saturday I live on the soup, reheated pint by pint in the microwave, with a tablespoon of heavy cream and some dill mixed in, and slices of cold roasted meat. If it's gammon I cube it and put inside the soup and if it's lamb I have it hot on the side of the soup. Sometimes I have Polish sausage sliced in the soup.

If I need food to take out, I just slice some cold meat and put it into a plastic food box.

Each meal Monday to Saturday takes me about 3 minutes to prepare.

I believe my self-made diet is perfect in terms of nutrition and sustainability. It's delicious, easy, and I've lost 13lb in a month.

Yes! I cook on Sunday for the week. I make turkey chili, turkey patties, some kind of soup and pre cut vegetables. I have my meals planned for the week, and each night I pack my lunch for the next day, as well as set out things for breakfast so there is no question as to what I'm going to eat. It takes some extra time on Sunday, but sets me up for a good week. I cook veggies the day of. Buy a bunch of tupperware!

I literally fill my fridge to the brim with foods that are ready to eat. I even portion them out so I don't have to spoon out a serving each time either. It takes a few hours out of my Sunday, but it is definitely worth it. Here's just the tip of the iceberg of what I make:

Turkey Meatballs
Avocado, Egg, Tuna Salad (for sandwhiches)
Sweet Potato Bites
Peanut Butter Protein Bars
Baked Vegetables (Brussels Sprouts, Asparagus, Zucchini, Carrots)
Potato Wedges
Protein Pancakes
Zucchini Patties
Lentil and Carrot Salad
Spicy Quinoa
Chocolate Protein Muffins
Bison Burgers
Turkey Burgers
Quinoa Tuna
Black Bean Avocado Salad

Oh the list goes on and on and on...................

wow i wish i had a bigger fridge

I do chicken and rice, as well as spaghetti.
I portion everything out at the tim, so I can just grab and go in the mornings.

This Sunday I made Italian turkey burgers (make turkey burgers with plenty of chopped veggies, serve on portabello cap top with marinara and Parmesan, serve with broccoli), homemade lara bars, breakfast enchiladas, chicken and blackbean sauce with veggies over riced cauliflower), and homemade doggy treats for pup. Can't leave him out!

Also made some trail mix and granola for the kids snacks. Once you are organized and have a routine, it starts to be super easy to plan. To go further I even saved some of the sauteed veggie mix I used in the burgers (onion, pepper, zucchini), and ground some of the turkey for burrito bowls, and to breakfast bowls (fried egg on top).

I get home from work hungry and tired, so the last thing I want to do is cook a meal. On weekends I make at least one thing I can have throughout the week: turkey chili, soup,a lean pork roast or roast chicken. My favorite is to make a big pot of spaghetti sauce, which can be used to top pasta, spaghetti squash (delish this way!), or to top a chicken breast wrapped in foil with vegetables and a sprinkle of grated cheese and baked for 25 minutes. I'll do several packets and they're ready to go for lunch or dinner. Good luck!

Two things I like to do for breakfast - oatmeal in a jar, and omelet bites. The oatmeal is the following in a small mason jar - 1/2 cup oatmeal, almond milk, and whatever you else you like - brown sugar, blueberries, cinnamon, agave syrup...in the jar, and ready to go the next morning. For the omelet bites, partially cook 12 pieces of bacon, and line muffin tins with them. Mix up eggs and whatever omelet-type ingredients you like - chopped tomatoes, mushrooms, spinach...bake for about 30 minutes, and you have 12 portions of breakfast! I eat one with some fresh fruit in the morning, and I'm good to go til lunch!

Shepherd's Pie (sort of) with 1/2 Lb turkey to lower the fat and 1/2 lb ground beef so it still tastes good. Sautee some onions (and mushrooms if you want), add the meat, season to taste, and brown. Put some frozen peas/carrots in the bottom of an 8X8 pan, top with the meat. Top with some mashed potatoes, sprinkle with Parmesan. A (sort of) Shepherd's Pie.

Eggplant Rollatini - Bake your eggplant sprayed on both sides in pam on a cookie sheet until it's soft. I fill mine with ricotta, spinach, and mozzarella (and a slice of ham of I feel like it). Roll it up, put sauce on it, and bake it in the oven for an hour. There will be a TON of liquid in the bottom that needs draining when it comes out of the oven.

Chili - YUM

Any type of stew

Roast Beef - Get the meat cooked and any veggies that go with it only take a few minutes to steam in the microwave.

Cook a pack of chicken breasts ahead of time and then reheat to serve with any microwaveable frozen veggie.

Eggplant Lasagna - Cook the eggplant as above for the rollatini then use it as the noodles to layer with meat (or not), mozzarella, and ricotta. (You'll have to drain that too).