Meal Preppers! What are you cooking this week?

ee2368
ee2368 Posts: 85 Member
edited January 2019 in Food and Nutrition
What’s on the menu this week? How many days/meals do you prep? Do you prep for the whole week, partial?
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  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,925 Member
    I usually cook for 2-3 days, depending. So far I'm thinking of
    tonight: baked cauliflour and onion parts with chicken, pearl couscous or small ellbow pasta, cherry tomatoes, spices, maybe feta
    Later this week probably a pasta with tomato base and tuna or sardine.

    Depending on the calories of the first I'm sorted for 4-5 days. I also still have one portion of a stew leftover in the freezer
  • Zeebopbiddlywop
    Zeebopbiddlywop Posts: 13 Member
    Pork chops - 2 cooked ones each with rice and veggies.
    Diced pork stir fry.
    Diced steak for fried rice.
    Steak with mashed potatoes I made yesterday.

    Everything made, portioned, and frozen for easy meals.
  • CowboySar
    CowboySar Posts: 404 Member
    I work away from home 10 days at work 4 days at home. I also eat the same thing all the time so it is pretty simple. Most would say boring and not eat the same but I like it and it works for me.
    On the Sunday start of my work shift I cook 16+ lbs of ground turkey and 12 cups (uncooked) quinoa. This is current as I am slow cutting/maintaining. When Bulking its 16+lbs of eye of round steaks and yams or potatoes. Easy as pie cook once every 10 days. At home I eat the same foods for all except dinner where I will cook everyday for the wife and I
  • MikePfirrman
    MikePfirrman Posts: 3,307 Member
    I'm all about meal planning.

    Sunday - (just got done) Coconut Curry Chicken Thighs, Brown Rice, Creamed Spinach and Peas and Carrots.
    Monday - Leftovers from Sunday
    Tuesday - Mexican Quinoa Burrito Bowl with Avocado (Vegan)
    Wednesday - Out to Thai (I usually go Vegan again)
    Thursday - Trying a new recipe with a Brussel Sprout Salad and Maple/Honey Salmon
    Friday - Pasta (gluten free) Alfredo with fresh Broccoli and Mushrooms
    Saturday - Date night
  • nicsflyingcircus
    nicsflyingcircus Posts: 2,839 Member
    I'll prep Tuesday for my work week (W/Th/F this particular week, 12 hr shifts).

    9 hard boiled eggs, 3 string cheese, deli meat (chicken probably) and the I need to come up with my main meal for those days. I am thinking chicken taco salad.
  • ee2368
    ee2368 Posts: 85 Member
    I loved all these ideas! I usually cook a few days in advance and then freeze anything past that.

    Mon-Wed: Mozzarella/Ham rollups, mashed cauliflower, and parmesan stuffed chicken
    Thurs & Fri: we’ll see ;-)
  • Mollyeverino
    Mollyeverino Posts: 22 Member
    edited January 2019
    I cook enough for 4 days for my husband, our 2 year old and me.

    Bfast- seasoned ground turkey, scrambled egg whites and hash browns. Topped with cheese and salsa after microwave.

    Lunch- deconstructed cheese burger bowls 🙌🏻

    Snacks- Dijon salmon w/ Parmesan asparagus or honey crisp apples with cheddar blocks

    Dinner- Mediterranean style chicken w/ turmeric rice

    I’m a snacker so I have fruit, cottage cheese and skinny pop popcorn on hand when I need to munch something
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    I only prep lunch. It's usually chicken on the smoker. Today my chicken is paired with a baked potato. Tomorrow it's frozen veggies. Then maybe a wrap or salad, haven't decided.
  • RachelElser
    RachelElser Posts: 1,049 Member
    I prep breakfast (a tray of zucchini chia chocolate muffins), and lunch- this week tikka masala for 2 lunches, and my mother made a huge pot of split pea soup so I've got that portioned out for three lunches to be accompanies by ham sandwiches.
    I also boiled eggs, and have chow chow in single servings ready to go, then an apple, and orange and I'm good to go.
    Dinner I don't prep- I tend to have soup or something easy.
  • ntw25
    ntw25 Posts: 149 Member
    I lunch prep every week. This week, my boyfriend and I are ganging up and making 10 lunches of the same recipe: honey sriracha meatballs! We’re also making Asian stir fried veggies to go alongside.

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    Looks delicious, can I get a recipe ?
  • kjt1972
    kjt1972 Posts: 3 Member
    I typically make some kind of egg bake every week: whole eggs, plus egg whites, spinach, peppers, turkey or chicken sausage with a little cheese on top. If it is a workout day, I will add a piece of avocado toast with trader joe's everything bagel seasoning.
    This week I made up a couple of low carb/whole wheat tortillas with turkey breast, lettuce, avocado and a little basil aoili. I also plan to make up a couple of greek salads with chicken, peppers, cucumbers, a little feta cheese, kalamata olives with a balsamic dressing.
  • amcarpla
    amcarpla Posts: 8 Member
    I lunch prep every week. This week, my boyfriend and I are ganging up and making 10 lunches of the same recipe: honey sriracha meatballs! We’re also making Asian stir fried veggies to go alongside.

    omg! these look amazing! Where did you get the recipe?
  • VirginiasMom
    VirginiasMom Posts: 23 Member
    Not sure it would be meal prep necessarily but I batch cook dinners - this week it's:
    • Chicken with veggies (Carrots, green beans and brussel sprouts)
    • Not Lasagna - this is basically zoodles, spaghetti squash, roasted eggplant, onion sauteed with ground turkey with a jar of low calorie pasta sauce on top and sprinkled with parmesan
    • Chicken cauliflower fried rice

    I did prep curried cauliflower asparagus soup for lunch this week (I also make a salad fresh daily).
  • ridiculous59
    ridiculous59 Posts: 2,906 Member
    sarahows3 wrote: »
    I always prep my work lunches for the week. Tend to keep a bank of various potioned soups in the freezer for this time of year. Made 5 portions of spicy sweet potato and black bean soup today. My lunch is a surprise every day as they are all in the same containers.

    This.

    Usually on Sunday I make a pot full of soup. In my freezer right now I have portions of mushroom chicken soup, borsht, carrot orange ginger, and tomato. My lunches for the week.

    Breakfasts are usually the same: plain yoghurt and a cup of some type of berry, or a slice of protein cheesecake, with berries.

    I had a craving on the weekend for homemade mac and cheese because I had all these bits of cheese left over from Christmas. I made a big dish of that yesterday using cream cheese, smoked cheddar, and gouda. Amazing!! I'll eat the leftovers during the week.
  • smedlund
    smedlund Posts: 117 Member
    The goal is to prep what I can on Sundays for the week so we don't eat out a lot (if at all). This week we are having spaghetti (I am doing zoodles instead of noodles), honey mustard chicken sheet pan dish, sweet thai chili chicken stir fry, eggroll in a bowl (with ground lamb), and fish and veg. My stepson is with us Sunday through Wednesday (and every other Saturday) so I tend to do the kid friendly chicken meals those nights.

    I also like to make a big pot of something for my lunches and use my personal crockpot food warmer to have a good hearty meal. This week I am doing a lower carb veggie chili with Morningstar Farms veggie crumbles. It's really good.

    Breakfasts will most likely be hardboiled eggs, since they are easy and I steamed a bunch of eggs last night, or protein chia seed pudding.

    Veggies, fruit, and/or cottage cheese as a snack.
  • smedlund
    smedlund Posts: 117 Member
    I lunch prep every week. This week, my boyfriend and I are ganging up and making 10 lunches of the same recipe: honey sriracha meatballs! We’re also making Asian stir fried veggies to go alongside.

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    This looks amazing. Would love to see the recipe!