Meal Prep for Lunches

Lynne_62
Lynne_62 Posts: 1 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Looking for ideas for Meal Prep Sunday - specifically lunches for the week

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  • toxikon
    toxikon Posts: 2,383 Member
    edited February 2018
    I've been doing meal-prep Sunday for a while now and it's pretty rad.

    You can adapt most recipes to batch cooking. Liquidy/creamy recipes seem to reheat the nicest. Things like soups, stews, chilis, curries, quiches, casseroles. Mason jar salads actually seem to last a full week in my fridge and stay crisp - check out Google on how to best layer your ingredients.

    Here are some examples of things I've prepped lately:
    - butter chicken with rice
    - mexican shredded chicken soup
    - pureed curry butternut squash soup
    - french onion soup
    - black bean, rice, bell pepper and chicken burritos
    - pan-roasted root veggies
    - spinach, blueberry and goat cheese salads
    - greek salads
    - sweet & sour meatballs with steamed veggies
    - risotto
    - havarti kale quiche
    - ham and onion quiche

    I usually keep enough portions in the fridge to feed my fiance and I for the following 3 days, then I put the rest in the freezer to keep fresh and pull them out to replenish the fridge as we need them.

    Check out www.reddit.com/r/MealPrepSunday for photos and ideas too.

    My fave recipe sites:

    seriouseats.com
    allrecipes.com
    skinnytaste.com
    budgetbytes.com
  • JennJ323
    JennJ323 Posts: 646 Member
    Here's some ideas I have done for lunches. I also prep Sunday for my breakfasts & lunches for the week.

    Egg salad
    Chicken salad
    Taco stuffed bell peppers
    Any kind of marinated chicken and roasted veggies
    BLT wraps (prep everything but assemble day of)
    Pulled chicken for salads
    Marinated steak for salads
    Chicken stir fry
    Meatballs
    No-bread philly cheesesteaks
    Chicken fajitas bowls
    Taco bowls
    Broc cheese soup
    Chicken cordon blue wraps

    Here is the link to my Pinterest page for lunch ideas I've done
    https://www.pinterest.com/jennsc1122/lunch-ideas/
  • jessieknh
    jessieknh Posts: 52 Member
    I prep Sundays. Some of my go to's are:
    Chicken sausage and veggies
    Turkey taco chili soup
    Stuffed peppers
    Salads
  • peaceout_aly
    peaceout_aly Posts: 2,018 Member
    Lynne_62 wrote: »
    Looking for ideas for Meal Prep Sunday - specifically lunches for the week

    My go to meal prep is 18 hard-boiled eggs, 1 lb. ground turkey mixed with a Bird's Eye protein blend bag, a few servings of edamame and light tuna salad with celery & onion. I also pre-chop red onion (which I use for fajita egg white omelettes...just add fajita seasoning, spinach, 1 T. cheese and a slice or two of turkey or ham) and rip up a rotisserie chicken (which I use for flat bread "pizza" on Flat Out wraps or mix in with cottage cheese).
  • mrsrebeccaplude
    mrsrebeccaplude Posts: 48 Member
    I see that this is an older forum, but I came looking for some lunch ideas. I only have 15 minutes for lunch, and I'm looking for meal prep lunches that don't need to be heated up. Any non "salad in a jar" ideas would be appreciated!

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