Protein meal prep

sierrawillson70
sierrawillson70 Posts: 3 Member
edited April 8 in Food and Nutrition

Hi!! I’m constantly busy and it’s hard to find time to make healthy meals or even eat. Does anyone have any really delicious high protein recipes that can be made the night before for breakfast or lunch? Thanks so much!

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  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 9,262 Member
    edited April 8

    every Sunday night I either grill extra chicken or steak, or smoke a large low calorie pork loin.
    I slice or chop it, and eat it in lunch salads or wraps the rest of the week. I may add BBQ sauce, low cal mayo, even Thai sweet chili sauce. Salad, I just hit with a few drops of sweet balsamic vinegar.

    Or throw some chicken breast in the crockpot with some taco seasoning, salsa, or chipotle seasoning, and eat it a hundred ways during the week. Tacos.quick burritos or enchiladas. On a salad, mixed with eggs as an omelet. It doesn’t get. Much easier than that.

    Easy to log, easy to make, easy to pack, low calorie, and very high protein.

    Breakfasts for me are typically either a couple servings cottage cheese, a tbsp honey, and a sprinkle of 5-grain muesli (no fruit not chocolate chips etc). I also used to wrap a couple slices bacon in a paper towel and microwave it, but lately I’ve been adding Naked collagen powder to my coffee in lieu of bacon for extra protein.

    My other go-to is chocolate peanut butter pancakes with chocolate peanut butter “frosting”. I make two sheet pans at a time, so each batch makes eight breakfasts. I add whey protein powder, liquid whey (leftover from making homemade yogurt or skyr), lots of cottage cheese, egg whites and more.

    Sometimes I’ll brush some homemade labneh on top with the frosting. Labneh is just Greek yogurt that’s drained until it’s as thick as cream cheese spread.

    I also try to amp up the fun by shaking chocolate hagel on top of my pancakes. I’m a sucker for stuff like that.

    I work out hardest in the mornings so like a ton of protein before I hit the gym, pool, or yoga studio.

  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 36,061 Member

    There are lots of options, but I'd suggest doing a web search or Pinterest search for varied recipes for breakfast burritos, egg muffins, muffin-tin oatmeal cakes, homemade protein bars/cookies, or overnight oats. Many of those can be made ahead and frozen, zapped in the microwave to eat.

    As more lunch-y options, I've made individual frozen dishes of things like lasagna, chili, other soups, etc. (That assumes you have access to a microwave for lunch.) I freeze in tempered glass bowls with snap-on plastic lids (such as Pyrex, Anchor brands in the US) which can go straight from frozen into the microwave or - taking of the lid - even into a toaster oven or regular oven.

    Another option is make-ahead hearty salads with beans, whole grains, and somewhat fridge-stable veggies, that can be eaten over a few days.

    Especially if you don't have access to a microwave or fridge during the day, it can be useful to get an insulated lunch bag with a pocket for one of those plastic freezable "ice" blocks, and some good insulated bowls with tight lids that can keep foods hot or cold. The bowls, if the right size, are good for soup you heat before work, or cold salads.

    Searching in the MFP blogs will also bring up some reduced-calorie options.

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