Monday – Friday prep for two

Breakfast: Ham, egg & cheese on an English muffin

– Toast English muffin as desired

– Pan fry ham on the stove until slightly golden

– Whisk 12 eggs in a bowl. Add spinach, season with salt and pepper. Bake in oven at 400F until ready. Cut into equal sizes (I cut out 10)

– Assemble everything once ready – First ham, then cheese and egg.

Lunch: Philly cheesesteak stuffed bell peppers with mashed potatoes

Ground beef

– Pan fry white onions until soft

– Add in 96/4 ground beef. Season as desired (garlic powder, onion powder, taco seasoning, sofrito seasoning, salt and pepper) Add some tomato sauce

– After golden, add in 3-4 slices of provolone cheese

– Cut bell peppers into halves. Stuff with ground beef, add a slice of provolone on top. Bake at 400F until ready

Mashed potatoes

– Skin and cut potatoes into small cubes

– Boil at high heat until they soften

– Drain water, and butter and milk of your choice. Mash potatoes in the pot. Season with garlic and salt

Dinner: Salmon rice bowl

– Season with cajun seasoning and black pepper. Cook on medium both sides until ready.

– Cook rice of your choice as desired.

– Assemble veggies

Guacamole

– Cut and squeeze out 5 avocados. Save at least 2 of the seeds.

– Mash avocado. Add diced red onion, tomato and cilantro.

– Squeeze some lime juice. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Chili cucumbers

– Cut cucumbers, season with chili oil and soy sauce. Let it marinate in the fridge

Side salad: Store bought

Beef gravy: Store bought (in the small sauce containers)

Mango salsa: Store bought

Prep Time: 3 hr. 30 min

Couple of things I wanted to address because I got a lot of questions on my last post about the longevity and quality of my meal prep

1. A lot of people have asked how the food quality is by day 4-5. Usually all of my food holds up and I don't notice any deterioration in taste or quality. I allow my food to cool down outside of the fridge before putting everything in, so maybe this helps? Idk how else to answer this LOL but I try to make foods that seem like they will hold up for a week, and I've had no issues. I avoid making any type of fried foods for this reason as well (trial and error). If you notice, I did make a container of guacamole which I know will go bad within the next 2-3 days, but I am okay with that and will throw out when necessary.

2. I don't freeze any of the food simply because I don't have enough freezer space. I live with two roommates and we equally divide the space in the freezer and fridge – my freezer space is already at 100% capacity lol. I am actually thinking of getting a mini fridge because I am slowly taking over the fridge.

3. I don't get bored of eating the same thing everyday. I try to make food that I know I will thoroughly enjoy so I look forward to my meals. In the past I've made meals that didn't come out to my liking and ended up just ordering food on Uber Eats so I try to meticulously plan out my meals a few days before shopping so I know that I will actually like the food I make and not waste money. Also, switching it up every week helps too.

4. Now that I cook for two, it takes slightly a bit longer to prep and cook. Nowadays it can take me between 1 hr. 30 min – 3 hr. depending on what I make. I try to multitask my cooking by cooking all my meats at the same time; while that's happening, I cut and prep my veggies. Sometimes it works out well and I'm able to finish in a more efficient time frame, other times it doesn't and that's okay.

Everything I cook is usually very straightforward and simple, which is why my instructions for each meal are so "plain" so to speak lol. Whenever I cook this much food I never try to do anything intricate since it already takes a lot to prep 30 meals.

My review on this week's prep

– I am not a fan of how the salmon turned out – seafood is expensive and the amount of salmon I bought wasn't really enough for 5 days worth of food for two people, but I tried to make it work. I plan on getting more glass containers because I feel as though they hold the perfect amount of food.

– The blue plastic containers are too big, which is why you can see some empty space in them, even when I tried to fill it up with a bit more food.

– Included in the plan was banana choco-chip muffins but I ended up not making them because it was close to 10PM and I was overstimulated and tired. I plan on making this tonight.

Thanks all for reading!