I've been consistently meal prepping for around 4 months now, but just got back on Reddit and found this sub. This is my first time posting a pretty typical week for us. I made 6 days worth of dinners for me and my husband + 4 days of breakfasts and lunches for myself (short work week). We ended up with extra burritos (yay!). Menu and ingredients below. I just wing everything without recipes so I'm happy to answer questions on anything that's unclear.

Breakfast (4): steel cut oats with chia and cinnamon. I'll add diced apples just before eating.

Lunch (4): chopped salad jars with chickpeas, celery, cucumber, boiled egg, cherry tomatoes, red onion, mixed greens, and sunflower seeds. I'll pack blue cheese dressing on the side.

Dinners:

Burritos (7): flour tortillas filled with Crock-Pot shredded chicken thighs, cilantro lime brown rice, black beans, and shredded cheese. We will add avocado and salsa after re-heating. I also made a veggie blend to serve as a side. It has orange bell pepper, red onion, and fire roasted corn.

Buffalo mac and cheese (4): this is our slightly healthier take on mac and cheese. We blend a full tub of cottage cheese, 4oz of sharp cheddar shredded off the block, and a little bit of the salted pasta cooking water. Then just dump the sauce over the cooked pasta and mix. We use protein pasta, but any pasta should work. Topped with diced grilled chicken breast tossed in Frank's Red Hot. We will add green onions after re-heating and serve with frozen broccoli.

Buddha bowls (4): These require a small amount of cooking the night of, but we pre prepped the air fried tofu and the bok choy (my current veggie obsession!). The tofu was pressed and air fried until it gets crispy outside. The bok choy was washed, sliced, and stir fried with ginger and garlic. We will serve these over brown rice (we use the little microwaveable packs from the freezer section) and top them with any veggies we have in the fridge that need to get used. We will for sure have cucumber and shredded carrots this week + whatever extras we find. We make a quick peanut sauce ( peanut butter, soy sauce, lime juice, garlic, and Sriracha) to top everything.

We don't do anything too special with our meal prep, we just focus on it being somewhat healthy and realistic in terms of cost and effort. I have a lot to learn still, but we've already saved money by not getting takeout as often when we're tired and burnt out in the evenings!

by thou_art_too_saucy

3 Comments

  1. juicygothgirl

    sheesh 4 months the consistency 🔥 great job, OP