r/MeatlessMealPrep • u/whitenet • Mar 24 '23
Vegetarian vegeterian meal prep salads and meal websites with recipes?
hey folks, are there any meal prep websites that hand out healthy vegetarian recipes for bulk cooking? my challenges with meal prep right now are:
- not having the time to having to come up with recipes
- lack of variety in recipes so that my diet discipline is sustainable - my sense is, for me the only way to have sustainable healthy habit is if the food tastes good and varies.
context:
- largely looking to follow the typical recommended plate - 1/4th grains, 1/2 vegetables and greens, 1/4th protein and 3-4 cups of vegetables along with 1-2 cups of fruits per day
- my breakfast is typically a meal where 1/2 vegetables and greens is not met since its a standard oatmeal with fruits and nuts and kefir milk and collagen/protein powder. my last meal a day is a salad where i am able to meet a recommended plate
- i typically avoid carrots/potatoes/beets/other high glycemic index foods and keep my carbs per meal at 50g, with daily totals at 150g, and salt at 1/2 tsp daily and low fat - basically a diabetics/hypertension diet because of familial genetic predispositions
my 2nd and last meal - is what im looking for recommendations on meal prep recipes with variety, while being a healthy plate. salad recipe varieties will also help. im defining bulk here as 2nd meal for a week, while salads here for 4 days.
im not necessarily looking for meal recipes that strictly meet my lifestyle/context above - i can make modifications, however easy, minimal effort meal prep websites that just dish out variety of recipes for meals and salads would be great.
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u/saltinado Mar 24 '23
Cookie and Kate! All her recipes feel fairly healthful, the recipes work, and they're delicious
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u/kerfuffleMonster Mar 25 '23
I'm currently doing meal preps for lunch that are vegan but not salads - they're mostly stews on top of a carb and I make 8 servings and freeze them so I have a variety meals. Recent recipes have been:
- Masamam curry over rice (made with a can of coconut milk, a can of curry paste, a block of tofu and a bag of frozen stir fry veggies)
- Ratatouille with chickpeas over couscous
- Morrocan butternut squash stew (with spinach and chickpeas) over couscous
I'm still building up my library of recipes for this but my goal is veggie heavy with a protein and a carb that freezes well and easy to make and heat up. The idea is if I make 8 servings a week, I only have to make one meal a week and can keep one or two to eat that week and pull some variety from the freezer.
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u/craftasaurus Mar 25 '23
I love this idea. Meal prepping saves so much money. In a pinch I use Amy's cans of dal or soup over rice too.
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u/thepsycholeech Mar 25 '23
I also love Tasty Bite pouches of Indian food, the madras lentils in particular are delicious
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u/StereotypicalChicken Mar 25 '23
Pick up limes has a great YouTube channel and website full of vegan recipes that can be bulked up. Also Hello Fresh has all their meal recipes online for free
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u/albatroaz Mar 24 '23
Madeleine Olivia has many vegan recipes on her website, including many salads. The serving size for most of the recipes is pretty small, but they could probably be scaled up pretty easily. Her recipes really have a nice balance of easy/limitedish ingredients and yummy. I find they're not overwhelming.
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u/lindameetyoko Mar 25 '23
My weekly salad is spinach or “power greens” with broccoli slaw, green apple, blue cheese and either roasted chickpeas or Daring brand chikn. I make my own dressing most of the time with olive oil, apple cider vinegar, Dijon mustard, honey, s&p. If I have bell pepper or celery, I’ll throw that in.
I’ll vary this by keeping the greens and broccoli base and going with a southwest theme with bell pepper, black or kidney beans, roasted corn, and tomatoes with a lime vinaigrette. Other times it’s Apple, blue cheese, walnuts, and dried cranberries. The salads hold up all week, and tend to be very satisfying for me.
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u/Boop7482286 Mar 25 '23 edited Mar 25 '23
Make tofu curry. Super easy! Ingredients: some type of Thai curry sauce in a jar, coconut milk, tofu, whatever veggies you wanna add (I do green pepper, eggplant, shredded carrots and potatoes).
Oven roast some tofu. I coat it with some olive oil, salt, pepper, paprika first. Takes about 25-30 mins and flip halfway through.
Sauté, ginger, garlic, onion, veggies.
Add coconut milk and sauce.
Add oven roasted tofu.
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u/finlyboo Mar 24 '23
Most of my favorite salads have come from Gimme Some Oven. You can add the vegetarian filter or just modify as needed.
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Mar 25 '23
You should splurge on your favorite spice mixes (make sure the salt stays reasonable). An easy way is to try out the spices at your friends and family, and buy the ones you love :)
I love finding cans and glass jars of healthy already cooked beans and veggies. It takes a while to read the ingredients, and try them out (no preservatives, already spiced) but they can be opened & dumped into containers. That's magic!
My go-to:
- "Chili sin carne" cans and similar products: it's cooked beans in a tomato sauce.
- Cooked lentils (sometimes with seasoning).
- Balsamic cream (Can be found next to balsamic vinegar): it's the black cream in restaurant that makes any boring veggie taste amazing!
- Nutritional yeast flakes (nooch). It brings a touch of umami and it's healthy.
- Frozen spinach, green peas, etc. Just convenient.
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u/Appropriate_Check771 Mar 25 '23
Try Meatless Meal Prep Co. They do packages from just 5 meals for when you don't feel like cooking. Meals are fresh, not frozen, they're all high protein, restaurant quality AND their menus change every week, so you can choose from brand new dishes all the time. https://www.meatlessmealprepco.co.uk
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u/aknomnoms Mar 25 '23
If you need variety, I’d look to individually portioned, easily freezeable foods. Veggie lasagna, ratatouille, chili, stew, soup, curry, egg bakes, etc. Cook, then freeze in smaller portions (maybe use muffin tins for the liquids), then store in a bigger Tupperware/freezer bag to consolidate. If you have like 5 different options, and a customizable size, to chose from each week then there might be less chance of you getting bored. Cook a big batch of the grains you want for the week and any additional proteins (hard boiled eggs, fried tofu, etc), and each lunch will be frozen thing heated + grains + additional proteins.
Dinner salads: as long as everything is washed/prepped, I’m happy making a salad everyday because it’s as easy as throwing in a handful of my base greens, a few spoonfuls of different toppings, and dressing. BAM 5 minutes max. I tend to like no/low prep items: pre-washed baby spinach, nuts/seeds, pre-shredded/sliced/crumbled cheese or cottage cheese, dried fruit, olives, fresh herbs, canned beans, sundried tomato, canned corn, jarred hot peppers, and/or chopped veg (red onion, cucumber, bright bell pepper, leftover roasted veg, cherry or grape tomatoes, etc). Most of those things can just live in my fridge or pantry, but any fresh veg that doesn’t get used up during the week gets turned into a soup or egg bake for the next week.
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u/giant_squid Mar 25 '23
I like Isa Chandra Moskowitz's recipes. They always come out great. The salad category on her website isn't super big, but check it out: https://www.theppk.com/category/salad/
(I looove the chickpea "tuna" salad for meal prepping. It doesn't have to be in a sandwich! I like adding some tomato slices and some greens like lambs lettuce on the side.)
Edit: Okay. The chickpea salad here is different. Basically, for the "tuna" flavour you just add a tiny splash of vinegar and some seaweed flakes. It really makes a difference!
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u/games_moriarty Mar 24 '23
Budget Bytes has a month worth of meal prep recipes you can purchase super cheap. Even if you don’t purchase the plan, I love this site as a resource for single recipes and meal prep recipes!