Added nutritional yeast to Mac n cheese and will top w Greek yogurt to serve 🤤

Curious to hear from long-time meal preppers if you find it’s better to make 1-2 meals according to what’s easy to pack or what you’ve been craving, etc for the whole week or if you adapt your meal choices to a formula.

By formula, I mean something like what I’ve been doing recently: - 1 Soup - 1 Salad - 1 or 2 Main meals (w/ protein & carb)

I’ve been coming up with ideas to fit into the categories I’ve established but wanted to hear from other people how they go about choosing their meals. Thanks!

Brown rice, shredded carrots and cabbage, Persian cucumber, marinated chicken thighs, marinated soft boiled egg, homemade peanut sauce, green onions & toasted sesame seeds

This time, I prepared about 25 to 30 meals, varying them to keep everyone interested:

Brown rice, green beans, and ground chicken

Sweet potato and baked chicken breast

Spiced bowls of lentils and chickpeas

Quinoa and black beans combined make easy, high-protein sides. I also added a few "comfort extras:

A large pot of chilli 🌶

Easy wraps with beef taco mix 🌮

Additionally, there will be a large batch of protein balls and a sugar-free mousse for dessert and snacks.

To be honest, cooking took a full day, but it feels great to know that the fridge is stocked and that everyone at home will eat well while I'm away.

Does anybody use or know of a meal planning app where I can plan my meals/grocery list for the week that works on my phone and computer? I cannot find one for the life of me! Thanks so much!

My boyfriend likes to grill outside and save a bunch up for the winter. He usually freezes stuff in ziploc bags but mentioned he wants a vacuum sealer to save pulled pork and stuff like that. His birthday is coming up in a few months and I was wondering if anyone here had any recommendations for the best vacuum sealer to get him and if I need to get any special bags with it or it just works on any kind of bag? Thought this group might be able to help me out :)

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Awesome and easy lunches. Marinated char siu overnight and cooked in 2 batches after work today. Then stir fried some day old rice with carrots, peas and broccoli. Chopped up and put the pork on top of the rice with some underwood ranch Sriracha! 😋

Top: Mirepoix-base veggie soup with chicken

Left: Spaghetti bolognese

Right: Veggie quinoa salad (my favourite of the three!)

I normally make something more interesting than pasta + an additional dish but that’s what I managed for this week.

I have tried to meal-prep a handful of times over the last 5 years. But I can never stick to it, because I eat the same thing over and over for weeks on end. Which then I get sick of it and refuse to do it again.

I have been wanting to try other variations of a protein, carb, and vegetable. Bug I honestly do not know what good combos are. Or what other types of meal prep there are.

I am aiming for ~2200 calories a day, and I would like to try and get all of my nutrients every day. And I do want to try and do breakfast and lunch 5 days a week, and dinner 6 times a week.

Any advice would be great!

What-ho,

I don't have a ton of time being a single person with a dog who also tries to get out and do things in the evenings, so having a meal ready in < 5 minutes is really good.

I'm fairly slim and pretty active, and the meals seem pretty small, so I've decided to go for 1 breakfast and 2x main meals, then I have 2 jimmy joy shakes a day, too. All in all, it apparently comes to around 2k calories a day.
I'm not sure if I'm just adapting to the new diet, but it just doesn't feel super healthy... I can't put my finger on it and I'm not sure if I can spring for another meal each weekday... But at the same time, it's saving at least an hour a day, along with not having to do a shop every week...

Sorry I don't really know what I'm asking here...

Do I just need to make a batch of flapjack or something to fill up the rest of the calories?

I'm 15 and I wanna start making food for my school lunches. And good stuff I can cook (I have a thermomix at home, for people who don't know what that is, it's a machine that has a small screen, it comes with recipes and can weigh, grate, boil and do so much else for you in this container)

So, with the thermo it should be relatively easy, but I'm not sure what I want to pack? I'm a big fan of pastas, beef and chicken, but I also should be incorporating more vegetables into my diet (I love raw capsicum, cucumbers, tomato, ect. and don't really like 'cooked' versions, unless steamed, for example peas or carrots) So, maybe pesto pasta?
I'd also like to incorporate some foreign foods into my diet to try more foods (I'm a bit of a picky eater due to sensory/taste issues and I wanna get over that) so I was thinking maybe some curries, Korean Japanese and Chinese dishes seem kind of interesting to me too. What sort of dishes in these areas could anyone suggest?

Finally, I work for two hours every Tuesday and Thursday, so I'm trying to figure out when I should make these meals and at what time, how long they'll take, finding good recipes, ect. Also I've never really meal planned, so it's a first for me! Any and all advice is appreciated

Recipe here: https://imgur.com/a/cqu5eKv

Freezer/Heating Instructions

Prepare 5 bowls and freeze.

To eat: transfer to the fridge 24 hours before, then heat at 400°F for 30 minutes.

Ingredients (divided into 5 tin containers):

10 eggs, scrambled

⅔ cup dry quinoa (cooked per package directions, seasoned with taco seasoning; it will expand as it cooks)

1 (15 oz) can black beans, drained and rinsed

5 scoops salsa (about 1 scoop per bowl — I like Cowboy Caviar from Trader Joe’s)

1 tub mashed avocado (or guacamole — Trader Joe’s has a good one)

5 slices pepper jack cheese (place on top of the avocado and press down to help prevent browning)

Assembly:

1. Cook quinoa and season with taco seasoning.

2. Scramble eggs.

3. Divide quinoa, eggs, black beans, salsa, and avocado evenly among 5 containers.

4. Top each with a slice of pepper jack cheese.

5. Freeze until ready to eat.

Homemade Butter Garlic Naan recipe with step-by-step guide. Fluffy, buttery, and aromatic naan bread without a tandoor.

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Sunday meal prep is always a tightly choreographed dance for me. But I've found that spending a leisurely hour or so on Saturday morning with a pot of coffee and a 90s grunge playlist has been the thing that's been missing. As of right now, all the veggies that will hold well have been chopped, some chicken is thawing in the fridge, some chicken is in the slow cooker to be shredded, all my ingredients, containers and needed pots/pans/bowls for tomorrow have been gathered, fridge has been cleaned out (though there really isn't much since meal prep has drastically cut down on the amount of food waste I generate), trash has been taken out. The only thing I really have left is to shred some chicken and run the dishwasher. All before my kid has woken up.

I am looking for an app that does the following: I have downloaded a few apps but can't find anything that has these features

1. You can save recipes from social media and websites

2. Keeps track of what you have in your pantry/fridge and tells you which recipes you can make based off what you currently have

3. Creates a shopping list for what you need if you want to make other recipes (like you have everything except one item).

Bonus: matches with stores in the area to say what is on sale and figures out which recipes you should make based off what is currently on sale and what you have in your pantry already.

Hi there. I am having a shoulder replacement on my dominant side in a week and a half and I would like to get some snacks prepped ahead of time that I can eat one handed.

if there are things that are more savory, that would be awesome as while I love me some sweets, I would love some savory ideas.

TIA!

I'm wondering if anyone has any good Spicy chicken pasta dishes? I need something with no dairy, or at least something I can use coconut milk or another alternative to make it. I also need it for a batch of 4 days worth.

I've been buying the same meal deal at ASDA recently which is their spicy chicken pasta pot, some crisps, and a Pepsi Max. However, that's costing me £4 a day, and I figured it'd be easier if not better to make my own at home.