Some weeks I spend a couple hours during meal prep, while other weeks I spend 30 minutes! We are remodeling our kitchen, so literally I have NO kitchen to make food in. Luckily I have a million no-cook meal prep ideas so still be able to create meals to last the week.
This weekend we are going to Texas, so I only needed meals through Thursday. I bought several convenient foods to help make meals this week. A microwave is not my favorite cooking tool, but it sure does come in handy when you don’t have a kitchen!
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Grocery Shopping:
- 1% cottage cheese and 2% Fage Greek yogurt
- Amy’s Light & Lean frozen meal
- Organic Imagine butternut squash soup
- Fiona’s Vanilla Coconut Granola
- Trader Joe’s Curry Simmer Sauce & Trader Joe’s Satay Peanut Sauce
- tomaotes, Brussels sprouts, riced cauliflower, baby carrots and sugar snap peas
- bananas, lemons, gala apples and blueberries
Meal Prep Ideas:
Our kitchen is no longer functional. Aka there are no cabinets and zero appliances in there! Rather than skipping meal prep I just used convenient foods.
Several weeks ago I made extra lean hamburgers knowing that I would be without a kitchen for a while. I froze the burgers cooked, so that I could grab them from the freezer and put them into meal containers. They will defrost a little in the refrigerator and then I can microwave one during lunch. I do the same thing with cooked chicken and cooked pork. If you want to see exactly how I made the burgers, then check out Week 35 Grocery Shopping & Meal Prep Ideas.
Next, I microwaved the Amy’s Light & Lean frozen meal. It consists of quinoa, black beans, butternut squash and chard. Microwave meals are so convenient – this only took 4 minutes to cook! I don’t like using them every single week, but occasionally it is nice to keep things quick and simple. I divided the bowl into four servings, which was about 60 calories each.
While the bowl was microwaving I mixed together a quick dressing consisting of 1 Tbsp yellow mustard, 1 Tbsp champagne vinegar, 2 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil and some salt and pepper. I whisked that together until the oil and vinegar are well combined.
Then I put the shredded Brussels sprouts in a Ziploc bag and poured the dressing on top. I shook the bag until all the sprouts were evenly covered with the dressing. Next, I divided the Brussels sprouts among all four containers.
To round out each day’s lunch, I added 1.5oz baby carrots and 1.5oz sugar snap peas. Here is what each lunch ended up looking like.
When I was grocery shopping I bought a 32oz container of 1% cottage cheese. I divided the cottage cheese among four containers, or 1 cup in each. I topped the cottage cheese with 1/2 cup diced grape tomatoes, 1/4 avocado and some black pepper.
Putting this together took me about 5 minutes. I had to cut the tomatoes into four pieces, otherwise it would have taken probably 3 minutes. If you need a healthy and easy snack then I suggest this!
To easily dice an avocado, start by cutting the avocado in half then twist each half in opposite directions until they pull apart. Remove the pit using a spoon or by sticking the blade of the knife into the pit and twisting it out. Hold the skin-side of the avocado in your hand and use a knife to cut lines running down the avocado. Then use the knife to cut lines across the avocado. Scoop out the diced avocado into a bowl or directly into your meal prep container. Here is a brief tutorial for how to dice an avocado.
For my mid-morning snack I’ll have yogurt. I put 1/3 cup blueberries, 1 Tbsp granola (Fiona Vanilla Coconut) and 1 Tbsp pepitas in a plastic baggie. I also put 1/3 scoop (9 grams) of vanilla protein powder in baggies to mix into the yogurt. Each day I’ll mix the protein in the yogurt then add the toppings little by little.
Well honestly that was everything that I made during meal prep. I am excited about my meals this week and I think they will be very satisfying. If you have any questions about meal prep ideas then please feel free to ask! Email me anytime at eatliftplayrepeat@gmail.com.
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