It is a busy week for me this week, but I still needed meal prep ideas. 4th of July is a paid company holiday, but falls on a Tuesday and then we have our biggest work event of the year this next weekend. I didn’t need very many meals, so meal prep didn’t take very long!

I cooked a few things this week, but I love eating raw produce in the summer!

No-cook meals are great in the hot summer months. Hello chopped salads, overnight oats and easy no-cook snacks! [Read more…]

I’ve been lucky the last couple weekends and have been able to split some of my cooking into two days. On Saturday I cooked a few things so I didn’t have quite as much to do on Sunday. Sunday was left with cooking just a few things and assembling all the meals. It went very smooth!

If you have any questions about my meal prep ideas this week then please ask! Email me at eatliftplayrepeat@gmail.com or comment below. [Read more…]

This week required quite the grocery shopping haul! We were pretty low on groceries from being gone most of last week, so we made up for it this week.

Luckily it is summertime so fruits and veggies are widely available! Donny & I were actually in Greeley, CO on Saturday so we stopped by King Soopers. I haven’t shopped at King Soopers since college and I really enjoyed it! The one we went to was really nice, which helps too. [Read more…]

It was hard to even call what I did this week “meal prep”. Donny & I were in Tennessee from late Friday night to Wednesday morning seeing his sister and her family.

We landed in Denver about 10:00am, so we stopped by Target on the way home to grab a few things.

I didn’t have to do too much in terms of meal prep ideas because I only have two work days to make food for! I’ll do another normal shopping trip and meal prep session this weekend. Check out how simple I kept things this week. [Read more…]

There are a few reason I like the warmer weather months in terms of meal prep ideas.

Produce is a huge difference, because in the summer time produce prices drop dramatically! Summer time is obviously a peak season for a lot of produce, so it tastes better and it is cheaper. Win-win my friend!

I also tend to change up my cooking routine in the summer. Actually, I tend to cook LESS for my meal prep ideas. My meals end up being more raw-based including salads and fresh fruit as snacks.

When it is 100 degrees out I don’t like turning my oven on! I’ll make other foods instead that require less cooking. [Read more…]

The weather is getting warmer and I’ve wanted to spend less time in the kitchen cooking over a hot stove. Lately I’ve been using more no-cook meal prep ideas for my snacks and meals!

This week I made a copycat Chick-Fil-A Grilled Market Salad, overnight oats, hardboiled eggs and some fruits and veggies. If you haven’t tried the Market Salad from Chick-Fil-A then try it next time you are there!

It combines blueberries, strawberries, apples and bleu cheese on the salad and is topped with chicken. It is my favorite! I decided to make a similar version this week during meal prep because summer fruits are getting cheaper and cheaper! [Read more…]

I switched things up a little this week in terms of meal prep ideas. Mother’s Day was on Sunday so I squeezed in a little prep on Saturday instead. It doesn’t matter to me WHEN I make the food. I just like to find some amount of time to make it….

Green chile burritos was on the menu and they are fantastic! So easy to make – you’ll see below how simple they really are. I also whipped up some overnight oats and hardboiled eggs for the week. [Read more…]

Stir-fry was on the menu in terms of meal prep ideas this week! Read below to see how I made this simple, yet healthy meal to last the week.

Meal prep saves me time throughout the week because my meals are already portioned out and stacked together in the refrigerator. I enjoy eating healthy, clean eating meals and making them all over the weekend ensures that I’ll eat this way all week. [Read more…]

Part of my weekend routine involves packing food for the week! I take my lunch and two snacks to work each day, so I make it all ahead of time to keep the week easy. I have a ton of meal prep ideas and try to vary them week to week.

A few of my go-to meal prep ideas include overnight oats (which I made this week), yogurt parfaits and a variety of cooked vegetables and proteins for the week.

This week I was crazy and made zoodles with meatballs and marinara, plus a clean eating chicken salad to spread on a bagel! Healthy and easy meals are what I prefer to eat throughout the day. [Read more…]