After 5 weeks or so of having no kitchen, I am back in action! I managed to meal prep with a microwave and convenience foods while our kitchen was being remodeled, but I prefer actual cooking.
Since we hadn’t been able to cook for a little while, we also didn’t grocery shop and buy quite as much. However, I made up for it (and then some) this week! I’m happy that I can start sharing meal prep ideas with you again, but I’m even more excited that I get to eat meals throughout the day that weren’t microwaved and boring…..
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Grocery Shopping:
- roast chicken, lean hamburgers, Italian seasoned ground turkey, eggs, 1% milk, unsweetened almond milk and 2% Greek yogurt
- bell peppers, baby carrots, regular carrots, green beans, zucchini, sweet potatoes and Brussels sprouts
- gala apples, bananas and avocado
- peanut butter, maple syrup, parmesan cheese, Laughing Cow Queso Fresco wedges and marinara
- black beans, Uncle Ben’s Ready Whole Grain Medley packet, sliced olives and green chiles
- baking soda, baking powder, whole wheat flour and Kodiak Cakes Protein Pancake Blend
Meal Prep Ideas:
We are back in our kitchen and I needed food for the entire week! I spend a couple hours in the kitchen cooking and I am in love with everything!
Our new range top has a griddle on it and we used the heck out of this! I started meal prep by cooking burgers on the griddle. I cooked them at roughly 400°.
I also sautéed bell peppers and onion on the griddle (after the burgers were done). First, I sliced them into thin strips and drizzled some extra-virgin olive oil on them. Then I cooked the onions first and added a little water to get the hamburger remnants off the griddle and onto the onion. Yum!
After 2-3 minutes I added the bell peppers and cooked them until tender, yet slightly crunchy.
As the peppers and onions were cooking, I cooked the quinoa-brown rice mixture in the microwave. These packets are so dang easy and convenient! You pop them in the microwave for 90 seconds and it is ready to serve!
Next I started cooking the ground turkey. I cooked it in a saute pan over medium-high heat.
At the same time as the meat was cooking, I also boiled water and cooked whole wheat spaghetti (no picture).
Donny grilled the veggies for me including Brussels sprouts, green beans, zucchini and carrots. It had been so long since I’d had grilled veggies! I ate a Brussels sprout and I was in HEAVEN!
The day before meal-prep-day (aka Saturday) I took all the skin and all the bones off the roast chicken and put the meat in a container in the fridge. Then during meal prep, I measured 4oz of chicken into my meal prep containers. I also added black beans, black olives, green chiles and grilled zucchini to make burrito bowls.
Last but not least, I took one Minute Brown Rice Ready To Serve container and divided it among the burrito bowls.
For my other meals, I took 3/4c cooked pasta and added 1/4 of the ground turkey (so 4oz pre-cooked weight) and also 1/4c marinara. On the side, I added veggies – some of the containers got Brussels sprouts while some got green beans. Each of those containers got cooked carrots as well.
Next, I put one hamburger in each meal container and kept one extra for dinner this week. I added 1/4 of the Uncle Ben’s Ready Quinoa Brown Rice mix, plus 1/4 pepper-onion mix and 1 Laughing Cow cheese wedge. There have been two times lately that I’ve gone over to my parent’s house for dinner and my mom whipped this meal together. It is SO good and so easy. I woke up Saturday morning and thought it sounded awesome to make during meal prep. You guys definitely need to try this combo. Thanks Carol!
The very last thing I did during meal prep was make my mid-morning snack. I combined 2% Greek yogurt with a little vanilla protein powder. Not only does this add extra protein to the snack, but it takes a little bit of the tartness out of the yogurt. After mixing, I divided it among five containers. Next, I packed up toppings including granola, pepitas, raisins and puffed millet. Simple, yet always satisfying!
Well that was everything for meal prep ideas this week. I am SO happy to have a kitchen back and to get back to actual meal prep. My meals this week are healthy, yet NOT boring. My favorite…..
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