I am heading out on a quick trip to see my grandparents in Illinois this week. Donny is out of town all week (we are meeting up in Chicago), so I didn’t do too much in terms of meal prep ideas this week.
Honestly, I thought about skipping my grocery shopping all together and living on food already in the house!
Then I got to thinking about not having eggs for breakfast and decided I at least needed those. So in the end I picked up a few items at the grocery store, but didn’t go too crazy. I also kept things very simple in terms of meal prep ideas this week (or partial week).
Groceries:
- eggs and Greek yogurt cups
- bananas and blueberries
- baby heirloom tomatoes
- whole wheat English muffins
- 2 Quest bars and 2 RX Bars
Meal Prep Ideas:
I started by dicing several small sweet potatoes. I took the peels off of them, then cut them into small pieces. Then I roasted the sweet potatoes on a foil-lined baking sheet at 400° for 30 minutes.
While the potatoes were cooking I also cooked two hamburger patties. These patties were frozen, but raw. I defrosted them and cooked them in a large sauté pan over medium-high heat. Before cooking, I sprinkled both sides with salt and pepper.
I wanted to cook them on our griddle, but it seemed like a lot of work to clean it up afterwards, so I opted for a more simple way. Lazy? Maybe…….
I only had two hamburger patties left, but I needed three lunches. Instead of buying more hamburgers I used some frozen, shredded chicken that I have in the freezer for my third lunch.
After the burgers were done I cooked a steam-ready bag of broccoli and cauliflower in the microwave according to package directions. I divided it among the three containers and added some frozen sweet corn.
Once the potatoes were done, I added those to the containers as well. Easy peasy!
For my mid-afternoon meal I packed 1 cup cottage cheese topped with tomatoes and black pepper. I will most likely add diced avocado and balsamic to the cottage cheese as well, but sometimes I forget! I plan to take an apple to eat sometime in the afternoon as well.
In terms of my mid-morning meal I made overnight oats (again). I love overnight oats and I had all the ingredients to make them without having to buy more!
I mixed 1/3c unsweetened almond milk, 1/3c rolled oats, 1Tbsp chia, 1/3 container of Greek yogurt (mixed berry Oikos Triple Zero yogurt) and 1/2 scoop vanilla protein powder. After the oats and chia soak up the milk I’ll add blueberries, almond butter, peanut butter, etc for toppings.
As I was cleaning out the refrigerator I noticed several bags of raw veggies. I decided to pack carrots, snap peas and tomatoes to munch on throughout the day as well.
Well that was everything I made in terms of meal prep ideas! I wanted to keep things simple, plus I only needed food for a few days. If you have any questions about how I made these foods or where I purchased them then please ask! Email me at eatliftplayrepeat@gmail.com.
