Here's a rundown of my meal prep for the week:
- Put eggs on the stove to boil.
- Sliced up a bag of colored bell peppers from Sam's. Half of them were put into a ziplock bag, raw, and the other half were sautéed with 2 sliced onions.
- Sliced and sautéed a pack of mushrooms from Sam's.
- I thawed out a 3 pound bag of frozen chicken breasts from Sam's the night before. I sliced half the breasts into strips and seasoned with Mexican spices- chili powder, oregano, cumin, garlic, salt and pepper. I sautéed these on the stove. The other half of the breasts I left whole and seasoned with an Indian spice blend I have, called Garam Masala. I baked these breasts at 375*. Tip for precooking chicken breasts: leave the chicken slightly undercooked, so they will finish cooking when you reheat them. If they're cooked all the way through, it's easy to overcook them when reheating, and you wind up with tough, leathery chicken!
- Peeled the eggs and packed everything up in storage containers in the fridge.
- Mixed up a batch of Bircher meusli.
- DONE! This took about 1.5 hours of total time, including clean up.
Already in the fridge or pantry:
- Hummus
- Spinach, salad greens, cherry tomatoes, avocado, baby carrots
- Pre cut broccoli and cauliflower florets
- Greek yogurt
- Deli meat
- Canned tuna
- Frozen berries
- Fresh Eggs
- Salsa
I have a bunch of storage jars I use to keep all this stuff in. Storage containers are a must! If you don't have these on hand, you must go shopping! Now that the prep is taken care of, here's how I'll use all of it throughout the week...
For breakfast, I have Bircher meusli (I love this stuff!!) ready and will just add Greek yogurt and some berries to serve it. I can quickly scramble some eggs with my sautéed mushrooms, peppers and onions. I can also use the frozen fruit and whey protein I have for smoothies. I can always just go with Greek yogurt topped with fruit, too.
I can get a salad together for lunch with the salad veggies I have in the fridge, and can add in cooked chicken strips and boiled eggs, or maybe some tuna. Another option would be to mix together my cooked veggies and chicken and heat it up together, or turn it into a fajita bowl by adding some canned black beans, salsa, and avocado. I have hummus in the fridge, too, and I can use it to dip chicken in or some sliced raw bell pepper and baby carrots. In a pinch, I like to put some hummus on a few slices of deli meat and roll them up. It's a really easy quick snack!
Dinners can be thrown together the same way. If you have a day that doesn't go according to your plan, and you aren't able to get something else cooked, you always have these easy options to fall back on!
I hope this gives you some ideas, and shows you how simple the process can be!
