Hi Friends!
Time for more food prep inspiration!
Here’s what I made last weekend:
My prep included:
- HB eggs- in the pressure cooker
- Enchiladas- I used 1 chicken breast for the 4 enchiladas, plus 1 c quinoa, 2 c black beans, a red pepper, 2 jalapenos, 1/2 can cream of mushroom soup and 1/3 c shredded cheese. Mix it all together, add some cumin and cayenne peppers and split evenly between 4 tortillas. Pour a little enchilada sauce on the bottom of a 9×13 pan to help keep from sticking, then place the enchiladas in seam side down. Top with 1/2 can enchilada sauce, using a brush to make sure all the tortillas are covered, add a little extra cheese, cover with foil and bake at 375 for about 25 min!
- Kale – I prepped it for salads by washing, removing the stems and chopping, then rubbing with a mix of olive oil and lemon juice to help it soften up a bit as it sits!
- Salmon
- Quinoa
- Green Beans
- Carrots
- Black Beans
- Grilled bbq chicken
- Sweet potato bites– except i made them in a pan instead of mini muffin tins. They’re not as good that way in my opinion but i was feeling lazy.
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Here’s what some of you guys have been up to:
Tara at Sugar Sweat and Sparks :
This week I’m on the go a lot for work. My food prep was all about healthy convenient food for breakfast and snacks. My awesome hubby is prepping dinners for me today while I work. 🙂
- Homemade Protien Bars (reciepe on blog)
- Boiled Eggs
- Green and Berrie Smoothies
- Homemade Spicy Zuchinni Hummus for carrots and celery
- Apples and Bananas
Melissa (@melrenee13 on instagram) :
I’m a senior in college right now, and with this being my last semester, things can get pretty busy. I also don’t want to have to fit cooking something every day into my schedule. So I usually prep a few things early in the week to last me throughout the week so that I have no excuses for grabbing something not-so-healthy. I don’t always prep everything in one day (sometimes I’ll prep a couple things on Sunday and a couple on Monday), but this week I decided to kick it into high gear for this week and step up my food prep game. I’m vegan, so everything here is vegan/plant-based. I also avoid using oil and I try to use as little salt as possible. So here’s what I made for the week:
- Separated and rinsed romaine leaves — For lettuce wraps with…
- Salsa chickpeas — The recipe/idea came from the Happy Herbivore Cookbook, but I also made my own tweaks based on the ingredients I had. This is a super simple recipe and it is EXTREMELY tasty.
- Italian cauliflower “rice” — Just some cauliflower “riced” in my food processor, then water-sauteed it with some onion, garlic, Italian seasoning, and black pepper. This was my first time experimenting with cauliflower rice, but I think it turned out very well.
- Boiled broccoli — To eat along with my meals throughout the week. I just love broccoli so I always have it on hand.
- Destemmed, torn, and rinsed kale — To steam and eat with my meals throughout the week. Perhaps I’ll eat some steamed kale with the cauliflower rice and some other veggies.
- Carrot and celery sticks — For snacking and going along with various meals.
- Raisin pecan granola — Homemade granola is one of my most favorite things to eat. I always make my granola oil-free, and this batch is also sugar-free since I sweetened it with dates. I originally made more than what’s in those two jars, but I shared some with a friend and then I’ve already been eating some for breakfast 🙂 I like to eat it along with unsweetened almond milk and sliced banana.
Adrienne at Happy Ramblings :
Headed back to the working world this week, so I wanted to prep some things that would be keep me on a healthy track, and help me avoid going out for lunch. I prepped some brown rice and black beans to be the base for my lunches. With this I can make rice and bean bowls topped with roasted veggies, which I prepped a good amount of as well.
I will also use leftovers from the week of meals that I planned. I posted the full meal plan on my blog Tuesday. Sunday’s dinner of quinoa chickpea patties made enough for some extra lunches or dinner this week as well.
I also made some apple quinoa breakfast bars, recipe from Nut Butter Runner, to make for an easy pre- 5am workout snack. Not pictured, were snacks which was carrots and celery for hummus, apples and pears, and nuts.
I am now scouring Pinterest and my favorite blogs for more inspiration for next Sunday’s food prep.
Morganne at Nut Butter Runner :
This week I prepared the usual staples in our house: quinoa, hard boiled eggs, spaghetti squash, salad, individual egg frittatas, and quinoa breakfast bites. Something new in the rotation is the purchase of a rotisserie chicken that I went ahead and pulled off all the meat and separated for the husband and I! I also experimented in the kitchen a bit and made metabolism boosting bites, breakfast bread, 3 ingredient protein cookies, and roasted veggie burgers for the week. And last, but certainly not least, we are excited to try your homemade lean pockets! I made a chicken, broccoli, and cheese one and a pizza one. We are saving the rest of the dough for later in the week!
Katie at Live Half Full :
This week I made pasta salad filled with veggies, fruit salad, some brown rice, homemade LARABARS and prepped all the veggies for dinners this week. It was a super easy meal prep that only took an hour and saved me more than that during the week!
Emily at Sinful Nutrition :
This week I made some Sweet & Sour Cucumbers (Old PB Jars work great for shaking them up without any mess!), some avocado egg salad for easy sandwiches during the wee, a GIANT batch of cheesy lentils & rice ( a spin off of Lindsay’s Lentil Veggie Mac and Cheese), and sliced up my overripe bananas to freeze for smoothies and overnight oats. I only have to prep meals for myself and will be away for 3 days this week so my food prep was pretty minimal this week. Hope to inspire some kitchen adventures!
Becky at Olives ‘n’ Wine :
Each weekend I stock up on fruits and veggies for the week. I always buy organic and clean my produce on the weekends so I have something quick and healthy to grab during the week! To keep my produce fresh throughout the week, I wash it is a vinegar solution – 1 part vinegar to 6 parts water. This cleans all of the mold spores and dirt off of my fruits and veggies! This week I also cooked up some quinoa and black beans to go along with spinach, hummus and avocado for healthy, whole wheat wraps for lunch 🙂
Emily (@emilymahr on twitter) :
This is what I prepped today, I have chili which I made last weekend, and froze, that will be my lunchtime meal this week. After taking this picture, I restructured my menu to have 2 eggs as snacks and have oatmeal for breakfast instead of my usual bacon & egg. I saw the homemade hot pocket recipe and that will be next weekends kitchen adventure.
Apple, blueberries & yogurt, orange & cranberry juice, nuts and sticks, kiwi, egg, meat & cheese, and cooked shrimp. I have a tub of natural jif peanut butter somewhere around here that will go with the apples.
So amazing, right?! I love how many of you are rockin’ the Sunday food prep and preparing yourselves for a healthy week!
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Are you food prepping this weekend? Want to submit a pic to be featured in an upcoming post?!
Here’s what I need from you:
Email me the following:
1. Your Name
2. Your Blog URL (if you have one)
3. A photo of your food prep
4. A short description of what’s in the photo. Tell me what you prepped and how you’re going to use it during the week!
Every Sunday, I’ll post a roundup of the photos I received that week so that you guys can see what others are preparing and hopefully get some inspiration and ideas! I’ll keep this series going for as long as I receive photos, so send one every week if you want to!
Send to: theleangreenbean <at> gmail <dot> com
Tweet and Instagram your pics as well to inspire others!! Use the hashtag #sundayfoodprep . Remember that in order for a pic to be included in the post, you have to email it to me! If you have more than one pic, please make them into a collage before sending!
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Let’s chat: Are you prepping food this weekend? Whatcha making?
Enjoy!
–Lindsay–
I’m working from home so it doesn’t require food prep like normal but I’m trying to use up some pantry staples before I’m out of town for a few weeks.
I did a bit of a top up shop earlier today to see me through the first of the week. I’ve made a lovely raw trail mix to snack on at work.
I wanna try making cauliflower rice! And the salsa chickpeas sound yummy.
Aw didn’t see mine this week 🙁
Yum! Everything here looks delicious, especially the salsa chickpeas! Thanks (as always) for sharing all these great looking weekly eats 🙂
Great idea on prepping kale for the week. I never thought to do that!
yeah it was a huge help. and it doesn’t get all brown and gross like lettuce!
Wow, so many great things that everyone is prepping for the week! It’s really great to see!! Last week I did some hard boiled eggs & today I just made some mini Low-Carb Pizza Bites. 🙂
Holy moly, you know how to food prep! Everything looks absolutely delicious. Happy Sunday!
I love this series you are doing! I always love seeing other bloggers’ food preps for the week, so it is nice to have it all in once place.
Holy moly that is some serious food prep! Looks great! Happy Sunday!
I made a mediterranean farrow salad, protein flax chia cookie, energy bars, and prepped cucumbers, tomatoes, black olives, feta and red onion in small containers to be tossed into greens to make a greek salad during the week. and finished dinner for tonight (Turkey meatloaf) so that we can put it in the oven at 4:00 (Jet has a baseball game tonight so we need to eat early) I will try and take pictures and send them in. xoxo
I love all of your prep work! I hadn’t thought of prepping kale that way or making enchiladas ahead of time! I definitely get lazy sometimes and take a shortcut that doesn’t turn out as good as the mini muffins…why is that?? Haha Thank you so much for including my prep for the week!
I got my Sunday food prep on too! Made burgers and pasta salad for dinners, and taco salad for lunches this week! Also chopped up a huge amount of watermelon and more fruit for snacking 🙂
awesome job girl!
Honestly, these posts & all of you always amaze me!
This is such a great idea and a habit that I need to pick up, keep talking, maybe you’ll get me inspired enough to give this a try. The farmer’s market just opened again, that does mean lots of veggies on Saturday that could use to be prepped Sunday, hmmm……