Jazz up your meal preps

C has a 4 day weekend because of the holiday and today is my birthday, so meal planning is postponed until Monday. However, I did want to share this post that I found for meal prep.

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Seriously, what did we do without Pinterest and the internet?? I was searching for some ideas for recipes because I get tired of the same old thing multiple weeks in a row. I am curious to try some of these. If you are looking for more ideas, follow my Pinterest board here. 

Something Old and Something New: Meal Prep Week 2

Today C was out hiking, so I tackled our meal prep solo during Baby A's nap time. The whole thing took a bit over an hour on my own.

 I did some of the same chicken that we did last week. It and the rice held up pretty well. Nothing tasted funky or was soggy by the end of the week, so that was pretty nice. I also tried out this recipe from Damn Delicious here. I've done several of her recipes before and they all turn out well.

 After everything finished cooking, I added butternut squash since I bought it in a microwavable bag.

A lot of chopping later and everything is packaged and ready to go for another week. I didn't buy green beans or yellow squash this week, but I didn't get enough to replace them so we were short a few vegetables.

Meal prepping saves me a lot of time during the week. I don't have to take time each day to make our lunches, so I can have something healthy (or somewhat healthy) to eat without putting too much thought into it. This is really helpful with my one year old, since when she is hungry she does not like to wait.

What are some of your favorite meal prepping recipes?

How can I save some time with cooking meals?

We are starting to meal prep! C's cholesterol and mine both came out on the bad side, so we're hoping this will fix our cholesterol issues and help us to be healthier. 

We figured we'd keep it simple and do chicken as our main protein. We went with 3 different seasonings and seasoned the chicken separately. We baked all of the vegetables and chicken together. 

We baked everything at 400 degrees for about 20 minutes. Cutting the chicken in half helped it cook a bit faster. 

C ordered these microwave safe containers to use for the meal prepping. We filled each with 1/2 a cup of rice, some chicken, and then lots of vegetables. 

Depending on how everything tastes, we may cook the veggies separately from the chicken. I'm not sure if we cooked the vegetables too long, but it would depend on personal preference. 

Does anyone have any tips for prepping? What about favorite recipes? Share them below!