Next week's meal prep plan is inside 👉

One hour today = three hours saved this week

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Kristina Todini, RDN
July 28, 2024

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Have an hour today to spare to save three hours this week? If so, I have the perfect Sunday meal prep list to streamline your weekly meals.

Spend just an hour today making an easy-to-prep breakfast, salad, snack, sauce, and one main dish and free up your time on busy week days!

👩‍🍳 + 🥗,

Kristina
master meal prepper

P.S. Today’s newsletter has a sponsor! I’m very selective with any sponsorships and only share brands I believe in (in fact, a bone broth company reached out last week and I told them “I don’t think it makes sense for your company to sponsor a VEGAN newsletter”). You can show your support for the newsletter by clicking on sponsorship links, it helps me keep this daily missive up and running. I appreciate you!

TOGETHER WITH PURPLE CARROT

Meet Your New Dinner Date: Purple Carrot Plant-Based Meals

Introducing your secret weapon against boring, tasteless meals: Purple Carrot.

Purple Carrot is the leader in plant-based eating, providing busy, health-conscious people like you with access to high-quality, hard-to-find plant-based products.

They offer chef-prepared, fully plant-based meals that are ready to eat in under two minutes, plus meal kits that give you everything you need to make your plant-based dishes - in the exact quantity you need so nothing gets wasted! You can also choose from a variety of nutritious, plant-based grocery items from their fully stocked “plantry.”

Purple Carrot lets you customize your plan and pick any combination of meal kits, prepared meals, and grocery items that suits your needs, tastes, and budget. Whatever your unique order looks like, you can trust that your nutritious meals will be loaded with flavor.

This summer, Purple Carrot is ushering in the warm weather with five vibrant seasonal meals, including Sticky Mango Tofu with Quinoa and Crispy Black Bean Tacos with Blistered Tomato Salad.

Batch breakfast recipes 🥣

Take 10 minutes to batch breakfasts for the week.

PREP-AHEAD BREAKFAST #3 (portion out ingredients in a jar, then blend in the morning)

Prep-worthy salad recipes 🥗

Take 20 minutes to prep a salad for easy lunches or a back-up meal.

PREP-WORTHY SALAD #3 (use up those food scraps!)

Set it + forget it snack recipes 🫒

Take 10-15 minutes to prep grab-and-go snacks.

Staple ingredients to prep 🍪

Take 10-15 minutes to prep these DIY staple ingredients to have on hand.

BATCH-WORTHY STAPLE #1 (an easy plant-based protein to have on hand)

Make-ahead main dishes 🍲

If you’re feeling extra fancy, go ahead and prep one night’s dinner (about 30-40 minutes).

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DID YOU KNOW? 🧐

Meal planning is scientifically linked to a more diverse, higher-quality diet, which means it provides nutrients that you likely wouldn’t get otherwise. One study found that individuals who plan their meals are more likely to follow nutritional guidelines and eat a better variety of foods. Research also suggests that more time spent on food preparation (over one hour a day) is linked to an increased intake of vegetables, salads, and fruits. And it may help you feel nourished but not overstuffed. (source)

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Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

St. Francis of Assisi

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