Prep ahead to win the week

Here's exactly what to prep for the week

Author

Kristina Todini, RDN
April 21, 2024

If you’ve been around these parts for awhile, you know I’m not much of a meal prepper (who wants to spend all day Sunday cooking?). But I also love the feeling of having a few ready to go for busy mornings and last-minute dinner saviors.

That’s why I’m sharing a quick prep list of time-saving recipes you can easily batch ahead of time in under an hour. One hour spent today is worth 3 hours over the week!

👩‍🍳 + 🥣,

Kristina
minimal meal prepper

Batch breakfast recipes 🥣

Take 10 minutes to batch breakfasts for the week.

Prep-worthy salad recipes 🥗

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

Set it + forget it snack recipes 🫒

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

SIMPLE SNACK #1 (blast from your childhood)

Don’t forget to prep dessert! 🍪

Take 10-15 minutes to prep a sweet treat.

Make-ahead main dishes 🍲

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

MAKE-AHEAD MAIN DISH #3 (prep the filling, then wrap and bake day-of)

DID YOU KNOW? 🧐

A recent study suggests there are significant relationships between spending more time on meal preparation and improved mental health and lower levels of stress. However, it also shows that people who spend more time on meal preparation also may feel higher stress related to feeling like they have less time. It’s important to realize that cooking at home does take more time, but that planning and prepping meals can significantly reduce the amount of time spent gathering and cooking food each day. (source)

TODAY’S VIDEO 🎥

❝

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

Lao Tzu

LET ME KNOW…

Do you prep?

Do you prep your meals or ingredients for the week ahead?

Login or Subscribe to participate in polls.

I’M CURIOUS 🧐…

I’d love it if you’d be a peach and take 3 minutes to fill out this short survey about your biggest struggles in the kitchen right now. If you do, you’ll receive a FREE meal plan that’s usually just available to my meal plan members. 👇

GET MEAL PLANS FOR $2/WEEK

If you’re not sure where to start with eating more plants and planning plant-based meals, give my Plant Path Planner a try! At only $7/month for weekly dietitian-created meal plans, you can try out 5-days of plant-based meals each week. Learn more!

A recent weekly meal plan

Reply

or to participate.