My Top 4 Dinner Recipes for Easy Meal Prep!
Today I'm sharing my top 4 favorite dinner recipes! I love these recipes because they include ingredients that are easy to prepare in advance, making meal prep a snap and the daily dinner routine extraordinarily easy. I hope you enjoy them as much as we do!
One Pot Cheesy Taco Pasta
Photo credit Jenn Dempsey/Mother Thyme
This recipe is super straight forward and has become a fast family favorite! For either "Taco Tuesday" or our beef Friday, its amazing!
Meal Prep: What to prepare in advance
- Chop up all the toppings you will be using, we like to use: tomatoes
- Place necessary amount of cheese a ziploc bag to save time on measuring (for both the recipe itself and the toppings needed)
- Season ground beef with salt and pepper before freezing
Oh She Glows - Summer Glow Buddha Bowl
Photo Credit: Angela Liddon | OhSheGlows.com
Another beautiful healthy buddha bowl recipe that our family has fallen in love with! I'm pretty sure we would eat this every night if we could! This is also great to make a little more of and send off with people in lunches.
Meal Prep: What to prepare in advance
- Prepare the vinaigrette and seal in a small mason jar in the fridge
- Prepare all veggies: Trim beans and snap peas and zucchini and place those three in their own bag (this is the greens that you will suaté)
- Cut the carrot and beet and add them to their own ziploc bag or container (I cut mine into match sticks but that's only because I don't have a spiralizer lol)
Healing Bowls with turmeric sweet potatoes, poached eggs, and lemon dressing
Photo Credit - 'Pinch of Yum ' at www.pinchofyum.com
This is another one of my go to recipes! Everything about it is amazing, even the author of the recipe itself always makes me laugh when I read it! ("....if you want to be lush about it"). This is sure to be a family favorite for you too!
Meal Prep: What to prepare in advance
- Peel and cut sweet potatoes and place in ziploc bag
- Prepare lemon herb dressing in small mason jar and store in fridge
- Place amount called for of arugula or spinach in ziploc bag
Quick Teriyaki Chicken Rice Bowls Recipe
Photo Credit - 'Crunchy Creamy Sweet' at www.crunchycreamysweet.com
This is one of our favorite chicken dinners! The perfect combination of sweet and savoury!
Meal Prep: What to prepare in advance
- Prepare chicken - rinse chicken breasts and cut into cubes. Place in ziploc bag or container and freeze.
- Cut broccoli - cut bite sizes pieces of broccoli and place in separate ziploc bag or container
- You could make the sauce as well and store in a small mason jar!
