These easy meal prep recipes are meant to make the work week more manageable and easier to get through. Meal prepping is one of the best ways to ensure you stay on track especially if you are trying to lose weight, maintain current weight, save money and generally live a healthier life. When you meal prep you set some time aside to cook for the week, half the week or however long you prefer.
Meal prep saves time over the week because you don’t have to think about what you will eat and all you have to do is heat up your meals. It involves some planning which means that you consciously select the food that you want to eat. Food is fuel for the body and the better the food that you consume the better your body will function.
As you start to think about meal prepping look at these recipes and pick the ones that you love best. Switch it up the next week to have variety. These recipes are inexpensive and healthy! These 5 recipes are for starting out on meal prepping. I get overwhelmed when I see 50 recipes posted and I think it’s more work to eliminate what I don’t like.
5 Easy Meal Prep Recipes
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Chicken and Vegetables
This recipe from meal prep guru Gimme Delicious is simple and easy to make especially if you are just starting out with meal prepping. Get your favorite veggies and chicken put them on a pan, toss in the oven and you are done. Also, it takes about 20 minutes to cook for a total of 30 minutes which is great if you want to make other meals. The recipe makes 4 servings which can get your through 4 days of the week.
Oven Baked Garlic Butter Salmon
This is another one pan sheet recipe that you bake in the oven. The great thing about this is that the clean up process if fast. It takes about 30 minutes to make this meal. You can pair this with up green beans, brussels sprouts, asparagus and broccoli. You can make 4 fillets and eat them during the week. Find this recipe at Diet Hood.
Garlic Butter Steak Bites with Zucchini Noodles
I love a good steak especially when it’s juicy and paired with something fun like zucchini noodles. Once you try, I promise you will be converted for life. This low carb recipe is easy to make and only takes 30 minutes. The butter adds flavor to this simple delicious meal.
Chicken Fajita Bowls
These chicken fajita bowls are the best and also, they are low carb and tasty. Spice up as much as you want and have them for lunch or dinner as you wish. I would pair this up with cauliflower rice if following keto or even quinoa if carbs aren’t a big deal for you. Add an avocado and this recipe is party if flavor.
Zucchini Noodles with Turkey Meatballs
As you can see my obsession with zucchini continues to grow. I really do love how much this simple vegetable can be elevated to fit so many different recipes. These turkey meatballs are flavorful and easy to make. Also, you can make much more than a weeks batch and freeze them. You can eat the meatballs for breakfast, lunch or dinner and pair them with different things such as cauliflower and broccoli.
There you have it. Try these recipes and let me know what you think.
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