I decided to start sharing my meal planning and prep posts the Friday or Saturday at the end of the week. This way people can get ideas for what they may want to plan or prep over the weekend, and it gives me a little more time to put the post together in case I don’t get finished with everything until later on Sunday. So hopefully I will keep these posts coming regularly, just on Friday or Saturday mornings!
This week’s meal plan:
Sunday: salmon, baked potatoes, asparagus
Monday: chicken (cooked on the stove with seasoning), roasted red potatoes, broccoli
Tuesday: turkey burgers, sweet potato fries, green beans
Wednesday: baked flounder, sweet potatoes, broccoli/cauliflower/carrots
Thursday: spaghetti squash with ground turkey, spinach, and tomato sauce
Friday: turkey meatballs, pasta, salad
Saturday: out
Breakfasts: smoothies (usually as breakfast part 1 after a tough run), eggs with bacon/plantains/veggies, paleo pancakes
Lunches: salads with grilled chicken and veggies, leftover spaghetti squash
Snacks: honey pumpkin pie muffins, grain free angel food cake with cashew butter and berries, apples, pears, lara bars
Food prep last weekend:
– cooked bacon to use with eggs
-fried plantains to use with eggs
-washed and stored berries
-Rob grilled up chicken for us to use for lunches
-cut up pepper, carrot, cucumber and sautéed squash to use in salads
-baked muffins
-roasted spaghetti squash
-cooked meatballs
-made angel food cake (not pictured)
The prep took me a little over an hour and then whatever time it took Rob to grill the chicken. I think the clean up for that is actually the worst because we have to use an indoor grill. Everything was quick and simple enough during the week anyway, but it always helps to have some of the prep done before hand. I’m hoping to get a little more creative this week and maybe try a new recipe or two!
I’ll also be linking up with Mommy Run Fast and Jill Conyers on Sunday for their meal planning link-up!
What day do you usually do your grocery shopping? What about food prep?
Did you have any new meals this week?
No meal prep for me, as usual! But I’ve been running out of really quick dinner ideas so I’ve been thinking I should probably at least prep in my head so I know what to do. Most of the time I’m happy with my simple go-to meals (similar to many of yours) but sometimes I want to try something different. The one thing I do for prep that’s helpful is roasting different types of squash/pumpkin so it’s cooked and ready to go if I decide I want to use it.
That’s a good strategy because roasting stuff can take a while, but is pretty easy to prep beforehand!
We have very similar eating habits! I love the salmon/potato/asparagus meal, we do that often. And spaghetti squash is so good this time of year, too!
Yes! I eat those foods all the time too but its so much easier to find spaghetti squash now!
My week is so crazy I haven’t been able to plan too far in advanced lately.
I know the feeling! But I always feel like my week goes much smoother when I can get it done. But some weeks it just doesn’t happen for me either!
All of your meals sound delicious! I really don’t like to clean the grill either… it’s worth it though because everything from it is delicious, but still.
I usually go to an outdoor market on Fridays and stock up on fresh produce and herbs/spices/teas. Meat, we buy whenever there’s a good sale. I used to meal prep the same day that I’d buy the fruits/veg. Now the weekends are insanely busy so I also rarely get around to doing meal prep (minimal at that) before monday.
It sounds like you have a good plan for getting everything done! That outdoor market sounds great!
I shop on Sat and prep on Sun every week. It makes the work/school week so much easier!
That’s a good strategy! When I am super motivated and can get it all done on Saturday then I know I can relax on Sunday…but most of the time I need to split it up!