Meal prep in under an hour
Meal prep in under an hour
- 2lbs Grass fed beef
- 16 oz frozen peas
- 2 16oz bags chopped onions and bell peppers (these are faster than chopping up bell peppers)
- Half cup of quinoa (color is your choice)
- 1 cup chopped zucchini (leftovers from cooking out)
- 1 cup chopped yellow squash (leftovers from cooking out)
- 8 sweet potatoes
(not pictured seasonings)
- Mrs Dash fiesta lime seasoning
- Black pepper
- Pink salt
So last Sunday when I was getting ready to prepare meals for the week I was a little strapped for time. I ended up using some frozen veggies and left overs I had to speed up the process. All in all the meal prep after bagging up my meals took me 53 minutes. If you have a hard time preparing meals for the week because of time then you should definitely keep reading. You might not want to eat the same food but hopefully you can use the ideas from the blog to eat healthy during the week and save money.
- Preheat the oven to 425 (this will cook the potatoes a bit faster)
- Place ground beef on large pan. Chop up and move beef around with spatula. Season to taste.
- Place frozen peppers, squash and zucchini into another pan and turn to medium heat. Also add half cup of quinoa. The quinoa will soak up the excess water from the frozen veggies. Season to taste. Remove from heat once the quinoa is soft.
- Once the oven has reached its temperature. Place the sweet potatoes inside and let them bake. ( I rinse and chop the ends off mine)
- After beef is brown mix in peas and turn off heat.
- Remove sweet potatoes from oven (this is what takes the most time)
After you have all the food cooked place equal portions into tupperware or baggies. This ended up making 8 meals for me. This allows 1 meal right after AM training and 1 meal several hours before PM training. Again this may not be the exact foods you enjoy but these worked well for me this week. My biggest concern when cooking food for the week is to provide nutrients without slowing me down. Typically if I eat out or certain foods I get really lethargic during the middle of the day which isn’t really an option for me. I can eat the meals I made this week and train a half an hour later with no issues. My biggest concern is to eat well throughout the day and have tons of energy for the hours of training and teaching I have to do. If your life style is a little more sedentary you may want to eat fewer carbohydrates. Otherwise, give it a try and see how it works for you and most importantly how your body feels.
Chewy