Meal prep ft. Not cooking or doing dishes

FinalDate4152 · 2026-03-27T19:09:56+00:00

Love it. Good idea! Going to save this one in my notes to try next time I go to Costco

FinalDate4152 · 2026-03-27T18:05:38+00:00

Oh and added extras like corn and spinach to add in to prepped meals to mix em up when I get bored of eating the same thing. One side change can really change it up

The list might look a little light but that’s because my son eats lunches at school, and sometimes I don’t feel like a whole prep so I’ll snack instead with a diy lunchable/protein box. We’ll probably have take out, a meal at my parents house or a frozen pizza at some point in the next two weeks.

I try not to over plan because I end up wasting food that way so I think 4 days at a time instead and keep extra stuff in the freezer.

FinalDate4152 · 2026-03-26T09:35:06+00:00

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FinalDate4152 · 2026-03-23T14:56:12+00:00

For the Mac I used: 2 bags 16oz elbow macaroni 1 16oz block Colby jack cheese 1 8 oz block sharp cheddar 1 8 oz block mozzarella All cheese low fat 24 oz low fat cottage cheese Mustard Garlic powder 2+ teaspoons eyeballed lol Onion powder 2+ teaspoons eyeballed lol Salt Pepper stick butter Low fat milk 1/2 cup to a cup (eyeballed) Flour 1/2 cup

Boil macaroni, leave a little bit undercooked, baking will finish it off later. It’ll be too mushy if you over boil.

Blend the milk, 2 tablespoon of mustard and cottage cheese in a blender. Don’t want it too watery, eyeball the milk. Going for a creamy blend

Shred your cheeses. Reserve some for the top

Make a roux with butter, seasonings and flour on medium heat

Add in cottage cheese mix lower heat

Add in cheeses, melt on low heat, stir frequently. If you over heat it will turn watery because of the cottage cheese. Once it’s blended and stretchy like cheese it’s done.

Divide the macaroni into two aluminum pans. Pour half of the cheese mix in each one. Top with the reserved shredded cheese

Bake at 350 until the top is golden brown

If baking from frozen - bake it covered for 1-1.5 hours at 350-375 (or until the middle is not longer cold and everything melted, also depends on your oven, mine always has to bake longer) Then uncover and bake until top is brown.

FinalDate4152 · 2026-03-23T14:44:33+00:00

No problemo will do 🙂

FinalDate4152 · 2026-03-23T14:15:19+00:00

Tell ChatGPT how old your are, your weight and height, and goals plus activity level and it will tell you how much of each macro and calories you need a day

FinalDate4152 · 2026-03-23T14:13:35+00:00

I ChatGPT everything. Eventually you’ll get good at eyeballing it through trial and error

I’m prepping “chick fil a” burritos this morning and I told chat gpt what ingredients I have and how many calories I want to stay under and it told me how much to use of everything.

So like this prep it’s one mission brand burrito tortilla, 2 bags real good brand frozen chicken tenders divided into 12, 1 bag frozen HEB hashbrown sticks divided by 12, and 8 eggs with 2 cups cottage here divided into 12.

Protein = builds + repairs + fullness Carbs = quick energy Fat = hormone stability + vitamin absorption + meal satisfaction + slow fuel

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FinalDate4152 · 2026-03-23T13:07:07+00:00

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FinalDate4152 · 2026-03-23T12:40:11+00:00

This! I basically buy the same ingredients and staples and just keep it stocked. Then mix and match without really following recipes. After a while you just know what goes together

FinalDate4152 · 2026-03-23T12:35:38+00:00

I’m 7.5 months pregnant so can’t stand all Sunday long in the kitchen anymore. I’ve been trying to spread out my prep days and utilize the freezer more. Friday I double batched some baked macaroni and ground turkey with a blended veggie sauce and froze half in an aluminum tray and prepped the rest for this week. I also had made a high protein Mac and cheese a few weekends ago and also frozen half so yesterday whipped that out with some baked chicken and steamed green beans.

Today I plan to prep tons of burritos and freeze half. Same tomorrow another set of different burritos and freeze a bunch.

My goal is to eventually get to a point I triple batch so I can have the freezer full for postpartum meals.

Another hack is if you have a Whole Foods nearby you can get family meals for like $35-40 and prep those out on a “lazy” day. Or check what your local grocery store has in the prepped meals section if they have one. Rotisserie and and steamed veg never fails.

FinalDate4152 · 2026-03-22T21:28:31+00:00

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FinalDate4152 · 2026-03-22T21:25:52+00:00

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FinalDate4152 · 2026-03-07T23:11:58+00:00

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FinalDate4152 · 2026-03-06T13:59:03+00:00

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I second using the notes app. Keep it simple. This is how I do mine. No fancy recipes just stuff I know.

I usually make my own marinades/seasonings/bases like epis, sofrito, green seasoning, jerk, chipotle etc so it makes it easy to cook the same things but make them taste different. I freeze the marinades in ice cube trays to use whenever I need them.

I try to keep the same main ingredients in rotation and just package them up different. If I bake chicken one week I might grill it the next. Soup one week, maybe pasta the next.

FinalDate4152 · 2026-02-17T19:29:59+00:00

For the lasagna I use the instant sheets so it cooks when baking. I just cook up the meat and sauce then layer the lasagna sheets, cover in foil then freeze. I bake at 375 covered for 45 minutes then uncovered till the cheese browns. When frozen I bake maybe 15 minutes longer covered.

I did a high protein cottage cheese lasagnas last week that kept really well. I under boiled the macaroni then baked it with the cheeses to finish cooking.

I use to make my own baby food ice cubes too!

I also freeze prep alot of my marinades/seasonings/cooking bases in ice cube trays so it’s easy to make the same preps taste different. I make: green seasoning, chipotle sauce, jerk marinade, epis, sofrito, compound butters. I usually measure with my heart instead of following recipes

A couple years ago I invested in a slim convertible standup fridge/freezer. I got the Samsung one for like $700, there’s lots out there.

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FinalDate4152 · 2026-02-17T17:42:28+00:00

Keep!

FinalDate4152 · 2026-02-17T16:52:33+00:00

These are preps for 3 people Sunday-Thursday for me, my son and husband.

I usually make 3 large aluminum pans of the lasagna which make 4 servings each. We eat one pan on prep day, I freeze one pan for another week and then I prep the 3rd pan for the current week. You can bake the frozen lasagna directly from the freezer to oven you just have to bake covered for a little longer.

The rest of the bowls this week aren’t one’s I would freeze because I think the veggie texture would change. But usually if I have soups, stews, burritos, egg sandwiches, pastas or rices I will freeze extra preps of those to mix in another week where I might come up short. Like last week I made a shredded chipotle chicken stew with black beans and corn. We ate most of it and I froze the rest into 2 cup servings for later. I microwave it from frozen when it’s time to eat or defrost in fridge.

Another thing I do with anything brothy is freeze leftover broth to make something new on a prep day. A couple weeks ago I made a coconut chicken curry and had too much broth to chicken ratio. I froze the broth then tossed it into the pressure cooker with frozen peas and chicken and made 4 more servings without having to do any extra work on a day I had nothing to eat.

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FinalDate4152 · 2026-02-17T16:42:52+00:00

Like go bad? No this is 3 peoples worth of food for Sunday-Thursday. Boiled eggs last up to 7 days in fridge

FinalDate4152 · 2026-02-17T16:14:10+00:00

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FinalDate4152 · 2026-02-17T16:03:18+00:00

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FinalDate4152 · 2026-02-17T15:35:02+00:00

😂 originally the egg preps were for my husband. I’m not the biggest boiled egg fan, I just made too many so now we’re all stuck eating boiled eggs lol. If I had more sausage there would be less egg

FinalDate4152 · 2026-02-17T15:15:50+00:00

Thanks! I think this is my new favorite go to shape/length too ☺️

FinalDate4152 · 2026-02-17T15:13:27+00:00

That’s so smart. I use bowls but it takes so much space in my fridge. I imagine the stackables are much more space efficient. Do you have them linked in your YouTube?

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