Like clockwork, it happens every year after Thanksgiving. Leftovers. Let us introduce you to something new in the world of post-holiday meals: Thanksgiving leftover wraps. These genius wraps combine all of our favorite leftovers in one convenient hand-held meal. These wraps are what you make after you’ve done the turkey soup or casserole. Or maybe […]
10 Favorite Meatball Recipes for Meal Prep
We have a serious love of meatball recipes around here, and that’s what fuels this collection we’re sharing for inspiration. The classic ingredients of egg, parsley, breadcrumbs, salt and pepper, and Italian seasoning (or at least oregano) are of course fantastic. But you can take them in so many different directions, apply a flavor profile […]
Tips And Tricks To Avoid Soggy Meal Preps
Let’s be honest… sogginess is the ultimate meal prep buzzkill. 🙃 You spend all that time cooking, portioning, and packing… only to open your lunch and find a sad, wilted mess. Been there! When I first started bringing homemade meals to work, everything seemed soggy — salads, stir-fries, even roasted veggies. But after years of […]
11 Easy Squash Meal Prep Recipes for Fall
When fall arrives, it’s natural to turn toward those foods that we associate with the season, and what is more fall than perhaps squash? (Ok, maybe apples. Have you gone apple picking yet?) But squashes, such as delicata, kabocha, butternut, spaghetti and, of course, good old pumpkin, are abundant. They store well and are ready […]
8 Frozen Dessert Meal Preps
These frozen dessert meal preps will make you glad you spent some time prepping something sweet for whenever the mood hits! The options we’ve rounded up here run the gamut from really simple 2, 3, or 4-ingredient recipes to those that require a little more time, planning, and execution. After all—you’ve gotta factor in the […]
No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars
No-bake chocolate peanut butter bars are for when it’s hot and you don’t want to flip on the oven (like right now). They’re also just the right treat if maybe right now you don’t want one of the many frozen dessert meal preps we’ve been loving lately. Regardless, can you resist this? Look! Why make […]
10 Kid-Friendly Breakfasts To Go
If you’ve got school-age kids, like I do, then this round-up on kid-friendly breakfasts to go is for you. Heck, you might even find some good ones for yourself, too, if you find it hard to get everyone fed in the morning, including yourself! If you can pack something small and delicious to go, that’s […]
5 Comforting Chicken Meal Preps
Winner winner, chicken dinner! Or shall I say, winner, winner, comforting chicken meal preps for dinner? If there’s one thing I hear all the time, it’s “Give me more chicken recipes!” And I get it—chicken is the go-to protein for so many people. It’s affordable (especially if you go for bone-in cuts or thighs), easy […]
8 Pasta Meal Preps Ready in About 30 Minutes
There is no end to our love of pasta meal preps. And there’s definitely no end to our love of fast recipes ready in about a half an hour or so. We aim to please when it comes to meal preps, making things easy, and making things delicious. And we know sometimes we just need […]
5 Easy Tuna Meal Preps
Tuna is so versatile for meal preps. Whether you’re opting for the old pantry standby in the form of canned tuna or you want to splurge a little on something like ahi tuna, this protein-packed fish offers a whole lot. Put it on a sandwich, turn it into a salad, treat it like sushi and […]
Loaded Breakfast Taco Bowl
Breakfast taco bowls are adaptable, easy to prep, and full of flavor. This is a rewarding way to start off your day, and a fun way to welcome in the school year with a meal that feels kind of special but isn’t hard to make at all. And you know how we love a good […]
8 Pasta Salads For No-Reheat Meal Preps
Pasta salad is kind of the ultimate meal prep. It doesn’t need to be reheated. It usually doesn’t need a dressing or a sauce. And you can put almost anything in it, and it will taste great. Endlessly customizable! What’s in your fridge? We think you have the makings of one or more of these […]
Mother’s Day Brunch Recipes
As the sole cook in my house, one with teenagers whose interest in food is mostly oriented around consuming it, rather than producing/creating/cooking it, there’s one thing I can tell you. It’s a beautiful thing indeed when someone else cooks for you. And if they’re making Mother’s Day brunch recipes, even better. And if there’s […]
What’s In Season: Spring Produce
Ok, meal preppers. Spring is here, and that means seasonal spring produce ise starting to roll in. To this we say, bring it on! For those of us who get excited when the seasons change because it means new fresh produce that we may not have eaten in a while, spring is just the best. […]
How to Cook Through Your Freezer Stash
It happens to the best of us. We get really excited about stocking our freezer—maybe at the end of the summer, or maybe just in general. But then, it happens. We end up with a freezer so full, the only way out is to cook through its contents. We’re going to talk about how to […]
3 Ways Batch Cooking is Your Best Meal Prep Friend
Batch cooking only sounds like a lot of work. But it’s not! Future you will thank you for thinking ahead of time and making more than what you need the next time you meal prep! Meal prepping is awesome. It frees up our time so we have more time to do the things we love. […]
