Meal prepping is a time-saver, but when you’re prepping multiple meals at once, it requires a bit more strategy. Advanced meal prepping can feel a bit overwhelming! Here’s how I approach cooking several meals in one go to make the process efficient and stress-free. Plus, get the Step-by-Step Guide down at the bottom of this […]
Cheesy Stuffed Spaghetti Squash With Tomatoes, Greens and Pesto
Are you in need of a cheesy, pizza-like dish packed with veggies that isn’t pasta based, and that isn’t pizza? (I know, pizza that’s not pizza? Feels blasphemous to pizza!) You’ve come to the right recipe. And that recipe happens to be a stuffed spaghetti squash with cheese. It will feel like pizza in its flavors, […]
The Meal Prep Plan And Routine I’ve Stuck To For Years
Thursday: Choose recipes for next week’s meal prep plan When I start losing steam at work, I like to turn my brain off and just think about what I want to make for the next week. I ask: These questions usually help me choose what to make outside of my normal recipe development and help […]
Freezer Meal Prep: Stock Your Freezer With 8 Easy Prep Recipes
I never thought I’d jump on board the freezer meal prep train, but here we are! Instead of cooking fresh meals for dinner each night or relying on regular meal preps or takeout, we just choose a freezer meal components (or the fully cooked meal!) from our stash and 15 to 20 minutes later, dinner […]
Coconut Lentil Soup Recipe
There’s something so comforting about a warm bowl of Coconut Lentil Curry. It’s one of those recipes that ticks all the boxes for me: budget-friendly, versatile, and packed with flavor. As someone who’s meal-prepped for years, I know how important it is to have recipes that are not only easy to make but also adaptable […]
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 […]
25 Easy Meal Prep Lunches For Beginner Meal Preppers
Finding easy meal prep lunches is not too tricky, but finding ones that only continue to taste good, but you also WANT to eat throughout the entire week can be difficult! This can seem especially overwhelming if you’re new to meal prepping or you’re coming back to it after a while. Lunch can be a […]
Meal Planning For Beginners (Meal Plan Template Inside!)
Meal planning is one of my all-time favorite weekly routines, and it doesn’t have to be intimidating even if you are a beginner! Every Friday, I sit down and follow the exact steps below to create a meal plan for myself that’s interesting, realistic, full of variety, and most importantly, something I look forward to. […]
14 One-Pan Chicken Dinner Recipes You Can Meal Prep in 30 Minutes
Dinner meal prep is the last thing many of us want to do at the end of a long, hard day. Just the thought of chopping and cooking anything when all you want to do is relax can be just too much. We get it. The couch is much more enticing than standing up and […]
10 Easy Dinner Ideas for Kids (Under $15 each!)
Even if you are a meal planning pro, finding easy dinner ideas for kids can be a headache. Add in trying to stick to a grocery budget and it can seem almost impossible. Many parents struggle with having to make multiple meals at dinnertime, food waste, and of course the dreaded words, “I don’t like […]
Vegan Pot Pie Pockets
The words vegan pot pie might not be ones you would think to put together in a sentence, or as something that you might want to make. But yes, you can make a pot pie with something other than chicken! And even though my family grew up working in my grandpa’s chicken pot pie restaurants, […]
Copycat Restaurant Recipes To Make When You Want to Order In
There’s nothing wrong with ordering delivery, and I have certainly done my fair share, especially this year. (Anyone else feel like their comfort food intake has gone up significantly this year?) However, I am also a grad student on a budget, and I can’t afford to eat out all the time. That’s why I love […]
Butternut Squash Soup With Roasted Chickpeas
Even though I’m not a big soup person, butternut squash soup has always been a favorite. It’s so mcuh of a favorite that yes, we have another recipe on our site—perhaps you are familiar with our cozy vegan butternut squash soup? It’s freezer friendly and plant-based. But this one is a little different. It’s got […]
Sick Day Food: 14 Nourishing Recipes For When You’re Sick
When you are feeling under the weather, it’s hard to come up with solid and easy recipes for when you’re sick. Many of us go rummaging through the freezer looking for some frozen meals, or hoping we’ve stocked up on some canned chicken noodle soup. We have reached that time in the year that I […]
Kid-Friendly Recipes: 15 Go-To Meals Parents Always Make for Their Kids
When I think about how hard it is as a childless adult to feed myself and myself alone, I’m in awe of how parents are able to keep both themselves and their kids well fed on a regular basis. Between cooking for multiple (!!) people, dealing with picky eaters, and not going mad in the […]
Veggie Meal Prep Ramen With Tofu & Marinated Eggs
This vegetarian ramen recipe is my take on a classic! It’s meal prep-friendly, easy to cook and super customizable as always. Jump to the recipe! I didn’t start liking ramen until I went to Japan. I’ll never forget finishing off my first full day in Tokyo with a bowl of ramen. It was so intimidating […]
