One of the most difficult things when getting started with meal prep is knowing what recipes to use! Unless you have made them a lot, it can be hard to know how they will hold up through the week and how many meals they will make. So I put this together: all of our staple recipes in one post! Our breakfasts, snacks and my lunches don’t change very often and I depend on a lot of the same recipes for my meal prep each week.
So without further ado, here are our staple recipes!
Freezer:
Freezer Breakfast Burritos
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These breakfast burritos are a staple in our home! Tasty and filling, they are our favorite breakfast. Pair with some healthy homemade cinnamon bread and cottage cheese and you have a breakfast that will start your day off right!
These breakfast burritos are a staple in our home! Tasty and filling, they are our favorite breakfast. Pair with some healthy homemade cinnamon bread and cottage cheese and you have a breakfast that will start your day off right!
Brown sausage over med-high heat in a large skillet. When sausage is almost cooked through, add bell pepper and onions. Saute until tender. While sausage is cooking, beat eggs and any desired seasonings together.
Once sausage and veggie mixture is cooked, add egg mixture. Cook, stirring regularly, until eggs are almost set. Add cheese and salsa; cook 2-3 minutes or until cheese is melted and eggs fully set. Remove from heat and allow to cool, 10-15 minutes.
Once mixture is cooled, spoon into tortillas and fold into a burrito. Wrap in cling wrap (my preference) or aluminum foil.
Recipe Notes
Our burritos have two sizes. Mine have 1/3 c filling wrapped in a FlatOut wrap. Draz's have 2/3 c. filling wrapped in a larger (burrito-size) white tortilla. This recipe usually makes 30 burritos in total, 15 of each size. If you are just making the smaller burritos, it should make roughly 54 burritos.
To Heat: Remove from freezer and allow to thaw overnight. Heat in microwave 1.5-2 minutes, flipping once. (You can heat straight from the freezer, but I find it's harder to heat evenly that way)
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Baked Goods and Snacks:
Top Left:Peanut Butter Banana Oat Muffins; Bottom Left: Sweet Potato Banana Bites Top Right: Cookie Dough Protein Balls A note about the Protein Balls: I made a slight change to the original recipe. I use chocolate protein powder instead of vanilla. I’ve also been experimenting with adding a little more honey, but overall the recipe I make is the one linked to here.
Healthier Cinnamon Bread
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I have loved having cinnamon bread as part of my breakfast for a long time now, but I wasn't always happy about how healthy it was. Not so with this recipe! After a lot of adapting and experimenting, I created this recipe!
Servings
Prep Time
2loaves
20min
Cook Time
Passive Time
1hr
10min
Servings
Prep Time
2loaves
20min
Cook Time
Passive Time
1hr
10min
Healthier Cinnamon Bread
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I have loved having cinnamon bread as part of my breakfast for a long time now, but I wasn't always happy about how healthy it was. Not so with this recipe! After a lot of adapting and experimenting, I created this recipe!
All of these directions are using an electric stand mixer. If you are using something else, adjust as needed.
In your mixing bowl, add bananas, eggs, 1/2 cup sugar and vanilla essence. Mix on low until combined. Add unsweetened almond milk, then lemon juice; continue mixing on low.
One cup at a time, slowly add whole wheat flour while mixing on low, scraping sides of bowl between each cup. After adding the last cup of flour, add the baking soda. Scrape the sides of the bowl, then mix on low briefly to fully combine.
Mix 1/3 cup sugar and the cinnamon to make a cinnamon sugar mixture.
Spray two loaf pans with cooking spray. Put 1/2 of the batter (or a little less) into the loaf pans; 1/4 in each pan. Sprinkle 3/4 of the cinnamon mixture on top of the batter in each pan.
Add remaining batter to pans, then sprinkle with last of the cinnamon topping. Swirl with a knife.
Bake at 350 for 1 hr or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10-15 minutes before removing from pan to cooling rack.
Recipe Notes
Nutritional Information according to MyFitnessPal: 141 calories - Carbs 32 g, Fat 1 g , Protein 3 g , Cholesterol 16 mg, Sodium 116 mg, Potassium 120 mg, Sugars 17 g, Vitamin A 1%, Vitamin C 2%, Calcium 5%, Iron 5%
Nutritional Information is for 1 slice. Each loaf, for us, comes to 13 slices.
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For Mason Jar Salads:
Mason Jar Tutorial: While I don’t use any specific recipe on this tutorial, this is the one I used when I started making these. I found it incredibly helpful! Now I make mason jar salads every week for to take to work for my lunch.
The Shredded Buffalo Chicken in this salad is delicious and, while you will see it most often in our salads, can also be used in many other recipes
Thanks Carmela! For me “Meal Prep Staples” are the recipes that I make on a regular basis for meal prep. They are some of my favorite recipes. Some of these, like the Cookie Dough Protein Bites and Mason Jar Salads, I make every week!
Thanks for sharing! I am going to make a couple of these this weekend, they look really delicious.
You’re welcome! They are some of my favorite things to make! Enjoy!
These look like a lot of great recipes! Can you tell me more what you mean by “Meal Prep Staples?” Thanks!
Thanks Carmela! For me “Meal Prep Staples” are the recipes that I make on a regular basis for meal prep. They are some of my favorite recipes. Some of these, like the Cookie Dough Protein Bites and Mason Jar Salads, I make every week!
pinning this. These look great! thanks for sharing!
Thank you Bekah! I hope you enjoy them!
Very good informative post especially for working moms!
Thank you Joanne! I think meal prep can help everyone, especially working moms!