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Let’s spend Sunday getting ready for the week ahead! Here’s the second of my new end of the week meal prep plan for those of us juggling real family life. Use as much or as little as you like, but I hope it helps 🧡
If you’ve ever used any of my free meal plans before, you’ll know how handy it is to follow a loose guide when it comes to figuring out what to cook during the week.
This time, I’m offering something a little different with my Sunday Setup Series, here’s Week 2.
This is just what I’ve done in a few hours on a Sunday afternoon. Do one recipe, or all of them, whatever helps you and your family life!
The FREE printable shopping list can be found here
What meal prep we can do…
I am not suggesting we should prep for every single meal here, but every little helps when it comes to meal prepping.
Do as much or as little as suits YOU.
This week we’ll be including tips for:
⭐️ Breakfasts for the week to save precious time in the morning
⭐️ Healthy snacks that are perfect for either packed lunches or after school
⭐️ A sweet treat that’s also perfect for packed lunches, desserts or elevenses
⭐️ Soup for a lunch or light dinner that can easily be batch cooked for another week too
⭐️ A veg tray to get everything chopped to save time later
⭐️ A fruit salad for breakfast, snack or dessert
⭐️ One base meal that you can turn into 3 different meals if you want to
Sunday SETUP tips:
➡️ Double up the portion of soup you make and put the surplus in the freezer for another week
➡️ I use these meal prep glass containers from Amazon to keep food stored in, and this sectioned platter is ideal for all your chopped vegetables
➡️ For freshness, most prepped food will keep fine in the fridge for 3-4 days, otherwise most items can be frozen instead
➡️ Notes on storing, freezing, defrosting and reheating should be in each individual recipe, or in the notes below
➡️ Everything in the FREE shopping list is what you need to prepare for the meals below
Useful tools for the job…
You can find links to all of the containers, utensils and general paraphernalia that I use to help me with meal prepping in my online shop, but my top favourites are:
Denim Apron
Veggie Chopper of Dreams
Large Veg Tray
Week 2 – Sunday SETUP Meal Prep:
Breakfasts
⭐️ These perfectly titled Meal Prep Muffins are SO good and are great for breakfast on the go
⭐️ Easy to reheat for a hot breakfast on the go (or not)
⭐️ STORING: These will keep fine in the fridge for 3 days for weekday breakfasts, but you can also freeze them too, so make a batch to save time on busy mornings
Meal Prep Breakfast Muffins
snacks
⭐️ These Granola Bars are delicious and perfect for lunch boxes, snacks or even breakfast
⭐️ STORING: These will keep fine in an airtight container but you can also freeze them, fully covered, too
⭐️ Be sure to cook these until they are very golden and crunchy (they can fall apart if not cooked enough)
Granola Bars {Easy Recipe}
Sweet treat
⭐️ This Yoghurt Pot Cake is the EASIEST cake ever to make!
⭐️ Ideal for so many things during the week – in lunch boxes, a mid-morning treat or after school snack
⭐️ STORING: This will keep fine in a cake tin or sealed container for 3 days. No need to refrigerate
Yoghurt Pot Cake {No Scales Needed!}
Soup
⭐️ This Parsnip Soup is hearty, healthy and satisfying
⭐️ It’s perfect for lunches or a quick, light dinner
⭐️ STORING: This will keep fine in the fridge for 3 days. It’s also ideal for freezing so make a double batch for another week!
Parsnip Soup {Easiest Ever 20 Minute Recipe}
Base Meal x1.5
⭐️ You could make a big batch of this Pulled Pork for a variety of different meals in the week if you like. The original recipe serves 8 but I felt 12 portions would give the right amount of food for the three meals below (to increase the portion size in a recipe you drag the slider along until you get to the number you need).
⭐️ Meal 1: Serve in buns with Homemade Chips and Coleslaw
⭐️ Meal 2: Serve it in Mac and Cheese with a green salad
⭐️ Meal 3: Serve it in tacos with shredded lettuce, feta, avocado and pink onions (this recipe is in my second book!)
⭐️ STORING: This will keep fine in the fridge for 3 days, but you can also freeze it into portions too
Slow Cooked Pulled Pork {ULTIMATE recipe!}
Vegetable tray
⭐️ Chop up any veggies you’d like to use for snacks or in meals during your Sunday Setup and take the faff out of cooking during the week!
Fruit salad
⭐️ Add your favourite fruits to the shopping basket, wash and chop them up into a big bowl and you have easy pickings for throughout the week! They’re ideal for snacking, breakfasts or desserts with yoghurt
Quick reminder, the printable shopping list can be found here.
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This post was originally published on September 15, 2024 and updated later to make improvements.
Made a couple of adaptions (seed crackers instead of granola bars, tomato soup, Thai beef instead of pulled pork, crustless quiches instead of muffins). Added a batch of your cookies. I put the cut veg sticks in a bit of salted water to help them last.
Adaptions were because I was using up food that we had in. Took me 4hrs but I did take a couple of breaks. I think I could be quicker. Any tips for speed?