“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” ~ Benajamin Franklin
We hear this famous quote everywhere we go, but I think this is because it resonates with a lot of aspects of our lives. If we don’t prepare, we are forced to make simple fix decisions that we wouldn’t normally want to make. This is especially true with eating healthy. If we don’t have healthy food at the ready when we are hungry, we will probably reach for that quick, unhealthy fix.
Because of this we see so many news articles and social media posts telling us all the different ways to meal prep. In the past, I would take an hour to go grocery shopping, a couple hours to meal prep…and it felt like my entire weekend was gone. This led me to skip it more often than not.
I learned with me, timing is everything. If I had a super busy weekend, I wanted to be able to enjoy the activities with my friends and family and not feel guilty about setting myself up to grab fast food for lunch during the week. I needed to make the process faster.
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First, because of the pandemic, I had started getting Whole Foods delivered through Amazon Prime…and it is SO convenient. I can shop during the week and then have it here on the weekend and that already cuts an hour of time out.
Second, I needed to make these meals as simple as possible. Back to the basics. Luckily, I am someone who doesn’t mind eating the same foods for breakfast and lunch throughout the week. I can get my variety at dinner time.
Even though I do switch up the meals each week, I was curious to see how long it took me. This particular Sunday I was going to my mom’s house and make homemade spaghetti and meatballs…the noodles, the sauce, and the meatballs were all from scratch. So you know that was going to take up a HUGE part of my day! (maybe I will do a post about that in the future)
The Menu
Breakfast:
Vegan Sausage, 2 eggs
396 calories, 32 g P, 9 g C, 20 g F
Lunch:
Chicken, Steamed Broccoli and Cauliflower
170 calories, 25 g P, 4 g C, 5 g F
Snacks:
Turkey Lunchmeat
Evolve Chocolate Vegan Protein Shake
Dairy Free Yogurt
Multitasking is really important to keep the time down in the kitchen. I started with heating up my oven for the chicken. I like to buy already seasoned/sauced chicken, so once it’s cooked, I only have to worry about splitting it amongst my containers.
While the oven was heating up, started to cook my breakfast sausage. I like to use Field Roast’s Vegetarian Grain Meat Sausage in whatever flavor is available. I haven’t been able to figure out why, but there seems to be more protein in these vegan sausages than in a normal breakfast meat sausage. This is my main factor in choosing vegetarian, but it also tastes really good.
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I cut up each sausage and cook them separately that way I know the portions are correct going into my containers. These take no time to cook. Heat on one side for about 30 seconds-1 minute and flip. Once these are done, I cook 2 eggs at a time to add to each container.
While, I am cooking the sausage and eggs, I throw the veggies for lunch in the microwave. One of the biggest conveniences for buying frozen vegetables is a lot of brands have steamable versions that can be popped in the microwave and cooked. Not only is it fast, I do have to use a pot or pan and in turn have to clean it.
I put the chicken in for about 30 minutes, pull it out and distribute it between the containers and I am done! It may not be the most exciting meal, but it is quick and it tastes good!
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