I think I'm a meal prepper, a meal planner, a cook-up gal, an organised mum, all of it now!

This is week 2 of me popping aside 2-hours on the weekend, and doing a big family recipe meal prep session for my family of 5.

I prepped some protein brekkies for the kids, made freezable lunchbox recipes, cooked 5-meals + enough for leftovers and even did a couple of my healthy fermenting recipes too.

Oh did I mention, I got all this done in 2-hours? I popped on a audiobook, cleared the kids out and went at it!

Steps In My Meal Prep Session:

1. Shop your freezer - I checked the freezer for what I had. I had some chicken, so I popped that in water to defrost before I went shopping.
2. Planned -I wrote a list of exactly what I wanted to cook, in order for which would take the longest to shortest. That way, I could use the prep time well.
3. Shopped - I bought just what I needed, and that is big for a foodie like me. I love all the things! I spent $310, and that included some other items I needed for the pantry.
4. I did this one a weekday - Last weeks cook-up I did on a weekend, but this weeks, I did on a Monday. Not every week is going to be the same, but gosh the knock-on effect of no dinner stress helps me find time during the week.
5. Cleaned the kitchen & fridge - I'm not in the habit of doing that weekly, so it took me 5-mins. 
6. Cooked - I started with the meals that took longer to prep, first. I made a couple of batches of my fermented kombucha gummies as they take an hour or so to set. Then I moved on to the meals I needed to 'cook' in full, through to the ones I just needed to prep. It helped it flow.
7. Cleaned - Everything went away, the dishwasher went on, it was ace.
8. Felt like a rockstar - Check out some photos below of how the meals were. I often share what we're eating, the sides, all the stuff on my Instagram, so be sure to follow along there too.

Video Of Me Meal Prepping For The Week:

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Healthy recipes I meal prepped for my family:

Fermented recipes - Jump on the waitlist for my course here
Slow cooker mango chicken - That recipe is in my slow cooker meal planning course
Turkey choy bau - That recipe is from my one pan meal planning course
Chicken burgers & healthy chips - I used this lime and coriander chicken burger recipe
Bolognese - I used the recipe on the Thermomix, I doubled the veg and meat
Steak for BBQ - I used a tin of anchovies, finely diced with salt and rosemary. I coated the steaks in that before freezing
Gluten-free wraps - That is my gluten & dairy free sandwich wrap recipe
Pesto - That recipe is from my healthy lunchbox cook-up eBook. But you could just sub suflower seeds for the nuts in your fav pesto recipe
Salads - That recipe is from my one pan meal planning course
Healthy cake for the kids lunchbox - That is one of Judes recipes from Wholefoods Baking. I LOVE this cookbook of hers
Kombucha gummies - That is my orange juice & kombucha gummie recipe
Fermented carrots - That is my easy fermented carrots recipe
Kale chips - I cook mine low and slow, that way they never burn
Fruit

 

Great kitchen gadgets I used in my meal prep:

Slow Cooker: https://amzn.to/46HNTyK
Silicone Freezer Bags: https://amzn.to/3YBRBYt
Garlic Crusher: https://amzn.to/3YD18ie
Lemon Juicer: https://amzn.to/3LXdFW8
Measuring Gadget: https://amzn.to/3SG551Q
Knife sharpener: https://amzn.to/46Bco0r

Watch more of my weekly meal prep session here:

Week 1 - I made just main meals in this cook-up, all ready in 1-hour. Click to watch Week-1's cookup.

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Check back next Friday for next weeks plan!
Stace x