If you're into healthy family recipes, you're going to love my take on meal prep...for a family!
I kicked the babes out of the house, turned on my tunes and meal prepped a full week of healthy dinners for my family in 2-hours. Honestly, it was kind of fun!
I made healthy slow cooker meals, freezer dump bags for later in the week and salads kids will eat.
Let me run you through exactly how to meal prep for your family to save money and the exact recipes I used...
Steps In My Meal Prep Session:
1. Shop your freezer - I checked the freezer for what I had. I had some pork belly so I popped that on to cook before I even went to the markets.
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 $270, and that included some other items I needed for the pantry.
4. I found 2-hours to prep - I kicked the kids out, popped on some music and cooked.
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:
Crispy pork belly - I salt and oiled the pork and cooked it for 30-mins at 250 and then turned it down to 160 for 3-hours
Slow cooker crispy potatoes - I use small potatoes and cook them on high for 3-hours with lots of salt & 2 tbsp oil
Roast lamb - That recipe is from my recipe a week club. It is just $10 a month and you get a new healthy recipe each week with video & community
Fermented drink recipes - Jump on the waitlist for my course here
Slow cooker sticky chicken - That recipe is on my website, slow cooker sticky chicken
2 flavour gummies - That recipe is from my recipe a week club. It is just $10 a month and you get a new healthy recipe each week
Orange juice gummies - That recipe is on my website, orange juice & kombucha gummie recipe
Salads - All of those recipe are from my one pan meal planning course
Beef stir-fry - That recipe is from my one pan meal planning course
Burgers for brekkie - I buy these from 'Robs Burgers' in Rozelle
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 meal prep
Week 2 - I made a ton of freezer dump bags. Click to watch Week-2's meal prep
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Check back next Friday for next weeks plan!
Stace x
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