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Set Your Pace
- If you’re a beginner at meal prep: Be prepared to set aside 2-3 hours. Once mise en place is complete, all of these recipes can be completed one by one.
- If you’re a meal prep pro, use the sequenced steps below: These steps give you the flexibility to cook items simultaneously in a sequence of events.
- Be sure to set timers and check on food items to avoid overcooking. Sequencing will save you time and meal prep can be done in 1-2 hours.
Meal Prep Run Down
- First, pre-heat the oven to 400F. Then, prepare the items that require the oven such as the baked apples, baked sausage and potatoes, and chicken stuffed bell peppers.
- While these recipes are baking, prepare the pork loin and sear it a pan on the stove top. Finish baking it in the oven.
- After you place the pork loin in the oven, pan fry the tilapia on the stove top.
- After all the hot recipes are done cooking, let them cool and start assembling the ingredients for the coleslaw recipes, and the apricot and cucumber salad.
- When everything is finished cooking, plate everything up in containers, and let them cool before refrigerating.
If you’re sequencing your meal prep, be sure to keep an eye on everything! Make sure food is kept refrigerated under 40F degrees until ready to eat.
Assembly Tips
- Evenly divide meals according to the serving size
- Let all items cool before placing them in the refrigerator
- Keep all items refrigerated under 40F until ready to eat or reheat
- Breakfast: Both meals can be reheated in the microwave
- Lunch: The pork can be reheated in the microwave. Serve the chicken coleslaw and apricot and cucumber salad chilled
- Dinner: The tilapia and stuffed chicken bell peppers can be reheated in the microwave. Serve the coleslaw and side salad chilled
Extra Flavors and Substitutions
- Baked Apples: You can use pears, peaches, or plums instead of apples
- Tilapia: You can use any kind of fish to pan fry such as cod, salmon, or trout
- Pork loin: You can also use steak or chicken breast instead of pork as your protein
- Apricots: If you can’t find apricots, you can also use peaches
- Chicken Enchilada: If you can’t find enchilada sauce, you can use tomato sauce or marinara sauce as a substitute
- Supplement meals with additional snacks such as fresh veggies and fruit for additional daily caloric needs. You can use lime/lemon and olive oil in place of salad dressing
Extra Leftover Ingredients Not Used
- Protein: Freeze any uncooked meats and save for a later recipe, or you can cook the full amount, and freeze the portion that you do not eat, and save for later use.
- Veggies: Freeze any leftover veggies for later use. Use leftover herbs in omelets or other dishes for the weekend