Are you going crazy thinking you need to make 20 meals all at once and store them in little individual containers to feed your family throughout the week? I thought so. Stop it! Don’t worry about plating your vegan meal prep. Instead, think of meal prepping as just preparing ingredients that you will combine into plated dishes throughout the week.
Here’s my tips for not going crazy trying to meal prep each week
Plan your meals
Stop thinking about meal planning as all of these recipes that you have to follow, and that you have to make plated meals that are going to go into your fridge for an entire week. Instead, just pre-cook rice, vegetables, chop fruit, salads, etc. and store them in glass containers. When you are ready to eat, combine your prepared foods into dishes. This is similar to how a restaurant would prep to feed its customers.
Pretend your kitchen is a little restaurant
Usually, restaurants don’t prep the meal and then let it sit waiting for a customer to order. Instead, they prep each ingredient and combine them into a plated dish when someone orders. This allows them to adjust the ingredients per the customer’s request, and also limit food waste if customers don’t order the dish.
Eat what you like, season it till it tastes good. Don’t worry about making big casseroles and extravagant plated meals. Instead, focus on prepping each ingredient. This will allow you to have variety throughout the week and doesn’t leave you stuck eating casserole for four days straight just because you prepped a big casserole.
Combine as you go throughout your week
When you are ready to eat, simply open your fridge and pull out the ingredients that you want to eat. Next, combine those ingredients into plated meals. Enjoy right away or take them to-go for lunch or dinner. For example, combine your pre-cooked rice with pre-cooked steamed vegetables, pre-cooked black beans, and prepped kale salad to create a big Mexican-style salad bowl. Top with hot sauce, salsa, or fresh fruit for extra flavor.
Here’s some Easy vegan meal prep tips.
Easy Vegan Meal Prep Program
Need help figuring out what to make and how to make it? Check out my $3 PDF download, “Easy Low-Fat Whole Food Plant-Based Meal Prep Program” and learn how to prep ingredients to prepare into plated dishes throughout the week. Save yourself the time and stress during your next meal prep day.
Here’s some easy vegan foods I like to meal prep each week:
- Steamed brown rice
- Steamed vegetables
- Kale salad with sesame seeds
- Black beans
- Noodles, such as whole wheat pasta and soba noodles
Here’s some easy vegan meal prep recipes for your reference:
- Easy vegan taco meal prep recipe
- Garlic Heirloom Tomato Pasta Sauce Recipe
- Easy vegan snack idea: Steamed Veggies and Hummus
- Hazelnut Chocolate Chia Pudding Recipe
- Recipe: Easy Vegan Black Bean Burritos
- How to cook brown rice in a pot
- Easy Red Lentil and Potato Soup Recipe
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