14 Meal Prep Plans That Tell You Exactly What to Make (and How) (2024)

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published Oct 31, 2018

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We’ve created 14 plans that will help you get breakfasts, lunches, and dinners in order for the week ahead. Some focus on a specific dietary need (vegetarian, low-carb, keto), while others are centered around our favorite kitchen tools (cast iron skillets, slow cookers, sheet pans). Pick the one that works best for you and your family, then tell us: What are your favorite meals and meal prep strategies?

After your prep session, you’ll start the week with a fully cooked egg casserole for breakfast, a combination of salad “swag boxes” and snack-y Bento boxes for lunch, and chicken thighs two ways (plus a few sides) that just need to be re-heated throughout the week.

After your prep session, you’ll start the week with mix-and-match breakfast options (hard-boiled eggs, sliced prosciutto), a fully prepped sesame chicken slaw for lunch, and two fully cooked dinners that can be paired with rotating sides throughout the week.

After your prep session, you’ll have a big batch of granola for breakfast, mix-and-match pasta salads and green salads for lunch, and some dinner staples (marinated white beans, shredded rotisserie chicken) that make quick work of dinner.

After your prep session, you’ll have a fully baked vegetarian egg casserole for breakfast, a tuna salad that can be turned into lettuce wraps for lunch, and three fully cooked dinners to choose from throughout the week.

After your prep session, you’ll have a week’s worth of baked oatmeal cups for breakfast, fully packed mix-and-match lunches (including a salmon salad and hard-boiled eggs), and a number of prepped dinner staples to make easy dinners (such as pita pizzas and meatballs with farro).

After your prep session, you’ll start the week with a freezer full of breakfast wraps and a batch of homemade granola for breakfast, as well as savory muffins and a tomato-chickpea salad for lunch, and prepped veggies and a ranch mix to make easy work of dinner.

After your prep session, you’ll start the week with a batch of overnight oats for breakfast, a week’s worth of chickpea Buddha bowls for lunch, and fully cooked chicken thighs and a broccoli slaw to get a jump-start on dinners.

After your prep session, you’ll start the week with a big batch of muesli for breakfast, Mason jars full of farro salad for lunch, and lots of prepped ingredients (cooked tofu, shredded kale, chopped veggies) for easy dinners.

After your prep session, you’ll start the week with a fully cooked frittata and Keto coffee for breakfast, mix-and-match snack lunches, and all the ingredient prep done for a week of Keto-friendly dinners.

After your prep session, you’ll start the week with a batch of oatmeal for breakfast, a fridge full of prepped and pre-portioned ingredients that go directly into the skillet when it’s time for dinner, and plenty of leftovers for lunch.

After your prep session, you’ll start the week with a fully cooked veggie frittata for breakfast, BBQ tofu bowls for lunch, and a fridge full of prepped and pre-portioned ingredients that you’ll toss directly onto a sheet pan every night for easy weeknight dinners.

After your prep session, you’ll start the week with smoothie packs for breakfast and a fridge full of pre-portioned ingredients that you’ll throw into the slow cooker at the beginning of each day. Then, you’ll come home to fully cooked dinners, such as minestrone and mac and cheese.

After your prep session, you’ll start the week with cooked sweet potatoes and a breakfast grain mix for breakfast and a fridge full of chopped, portioned ingredients ready to be thrown into the Instant Pot every night for dinner.

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