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weekly meal prep: 4/8 – 4/12

9 · Apr 7, 2019 · Leave a Comment

a look at the food I’m prepping for the week ahead

weekly meal prep: 4/8 - 4/12 // cait's plate

Back with another week of meal prep! I honestly had my doubts that this was something I was going to do every week (and it still might not always happen every week) but I find myself excited each week to do it and absolutely love how much easier it makes the week.

If you’ve missed my journey into meal planning – you can get all the posts here.

Last week I talked about the pros and cons of meal prep as I see them. I’m continuing to refine my process but I think we’re getting closer to a meal prep that works for our family.

Here’s what I prepped this week:

PARMESAN CHICKEN TENDERS – recipe coming this week!

weekly meal prep: 4/8 - 4/12 // cait's plate

This is the main dish I prepped for most of our dinners. I plan to serve it up in several different ways to keep things interesting – stay tuned for a post on that!

CHOCOLATE CHIP BANANA BAKED OATMEAL – recipe coming this week!

weekly meal prep: 4/8 - 4/12 // cait's plate

Yesss, I knoooow. MORE baked oatmeal. But I can’t help it! It’s so easy and delicious and it fills me up perfectly! I needed a use for a bunch of bananas I had that weren’t going to make it into this week and this was a perfect option!

ROASTED BROCCOLI – recipe below

Simple Roasted Broccoli

Ingredients:

  • 1 head fresh broccoli
  • Olive oil
  • Salt & pepper, to taste

Directions:

  • Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F and line a baking baking sheet with parchment paper. Cut the stems off a head of broccoli so you’re left with just the florets then place them in a single layer on the prepared baking sheet. Drizzle with about 1 teaspoon olive oil, sprinkle with salt & pepper then toss to make sure all the florets are well coated. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until crispy and just browned.

Couldn’t get enough of my roasted veggie grain bowls last week so I had to make a little more of this in case I wanted more this week 🙂

COOKED FARRO

weekly meal prep: 4/8 - 4/12 // cait's plate

Made this for grain bowls this week (switched it up from barley!) and easy dinner sides as well as a grain side for Owen.

ROASTED SWEET POTATOES – recipe here – I’ve also done several IGTV videos where I make these!

weekly meal prep: 4/8 - 4/12 // cait's plate

Our whole household is crazy for sweet potatoes so having a bunch roasted on hand is just a good idea. Whether I’m throwing them into salads or grain bowls, serving them up to Owen as a snack or a meal side or we’re making it part of dinner, these always go fast!

CHICKPEAS

weekly meal prep: 4/8 - 4/12 // cait's plate

I’m not the biggest meat eater so I like to make myself a vegetarian protein option every week that I can have for lunches and dinners if Chad won’t make it home. Last week was baked tofu (a favorite! recipe is linked in my post from last week) so I wanted to switch it up this week. I’ll throw these into salads and grain bowls for a nice protein boost.

WHOLE GRAIN STRAWBERRY BANANA YOGURT SNACK CAKE – recipe coming soon!

weekly meal prep: 4/8 - 4/12 // cait's plate

I used to make snack cakes all the time and haven’t done it in too long! Like I mentioned, I had a batch of browning bananas and when I found a handful of strawberries as well, I knew exactly what I was going to make! Can’t wait to share this recipe with you!

NO-BAKE OATMEAL RAISIN COOKIE BITES – recipe coming soon!

weekly meal prep: 4/8 - 4/12 // cait's plate

YOU GUYS. These things literally taste exactly like an oatmeal cookie, I kid you not! I CANNOT wait to share this one with you – it’s definitely going to be a go-to for me so I hope it will be for you too!

WHOLE GRAIN HIDDEN VEGGIE MAC & CHEESE – recipe here except I used whole wheat penne

weekly meal prep: 4/8 - 4/12 // cait's plate

I made this for Owen and my husband. They’ll both house mac and cheese so I figured why not make a version that also has a few veggies in there too?

weekly meal prep: 4/8 - 4/12 // cait's plate

I’m also going to be doing a post on 5 easy lunches that you can make with everything I prepped – so stay tuned for that tomorrow!

And that’s it! Ready for the week ahead! What are you guys prepping?

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