Skip to main content

Sunday Meal Prep

I have had several people ask me lately about my Sunday meal prep day.  This is something I have been doing pretty consistently for a while, not just since I joined Weight Watchers.  I spend a few hours in the kitchen on Sunday afternoon and prep as much food as I have the time and energy for.  Some weeks I am able to prep a lot, and some weeks just a little.  At the very least I prep my snacks for work and at least a few of my work lunches.  On a good week I can do all of my lunches and some dinner prep too. 

Sometimes food prep just involves planning. I eat pretty much the same snacks every day.  My morning snack is a light string cheese, 7 almonds and an apple.  That is easy to prep.  I put the string cheese and almonds in a snack size bag and grab an apple each day.  My afternoon snack varies a bit more, but usually I have vegetables in some form so I chop as many fresh vegetables on Sunday as I can.  Easy to grab.  Sometimes I make a low point dip to dip my veggies in, and I make those ahead of time too on Sunday.

Lunches consist of turkey sandwiches, leftovers or salads.  I usually make 2 or 3 salads ahead of time in jars and store them in the fridge, dressing on the bottom heavy veggies, meat and eggs, then salad then a little Parmesan cheese.  Use the quart jars so you can put a lot of lettuce in!  I pack up any leftovers in my glass jars with a note about how many points they are so I can plan ahead.  I usually will take one of these on Wednesday when I work the evening shift.  I am also able to pick up the pieces and do a little more prep on Wednesday mornings, which I have off.  

If I am super organized I will also pre-chop any vegetables I need for recipes for dinner.  I store them in a bag and then when I start to cook I can just skip all the chopping!  I usually do at least one crock pot meal a week too, and try to put that together on Sunday night as well. 

Mostly the meal prep comes in handy when I am hungry.  If I get home after work and I am starving, I can grab the bag of veggies and the one point dip to snack on while I am making dinner.  That way I don’t reach for something with more points right before dinner.  Then after dinner I can quickly chop up a few more veggies for the next day.  Another helpful thing for me is storing a few healthy things at work.  I keep a box of my morning oatmeal here in case I am super rushed in the morning and also have a few bags of 2 point snacks stored in my desk just in case.  I can almost always fit an extra two points into my day. 
A few more of my favorites?  Laughing cow cheese with crackers and grapes.  Babybel cheese with crackers.  Popcorn (Angie’s chickaboom popcorn is great).  I always bag this up into individual serving sized bags so I don't accidentally eat the whole bag!  Veggies with ½ cup Greek yogurt and 1 TBSP of ranch dip.  I am not going to lie, I also really love chocolate and have been buying a lot of the WW 2 point chocolate caramel bars.  So easy and so tasty. 

Lastly, for me, presentation is key.  My snacks look so pretty and inviting in the glass jars just waiting for me to eat.  I feel so happy when my lunch bag is filled with carefully prepared snacks.  I hope this helps!  

Labels

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

First Comes Love Review

First Comes Love  by Emily Giffin is a story about sisters.  Josie and Meredith lost their brother years ago and both of them are still trying to move on from their loss.  Josie never lets herself love or be loved again but is desperate to have a child.  Meredith has what seems on the surface to be a perfect family, a husband who adores her and a beautiful little girl.  But she can't help but think something is missing.  Although there are many aspects of this book, it's ultimately a book about sisters and family. I enjoyed the book, although I struggled a bit with how the story lines.  It wasn't a satisfying ending for me because there were still a lot of loose ends.  I prefer my books to be wrapped up with a bow at the end with a happy ending.  However, the writing was strong, I fell in love with the characters and a saw them grow and change throughout the book.  I saw glimpses of happy endings and I suppose that will be good enough...
Post a Comment
Read more

Review: Wild Horse Springs by Jodi Thomas

Thanks to NetGalley for the Advanced Readers Copy of this one.  I read it in January but am a little behind on my blogging. I love a good cowboy story, but this one was just OK.   Wild Horse Springs is the fifth in the Ransom Canyon series...but it certainly isn't my favorite of the bunch. This story features sheriff Dan Brigman and Brandi Malone.  Brandi is a singer who is running from a loss...she travels from town to town preforming on the stage and trying to forget her past.  When danger strikes Brandi ends up running to Dan instead of running away like she usually does. The story also features Lauren Brigman, Dan's daughter, who has come home after her job in Dallas doesn't pan out.  Lauren has to decide if home is where her heart is or if she is going to travel back out into the world and try and forge a new life.  There are some really solid parts to this story, but it did fall a little flat for me.  It look me a long time to get into it...
Post a Comment
Read more

Review: The Second Mrs. Hockaday by Susan Rivers

Historical Fiction can be hit or miss for me, I either like it or I don't.   The Second Mrs. Hockaday lands in the like pile, but it took me almost half of the book to decide.  This is a really interesting book because it's told only though letters and diary entries.  It wasn't until part two of the book that I really got involved and wanted to know what REALLY happened on the farm. Major Gryffth Hockaday is away at war, leaving his new bride behind with his son from his first marriage. Placidia does her best to keep up the farm and protect the crops and animals with the help of hired hands while her husband is away.  But being alone on a farm during the Civil War isn't easy and everyone pays a price.  When Major Hockaday returns from war he finds out his wife is in jail and she is accused of murdering her newborn baby.  A baby she had during his two year absence.  The reader is left trying to guess what happened during those long hard years.  ...
Post a Comment
Read more