Okay, hold your horses y'all. This week was a COMPLETELY free meal prep. Yep, that's right. $0.00 PER MEAL. This is truly the first time an entire WEEK has been free. Thanks to a surplus of last week's Costco haul and some true frugal freckled foodie power, mom and I whipped up some pretty awesome meals.

Beyond being free, the food was also aesthetically pleasing. Each dish reminded me of a landscape. For breakfast, I see a night sky. For my first snack, a mountain of lave spilling onto sand. For lunch, a sunset on a grass field. For dinner, mountains on the beach. And for dessert, little fish swimming upstream. What do you see?

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On the menu this weeks: 6/14 - 6/18

  • *Pre-workout: coffee, dried fruit, and bread
    • 50 g roosterkoek, 2 dried apricot, 10 g dried mango, 1 tbs nutpod creamer
      • 5 P / 49 C / 2 F
  • *Breakfast: blueberry muffin overnight oats
    • 70 g rolled oats, 20 g pea protein, 5 g honey, 10 g chia seeds, 120 g blueberries, 5 g almond
      • 34 P / 75 C / 11 F
  • Lunch: leftover chicken burger
    • .5 brioche bun, .5 chicken patty, 1 oz feta cheese, 10 g apple, 80 g cherry tomato, 100 g green beans, 3 g olive oil
      • 23 P / 45 C / 27 F
  • *Snack: cinnamon raisin bread
    • 1 slice cinnamon raisin bread, 1 tbs cream cheese, 15 g kokada brownie spread
      • 5 P / 38 C / 13 F
  • Dinner: stir fry
    • 160 g white rice cooked, 230 g stir fry with turkey, 50 g avocado
      • 22 P / 71 C / 9 F
  • *Snack: dessert and macro cap
    • 1 melatonin gummy, 28 g dried fruit, 200 g fage, 20 g pea protein, 16 g fruit preserves, 20 g creamy peanut butter, 9 g cashews
    • 1 enlightened dark chocolate almond bar
      • 44 P / 44 C / 15 F

macros: 138 P / 346 C / 82 F

Note: the asterisked meals (snacks and breakfast) are the flexible meals and change day to day. My meals are not a reflection of what everyone should be eating, nor should you try to copy my meals. I post these meals for meal prep inspiration, to show the variety, feasibility, and economic advantage of meal prepping. I aim to share the trials and troubles that come along the way, because let's face it, it's not always easy.

The shopping list below outlines enough for three people for 5 days for lunch and dinner. Some of the staples that carried over from last week included: spices, oil, chips, herbs, protein powder, oats, apples, sweet potatoes, bread.

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produce
  • cherry tomatoes
  • sweet potatoes,
  • onions
  • brussel sprouts
  • green beans
  • bell peppers
  • apple
  • blueberries
  • avocado
protein
  • turkey
  • non-fat greek yogurt
  • egg
  • egg whites
pantry
  • oats
  • bread
  • peanut butter
  • jam

total cost: $0 FREE!

Note: 5 meals a day, 5 days of the week, 4 people = 100 meals per week

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