Category: Easy meal prep
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29 Freezer Meals for Toddlers
I started freezer-prepping for my toddler after one too many 5pm meltdowns while I stood at the stove with nothing ready. The freezer is the only thing between me and another round of plain crackers for dinner, so I keep it stocked with small portions I can heat in minutes. Everything here freezes well, thaws…
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20 Make-Ahead Camping Meals
The last thing I want to do at a campsite is chop onions in the dark. Camping food fails when you try to cook from scratch on a two-burner setup with no counter, so the trick is doing all the fussy work at home. So everything here gets prepped, portioned, and packed before we leave,…
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21 Toddler Breakfast Meal Prep Ideas
Breakfast is the meal I have the least patience for, because it happens before I am fully awake. My toddler, on the other hand, wakes up starving and negotiating. So I prep most of our weekday breakfasts on Sunday and pull them straight from the fridge or freezer. Mornings go so much smoother that way.…
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30 Cheap Meal Prep Lunches for Work
I have bought the sad $12 salad from the office cafe enough times to know I can do better from my own fridge. The real problem was never motivation, it was that whatever I packed got boring by Wednesday or leaked into my bag by noon. So everything here holds for a few days, travels…
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23 Toddler Lunch Ideas for Daycare
I pack a toddler lunch every single weeknight, usually while my kid is telling me a very long story about a squirrel. Daycare lunches have their own rules: no reheating, small hands, and a lunchbox that gets flipped upside down at least once before noon. So everything I prep now is bite-sized, sturdy, and safe…
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65 Easy Sunday Dinner Ideas for the Family
Let’s face it – coming up with easy Sunday dinner ideas for the family can be tiring. The good thing about Sundays is you have plenty of time to try recipes which require all day to cook! While many of these recipes take hours to cook, all of them are easy and don’t take too…
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The 42 Best Instant Pot Meal Prep Recipes (Quick & Easy)
A year ago my wife bought an instant pot and it has been a total game changer for my meal prepping. I still love using my crockpot to meal prep, but honestly, meal prepping with an instant pot might be better. They work faster, are easier to clean, and you don’t have to plan ahead…