Best Healthy Meal Prep Recipes
Published 2/1/2018 • Updated 1/9/2019
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Single? Married? Got a family? MEAL PREP IS FOR YOU! Seriously, healthy meal prep recipes are a lifesaver for busy people and I know you are all busy. If this is the first time you are hearing the term meal prep, I can explain. It’s when you take one day or two out of the week and prep all of your food for the week. We’re talking breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, and dessert…the whole shebang. This makes healthy eating during the week extremely accessible and gives you NO EXCUSES to eat like crap 🙂
My favorite day of the week to meal prep is Sunday. It’s when I have the most time and it sets me up for success for my manic Monday. Lately, I’ve been into all things BOWLS. I wrote a post on how I’m obsessed with buddha bowls because they’re the perfect meal prep recipe.
Buddha Bowls
- Meat
- Veggies
- Grains
- Toppings
The best part about meal prepping a buddha bowl is that you can serve it so many different ways: with chips, with an egg, cold, warm, for breakfast, for dinner, you name it. YAS.
If you’re not bowl obsessed…don’t worry. I pulled some of our best healthy meal ideas for meal prep. What are the best kinds you ask? The recipes that….
- have a lot of servings
- can be eaten many different ways
- taste good reheated
- can be frozen
Don’t forget that meal prep is MORE than just dinner. It’s breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, and dessert! Check out some of my favorite recipes!
Healthy Meal-Prep Breakfast Ideas
Here are some of our best healthy meal prep ideas for the most important meal of the day, breakfast! We love both savory and sweet breakfasts so check out our best breakfast meal prep recipes below.
Protein-Packed Breakfast Burritos
Crock-Pot Maple Cinnamon Steel Cut Oatmeal
Blueberry Orange Granola
Black Bean Breakfast Bowls
Healthy Meal-Prep Lunch Ideas
Make your weekday lunches a breeze with some of our favorite meal ideas from Fit Foodie Finds. These recipes have multiple servings and can be portioned out and packaged up for an easy meal-prep lunch all week long.
Roasted Red Pepper Quinoa Chili
Spring Cobb Mason Jar Salad
5-Ingredient Honey Sriracha Chicken
Cashew Chicken Quinoa Bake
Healthy Meal Prep Dinner Ideas
The last thing you want to do when you get home from a crazy day at work is make dinner. I feel you. Here are some of our favorite healthy meal prep dinner recipes that are flavorful and good for you, too!
30-Minute Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Healthy Chicken Parmesan Quinoa Bake
Healthy Thai Coconut Quinoa Bowls
Mexican Stuffed Peppers
Healthy Meal Prep Snack Ideas
Be prepared for midday hunger with our best healthy meal prep snack recipes from Fit Foodie Finds. These recipes are high in fiber and protein and easy to make.
Peanut Butter Protein Bars
Sweet Potato Hummus
Cherry Pie Energy Balls
Coconut Oil Zucchini Bread
Healthy Meal Prep Dessert Recipes
The best kind of nightcap is dessert. Am I right?! From protein-packed cookie recipes to healthy salted caramel cups, these are our best healthy meal prep dessert ideas from Fit Foodie Finds.
Grain-Free Protein Peanut Butter Cookies
Almond Butter Rice Crispy Treats
Healthy Salted Caramel Cups
Grain-Free No-Bake Brownies
Happppppy meal prep and happy Sunday!
BASICALLY if you’re a human… meal prep is for you!! This is such a good list of recipes and i LOVE that you separated them out into meals. I see so many that i’m dying to try! (especially in the dessert section, mmm)
The meal in the title image (with the black beans, rice and greens) looks amazing! Did I miss the recipe for that?
Such an incredible post, 100% sharing this with my clients and followers, so simple and easy to jazz up your week!
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What a terrific idea to include snacks and dessert along with the weekly meal prep. Great way to keep “all” of the choices healthy (at least, have good options, right?)! I had not heard of the buddha bowls before, so will definitely have to check that out. Thanks for sharing these amazing ideas.
I am big on meal prep as well. It is a life saver when I get home from a busy day. Going to try buddha bowls. I am a fan of the ones I pick up at Whole Foods.
You’re going to get HOOKED on buddha bowls! DA BEST.
This is so amazingly helpful!! Thank you Lee <3
Hi again! I have a post already drafted and scheduled for this week re: my favorite prep-ahead breakfast meals that are good on-the-go or for work… can I include yours, use one of your recipe pics and link to you? I will also have your site name as a link : )
GO FOR IT!!!!
These all look so good! I’ve been wanting to start meal planning for awhile now. Will have to try some of these out!
You’re gonna get HOOOOOOOOKED!
Thanks for all the great ideas Lee! Meal prep is key. I work like 12 hour days and then come home and work on the blog, so if I don’t have stuff prepared I’m in trouble. I’d go to chik fil A every night lol. ????
Wow, I never would have thought to involve desserts in meal prep! Great idea because it sets up good single-serving sizes per day! 😛
Might as well make some healthy desserts so you don’t go for the ice cream 🙂