I haven't done a meal prep day in a couple of months, but my freezer was barren last week so I got my act together to do one today (on a Monday) during the Mets/Braves doubleheader.

Nothing looks photogenic because my meal preps are almost exclusively bowls or stuff to add to a bowl and so it tends to look like slop!! Also, it is assembly, not recipes. I live alone, so I aim for 3-4 servings of each item so I can use one per week.

  1. Cauliflower (12 ounces frozen), a bottle of korma sauce I got on sale from Harris Teeter, and rice. Made three side servings to eventually go with rotisserie chicken dark meat or a 6oz steak.
  2. Baked Kiolbassa brand hatch chili and cheddar chicken breakfast sausages (12 oz) from Sam's Club, then quartered and topped with cheddar cheese and salsa and baked for another few minutes. Made three servings for putting on a bagel or English muffin or mixing with hash browns. If I ate eggs, that would work as well.
  3. Wegmans' Italian-Style Chicken Sausage (12 oz), diced and sauteed, with a quarter package of Trader Joe's orzo, half a bottle of heart-healthy spaghetti sauce, and grated Parmesan cheese. Made three servings. Next time I would use a little more orzo.
  4. Burrito bowl/nacho toppings base. A pound of browned 90/10 ground beef, onion and garlic, relevant spices, a 20oz can of refried beans, a 15 oz box of black beans, a heaping tablespoon of TJ's cowboy caviar, beef stock to cover, about a cup and a half of the remaining cheap Pace salsa from Sam's Club, and some Cholula. Simmered for about a half hour once everything was added. I use it on leftover rice or tortilla chips instead of going to Moe's, and will add avocado and cheese at that point. Made four 13 oz servings plus a little bit for a snack as I write this post.

So 13 meals or major meal components in all, probably about $33 total.

by nc-retiree

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  1. insomniacwhirlwind

    13 meals and only $33??? I am seriously impressed!! This all looks amazing. Well done. I have to go find the sausages now

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