Ready to end the days of skipped breakfasts and takeout lunches? With Prep-Ahead Breakfasts and Lunches, you’ll have your refrigerator stocked with homemade grab-and-go meals, full of ingredients you can feel good about. My new cookbook, Prep-Ahead Breakfasts and Lunches is now available wherever books are sold. You can see inside the cookbook here. ThisRead More
Batch Cooking
Here are some batch cooking recipes, batch cooking meal ideas, and useful tips to make batch cooking faster and easier. These tips, recipes, and meal plans will help you batch cook large quantities of healthy food in one session.
What is batch cooking? Batch cooking refers to either freezer batch cooking or healthy batch cooking. Although the recipes can be both healthy and be freezable. Cooking foods in large quantities and then freezing it to use later saves you time on busy days. Cooking food for the whole week in advance allows you to meal prep your lunches and dinners ahead of time, so you can either pull them out and eat in the case of cold salads or quickly reheat them.
Pizza Quinoa Salad
This pizza quinoa salad is an easy make-ahead recipe that is both tasty and filling. A healthy lunch is the goal. But salads can be tricky to make in advance on meal prep Sunday and keep it from wilting while sitting in the refrigerator all week. This pizza quinoa salad recipe from my cookbook Prep-AheadRead More
1 Simple Trick to Save Time with Meal-Prepping
If you are meal prepping, no matter what your motivation to do it, time is probably a big factor for you. Meal prepping is a wonderful way to save time throughout the week from the time you spend at the grocery store to the time it takes to cook dinner. Not only do you saveRead More
Cajun Egg Croissant Sandwiches
These make-ahead Cajun Egg Croissant Sandwiches from the cookbook Prep-Ahead Breakfasts and Lunches are a great addition to your Meal Prep Sunday routine! The recipe makes 12 breakfast sandwiches that you can just grab and go on busy mornings! When I ask people what meals are the most stressful, they often mention dinner. At first, IRead More
Strawberry-Kiwi Baked Oatmeal
This easy strawberry-kiwi baked oatmeal recipe is an easy prep-ahead breakfast idea that can be made 3 ways. I wanted to make the Strawberry-Rhubarb Baked Oatmeal Recipe from my cookbook Prep-Ahead Breakfasts and Lunches for a friend. My friend loves oatmeal and has a busy schedule, so I wanted her to try the make-ahead bakedRead More
Meal Prep Tips to Help You Start Meal Prepping
Use these meal prep tips to learn how to start meal prepping. It includes tips for fitting prep-ahead meals into your busy schedule. What is Meal Prep While many associate meal prep with a counter of pre-made salads and broiled chicken breasts, meal prep is more than just that. Meal Prepping is simply making some,Read More
Beginner’s Guide to Meal Prep
Meal prepping saves you time and money on cooking meals each week. It can make your life much easier! To get started, check out the tips and tricks in this Beginner’s Guide to Meal Prep. Meal Prepping is popping up all over! From magazines to books and blogs, meal prepping is really blowing up. IfRead More
3 Common Struggles with Meal Prep and How to Fix Them
Have you given meal prepping a try and it just doesn’t seem to be working out? Maybe the idea of even getting started is a little overwhelming for you? Take a big breath and check out these 3 Common Struggles with Meal Prep and How to Fix Them. Many people start with the good intentions ofRead More
How to Cook Quinoa – 3 Easy Methods
Have you wondered how to cook quinoa? Here are directions for 3 different methods of cooking quinoa: stovetop, slow cooker, and Instant Pot. Quinoa is not only delicious and healthy, it is fast and easy to prepare, making it a great substitute for rice and other grains in recipes. Quinoa is naturally gluten-free, so I also enjoyRead More
One Hour Meal Prep: 5 Dinners and 12 Lunches
I have been teaching a Quick and Easy Meal Prep Techniques class at the Pinners Conferences. I have had people ask for a list of the recipes I make, so I have created a list of recipes in the order I make them. In the Quick and Easy Meal Prep Techniques class, I share howRead More
Prep-Ahead Meals from Scratch Cookbook is on Sale
Right now Amazon is running a great sale on my cookbook, Prep-Ahead Meals from Scratch. I recently discovered that Amazon is running a sale on my cookbook Prep-Ahead Meals from Scratch. They are selling it for the lowest price I have ever seen it available for. Amazon changes their prices without notice, so I haveRead More
10 Make-Ahead Lunch Recipes
Try these 10 make-ahead lunch recipes to make your week less stressful and eat home cooked meals on the go! Between balancing work and school, it is hard to find time to cook homemade meals. It is even harder to eat healthy lunches every day. Packing a lunch each morning is just not realistic for meRead More
10 Make-Ahead Breakfast Recipes
Making a few of these make-ahead breakfast recipes will give you a week’s worth of homemade breakfasts and free up more time for other things. Everyone says breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but it is also the hardest to find time for. Most of us are just trying to get where we needRead More
10 Overnight Oatmeal Recipes
Get a jump start on your week by making some of these overnight oatmeal recipes! I have never been a fan of traditional carb filled breakfast foods. They always leave me foraging in my fridge for “second breakfast” about an hour later. But who has the time to cook a balanced breakfast every morning? ThatRead More
How to Streamline Your Lunch Packing Routine
Cut some stress from your day with these tips on how to streamline your lunch packing routine! Is there anything more annoying than having to pack a lunch? Whether you are packing it for your spouse or for your kids, it can quickly become a tedious task. You may have a Pinterest board full of cuteRead More
Sheet Pan Scrambled Eggs
This Sheet Pan Scrambled Eggs recipe was created as part of a sponsored post for Collective Bias and Horizon. The recipe and all opinions are mine alone. Please tell me I am not the only one who is not ready for the lazy days of summer to end! I have enjoyed leisurely mornings with myRead More
How to Make it Easier to Cook at Home
Eating out is costly and unhealthy. These tips on How to Make it Easier to Cook at Home will help you save money, eat healthier, and reduce cooking time. I don’t know about you, but it seems that I barely have time to breathe anymore. From the time I wake up, I am go, go,Read More
Baked Rice Recipe
This Baked Rice Recipe makes a great casserole base. You can even prepare it ahead of time and freeze it for fried rice and other side dishes. Rice is one of my all-star side dishes. It can be flavored in a variety of ways and tastes amazing cooked in a skillet or steamed and evenRead More
Prep-Ahead Meal Plan Using Roast and Ham
Here is a prep-ahead meal plan using roast and ham. It includes a printable shopping list, menu plan, and meal prep guide. Sales on roasts and hams have started turning up in sales fliers in my area – perfect timing as the weather has cooled off and I am finally feeling like turning on myRead More
Prep-Ahead Meal Plan Using Shredded Chicken, Rice, and Beans
Here is a Printable Prep-Ahead Meal Plan Using Shredded Chicken. The menu plan and shopping list go with my cookbook Prep-Ahead Meals from Scratch. I have pulled together some printables to make meal planning with my cookbook even easier. When I create a menu plan, I like to choose 3 – 4 proteins that IRead More
