Make-Ahead Meals

Meal prep recipes to help you stay organized and eat more healthfully!
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Family Favorite Blueberry Baked Oatmeal
Wake up to the ultimate breakfast treat with this Family Favorite Blueberry Baked Oatmeal! Packed with juicy blueberries, hearty rolled oats, and a touch of maple sweetness, it’s a deliciously wholesome way to start your day. Topped with a golden oat streusel, this baked oatmeal is easy to prepare and perfect for meal prep or weekend brunches.
Zucchini Lasagna Recipe
Make delicious Zucchini Lasagna without pasta! It's a low carb, gluten-free dinner that's every bit as comforting and satisfying as the classic, and it can be prepped in advance! #zucchini #lasagna #lowcarb
How to Build the Perfect Salmon Platter
How to Build the Perfect Salmon Platter. This easy-to-prepare Smoked Salmon Breakfast Platte is a great choice for brunch or just a nice morning meal. It combines cream cheese, fresh vegetables, and cooked eggs, all arranged to look appealing. You'll find helpful tips for putting together a platter that's sure to impress. Check out this recipe and make your mornings a bit more special.
Easy Oven Baked Meatballs
Oven Baked Meatballs are tender, juicy and packed with flavor! These ground beef meatballs have no breadcrumbs, so they're an easy low carb, gluten-free dinner option! #meatballs #groundbeef #glutenfree
Wholesome Baked Fresh Cranberry Oatmeal
Start your day with Wholesome Baked Fresh Cranberry Oatmeal! This comforting dish combines hearty oats, zesty orange, and tart cranberries, baked to perfection and topped with a luscious cream cheese glaze. Packed with flavor and wholesome ingredients, it’s a delightful way to enjoy fresh cranberries, warm spices, and a hint of maple sweetness. Perfect for cozy mornings or holiday brunches!
Mexican Tortilla Casserole
This Mexican Tortilla Casserole is delicious layers of tender tortillas, seasoned ground turkey, a flavorful sauce and plenty of melted cheese. It’s an easy, family friendly dinner that’s ready in about 40 minutes! It comes together so quickly and disappears just as fast, and I love that it’s completely customizable with your favorite tortillas, ground meat, etc. This is a dinner that will have everyone running to the table.
Green Enchiladas
Green Enchiladas with Ground Turkey are hearty, flavorful and perfect for Cinco de Mayo! This is an easy dinner recipe that may be prepped ahead! #enchiladas #mexicanfood #dinner
Black Bean Sweet Potato Enchiladas Recipe
Black Bean Sweet Potato Enchiladas Recipe is so delicious and hearty. My family loves Mexican food, so I make it weekly. While my family loves taco night, I almost always prefer making enchiladas because I can make the components in advance and even assemble the entire meal ahead of time. Normally I serve my meat loving family chicken enchiladas or green enchiladas, but these Black Bean Sweet Potato Enchiladas prove that meatless meals can be extremely satisfying as well.
Busy Weeknight Shrimp Fried Rice
Our Busy Weeknight Shrimp Fried Rice is faster than ordering and picking up takeout! It is packed with juicy shrimp, veggies and plenty of flavor. The meal cooks up in one pot, and it’s ready in 30 minutes or less. It’s everything you love about takeout, only it’s a lot healthier!
Baked Cranberry Oatmeal
This Baked Cranberry Oatmeal recipe features fluffy baked oatmeal studded with fresh cranberries, warm cinnamon, and a luscious orange cream cheese glaze. It’s an easy yet impressive breakfast that’s perfect for meal prep or Thanksgiving or Christmas! This Baked Fresh Cranberry Oatmeal is filling, festive and bursting with fresh cranberries, warm cinnamon and an orange cream cheese glaze that takes it over the top.
Sheet Pan Lemon Thyme Chicken Thighs with Vegetables
This recipe for Sheet Pan Lemon Thyme Chicken Thighs with Vegetables requires minimal prep and it’s on the table in about 45 minutes! This meal gives me all of the comforting vibes and it’s ready in a fraction of the time! It’s completely versatile and works for busy weeknights or special Sunday dinners. It’s dairy and gluten-free, and it can be made low carb by swapping out the potatoes with low carb vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower, fennel and more.
Roasted Lemon Garlic Rosemary Chicken
Roasted Lemon Garlic Rosemary Chicken is juicy and flavorful with perfectly golden brown, crispy skin, and is guaranteed to bring excitement to the table. It can be prepped entirely in advance. It’s a show stopping dinner that’s casual enough for every day and elegant enough for entertaining. Everyone in my house loves it, we all have our choice of breast meat or dark meat, and purchasing a whole chicken is so cost effective.
Easy Instant Pot Pulled Pork
1hr 35min · 8 servings This Instant Pot Pulled Pork is the full proof way to achieve flavorful, tender pulled pork in about one hour! It’s so easy to make and it’s great for meal prep! My slow cooker pulled pork and this Hawaiian pulled pork are delicious options, but both recipes take up to 8-10 hours to cook. This means that the pork needs to get cooking early in the morning so it’s ready for dinner. pork shoulder roast cut into 4 large pieces and trimmed of excess fat* smoked paprika brown sugar sub with coconut sugar ground cumin kosher salt freshly ground black pepper olive oil apple cider vinegar see notes for substitutions water BBQ sauce
Chicken Tortilla Soup in the Slow Cooker
Transform your dinner with this irresistible Chicken Tortilla Soup in the Slow Cooker. Packed with tender chicken, fire-roasted tomatoes, and a medley of spices, this comforting soup is perfect for busy days. With the slow cooker doing all the work, you’ll have a deliciously rich and hearty meal ready in hours. Top with tortilla chips, cheese, and avocado for a satisfying finish.
Dairy Free Greek Lemon Chicken Soup
Dairy Free Greek Lemon Chicken Soup is creamy and satisfying with tender shredded chicken, rice or orzo pasta and it’s bursting fresh lemon flavor. This Slow Cooker Greek Lemon Chicken Soup recipe, otherwise known as avgolemono, is one of my all time favorites. It’s near and dear to my heart as I’m part Greek and it takes me back to my childhood. It’s an easy, family-friendly soup recipe that’s great for meal prep.