• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Savor + Savvy logo

  • Recipe Index
    • Air Fryer
    • Instant Pot
    • Slow Cooker
    • Breakfast
    • Condiments
    • Dessert
    • Freezer Cooking & Make Ahead Meals
    • Main Dishes
    • Side Dishes
    • Vegan and Vegetarian Recipes
  • Tips
    • Substitutions
    • Air Fryer How-To
  • Printables
  • Shop
menu icon
go to homepage
search icon
Homepage link
  • Recipes
  • Printables
  • Shop
×

Weekly Meal Prep

Published: Oct 21, 2014 · Modified: Jul 5, 2022 by Ginny · This post may contain affiliate links.

Snag our 72 Page Printable Home Binder Today →

Pin324
Share490
Yum
Tweet
814 Shares

Spend a few extra minutes this weekend to Meal Prep. It will save so much time throughout the week and you’ll appreciate being able to spend less time in the kitchen.

english muffin with egg and cheese ready to be wrapped and frozen for the week's breakfasts
Simple Steps to Meal Prep for the Week
Contents hide
1 🗒️ Planning the Week’s Meals
2 🧑‍🍳 Prepping the Ingredients
3 🍽️ Meal Prep Assembly
4 🌯 Completed Meal Prep

I’ve mentioned my weekly meal prep several times on the blog, but I realized that I’ve never actually shown you what I do during these cooking sessions. I managed to get some pictures in while I was halfway through the process, so I figured I’d give you a peek into what my weekly meal prepping sessions look like.

several final images in a collage showing the meal prepped meals
Preparing Meals Ahead of Time Saves So Much Time!


It does take some effort, and spending a Sunday afternoon working in the kitchen is sometimes a chore. But when I weigh the effort against the benefits, it’s worth it for me. My grocery bill and time spent in the kitchen throughout the week decrease when I do my weekly meal prep. So lately I’ve made more of an effort to do it, well, weekly.

🗒️ Planning the Week’s Meals

Here’s the to-do list for this week’s meal prep session:

  • Refried Beans
  • White Rice
  • Brown Rice
  • Burritos
  • Baked Eggs
  • Breakfast Sandwiches
  • Shredded Cheese (Parmesan, Mozzarella)

🧑‍🍳 Prepping the Ingredients

When the meal prep is finished I’ll have three types of meals completed: burritos, breakfast bowls, and breakfast sandwiches. I say “types” because each meal creates enough to last at least a week, or in the case of the burritos, several weeks.

Some items on my meal prepping to-do list aren’t complete meals, but are done in advanced in order to speed up cooking throughout the week. This list looks different from week to week, and this week only consisted of shredding cheese.

Each meal on my to-do list consists of some homemade ingredients, so my first step is to prepare those ingredients before I can move on to creating the actual meals. Refried beans, white rice and brown rice were the items I had to tackle first.

I cooked two pots of rice at once – one brown, one white. While the rice cooked, I shredded a block of mozzarella cheese in the food processor. Then used the same method to grate and shred a block of parmesan cheese.

Next, while the rice was still cooking, I drained and rinsed the dried beans that were cooked in the crockpot overnight. I prepared them refried bean style in the food processor along with a few other ingredients.

🍽️ Meal Prep Assembly

Now the real work begins: making the burritos. I like to work assembly line style for the sake of efficiency. This week I made 40 burritos for my husband’s lunches just so I don’t have to make them again for a while.

flour tortillas laid out with refried beans and rice in an assembly line
These Freeze Great, So Make a Lot at Once!

They were a huge pain in my butt this week because I experimented with wrapping in saran wrap, rather than the foil that I typically use. Cutting 40 pieces of saran wrap takes much longer than cutting 40 pieces of aluminum foil since mine didn’t come with a handy slide cutter. Once the burritos were rolled and wrapped, I placed them all in a basket to slide into the freezer for easy grab-and-go storage. Burrito basket for the win.

Next up: I wrote a post on making freezer breakfast sandwiches, so pop over to read about it. I use some of the leftover eggs from this in my breakfast bowls.

english muffins with eggs wrapped in saran and ready for storing in the freezer
These Breakfast Sandwiches are Easy to Meal Prep and Freeze

🌯 Completed Meal Prep

And finally… here’s everything. Breakfast sandwiches, lunch burritos, brown rice & eggs (for my breakfast bowls) and shredded mozzarella and parmesan cheese. It doesn’t look like much, but breakfasts are handled for the next week and lunches are prepared for several weeks.

burritos, egg and english muffins, shredded cheese and rice all laid out on the counter to show the end results of meal prepping

Of course, my meal prep looks different every week since we don’t eat the same meals week after week. I often include other items on my to-do list that will speed up cooking for dinner throughout the week, but this is just what my most recent cooking session looked like.

What do you include in your weekly meal prep?

« Stretching a Whole Chicken through Five Meals
Free Printable Watercolor Gift Tags »

About Ginny

Hi! My name is Ginny and I know how busy life can be! I am a mom working hard to prepare healthy meals for my family that is always on the go!

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Candace says

    June 11, 2017 at 11:34 am

    Can i use premade biscuits instead of the English muffins for the breakfast sandwiches?

    Reply
    • Jazmin Rode says

      June 11, 2017 at 12:14 pm

      Totally!

      Reply
  2. Ashley says

    October 11, 2016 at 10:52 pm

    Ok how do you heat the food after it has been it the frezzer??

    Reply
  3. Lisa Musser says

    September 23, 2015 at 2:09 pm

    These are great make-ahead meals. I have tried something similar but it didn’t come out quite right. I’ll have to give it another try because I like the idea of being able to just grab something already made for breakfast or lunch for the kids or myself. Thanks for the great ideas.

    Reply
  4. emily says

    July 20, 2015 at 1:00 pm

    Love these ideas… my husband returned to school to continue his perusing his degree and I’m always looking for snacks for him. His days usual start early so the breakfast sandwich are great. Thinking of a western scramble egg omelet on a some type of roll (hoagie maybe) or even a bagel. Any snacks/lunch ideas the will hold nicely in a cooler would be great. his days are long and really doesn’t have a place where he can heat his snacks/lunches. The bowl is great also a salad with dressing on the side could be good for a couple of days.. Don’t know

    Reply
  5. callie says

    June 23, 2015 at 9:43 pm

    just a hint as you were having issues with the saran wrap… try freezer paper it is easy to roll and no freezer burn and goes from freezer to microwave.

    Reply
    • Jazmin Rode says

      July 10, 2015 at 3:34 pm

      Ooh thanks for the tip!

      Reply
« Older Comments

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

Family Photo Hi! My name is Ginny and I know how busy life can be! I am a mom working hard to prepare healthy meals for families on the go! Read More...

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • Twitter

Search

pink box to join facebook printables group.

Popular Spring Posts

faded cinco de mayo printables in the background and a text box for the party pack.

Cinco de Mayo Free Printables

all twelve printable calendars in the background with two in front.

May 2022 Calendar – 12 FREE Printables

20 pages scattered on a white background that make up the puppy planner printable.

Puppy Planner Printable {20 Pages}

girl in headphones with a last day of school banner and sample printable pages.

Last Day of School Signs – Traditional, Virtual, Hybrid + Distance Learning {Free Printable}

graphic showing all of the publications that feature Savor and Savvy.

Popular Posts

This oven baked eggs recipe is an easy fix for rushed morning breakfasts! These eggs are baked in muffin pans and are ready in just 15 minutes.

How to Bake Eggs in Oven in Muffin Tin {15 Minutes Meal Prep}

several photos of different breakfasts that are great for freezing and meal prepping.

20 Breakfast Freezer Meals

bowl of teriyaki chicken over a bed of white rice, two chopsticks and sprinkled with sesame seeds

Honey Teriyaki Chicken Recipe {Instant Pot + Ninja Foodi Options}

top down view of a desk with three printable pages on top.

Dot Grid Paper Printable for Bullet Journaling + Planners {U.S. Letter, 8×10, A4, A5, A6 and Pocket, Personal Sizes}

How to Clean Stove Drip Pans Naturally

After cooking, the livers will be golden brown as shown on this air fryer tray

Air Fryer Chicken Livers – 10 Minute Appetizer

Printables

basket of potato wedges in a deep fryer with a white text box that reads deep fryer to air fryer conversion printable.

Deep Fryer to Air Fryer Conversion Sheet Printable

red white and blue paint on the background and a text box that reads free july monthly calendar printables.

July Printable Calendars – 12 FREE Pages

adding a sheet pan to the oven and a text box that reads oven to air fryer conversion printable.

Oven to Air Fryer Conversion

slow cooker with a text box that reads slow cooker to instant pot conversion.

Slow Cooker to Instant Pot Conversion Chart

two printable monthly pages for june on top of a faded background of all of the different printable options.

June 2022 Calendar -12 FREE Printables

daily planner printable on a pastel background.

Daily Planner Printable Template

Footer

^ back to top

About

  • Privacy Policy
  • Disclaimer
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Accessibility Policy

Newsletter

  • Sign Up! for emails and updates

Contact

  • Contact
  • Services
  • Media Kit
  • FAQ

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.