24 Meal Prep Lunches in 2 Hours!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 มิ.ย. 2024
- 24 Meal Prep Lunches in 2 Hours- Sick of eating the same thing for lunch 4 days in a row? You need a freezer stash of meal prep lunches!
My freezer lunch stash makes it easy to swap meals in for a bit of variety.
We are doing a big meal prep session today and stocking up with 24 freezer-friendly lunches. This session took me 2 hours, but let me warn you: I was moving the whole time!
To make it easy for you, I have done all the planning, with a printable shopping list and meal prep plan for you.
Get your printable shopping list & full directions on the blog at: sweetpeasandsaffron.com/freez...
MEAL PREP:
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03:39 - Cook the rice
04:00 - Chop up vegetables for each recipe
06:39 - Prep the chicken thighs or chicken breast
07:04 - Shred the cheese
07:19 - Gather and open all cans
RECIPES:
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Today we are making:
07:38 - Double batch of Instant Pot Enchilada Quinoa Casserole: sweetpeasandsaffron.com/insta... *note you will need an 8 quart Instant Pot to fit a double batch
08:29 - Single batch of Easy Chicken Curry: sweetpeasandsaffron.com/chick...
10:00 - Double batch of Korean Turkey Meal Prep Bowls: sweetpeasandsaffron.com/korea...
EQUIPMENT:
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1) 8 quart Instant Pot (if you have a 6 quart, stick with a single batch of the Enchilada quinoa!): amzn.to/2Dlsq1P
2) 4L (4 quart) Pot- mine is an old Paderno one, similar to this: amzn.to/2VaQqPq
3) 12 inch pan- mine is a 12 inch Ceramic Non-Stick GreenPan: amzn.to/2Dk3PdK
4) 24 2-cup capacity meal prep containers. I use Snapware 2 Cup Glass Storage Containers- my top pick! Tricky to find on Amazon.
US- find them at Target (rstyle.me/n/dehwz5cfgx7).
Canadians- pick them up at Real Canadian Superstore
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I hope this inspires you to stock up your freezer! Let me know if you have any questions.
Happy meal prepping!
Denise
I love that you didn’t create extra trash with ziploc bags and the meals are healthy. Thank you.
I am trying...sometimes it's not possible but I do love the containers & silicone bags for freezing :)
I was going to write the same thing. Everyone else who does meal preps can cut a very big piece of hers.. That´s the way to go.. Reusable containers!!!
little 'hack' I personnaly like very much: put a damp cloth underneath the cuttingboard, so it doesn't slide away while cutting. Love the clear an easy to follow prep!!
So good to see someone else does this! I’ve always cooked multiple meals and portions to freeze so that when I get home from work there is hardly anything to do but a home cooked meal ready in minutes! People say I’m boring, I just think I’m organised!! Thanks for sharing this. X
I agree! Organized :) Thanks for sharing, Elly!
anyone who freezes rice is an absolute moron.
That was so sweet of you to comment for the algorithm
@@christoff124 why is that? Explain for the morons. I honestly don’t know 😅
Simple recipes + Whole food ingredients + Balanced meals + tasteful + freezer friendly = Officially the best meal prep video on youtube. Thank you! Your channel is amazing, this video my favourite within that. All your hard work is much appreciated.
Gosh thank you so much! I'm not going to lie, these videos are a lot of work to shoot but comments like yours make them all worthwhile
This is the most efficient meal prep I’ve ever seen. Excellent video. ❤️
Wow thank you so much!
This is what I've been looking for! Freezer prep for grab and go individual portions! Thank you so much!
I’m so happy you found it helpful! Let me know if you have any questions 😊
I always look forward to your emails! I love meal prepping and home cooked meals!
Carolina Rodrgzz thank you so much! Let me know if you have any recipe requests!
I’m asian and we have 4 multi use pressure cooker plus a “rice cooker” for our daily rice 😂
Love it!! I also own a rice cooker because it makes better rice than my Instant Pot.
May I borrow one ?? 🙃
You are my favorite. So smart and so humble. Thank you!
I love how efficiently you cook.
Thanks so much!
Lunches are my hardest meal. I work away from home and packing my lunch is such a chore! Can't wait to try these. Just found your channel yesterday and I'm binge watching. Keep up the great work. :-)
I hope this makes your life a little easier, Melanie! Lunch was hard for me too, unless I had leftovers.
Amazing plan! Just cooked the whole list. It took exactly 2 hours! Can’t believe it’s that fast and simple! Thanks!
Printable shopping list is a nice touch.
This was extremely useful. Thank you. So nice to have information such as the time to create and containers used. Freezer perfect, too!
I am so glad I came across your channel! I just recently diagnosed with being pre-diabetic with extremely high triglyceride... I hope I can really keep going with a balanced healthy diet! I don't have a lot of fridge space so I can't make all these at the same time, but I'll definitely make that chicken curry!! Looks absolutely incredible!
I looked a lot for something like this... most of the stuff that i find on youtube is "easy quick" meals that have ingredients that i didn't even know that existed.
I recently decided to switch from crappy sad sandwitches (after about 6 months) to an actual meal for work, and I'm really struggling with ideas. So thanks for keeping me fed. Some of the stuff you're making looks kind of intimidating to make, but no matter how bad i mess up, it can't be worst than a sandwich.
I subscribed and I'll start scanning the channel for more ideas.
Hi Andrei! If you are new, try starting out with just one recipe! This is definitely a lot to prep all at once. Let me know if you have any questions!
Hi and thanks for the recipes and your time, you are great!
To prevent your cutting boards to slide on the counter while you cut the food put a sheet of wet paper towel beneath it. You have a great number of followers here in Brazil.
This looks great. I cant wait to try them. Thank you
I started my meal prep journey today! Bought a chest freezer and done my first 12 packs for meals! 6x Pasta with veggies and mince beef and 6x Rice with vegies and fried egg. Your video is full of inspirations, thank you!
Is everything fully cooked?
Thanks for this, I watch a lot of these instant pot videos, but I must say the addition of the shopping list was brilliant !! I loved it and I think its a great tool that creates a win win situation for both of us ;)
Very helpful, thank you 🙏🏻
This was my first time seeing one of your videos .... it was great .... very organized and efficient.... I will try these recipes .... thanx for sharing
I hope you enjoy! My freezer stash makes life so much easier 🙌
I'm definitely going to try the quinoa enchilada bowl
I hope you enjoy it!
Wonderful to have some healthy, easy, freezable lunch recipes. I hate cold lunches except for salads in the summer. I get so tired of top ramen or soup all winter long. Love your channel.
Thanks so much! I hope you give the recipes a try :)
Hooray!!! I found one more CANADIAN channel ! Thanks for being here. It makes such a big difference with the ingredients. I also love you're big on recycle/reusable/reusables !!
I'm so happy you found me! I try to make my recipes good for my US and Canadian readers, but YES...some ingredients are just not available in Canada. I so wish we had TJ's and Whole Foods here.
@@SweetPeasSaffron Hiya! I don't know where you live, but where I live in Richmond Hill, ON, there is a couple Whole Foods near me. I do find them expensive though. I try and buy organic when I can. Even cheaper stores like Walmart have *some* organics. Loblaw near me has lots, but I find them pricey as well. ** > I wanted to ask you what brand of silicone bags you get. I've been looking on Amazon and I see some with great reviews, others say they're hard to seal, or leak. And they have to be easy to clean for me to want them. Boy! If I could (almost) banish ziplock bags, I'd be happy.
Just watched this meal prep video and I am going to try it for me and my 2 sisters. Thank you
Nice! I hope you enjoy!
So glad I found this channel.🤗🤗
I'm so happy to have you following along!
I really liked the way you cook with simple ingredients, way easier than a lot of you tubers
Thank you so much!
You're welcome. We as audience you thank you for your knowledge. 🙏
This is great. Tasty no fuss cooking preps. 👍😊
You are amazing!! Love this so much
Absolutely love this 😊
Currently rewatching the intro because I skipped strait to chopping. I also wanted to be surprised with what you cooked as you cooked the recipes along. I’m so impressed with this whole video and how thorough you are.
I was pleasantly shocked you don’t peel your ginger👍. Then you decided to use a box grater which I love! Let’s talk about how you are eating the stems!!! It’s my favorite part of the broccoli and I’m glad It didn’t go to waste. The enchilada quinoa sounds amazing. Loved it because you didn’t skimp on the onions! Now I’m glad how much time you took to emphasize the importance of toasting your spices because I see too many people just dumping them into liquids. You have amazing taste in chicken because you love thighs too. That curry recipe I know is amazing!!
This video is a treasure among the sea of ‘easy meals’ with ingredients I have never used. I’m used to making things from scratch because that’s how I grew up. 👏👏👏👏🤝🤝🤝🤝
Everything looks so delicious 😋😋
New to cooking. I did the Pot Enchilada Quinoa Casserole and Curry chicken. It took forever because I am learning. I did it though! thanks for the help.
New to your channel. Love love love this video and how you made it easy for us to prep with your lists. Thanks a bunch 🤗
Thank you so much, Sandra!
looks good love those individual containers they look so elegant
They are great! Love my Snapware :)
Here's a little tip to save your knives. If you have to use it to slide chopped food off the chopping board turn the knife around and use the blunt end.
Love the washable glass containers, so healthy as opposed to aluminium or plastic.
If this only takes two hours imagine how much quicker a food processor would reduce the time by.
You could even buy pre-chopped veggies and save even more time! I normally use the back side of my knife (learned that when I was working in a kitchen), but may have forgotten in the video. I sometimes get nervous when copping on video LOL
Another great video, thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much, Terri :)
I made the chicken curry meal and added some more ingredients of my own and oh my goodness delicious ! Thanks for the meal ideas, you got yourself a new subscriber !
Yay!! So happy to hear that, and thank you for following along!
This video is literally LIFE SAVING. These taste so good that I don't want to go out for junk food because a delicious meal is just a microwave away
I'm so happy to hear this!!
Thanks for the video!
I love your video!!! Looking forward to see other videos
I am enjoying your videos. As an aside, I wanted to tell you that your have the cutest tshirts and blouses. You always look relaxed and casual, but never frumpy or lazy.
Thank you so much! Funny enough the hardest part of having a TH-cam channel is figuring out how to dress and do hair/makeup for camera.
You just blew my mind!! I am so ready to take our meals to the next level! :O
I came here looking for new recipes and I have to try the Korean beef dish! It looks amazing and such an easy sauce to make!!
Hope you enjoy! Be sure to report back and let us know how it turns out if you do make it!
Fantastic video! The enchilada quinoa looks delish 🤤❤️
Thanks Natalie!
The ginger tip also works with a whole head of garlic too. No peeling or separation necessary
Great tip!
I've watched a lot of people do, or try to do what I saw you do. I'm just saying I subscribed to your channel and I liked and commented 💖. I love what you made and it's easy the way you showed me how to do it 😘
Thank you so much, Lisa! So happy you enjoyed the video :)
Great job looks so good
Hi, I’m new to meal prepping and this video is so useful. How long can these last in the freezer? And how do you prepare them to eat from the freezer? Keep making these videos!
This is so amazing
These would also be great for family dinner meals too. Just use a large container. Thank you!
I loved your video!
I'm so glad! Let me know if you have any questions!
Wow.. just found you.. we want to start eating better and I definitely am not the organized one. This will help so much. Thank you for your time.. hugs
We have the green pots and pans and we love to cook on them
That's great to hear! Mine are only a few months old...so far holding up great, but the reviews are definitely hit or miss on them!
I know this video is 2 years old, but I just discovered and subscribed. Awesome content, easy to follow and pleasant.
Awe, thank you! Thanks for subscribing!
You are amazing thank you so much
These look awesome. I must try them as I am trying to make it easier to eat healthy meals without cooking 2 or 3 times a day.
Thank you. I will try a few of these. After learning I had a heart problem and having my sodium restricted I struggled. Looking for healthy meal options
I hope you enjoy!
2 instant pots? No problem.. I am from Singapore and my mom has 5 rice cookers! Haha haha...
LOL Love this!! I love my rice cooker too!
I love my rice cooker. Haven't gotten an insta pot. I think the rice cooker is vastly over looked!
Why 5???
Wow you are organized
I'm proud to find this channel finally meal prep recipes for free lols
Hope you enjoy!
awesome!
She mentionned an option for vegans. I like this video and comment :)
Thanks so much!
These look so good.
Thanks so much! Let me know if you have any questions!
I love these meal!!!!
I'm so happy to hear this :)
You are the best .
I'm making the enchilada pot as we speak. I've got leftover cooked chicken from earlier this week and am going to throw that in for protein
Not sure if you have beyond beef crumbles in Canada but that would be a good substitute as well.
Great idea! I haven’t seen them here.
Kudos ! That is great work. These times are forcing us all to tap into our cooking skills. Being Indian I know how spices work and when + how to use them. Honestly your method works just fine in terms of the cooking philosophy and provides for great variety ! I especially like the adoption of Quinoa and Chicken + Veggies dish. We all need good nutritious food but also meat and sometimes all Veg recipe ! Great good luck moving forward.
Thanks so much for following along!
Great thank you,can you put theses containers straight into the microwave and cook from frozen with lids on
Do you have more video on this I am looking for more fully cooked freezer meals 🌸
One of the best videos I’ve seen for meal prep. My husband buys hungry men’s for lunch but I’ll be doing this instead. 😉
Thank you so much, Yolanda
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Damn u go girl!!
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The stems are the best bit on the broccoli
Finally. Meal prep for regular people i.e. non vegan, non hipster, non gluten-free,
I love this comment 🤣🤣🤣 I always wondered how to label myself! Now I know!
It looks delicious.
Thanks so much!
That lonely wee bit of red onion stranded on the chopping board...
Longest 2 mins of my life!
I don't have a microwave so I would probably steam the meal prepped food in the steamer while the rice at the bottom cooks
Its easier when cutting cherry tomatoes ...on a flat place on bottom with tomatoes on it. you would take another flat plate , and place over the top ... Hold plate down take your knife and cut them in half.
Was thinking that when she did one by one
Genial
wow! 😳 tasty!
sweet!!! I am very thankful that I found this because we work 3 late nights and I hate not having dinner ready. These will be our homemade microwave dinners. One question, do you cover the meals with plastic or wax paper to avoid ice? Thank you I did subscribe and hope to see more videos like this. T
Nice I hope these meals make your life easier! Nope I never cover with plastic, it’s something I try to avoid in general. I never notice a freezer taste if I eat within 3 months! After 3 months I do notice the taste starting to decline. Hope this helps!
Question... do you thaw it first before heating it in the microwave? I love this idea but sort of skeptical cause I don't know how it will turn out. Specially the rice.. Will it be soggy after? Please help. I'm a working mom and this looks perfect. Thank you!
When you're ready to eat it, do you just take it out of the freezer and pop it into the microwave?
I try to remember to thaw overnight but I usually forget. I do warm it from frozen in the microwave but only recommend this if you have really good quality meal prep containers (and leave the lids off). The ones I use have a Pyrex base.
Any recommendation when it comes to reheating? Like, do you let them defrost first or can you pop them into the microwave straight from the freezer?
Skedge I was wondering that too
I like to thaw overnight in the fridge but sometimes I forget. It’s really going to depend on your meal prep containers, the snapware ones I’m using have a Pyrex base and are really durable. I have microwaved on low from frozen in a pinch but would rather thaw completely first 😊
@@SweetPeasSaffron Thanks for the answer! I guess letting it thaw is always the better way - I just tried it with a Taco Bowl dinner I had left and forgotten to get out in time. The containers were fine, but it took so much longer to get it hot! Even with the defrost function of my microwave.
I'm most interested in concepts. Why do you put the rice separate? Can you freeze pasta dishes? How would you store that (noodles together with the sauce)?
Hi! I put the rice separate out of habit, but I'm not sure it's necessary. You can freeze pasta dishes, though you'll want to cook the pasta to al dente as it can soften in the freezer. Avoid small shapes like orzo; larger shapes freeze great! You should be fine to freeze right in the sauce.
Loved this video, so glad to find your channel. I make quinoa every week for lunch the same way in my Instant pot very similar recipe too. What kind of freezer do you use to store your cooked meals?
It's an upright Kenmore freezer model 22442 (purchased at Sears before they went under)
@@SweetPeasSaffron thank you so much
Best video here
How are they stored, and for how long are they good for? Preferred methods of reheating?
I know alot of people use only the head of broccoli and throw the rest away.
What I do is shred it and throw it in a salad and gives the salad a natural salty taste so you do not have to add dressing.
You can do that with cauliflower as well.
Jesse Miller
Broccoli has natural salt????
@@thestrawberrigrl15 A bitter salty taste
I usually chop the stems and add them in! Not sure if I did that in this video or not, but we do normally use them :)
Great idea! Such a shame people waste them. I cut them up, freeze them, and when I have enough (3-4) I make a super smooth broccoli soup out of them! Delicious! :)
@@SweetPeasSaffron you made my old heart sing when I saw you use the whole broccoli x
If you use your chopping knife to push/scrape things off your cutting board, flip it over, so the dull (non-cutting edge) is making contact with the board. Otherwise, in time, using the sharp edge to scrape against the cutting board will dull your knife.
I do normally do that, but sometimes I get nervous chopping on camera. Funny right?
😊😊😊superb
All looked so yummy what spices did you use in the curry meal x
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How do you go about rehearing these?
Do you thaw them the night before or just pop right in the microwave the day of?
I thaw completely when I remember, then reheat until steaming hot. Sometimes I will heat from frozen on a low power in the microwave but only recommend if you have really good containers 😊
How long can u frezze them?
How long will these keep in the freezer? Also, do you put the glass containers in anything or do you just place them fight in the deep freezer? Will they get freezer burn?
These are good for around 3 months. I notice a change in flavor after around 3 months. These ones stack well in the freezer, so I don't put them in or on anything special. They may get frost on them but I don't notice it altering the flavor until after around 3 months. Hope this helps :)
How do you not have more subscribers? I just found you! Great video!
You are too sweet! Thanks Jen!
I subscribed and then unsubscribed. I don't have a instant pot. Not going to watch if I can't make them.
Debbi Underwood you can very easily do all of these meals on the stove. You would literally just put all of the ingredients from the quinoa recipe in a pot and cook it. Also you should get an instant pot they’re amazing lol
I am a Jen subscriber that found you. Maybe you could collaborate that way Jen's subscribers can meet you. I don't have an instapot, but found that I can cook most recipes on other devices. I have cooked quinoa in my crockpot no problems. Obviously it just takes more time.
Don't worry, I also have 2 instant pots :D. Weirdos unite!
Haha! Love it! 🤓