20 Healthy Meal Prep Ideas

Hey, there are you are looking for some healthy meal prep ideas? Well, you have come to the right spot. Today we’re going to explore some tantalizing hot lunch meals and some cold lunch meal prep ideas too! Today I am going to show you how you can eat healthily and still have tasty food. Let’s Explore.

The Benefits of Meal Prepping

Meal prepping is when you prepare your meals for the week usually the weekend before that week starts. Meal prep can be different for everyone you can also prepare just one meal the night prior.

The great benefits of meal prepping are:

Saves you money– How many times have you come home from work and just ordered carryout which is much more money? And that leads to the next point
Healthier– Meal prepping is so much healthier. You are making conscious decisions beforehand about what you are going to eat. Rather than eating carryout, or grabbing a quick frozen tv dinner.

Cold Lunch Meal Prep Ideas

These are very popular lunch meal prep ideas because they are so easy to fix. I searched the web for the ones that are healthy and that could fit in the cold category and these are the top 10 that I came up with.

1. Chickpeas and Avocado Wrap

2. Avacodo Chicken Salad Sandwich

3. Pasta 4 Ways Salad

Safety Tips For Meal Prep

Even though these lunches are intended to be eaten cold. Do not leave them out at room temperature more than two hours. This can increase your risk of foodborne illness according to the FDA. If your food has already been in the fridge for a while and it is cold it is okay to let it stay out longer than two hours because, it has not went down to room temperature yet. Once that happens two hours start to tick and play it safe.
You can eat fully cooked meals up to four days without reheating it.
If you have something you want to eat that has been in the fridge more than four days if there is no sour smell, just put it in the microwave for a precaution agaisnt bacteria.

4. Sesame Noodles

Taco Bowl

6. Bacon Lettuce Tomato Avocado Wrap

7. Greek Salad Pita Pockets

8. Grilled Chicken Ceasar Wrap

9. Turkey Pesto Pinwheels

10. Vegan Blackbean Salad with Avacodo and Corn

10 Hot Lunch Meal Prep Lunch ideas

This list still includes healthy meal plan options but it’s really about to get hot in here. Because of these flavors, you won’t be able to wait to heat them up.

Note: For the recipe click the link above the photo. The photo belongs to the owner of the link I associated it with. Enjoy : )

8. Chicken Fajitas

9. Roasted Cauliflower Tacos with Chiptole Romesco

10. Vegetarian Quinoa Burrito Bowl

Conclusion-

That’s the end of the meal prep ideas list. I hope that you were able to find something tasty for this week. Do you have any other great meal prep ideas? Comment below.