Best Healthy Meal Prep Recipes

For even more inspiration, check out all of our dinner ideas! With these recipes, you’ll be set to eat healthy and delicious meals all week long. Don’t forget to share this recipe collection with your meal-prepping friends. And make sure to leave a comment letting us know which is your favorite recipe!

Why meal prep

Meal prepping has more benefits than simply making mealtime less stressful. One of the other top bonuses of planning ahead is that you’re more likely to eat healthy. Most of the time we won’t order pizza delivery or stop by a fast food joint if we know there’s a delicious meal waiting for us at home.
It’s also a great way to save money. You’ll find you waste less food if you know what you’re eating all week. And we all know that it’s much cheaper to eat at home than it is to eat out! With these healthy meal prep recipes, you’ll be set for breakfast, lunch, and dinner all week long!

Healthy Meal Prep Breakfast Recipes

Coconut Almond Breakfast Muffins are sugar and grain-free, but you’ll never know it. They make great breakfast for when you’re in a hurry. Egg and Sausage Breakfast Muffins reheat well for weekday mornings. Tropical Sunshine Make Ahead Smoothies are a cinch to make and a perfect grab-and-go, healthy breakfast for busy weekday mornings. Meal Prep Chorizo Sweet Potato Breakfast Hash is an egg-free recipe that can be made ahead and reheated in minutes. Homemade Breakfast Sausage Patties are easy to make in advance and reheat in the morning. Healthy Carrot Muffins make a quick grab-and-go breakfast.

And wide-mouth mason jars are excellent for soups, stews, and chili as they’re sturdy, leak-proof, and (without a lid) can be microwaved. The USDA says that all meat (chicken, fish, pork, and beef) will keep for 3-4 days in your fridge. Make sure to store it at the back of your fridge where it is the coldest. When meal prepping vegetables, remember that salt draws out moisture and will make uncooked vegetables a limp, soggy mess. If your meal prep includes chopping vegetables, don’t salt them until you cook them.

What’s the best way to reheat meal prep recipes?

How you reheat your prepped food will depend on what it is. Soup, chili, stew, curry, and sauces reheat best in a pot on medium-low heat. You can also use a microwave. Things that are crispy (like this pickle brine chicken) reheat best in the oven. Fish doesn’t typically reheat very well as it can become overcooked and dry very easily. But cold leftover fish on a salad makes an amazing lunch!

A few more meal prep recipes you don’t want to miss!

Pulled Pork Shepherd’s Pie can be assembled days in advance and cooked when you’re ready for it. Leftovers also reheat well. Chicken Feta Spinach Burger Patties freeze excellently for quick dinners. Thai Peanut Curry reheats well for lunch or another dinner. Meal Prep Chicken Burrito Bowls are great for lunch on the go or for a quick and easy dinner for busy weeknights! Meal Prep Pizza Chicken is a one-skillet, low-carb meal that takes 20 minutes to make and has all the flavors of pizza without the carbs.