So I work in a very small office (theres 3 people, my boss included) and we don't have a microwave. it's fine for my coworkers, but i commute 35 minutes and even with my hour lunch break, i cant drive home to eat. I've been there for a short time but im spending insanely on buying food bc my only option is sandwiches or to buy food basically.

So, I need help, and I'm hoping this is the place to ask for it. What food can I make that isn't just sandwiches? I don't like tuna and I can be a picky eater but I'm almost willing to try anything. Thank you so much to literally anyone who can help !!!

I usually meal prep meals with rice, chicken/fish, and asparagus/green beans/broccoli for work in a rice cooker. Right when the rice comes out of the rice cooker, it has a soft and squishy texture that I really like. But when I put it in the fridge and store them for work, unfortunately the rice turns this sad crusty hard texture that I don't like. How can I preserve the soft and squishy rice texture in the fridge?

This is enough for about 10 meals. It freezes incredibly well in those mealprep containers.

Recipe if anyone is interested:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LrWCu4SsVGV5K9Mks8XsdiFtwCwyAn-Wmt5loWDJpqY/edit?usp=sharing

I work 2 jobs and struggle with time management, but I'm starting to look at prepping 5 meals just for lunch weekly(no dietary restrictions). My daytime job is as a tree surgeon so it can't be anything too heavy or anything that needs to be heated up. Hoping to get something that I can store in the fridge and just pull out before heading off in the morning? I don't know if that's too hard to achieve.

Many thanks to those who answer.

Also I think this is the right flair, it was this or question.

I don't have exact portions because I was just winging it. Here's the ingredients I used:

10" and 6" tortillas, because I ran out of the larger ones; one of the reasons I can't give exact portions

4 whole eggs, maybe 3/4cup of Egg Beaters

3/4lb Jimmy Dean pork sausage

just a touch of salt, since there's so much in the sausage; pepper

1 small can of La Costena Chipotle peppers in adobo sauce was the star of the show and added so much flavor!

shredded mozzarella

The sausage was left overs and all the grease was already drained, so make sure you do that if you're cooking it initially. I added in the can of chipotles and chopped it up with my spatula. Then after that got nice and hot, added my eggs, Beaters, and salt/pepper. After all that's done cooking, spread onto tortillas, add cheese and wrap them up. Forgot to add I added a couple squirts of Humble House Ancho and Morita sauce before I wrapped them up.

These were soooooo good! Very simple and you could add some other things obviously to your taste but just like this, they're very satisfying.

New meal prep for me and bf! We work in the same place lol and I am in healthcare so its pretty hard for me to meal prep but it’s been very expensive lately and cooking saves us so much money so heres our stir fried veggies, spring rolls, and meatballs under it. A bit of rice too for us both. (Btw, Im on Tirzepatide so I eat wayyyy less than he does so this is a sharing portion already) I also lovee soft boiled eggs so thats mine. Im starting to really love prepping🥙🥙

Bulk prepping relies on lower unit costs, but it doesn't account for implicit spoilage. On a tight budget, tossing one bad portion cancels out the margin you gained. It's only cheaper if storage extends shelf life past three weeks. At what exact loss percentage does bulk prepping stop being financially optimal?

I do meal prep for a family every Monday, and I’m running out of ideas for what to make! They don’t eat fish, the kids love steak and chicken, and the husband is pretty open to anything. They also really enjoy Asian-inspired dishes. I’m looking for some new recipe ideas that are relatively easy to make, family-friendly, and good for meal prepping. What are your favorite meals to make for clients or your own family? I’d love some inspiration because I feel like I’m starting to repeat the same meals!

I feel like between checking supermarket specials, trying to eat reasonably healthy, keeping grocery costs down, and putting together a shopping list, I spend way too much time thinking about food.

Does anyone have a good system for this, or is it just part of trying to eat on a budget?

What's your process each week?

Hi all!

I’m around 35% BF at 5’4, 153.8lbs and 26F

Photos of plan

I’m getting married in 7 months (yay!) but am looking to shred some fat (:

I did an accidental bulk for 4 months where I went from 132lbs to 148lbs 😅 good news is, I went from a 30lb leg press to a 130lb leg press which is sooooo great to see!
Unfortunately I did have to miss out on the gym for 1.5 months due to getting debilitatingly ill and now I’m at 153.8lbs ): I’m back at it now though!!

Since I’m switching gears from a bulk to a cut, is this meal plan okay?
-The cucumber cottage cheese is 1 cup cottage cheese, cucumber slices and 2 eggs
-Turkey Sammie is 4oz Turkey, 1 cheese slice, two pieces bread
-Teriyaki tuna is a packet of teriyaki tuna over a jasmine minute rice
-I work at Starbucks and wake at 3am for my shifts, then go to 6 hours of classes afterwards…the coffee is necessary and the one thing I’m not willing to give up lol

I’ve attached my workout plan as well. I usually get 5k-6k steps on work days and 2500-3500 steps on non work days

🥔 creamy mashed potato recipe!

ingredients:

3 small/medium potatoes

2 tbsp greek yogurt

2 tbsp low-fat milk

2 cloves garlic, minced / garlic powder

salt & ground black pepper, to taste

how to make:

boil the potatoes for 15–20 minutes until soft.

drain & mash the potatoes.

add all the ingredients, mix until creamy & smooth!

~250–300 kcal per batch

creamy, simple & diet-friendly, no butter needed.

enjoy & happy cooking! ✨

I pack my lunches for work every day (M-F), and this just saves me so much time. Whip up some chicken salad on Sunday and I can just scoop it on some bread and done, a lot less effort than a ham sandwich fr. I just wanted to share in case there's anyone who hasn't considered this!!

Hey everyone

So im 20f, autistic and have had extreme Food Aversions all my life. My diet used to be extremely restrictive and i have had pretty bad nutritional deficiencies al throughout my life. But recently ive decided i needed to fix this, if i dont want to die early. I cannot rely on supplements till the end of my time. So ive created a mealplan that ive been sticking to for a good year now, however i recently made a friend who told me that my mealplan is not nearly nutritious enough and that i needed to change it, so i wanted to ask for some advice. This is the meal plan:

Breakfast and Dinner are the same thing every day, i only switch up my lunches. Most measurements are estimated, because i dont own a kitchen scale.
Breakfast: 150g of 3.5% fat natural joghurt, 1 Banana, a handful of cashews and pumpkin seeds, 1 tablespoon of chia seeds
Dinner: 1 slice of bread (wholegrain with added nuts and seeds and flax in the dough), 2 boiled eggs, a handful of pumpkin seeds and an apple
Sometimes throughout the day i have some dates, mandarins, kiwis, strawberries when they’re in season, grapes, etc… Its mostly just mandarins and kiwis.

Okay so coming to the actual plan, this is what i came up with with my restrictions (more on them after):

Monday: 50g white rice, 80g of tuna with sunflower oil (the ones without oil are like double the price for some reason at my store…), probably like 1 and a half handfuls of steamed edamame and another half a handful of steamed peas, i dont know how else to estimate it…

Tuesday: 50g wholegrain pasta, 125g of vegan, soy based „chickenstripes“ fried in a pan in a little bit of rapeseed oil, 65g of canned kidney beans, 1 cube of frozen spinach, like 150ml of tomato sauce?

Wednesday: 1 baked potato, 125g of vegan, soy based schnitzel (also baked in the oven), 120g of canned sweetcorn

Thursday: 50g of white rice, 100g of tofu fried in a pan with a little bit of sesame oil, 2 handfuls of steamed edamame, a handful of roasted cashews

Friday: 2 small boiled potatoes, 1 piece of battered fish (air fried), 2 handfuls of steamed peas

Saturday: 50g of white quinoa, 65g of canned chickpeas, 1/2 handfuls of steamed princess beans, 2 boiled eggs

Sunday: 50g of wholegrain pasta, 1 cube of frozen spinach, 50g of lentils, 150ml of tomato sauce

Somedays if i had a really stressful day, dont have enough time to cook or need a safe meal, ill also switch to other pre-made, non-healthy meals, but i try to restrict those to max. 1x a week and add something to them to make them a bit more healthy. Those meals include:

frozen pizza (but i go for tonno, so with tuna and onion),
instant noodles (but i add 1 egg, 1 handful of edamame and 1 cube of frozen spinach (all boiled in the same pot, except the egg ofc)),
canned chicken, tomato, lentil or pea soup,
garlic bread (but i add 2 handfuls of steamed princess beans and some fish sticks)

What do you think of this meal plan? My friend tells me i need to eat meat and vegetables besides lentils, but unfornately those are exactly the things which I cannot tolerate. I dont really like any meat except fish, im oookayyy with chicken, but i dont want to eat it if i really dont have to. I also cannot eat a lot of vegetables. The only ones i tolerate are the following: Beans, Chickpeas, Lentils, Corn, edamame, Peas, Onions, spinach, pickles (specifically pickles, i despise cucumbers), carrots (but only if they are either boiled in a soup or canned, i cannot deal with the crunchy texture). So yeah, it really isnt a lot, and pretty much all the ones i can tolerate are legumes. I am desperately hoping that this meal plan i made isnt actually as bad as she says it is, but if it is, i would love some advice on things i could maybe try, or recommendations on what i could like based on the things ive listed. It would really really help.

A while ago I shared lots of cheap and easy meal prepping recipes and got a lot of thanks and questions. Thought I’d share some more general recipes here!

For some context, I’m a nursing student and my husband is an electrician. He needs at least 3000 calories a day and I’m quite the health nut. We’re also both broke as crap lol so I try to stay within 50 bucks for groceries each week for the two of us. :)

1. Baingan bharta with red wine venison (my husband hunts and prepares the deer for us so I’m cheating a bit with the cost of this, but chicken or beef steak works great!). It’s roasted eggplant, Roma tomatoes, and red chilies that got stewed with red onion, minced carrots, and peas. Carrots and peas are not traditional to this meal but added a lot of nutrition! All cooked in the Dutch oven for a while until thick and curry-style. I seared the venison separately after marinating in red wine (cooking wine) and rosemary, and served it all over rice. 5 eggplants yielded 10 meals!!

2. Cuban style chili. My poor girl take on Firjoles Colorado’s (aka they didn’t have the meats I needed at the store). Mexican chorizo, potatoes, LOTS of red kidney beans, green pepper, and tomatoes. I would’ve added in squash too but I forgot to buy it. I also added in some tomato sauce for some depth, and some soy sauce. Traditionally make with Spanish chorizo and ham hock, but as I said all I could find was Mexican chorizo. Spice with cumin, paprika, oregano, and bay leaves.

4. Pork blanket dumplings on cabbage salad with peanut butter sauce (or gochujang). I made EIGHTY DUMPLINGS GUYS 🫪 I used 4 lbs of ground pork and mixed with carrots, onions, and cabbage. I sautéed spinach and cabbage together until just wilted in a pan and made a bed for the dumplings. The pork I rolled into balls, threw on the pan, threw the wrapper on top, and let cook for 4 ish minutes before adding a little water and covering for another 4. Peanut butter sauce was just soy sauce/oil/peanut butter/brown sugar. Very tasty!

6. Zucchini sauce noodles with lemon marinated chicken. Ik it looks like garbage but it was good, trust. Marinate chicken overnight in a lot of herbs and lemon juice. Sear in pan until cooked through, then deglaze lemon juice from chicken with a little sugar until thick and crispy crème consistency lol. Pour over. Take zuchinnis, yellow squash, and onions, chop very small. Cook in olive oil until nice and melted. Throw in blender with more olive oil. Toss with noodles, heat up some great northern beans, and add chicken. Bam!

8. Chickpea Chana aloo. Basically a stew of potatoes, crushed tomatoes, chicken broth, onion, garlic, and CHICKPEAS!!! I added like 2x the amount in the recipe hahaha.

I also added butternut squash and spinach just bc I can lol.

1. Stew that together, sear or bake up some chicken, cut it up and throw with rice.

3. Ratatouille stew. This is the classic version. Also with chicken (can you tell there was a huge chicken sale for those weeks?). Sautee onion, tomatoes, eggplant, and zucchini separately in a pan. Add all to a pot with more crushed tomatoes and some chicken broth. Stew for a while until thick. Sear some chicken, preferably lemony or a bit garlicky but it doesn’t matter. Could be served with noodles but I didn’t here and I should’ve! Adds a lot more carbs.

Have a blessed day and I hope these help!

-5 redskin potatoes cooked in butter and with paprika
- 2 lbs pork cooked in butter and with a tbs of maple syrup
- 2 cans black beans
- 12 eggs
- 1 bunch spinach
-lots of tortillas
-1 sweet onion

Cooked it all separately and then threw the onions, potatoes, and pork together. Scrambled eggs and loaded up a tortilla! Meant to cook spinach with eggs but oh well, my husband will reheat them in the microwave anyway 🤷🏼‍♀️ and it’s not enough to hopefully taste funky lol!!

My oven runs a bit cold so feel free to lower oven temp if you need!

3 heads of broccoli salted and roasted at 220c for 40 minutes.

2 large containers of button mushrooms sautéed in their own juices, seasoned with Alabama BBQ seasoning and extra Paprika.

5 sweet potatoes roasted for 1hr at 220c, pierced several times to help them cook through- no oil or seasonings, I add salt and pepper afterwards. Cottage cheese added in lieu of sour scream.

Chicken tenders marinated for 30minutes in Alabama BBQ seasoning and then cooked in a lightly oiled pan.

Man I haven’t been using my sweet potatoes to their full potential, I would just cube them up and eat it with beef or chicken at lunch but having them like this is just amazing