Make Ahead Meal Ideas

Are you getting sick of having to face meal time? This could be for a variety of reasons. Maybe you’re tired of wasting food, because you make too much and you can’t stomach those leftovers one more time. Maybe you don’t have the energy to cook, and you feel like your diet is taking a real hit because of it.

Or maybe you’re getting into meal planning, and making tubs of food for every single day for the next 7 days. However, you’re not sure what foods would be good to prepare ahead of time. If you find yourself in this camp, we’ve got a few recipe pointers for you below!

Any Seasoned Chicken Recipe
Chicken is a very easy meat to cook, and it’s very easy to pair with other ingredients. So if you’re wondering what kind of recipes you should start with on your meal prep journey, look for ones that have chicken in them! Here are some great chicken protein recipes.

You can even easily throw together some recipes yourself here. Chicken and rice, as well as chicken and pasta are both highly modifiable meals. You can season them with all kinds of spices and sauces for a different taste throughout the week. Make sure you stock up on items such as cayenne pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, and a bit of dried mustard to throw together a simple chicken spice rub.

Soups, Broths, and Casseroles
When it comes to meal prep, you’re going to want to batch produce and freeze things that simply need to be heated up again later. You’re cutting out the hard work here, and only taking about 20 minutes in the kitchen overall every time you put something in the oven.

For this reason soups, broths, and casseroles are perfect for making ahead! Boiling vegetables and a bit of meat, and throwing them together to create something creamy and tasty make meals that are both easy to store and easy to reheat later.

Try something like chicken soup; you can learn how to make chicken soup from Feasting at Home. This is an easy starting point, as you want your soup to be full of flavor and plenty of nutrients to keep you going. Honestly, it’s hard to go wrong with chicken soup.

Making meals in advance saves you a lot of time and energy, so get started!