Meal prep recipes

Cook once, eat several times. Batch recipes, container-friendly lunches, and the Sunday-hour plans that make the rest of the week quieter, each with storage notes and honest keep-times.

The Easy Week, Plan #2: Four Fall Dinners, One Sunday Lunch Hour, One Grocery Run

Our fall week from one grocery list: a Sunday hour that packs four lunches, then crispy chicken thighs, a staged sheet pan of sausage and vegetables, 15-minute garlic butter shrimp, and a pantry pot of pasta e fagioli. Every night with its real clock, from 15 minutes to the hour, and the shared ingredients planned so nothing dies in the crisper.

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Mediterranean Lunch Meal Prep: Four Days From One Sunday Hour

One Sunday hour, scheduled minute by minute: a sheet pan of lemon-oregano chicken and roasted vegetables, a pot of pearl couscous, a can of chickpeas and two sauces become four lunches that don't repeat. With the keep-time for every component and four assemblies so Thursday isn't Monday again.

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