BUFFET STYLE MEAL PREP

There are going to be sometimes when you are short on time which may take away from your Sunday meal prep session. Rather than skip it altogether use this method to modify your routine to make it much faster. Instead of planning all of your breakfasts, lunches, and dinners for the week, IN this example we prepared simple foods that could be mixed and matched to create a variety of meals. 

Buffet-style menu includes: baked salmon filets and chicken breasts, soft-boiled eggs, steamed broccolini, sautéed mushrooms with broccoli, baked sweet potatoes, and an Asian vegetable stir-fry that came pre-chopped. We also cooked a large batch of oatmeal, and stocked the fridge with salad fixings, pre-cooked lentils, apples, bananas, hummus, almonds, and balsamic vinaigrette.

This simplified menu made shopping faster, and it took less than two hours to cook everything for the week! Each day, use the colored Portion Fix containers to build healthy, delicious meals. Scroll below for a meal example and the grocery list for this week. 

Sample Meal From Buffet Prep

Dinner: chicken, stir-fried Asian vegetables, and baked sweet potato. It counts as 1 red, 1 green, 1 yellow, and 1 teaspoon.

Grocery List

Proteins:
1 lb. salmon
1 lb. boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 dozen eggs
Shakeology

Vegetables:
1 container broccolini
2 containers mushrooms
1 bag broccoli florets
4 bell peppers in different colors
1 package fresh Asian vegetable stir-fry mix
1 bag baby spinach
2 bags lettuce
1 box cherry tomatoes
1 carton pomegranate seeds
1 large cucumber
2 large sweet potatoes

Fruits:
4 apples
1 bunch small bananas (about 8)
3 cartons mixed berries
Dry Goods:
old-fashioned rolled oats
almonds
olive oil

Prepared Foods:
prepared hummus
2 packages cooked lentils
balsamic vinaigrette dressing