Get organised, fast with these healthy easy meal prep recipe ideas that are ready in 30 minutes or less!
Being organised in the week is super important to make sure you make the most of your available time. When you’re busy out there on your career, work, job or even hobby, it’s easy to forget to plan your meals to stay healthy too. Eating right helps your brain function correctly, making sure you’re on top form for whatever you’re working on. Get this fixed with our easy meal prep ideas.
We’ve pulled together some of our favourite healthy easy meal prep ideas that are really simple. Easy and ready in 30 minutes or less, there’s no excuse for not getting organised.
1. Buddha Bowls.
These Instagram-worthy bowls of goodness are super easy to prep and are pretty flexible with what you like to eat. If you’re a veggie or vegan, omit the chicken and replace with tofu or your favourite proteins. The peanut butter dressing makes this one a little more indulgent but trust us, you’re not going to want to skip it.
2. Chicken and cashew noodle stir-fry.
This irresistible littler recipe offers something healthy, easy and super tasty too. If you’re a veggie or vegan, swap out the chicken for Quorn, Tofu or your favourite protein alternative of choice.
3. Creamy spinach chicken meal prep with zucchini noodles.
Colourful, packed full of flavour, low in carbs and ready in 30 minutes or less…what’s not to love? This creamy spinach chicken is one of our favourite easy meal prep ideas for lunches or even dinner.
4. Creamy chicken fajita skillet.
The perfect creamy high protein dish, this fajita skillet is great with rice, wrapped up in a tortilla burrito-style or even with sweet potato wedges. Mix it up to keep things interesting with another one of our easy meal prep ideas.
5. Classic tomato soup.
On a colder winter day, tomato soup is about the only dish that will cut the mustard. Served up with bread, flatbreads or your choice of sides, this tomato soup is perfect easy meal prep. The soup can be frozen too which makes it even easier to make a huge batch and defrost for use in a time where you’re too busy to cook up something.
6. Chicken taco poblano rice bowls.
This beautiful recipe from skinnytaste.com was too easy and yummy not to include. Quick and easy to make, the rice bowls are made in a skillet with diced chicken breast, poblano peppers, corn and cheese. Easy meal prep ideas distilled!
7. Vegan creamy coconut and chickpea bowl.
Bright and colourful, warming and easy – this creamy coconut and chickpea bowl is the perfect addition to our list of easy meal prep ideas. It’s super simple and can use up veg in the bottom of your fridge!
8. Creamy Tuscan chicken and cauliflower rice.
Another goodie from eatwell101.com, this meal prep idea provides you with restaurant quality lunch and is ready in under 30 minutes. This is a super low carb/keto option, if you need to reduce the calories, omit that heavy cream and replace with ligher options such as cream cheese or low fat crème fraiche.
9. Tuna and broccoli pasta bake.
High in protein, you can raid your store cupboard to make a healthy tuna pasta bake in a hurry. Ready in less than 30 minutes, this recipe serves four, perfect four portions of lunch.
10. Honey sriracha chicken and broccoli meal prep bowls.
Sorry but how good is skinnytaste.com‘s blog at making you just simply need to make a recipe?! This Honey Sriracha Chicken is no exception – tasty, easy and healthy. This one had to make the list of our easy meal prep ideas.
