Best Healthy Meal Prep Recipes (2024)

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Single?Married? Got a family? MEAL PREP IS FOR YOU! Seriously, healthy meal prep recipes are a lifesaver for busy people and I know you are all busy. If this is the first time you are hearing the term meal prep,I can explain. It’s when you take one day or two out of the week and prep all of your food for the week. We’re talking breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, and dessert…the whole shebang. This makeshealthy eating during the week extremely accessible and gives you NO EXCUSES to eat like crap 🙂

My favorite day of the week to meal prep is Sunday. It’s when I have the most time and it setsme up for success for my manic Monday. Lately, I’ve been into all things BOWLS. I wrote a post on how I’m obsessed with buddha bowlsbecause they’re the perfect meal prep recipe.

Buddha Bowls

  • Meat
  • Veggies
  • Grains
  • Toppings

The best part about meal prepping a buddha bowl is that you can serve it so many different ways: with chips, with an egg, cold, warm, for breakfast, for dinner, you name it. YAS.

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If you’re not bowl obsessed…don’t worry. I pulled some of our best healthy meal ideas for meal prep. What are the best kinds you ask? The recipes that….

  • have a lot of servings
  • can be eaten many different ways
  • taste good reheated
  • can be frozen

Don’t forget that meal prep is MORE than just dinner. It’s breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, and dessert! Check out some of my favorite recipes!

Healthy Meal-Prep Breakfast Ideas

Here are some of our best healthy meal prep ideas for the most important meal of the day, breakfast! We love both savory and sweet breakfasts so check out our best breakfast meal prep recipes below.

Protein-Packed Breakfast Burritos

Crock-Pot Maple Cinnamon Steel Cut Oatmeal

Blueberry Orange Granola

Black Bean Breakfast Bowls

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Healthy Meal-Prep Lunch Ideas

Make your weekday lunches a breeze with some of our favorite meal ideas from Fit Foodie Finds. These recipes have multiple servings and can be portioned out and packaged up for an easy meal-prep lunch all week long.

Roasted Red Pepper Quinoa Chili

Spring Cobb Mason Jar Salad

5-Ingredient Honey Sriracha Chicken

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Healthy Meal Prep Dinner Ideas

The last thing you want to do when you get home from a crazy day at work is make dinner. I feel you. Here are some of our favorite healthy meal prep dinner recipes that are flavorful and good for you, too!

30-Minute Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Healthy Chicken Parmesan Quinoa Bake

Healthy Thai Coconut Quinoa Bowls

Mexican Stuffed Peppers

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Healthy Meal Prep Snack Ideas

Be prepared for midday hunger with our best healthy meal prep snack recipes from Fit Foodie Finds. These recipes are high in fiber and protein and easy to make.

Peanut Butter Protein Bars

Sweet Potato Hummus

Cherry Pie Energy Balls

Coconut Oil Zucchini Bread

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Healthy Meal Prep Dessert Recipes

The best kind of nightcap is dessert. Am I right?! From protein-packed cookie recipes to healthy salted caramel cups, these are our best healthy meal prep dessert ideas from Fit Foodie Finds.

Grain-Free Protein Peanut Butter Cookies

Almond Butter Rice Crispy Treats

Healthy Salted Caramel Cups

Grain-Free No-Bake Brownies

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Happppppy meal prep and happy Sunday!

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About Lee Funke

Lee is the founder of Fit Foodie Finds and based in Minneapolis, MN. She started this website in 2010 as a way to share her love for real food and wellness. The internet has changed so much since then and so has Fit Foodie Finds. Today we're a female-run recipe website publishing hundreds of tried and true recipes developed and tested by our team.

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simo

Posted on 2/10/2018

Hey, those portioned-out meal-prep containers helps a lot in a diet, personally i use these ones made by california home goods, besides they are cheap, you should check them out: http://amzn.to/2BnIdNL

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Posted on 12/25/2016

I prep meals about 2 to 3 days in advance. I noticed if I don’t, I get hungry and reach for anything. When I have meals ready to eat, those are my go to foods. I try to eat three meals a day with snack in between meals and only one meal has carbs. It’s amazing I am losing 4 pounds a week on this plan.

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Posted on 4/10/2016

This is such a great idea for a post! I love your meal prep ideas for lunches! That honey sriracha chicken bowl looks delicious! Thanks for sharing!

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Lee Funke

Posted on 4/11/2016

Reply to Kayla @ Blondes Have More Run

Ahhhh thank you! I’ve got more meal prep posts in the works! <3

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Posted on 3/24/2016

Everything looks so delicious! This made me really hungry. Meal prep is really for me. Thanks for sharing!

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Posted on 3/21/2016

BASICALLY if you’re a human… meal prep is for you!! This is such a good list of recipes and i LOVE that you separated them out into meals. I see so many that i’m dying to try! (especially in the dessert section, mmm)

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jamie

Posted on 3/21/2016

The meal in the title image (with the black beans, rice and greens) looks amazing! Did I miss the recipe for that?

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Posted on 3/21/2016

Such an incredible post, 100% sharing this with my clients and followers, so simple and easy to jazz up your week!

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Posted on 3/21/2016

What a terrific idea to include snacks and dessert along with the weekly meal prep. Great way to keep “all” of the choices healthy (at least, have good options, right?)! I had not heard of the buddha bowls before, so will definitely have to check that out. Thanks for sharing these amazing ideas.

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Posted on 3/21/2016

I am big on meal prep as well. It is a life saver when I get home from a busy day. Going to try buddha bowls. I am a fan of the ones I pick up at Whole Foods.

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Lee Funke

Posted on 3/21/2016

Reply to Lauren @ The Bikini Experiment

You’re going to get HOOKED on buddha bowls! DA BEST.

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Amanda

Posted on 3/20/2016

This is so amazingly helpful!! Thank you Lee <3

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Posted on 3/20/2016

Hi again! I have a post already drafted and scheduled for this week re: my favorite prep-ahead breakfast meals that are good on-the-go or for work… can I include yours, use one of your recipe pics and link to you? I will also have your site name as a link : )

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Lee Funke

Posted on 3/21/2016

Reply to Sam @ Barrister's Beet

GO FOR IT!!!!

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Posted on 3/20/2016

These all look so good! I’ve been wanting to start meal planning for awhile now. Will have to try some of these out!

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Lee Funke

Posted on 3/21/2016

Reply to Rachel

You’re gonna get HOOOOOOOOKED!

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Posted on 3/20/2016

Thanks for all the great ideas Lee! Meal prep is key. I work like 12 hour days and then come home and work on the blog, so if I don’t have stuff prepared I’m in trouble. I’d go to chik fil A every night lol. ????

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Posted on 3/20/2016

Wow, I never would have thought to involve desserts in meal prep! Great idea because it sets up good single-serving sizes per day! 😛

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Lee Funke

Posted on 3/21/2016

Reply to Cassie

Might as well make some healthy desserts so you don’t go for the ice cream 🙂

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