I usually get distracted on Sundays by football but since the playoffs didn’t start until yesterday afternoon I was able to focus and get all my meals planned and prepped for the week!

I attempted a vegetarian lifestyle and created a few meal plans a couple months back but now I’m back to eating turkey and chicken. I still don’t eat red meat though.

Work Lunch Meal Prep

Work Lunch Meal Prep - via LiftingMakesMeHappy.com

The longest part of this entire meal prep was waiting for the green beans to cook on the stove. I used frozen turkey meatballs from Aldi (already cooked), I cut up one bell pepper and dropped a dollop of hummus and then drizzled some bbq sauce on the meatballs and I was good to go.

Total prep time: 20 minutes (including the time for the beans to cook)

Total cost breakdown:

Fresh green beans: $1.39
Sweet bell pepper: $0.66
Hummus: $1.79 (for the entire container, only used about 4 T.)
Turkey meatballs: $3.99 (for the whole bag, used less than half of them)
Kiwi: $1.24 (about $0.31 each)

Total cost: $9.07 (or $2.27 per meal)

Each prepped work lunch includes:

Turkey meatballs with homemade BBQ sauce
Fresh green beans
Sweet bell peppers + spicy hummus
Kiwi

The rest of my meals for the week:

Breakfast: Gluten free oatmeal + blueberries + dollop of vanilla ice cream (YUM!)

Gluten free instant oats

I work with one of my grandpas and he introduced me to adding a little ice cream to oatmeal. Being somebody who doesn’t enjoy the texture of oatmeal, I love how creamy a little ice cream makes it!

Snacks: Almonds + Applesauce

Post workout: Protein shake or chocolate milk

Dinner: Salad + veggies (with either chicken thigh or spaghetti)

Work Lunch Meal Prep via LiftingMakesMeHappy.com