These vegetarian meal prep recipes can help you eat healthier and reduce your meal time stress. Browse through the meal prep bowls, jar salads and friendly options.
Making vegetarian meal prep recipes, whether it is breakfast, lunch or dinner, sets you up for healthy eating through the week. Not only that, but you will save yourself time, stress and even save some money!
One thing I love about vegetarian meal prep recipes is that the proteins are super easy to work with, often as simple as opening a can of beans! That makes prepping your meals even more efficient.
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Meal Prep FAQ
That depends on whether you choose freezer-friendly meals or not. Most ingredients will keep in the fridge for up to 4 days. Check out theseย Freezer-Friendly Lunch Meal Prep Recipesย for recipes that will keep longer!
Absolutely! The important thing with rice is that you donโt leave it at room temperature for long periods of time. Cool it quickly, refrigerate, and do not reheat more than once.ย Ref
Check out this post I wrote about theย 5 Best Glass Meal Prep Containers!
You will want to check out this post onย How to Meal Prep Vegetables.
NO! Check out this post onย 3 Ways to Add Variety to Your Meal Prep. Although I will say that the most efficient way to meal prep is to bulk prep the same meal.
Meal prep & storage tips
How to meal prepโ Specific instructions are found on each individual recipe post. Stir fries, burritos, casseroles, pastas (etc) are cooked ahead. Salads- chop, portion out, and keep dressing separate until just before serving (unless otherwise stated). Soup- assemble in mason jars.
How to storeโ Some options for storing these meal prep recipes include:
- 2 cup meal prep containers (my personal faves; I own 40 of these!)
- 2 compartment meal prep containers (great for keeping ingredients separate until just before serving)
- 3 compartment meal prep containers (great for bento-style lunches)
- condiment containers (great for salad dressings)
- 1 pint mason jars (great for salads)
How to serveโ rewarm until steaming hot (if recipe calls for it). Toss salad in dressings and enjoy cold. Pour hot water into mason jar soup.
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Sherrie Hartman says
OMG -- can't wait to try all of these! I think this is going to be my favorite post ever ๐ Thank you for putting it all together!
Denise Bustard says
I'm so happy it was helpful! I hope you can find some winners, Sherrie!
Anni says
Thanks for the variety of recipes Denise. I plan on prepping some of these for our long trip in our trailer this spring. #happycamper
Merna says
Lately, Iโve been craving foods with sauce/gravy (anything saucy really HA!), and wasnโt expecting these mouth watering meals to have it incorporated. I am looking forward to meal prepping for the first time. Thank you for the motivation and inspiration!
Denise says
I hope you find some good ones! Thanks, Merna ๐
Vicky says
Thank you for these wonderful recipes Denise. I'm definitely going to try most of them as they will make a welcome change to my usual meals.
Denise says
Hi Vicky! I hope you find some winners!
Laura Raymond says
Hi, Denise! These are gorgeous, healthy, delicious sounding recipes that I would love to share with my vegetarian friends and tell them about Sweet Peas & Saffron. For me, personally, none of them work because I have severe IBS and a slew of allergies, and every single one of the recipes posted relies heavily on ingredients that would have me doubled over in agony in about five to ten minutes. Such a shame, since they look soooooooooooo good!!!!! You are an awesome food designer with a great eye for recipes that work and are both healthful and tasty, even though it won't work for me personally.
Denise says
Hi Laura, apologies for my late reply (holidays!). Sorry to hear they won't work for you. I have a friend with IBS and she can't have the most random selection of foods. It must be so hard to find recipes that work for you. Thanks so much for passing on to your friends!
Kristen says
These are awesome! Thank you!
Helen says
I normally look at links like this and find half of the recipes include ingredients that are not vegetarian or the recipes are complicated or there is nothing I like the sound of. So congratulations I have just printed off 17 recipes and i will try and make a different one each week. I'm looking forward to new and exciting lunches to replace my usual sandwiches.
Denise says
So happy to hear this! Hope you enjoy!
Dee says
I can't wait to try those portobellos!!!
Bella says
These are awesome, thank you so much for posting!
Denise says
You are very welcome, Bella!
Nallely says
I love this post, I took a picture of a couple recipes I'm so excited to try! You're awesome, I seriously enjoyed reading your posts as well, keep doing what you're doing (:
Denise says
Thank you so much, Nallely! I hope you enjoy the recipes ๐
HeatherJeweler says
These are some amazing sounding recipes. I have not made any yet but plan too. It can be a bit daunting to search online for great, easy, inspiring recipes. You have so many to choose from.
Thanks
Denise says
Hi Heather! I"m glad you like the post. Thanks so much for your comment ๐