Healthy meal prep. Mum of 6 makes 37 high protein recipes for $147 - that's $3.97 a serve

Healthy meal prep. Mum of 6 makes 37 high protein recipes for $147 - that's $3.97 a serve

At Zing Wellbeing we are passionate about women's health and we LOVE healthy meal prep.

We focus on a holistic approach to women's health and our programs include 100's of healthy recipes where the focus is on food as medicine and showing women how to make delicious and heathy recipes to nourish the body and how healthy meal prep is possible.

You can see our women's health program here

And we have lots of meal plans too - including vegetarian meal plans, menopause meal plans, dairy free meal plans, gut free meal plans and we have also just released a high protein meal plan.

And today BUSY mum of 6, Jess, has got her meal prep on and is showing us how the high protein meal plan and high protein recipes can be meal prepped without blowing the bank - we love healthy meal prep.

Jess's epic healthy meal prep

Jess says, "I am big on meal prep whether it be just organising ingredients for the week ahead, or a full day in the kitchen bulk cooking snacks and meals! 

I have 6 kids, 10 years and under, all with weekly sports and therapy appointments etc so if I’m not organised with food prep, I end up grabbing junk on the go and get trapped in a vicious cycle of eating crap/feeling crap! 

I chose a variety of meals and snacks from the High Protein Meal Plan as part of the Zing Wellbeing Program, here’s what I made: 

  • 6 x High Protein Peanut Butter Oats 

  • 4 x Chicken and Rosemary Meat Patties 

  • 4 x Fish Taco Bowl (with chicken)

  • 4 x Protein Bowl (made one for lunch today, and prepped 3 serves of quinoa for future bowls) 

  • 6 x Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken 

  • 4 x Protein Packed Parfait 

  • 9 x Choc Fudge Protein Brownie 

It took about 3 hours to cook, clean and pack away. The recipes were so simple and easy and all of the sneaky tastes I had were *chefs kiss* 

The Protein Packed Parfait was super filling and delicious, and the Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken was tasty and SO EASY to throw together!! 

All up I spent $147, for 37 serves of snacks and meals. I did have some staple ingredients in the pantry already, but needed most of the pricier ingredients like cashew butter, oil, protein powder, produce, meat etc, and I now have plenty of pantry ingredients left over for my next prep 

My top health meal prep tips: 

  1. Clean as you go! There is absolutely nothing worse than having a trashed kitchen after hours of cooking. 

  2. Make a plan - Pop something in the slow cooker so it can work in the background while you’re cooking on the stove. Preheat the oven and get something easy in there asap so it can cook while you chop veggies for the next dish. 

  3. Have containers clean and ready to use before you start cooking, so you’re not pulling the entire Tupperware cupboard apart looking for lids at the end.

  4. If you’re making one batch, you might as well make 2! It doesn’t add much time + it’s usually more cost effective to buy ingredients in bulk. 

  5. Join Zing Wellbeing - they have so many great recipes that make meal prep easy and the best thing is that you learn how to make healthy food that tastes delicious 

And you can join the Zing Wellbeing program here

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