Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 23:17     Subject: Food Prep Sundays (FPS)
Heavy on my meal prep rotation right now with 2 teen athletes. We eat a lot of grab and go.

Kodiak mix choc chip muffins or banana bread
2 lbs of chicken in the instant pot with salsa, shredded- for quesadillas or with microwave rice
Pizza muffins- 1 lb of dough split into 12 equal pieces. Put in muffin tin with cheese, sauce, toppings
Quiche or sheet pan eggs, heated up with English muffins and fruit
Pesto tortellini or ziti with red sauce for easy reheat

We eat real meals too that include vegetables. But for quick meals we always have a lot to grab on hand.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 20:30     Subject: Food Prep Sundays (FPS)
If I make a slaw-ish salad, I find I can eat it for a few days for lunches as it doesn’t wilt like a lettuce-ish salad will (like romaine or spinach or Bibb). Kale salads also work for the same reason.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 16:34     Subject: Food Prep Sundays (FPS)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I made baked oatmeal but most of it got eaten by the kids. Budget Bytes banana baked oatmeal. Has eggs in the recipe.

Also made naan. 4 for with tonight’s curry and freezing 4 for future use.

Also made a double batch of enchilada sauce. Half for enchiladas tomorrow and half for freezer.


Would love your naan recipe!


I use this recipe. It’s really easy. https://www.budgetbytes.com/naan/


Thanks!
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 16:02     Subject: Food Prep Sundays (FPS)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I made baked oatmeal but most of it got eaten by the kids. Budget Bytes banana baked oatmeal. Has eggs in the recipe.

Also made naan. 4 for with tonight’s curry and freezing 4 for future use.

Also made a double batch of enchilada sauce. Half for enchiladas tomorrow and half for freezer.


Would love your naan recipe!


I use this recipe. It’s really easy. https://www.budgetbytes.com/naan/
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 14:38     Subject: Food Prep Sundays (FPS)
Anonymous wrote:I made baked oatmeal but most of it got eaten by the kids. Budget Bytes banana baked oatmeal. Has eggs in the recipe.

Also made naan. 4 for with tonight’s curry and freezing 4 for future use.

Also made a double batch of enchilada sauce. Half for enchiladas tomorrow and half for freezer.


Would love your naan recipe!
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 14:37     Subject: Food Prep Sundays (FPS)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I find breakfast for kids pretty easy (bagel and lox, english muffin with pb and jelly, sunny side up egg on left over rice) and we just do yogurt and fruit so don't focus there but need food in fridge for nights we both work late.

Big batch of kale and chorizo soup (cook with onion, carrot, celery and beans).

Chili (we eat beef but turkey fine if you don't want red meat).

Roast a full chicken for sandwiches and a dinner.

Roast huge tray of veg .. broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, onions, mushrooms. Add to two different meals.

Slow cooked red cabbage is great for winter and lasts all week.

Have a big batch of rice ready to go with chicken or chili.

Corn bread for with soups or for breakfast.

Seafood is the only thing we eat lots of and I really prefer not to cook ahead (except for a ginger coconut milk shrimp stew).


These are all great but now I'm (unreasonably?) afraid of leftover rice.


Because you think it’s unsafe? It’s only dangerous if left out, not refrigerated. And that’s a thing for rice because in some places leaving rice sitting in a rice cooker for hours or days is relatively common. If you don’t do this, but get your leftover rice in the fridge as you would anything else that’s moist and cooked, the leftovers are fine.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 14:26     Subject: Re:Food Prep Sundays (FPS)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Can someone share the baked oatmeal with the eggs recipe?


3 cups oats
2tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 c brown sugar or maple syrup
1 cup milk or alternative
3 eggs
1/3 cup coconut oil or your choice

Mix all together and bake at 375 for about 30 min. I have different pyrex that I use for these and I switch them up. Check it at 20-/25 m just in case.

I change it up and make a different one each week. This week I’m making it with chocolate chips and a mashed banana.


TY!
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 14:23     Subject: Food Prep Sundays (FPS)
I made baked oatmeal but most of it got eaten by the kids. Budget Bytes banana baked oatmeal. Has eggs in the recipe.

Also made naan. 4 for with tonight’s curry and freezing 4 for future use.

Also made a double batch of enchilada sauce. Half for enchiladas tomorrow and half for freezer.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 10:56     Subject: Re:Food Prep Sundays (FPS)
Anonymous wrote:Can someone share the baked oatmeal with the eggs recipe?


3 cups oats
2tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 c brown sugar or maple syrup
1 cup milk or alternative
3 eggs
1/3 cup coconut oil or your choice

Mix all together and bake at 375 for about 30 min. I have different pyrex that I use for these and I switch them up. Check it at 20-/25 m just in case.

I change it up and make a different one each week. This week I’m making it with chocolate chips and a mashed banana.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 10:25     Subject: Re:Food Prep Sundays (FPS)
Can someone share the baked oatmeal with the eggs recipe?
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 10:25     Subject: Food Prep Sundays (FPS)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Please don't feed your kids oatmeal for breakfast. They need protein and carbs.

Make some egg burritos or egg bites or egg sandwiches instead. Easy to premake and heat up in the morning in the microwave. All of these can be made healthy and can be frozen as well.



You know oatmeal is a carb? And it has 6 grams of protein. And if it's made with milk, it adds more protein.

I want to know how the PP you are responding to categorizes oatmeal!


DCUM will always have food idiots. As if eating oatmeal can be unhealthy. Or grapes. FFS.


Especially for children!

Low carb has its place if you’re trying to treat a disease like T2 diabetes or obesity. But it’s not the right choice for healthy children.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 10:22     Subject: Food Prep Sundays (FPS)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I find breakfast for kids pretty easy (bagel and lox, english muffin with pb and jelly, sunny side up egg on left over rice) and we just do yogurt and fruit so don't focus there but need food in fridge for nights we both work late.

Big batch of kale and chorizo soup (cook with onion, carrot, celery and beans).

Chili (we eat beef but turkey fine if you don't want red meat).

Roast a full chicken for sandwiches and a dinner.

Roast huge tray of veg .. broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, onions, mushrooms. Add to two different meals.

Slow cooked red cabbage is great for winter and lasts all week.

Have a big batch of rice ready to go with chicken or chili.

Corn bread for with soups or for breakfast.

Seafood is the only thing we eat lots of and I really prefer not to cook ahead (except for a ginger coconut milk shrimp stew).


These are all great but now I'm (unreasonably?) afraid of leftover rice.


Rice freezes well.

Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 10:19     Subject: Food Prep Sundays (FPS)
Anonymous wrote:I find breakfast for kids pretty easy (bagel and lox, english muffin with pb and jelly, sunny side up egg on left over rice) and we just do yogurt and fruit so don't focus there but need food in fridge for nights we both work late.

Big batch of kale and chorizo soup (cook with onion, carrot, celery and beans).

Chili (we eat beef but turkey fine if you don't want red meat).

Roast a full chicken for sandwiches and a dinner.

Roast huge tray of veg .. broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, onions, mushrooms. Add to two different meals.

Slow cooked red cabbage is great for winter and lasts all week.

Have a big batch of rice ready to go with chicken or chili.

Corn bread for with soups or for breakfast.

Seafood is the only thing we eat lots of and I really prefer not to cook ahead (except for a ginger coconut milk shrimp stew).


These are all great but now I'm (unreasonably?) afraid of leftover rice.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 10:18     Subject: Food Prep Sundays (FPS)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Please don't feed your kids oatmeal for breakfast. They need protein and carbs.

Make some egg burritos or egg bites or egg sandwiches instead. Easy to premake and heat up in the morning in the microwave. All of these can be made healthy and can be frozen as well.



You know oatmeal is a carb? And it has 6 grams of protein. And if it's made with milk, it adds more protein.

I want to know how the PP you are responding to categorizes oatmeal!


DCUM will always have food idiots. As if eating oatmeal can be unhealthy. Or grapes. FFS.
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2026 21:28     Subject: Food Prep Sundays (FPS)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Please don't feed your kids oatmeal for breakfast. They need protein and carbs.

Make some egg burritos or egg bites or egg sandwiches instead. Easy to premake and heat up in the morning in the microwave. All of these can be made healthy and can be frozen as well.



You know oatmeal is a carb? And it has 6 grams of protein. And if it's made with milk, it adds more protein.

I want to know how the PP you are responding to categorizes oatmeal!