I’ve been working to master the habit of weekly meal prep for the past few years. I’m not always great at making it a priority, but it’s amazing how much more PEACE I have throughout the week when I DO!

I like that I don’t have to worry about cooking if I’m totally wiped out (which is often with 2 energetic little boys at home.) I also like knowing that there are HEALTHY options readily available for me to grab & go when I’m feeling HANGRY (and more likely to make poor food choices.)

I sometimes share pictures of my weekly meal prep on my social media and women often asking me about the tools I use in my meal prep process.

I created this living blog post so that I can continue to update the resources as I find great new products & tools I love!

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Meal Prep Containers:

Quality, microwave-safe, meal prep containers are a MUST HAVE if you plan to make meal prepping a priority. Depending on how many people you’re prepping for and how hard-core you’re going with your meal prep, you want to make sure you have enough containers for at least 2-3 meals a day for 5 days!

These are the 2-compartment containers I use. Ideal for use with foods you want to keep separate.

These are the single compartment containers I use. Great for salads or burrito bowls, etc.

I love these dressing containers! I cannot get enough of these. If you want your salads to stay FRESH after they’re prepped, you need to keep the dressing separated.  These containers NEVER leak on me. I also use them for sides like guacamole, small servings of nuts, or a little peanut butter for my shakes!

I use these portion control containers for EVERYTHING.  They’re super convenient for packing perfectly portioned snacks, dressings, and I often use them as extra measuring cups or leftover containers.  Plus, I like the colors.

I love these colorful modular lunch kits for packing my boys’ preschool lunches.  The ice packs, entree box, and snack containers all snap together.  The entree box and ice packs fit in each of their lunch boxes, and usually I can get another snack box in there, too.  They don’t leak, which is really important when you have kids slingin’ their lunchboxes around, throwing them, etc.  That’s not just MY kids, right? 😉

Prepping Fruits and Veggies

If you’re getting into zoodles or other pasta alternatives, you need a good spiralizer!  I love this one because it’s SUPER easy to clean, the parts are easily stored together, and it’s easy to operate. My 4 year old loves making zoodles with me.  He actually never lets me touch the crank anymore because he thinks it’s so much fun.

Even if your fruits and veggies are organic, they need a good washing. Spraying them with water isn’t going to cut it! I love this all-natural and highly effective fruit and veggie wash from Eat Cleaner.  I also use it for keeping cut apples and fruits from oxidizing (turning brown) in my kids’ lunches or on my party trays. It doesn’t look like much but it lasts FOREVER!

Miscellaneous

I can never have enough blender bottles in my house. I use several different kinds, but I like these because they are inexpensive, so if I lose one while traveling or in my car, my life isn’t ruined, AND the steel blender ball does a great job of getting rid of clumps when I mix my Shakeology or pre-workout.

What meal-prep tools can you NOT live without? Comment below!