Low effort meal-prep recipes to save that coin! 🫶🏻🤪

You could say in a serial meal-prepper… I love having the ability to control my meals especially since hawker fare in Singapore (yUmMY as it is!) can be really salty, oily, and not have enough protein.

Besides being a lot healthier, it also saves me so much money so I can splurge on nice meals every now and then without feeling bad 😜

The real hack for meal-prep recipes is…minced meat! It saves on prep time and also you can use it as is.

Here are my fave recipes on rotation that I bring to work:

1️⃣ Thai-Style Minced Chicken

This is definitely one of my favourite meals to make because everything is in the typical Asian pantry and you can whip it up in no time.

I love using chicken breast mince which has less fat!

Recipe here 💖

2️⃣ Minced Chicken Meatballs

Perfect with pita bread or a wrap! These are little more effort but still really really yummy! I occasionally swap chicken out for lamb if I’m feeling kinda fancy :)

Ingredients:

- 500g minced chicken

- 1 egg

- 1/2 cup panko

- diced parsley (I use about 5 stalks)

- 1/3 grated parmesan

- 1/2 tsp onion powder, garlic powder, salt, pepper

- drizzle of olive oil

Steps:

1. Mix everything together

2. Bake everything at 200 degrees celcius for 20 to 22-mins (I usually use baking paper to line so it won’t stick to the pan).

3️⃣ Bolognese

If you don’t have access to a microwave or need to carry lunch around, this is one of the most convenient meals!!!

Ingredients:

- 500g minced beef

- 2 stalks of celery, diced

- 2 carrots, diced

- 1 small onion, diced

- 2 cloves of garlic, smashed and skin removed

- 1 can diced tomatoes

- Olive oil

- Salt and pepper to taste

- 1 bay leaf

- Italian seasoning

1. Add a drizzle of olive oil and brown mince

2. Add onions, carrots, celery and stir until onions turn translucent

3. Add diced tomatoes and 1/2 can more of water

4. Add Italian seasoning, bay leaf, and smashed garlic

5. Leave to simmer until it thickens up

6. Add salt and pepper to taste

4️⃣ Kimchi Jjigae

This one doesn’t use mince but canned tuna which is also really easy to prepare. This is one for WFH days or weekends when you just don’t feel like cooking. It seems like a lot of steps but it comes together super quickly.

Ingredients:

- 200g kimchi, chopped (reserve the juices)

- 1 onion, sliced

- 3 cloves garlic, smashed

- 2 cups of water

- 1 dashi packet

- 1 can tuna

- 1 block korean soup tofu (or regular silken tofu works too!)

- 1 zucchini, sliced (optional)

- 1 tbsp gochujang

- 2 tsp gochugaru (hot pepper flakes)

- 1 tsp sesame oil

- green onions to garnish

Steps:

1. Pour sesame oil in pot and stir in onions. Stir until translucent.

2. Add kimchi and fry until fragrant.

3. Add garlic

4. Pour water in and deglaze the pot

5. Add in one packet of dashi and dissolve

6. Add in gochujang and dissolve, stir to incorporate

7. Add in gochugaru

8. Bring to a boil

9. Add in zucchini and tuna

10. Boil for 10 mins

11. Add in tofu and let simmer for awhile more before serving

12. Sprinkle green onions to garnish

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(I would love to link the recipes but lemon8 removed the link function sobs — let me know if anything is unclear…)

Let me know if you try any of these — meal-prepping DOESNT have to be boring!!! You can still make food you enjoy so it doesn’t feel like a chore 😉

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