ONE Prep, THREE Meals
I’m switching things up this week and sharing another way I make dinners for the week super simple.
Another one of my secrets for quick, healthy week day meals is prepping in bulk and switching up the way I serve it.
My prep this week was a delicious roasted vegetable medley. Check out how I prepped them and served them THREE DIFFERENT WAYS below!
The PREP:
Sheet pan veggies
This is one of my favorite ways to prepare fresh veggies.
The first you need to do is choose the veggies you want to include.
I went with cherry tomatoes, red peppers, green peppers, red onion, corn, & zucchini.
Other great options are broccoli, cauliflower, mushrooms, or asparagus. Choose your favorites!
For the veggies…
Preheat your oven to 450° and line a baking pan with foil.
Cut up the veggies & arrange them on a baking pan. I leave the cherry tomatoes whole. If you gently press them post-baking, they release the yummiest juices!
I separated some veggies on a different pan with some gnocchi and smoked turkey sausage for one of the meals. Read more about this one below!
Drizzle olive oil over everything, sprinkle with chopped garlic and basil, salt, pepper and any of your other choice seasonings.
Bake the veggies for 10 mins. Gently give them a quick toss and bake them for another 10-15 mins.
That’s literally it. You have a huge bowl of veggies ready to use for THREE different meals.
Keep reading to see how I used them all week!
The MEALS:
Sheet Pan Veggies With Gnocchi & Sausage
This was the first meal of the week so I roasted a portion of the veggies on a separate pan with the the boiled gnocchi & smoked turkey sausage.
Baking instructions were the exact same as the vegetable prep above! The gnocchi gets slightly crispy on the outside as it bakes and is 100% my new favorite way to serve it.
Once everything is baked, give those tomatoes a light press, toss it all together on the pan, add it to your plates and sprinkle with fresh, shaved parmesan cheese!
Loaded Veggie Pizza Egg Rolls
I can pretty much turn ANYTHING into an egg roll anymore. Food wrapped and baked in that crunchy shell are just better.
These were a quick prep and turnaround for a week meal using my air fryer. I LOVE my air fryer. It is a quicker, healthier way to crisp up those egg rolls perfectly!
I stuffed the egg roll wrappers with pepperoni, mozzarella cheese, and a scoop of the veggies.
Once they were stuffed and rolled, I gave them a quick once over with cooking spray and put them in my air fryer at 370° for about 10 minutes. They were excellent served with some marinara sauce!
Grilled Chicken & Veggie Flatbreads
This one was a huge hit with my kids! Like the egg rolls, I’ve perfected the art of transforming any kind of toppings into a delicious flatbread. THESE are the ones I use and are available at several different grocery stores.
Here are my standard flatbread steps:
The “sauce” for them is always a mixture of olive oil, fresh garlic, grated parmesan cheese, Italian seasoning, fennel, parsley, and red pepper flakes. Add it all to a bowl and give it a good stir.
Give the flatbreads a quick brush over with a generous amount of the olive oil and seasoning mixture.
Sprinkle on your cheeses. You can use any kind of cheese for these. I used a mixture of mozzarella and sharp white cheddar.
Toss on some chopped grilled chicken and those veggies! (I usually sprinkle on some additional parmesan cheese & parsley too😊)
Place them on a baking sheet and Bake them at 400° for about 10 minutes!
These were quick, easy, and the leftovers made the best lunches for work!
Some NOTES:
You can separate out different veggies depending on what you plan on using for your recipes. The ones I chose happened to work for all three.
The proteins for each recipe can definitely be swapped. Grilled chicken or Italian sausage are good ones for any of these!
All of the seasonings and ingredients are based on my preferences so feel free to omit, swap out or load them up with your favorites!
Baking times may vary depending on your oven, air fryer and preferences.
As always, let me know if you give any of these a try! I love to hear your ideas too!
Happy prepping! :)
