Budget Meal Prep: 5 Meals in 1 Hour
25 ingredients · 16 steps · from Pick Up Limes
Ingredients
- 3 sweet potatoes
- long-grain white rice
- 1/2 cup millet
- 3 1/2 cups veggie broth
- 600g firm tofu
- 1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
- salt
- teriyaki sauce
- sriracha
- 2 carrots
- 1 head cabbage
- roasted almonds
- 2 1/2 tablespoons peanut butter
- 2 tablespoons hot water
- 1 lime
- 1 cup frozen mixed berries
- 1 tablespoon chia seeds
- coconut yogurt
- 1 can coconut milk
- maple syrup
- ground cinnamon
- 2 cups spinach
- cucumber
- pickled red onions
- safflower tortillas
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Steps
- Poke holes in 3 sweet potatoes and bake at 390F/200C for 50-60 minutes.
- Cook white rice separately.
- Combine 1/2 cup millet with 3 1/2 cups veggie broth; simmer covered 25 minutes until porridge-like.
- Microwave 1 cup frozen mixed berries, then mix in 1 tablespoon chia seeds to make chia jam.
- Cut 600g tofu into cubes, toss with 1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch and salt, fry in pan until golden.
- Divide tofu into three containers: plain, lightly sauced (1 tbsp teriyaki + 1 tsp sriracha), and saucy (3 tbsp teriyaki + 1/2 tbsp sriracha).
- Grate 2 carrots and store in water to prevent browning.
- Shave cabbage and store in container.
- Chop roasted almonds and store.
- Make peanut sauce: whisk 2 1/2 tbsp peanut butter, 2 tbsp hot water, 1/2 tbsp teriyaki sauce, juice of 1/4 lime, and sriracha until smooth.
- Once sweet potatoes are done, leave 2 whole; peel and chop the third and stir into millet.
- Assemble millet congee: divide sweet potato millet into bowls, top with mildly sauced tofu, 1/4 cup grated carrot (squeezed), pickled red onions, and optional sriracha and green onions.
- Assemble loaded sweet breakfast potato: slice baked potato, top with coconut yogurt, chia jam, peanut butter, almonds, and cinnamon.
- Make teriyaki fried rice: saute 2 cups spinach, 2/3 cup grated carrot, and half the cabbage; add 3 cups cooked rice, plain tofu, 1/3 cup teriyaki sauce, and sriracha; top with pickled red onions.
- Make coconut rice porridge: combine remaining rice with 1 can coconut milk, maple syrup, and cinnamon; simmer 5 minutes; top with coconut yogurt, peanut butter, chia jam, and almonds.
- Assemble teriyaki tofu wraps: spread peanut sauce on tortillas, add spinach, grated carrot, remaining cabbage, cucumber sticks, and saucy tofu; roll and grill on grill pan until toasted.
Recipe extracted by Foodle from “BUDGET MEAL PREP | 10 meals in 1 hour (+ FREE PDF!) 🌟” by Pick Up Limes. Quantities follow the video and may be approximate — watch the original for technique.