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5 Healthy Make-Ahead Meals For The Workweek

Posted: 09/12/2012 9:13 am

Most people love the idea of cooking on Sunday for the week ahead. But usually what comes to mind is lasagna pan Tetris, as pieces of various shapes get chiseled off throughout the week. It's sometimes hard to think of healthy options beyond creamy, cheesy casseroles.

Most of my clients have me provide them with these types of healthier options for the week, which get left in various labeled Tupperware containers ready for the reheating. If you don't mind putting in a very little bit of cooking time, there are also some quick and easy sides and condiments that will provide the building blocks for a meal with just a touch of added effort the night of -- tossing the salad greens, boiling the pasta.

Here are some ideas for dishes you can make on Sunday that will last you the whole busy workweek ahead.

--Phoebe Lapine of Feed Me Phoebe

Homemade Chicken Sausage Patties with Oregano and Olives
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Most meat keeps pretty well pre-made. I love making my own sausage patties with different flavor combinations. To keep them healthier, I’ll often use ground chicken or turkey. You can sear off the patties and then reheat individually throughout the week. Sometimes they taste just as good cold inside a sandwich or wrap, on top of a salad, or even just on a plate with some mustard!

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Most people love the idea of cooking on Sunday for the week ahead. But usually what comes to mind is lasagna pan Tetris, as pieces of various shapes get chiseled off throughout the week. It's sometime...
Most people love the idea of cooking on Sunday for the week ahead. But usually what comes to mind is lasagna pan Tetris, as pieces of various shapes get chiseled off throughout the week. It's sometime...
 
 
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mh430
CHUCK my great dane, stands by all my comments
05:35 AM on 09/14/2012
I have almost every medical problem that 15% of the population have. When ever I'm in the Hospital, nothing with sugar or salt. I can use non sugar sweetners but they make me sick. I have numerous problems and I have been put on a diet which excludes everything good. Yes I cheat.
01:39 AM on 09/14/2012
Norhing as good as homemade pork sausage, gravey and bisquits for a 'comfort food' party anytime. After you fry the sausage well, you removed excess fat in the pan, put in the flour you drizzled the meat in earlier, salt/pepper, and bring that 'rue' to a quick boil on the stove top, constantly stirring the mixture till it thickens. Then put about 2 coupes of cold milk and re=boil the whold thing. As it cooks down, put about 4 tbs of cold water in it and finish it off. Now it's really ready to enjoy!!!!
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LilacGypsy
Its time the right gets a grip on Reality...
01:29 AM on 09/14/2012
I love beet salad..My mother grows them in her garden,,,and you boil them....scrape the skin..and I dice them in to small pieces, dice some red onion...a bit of minced garlic,,,olive oil and wine vinegar...let chill ...Yum!
01:08 AM on 09/14/2012
Purchasing the ingredients and then have the excess go to waste is my biggest challenge. Usually makes cooking like this more expense in the end.
10:22 AM on 09/15/2012
I get this feed back all the time! One recommendation I have is to really utilize soups. Any excess, however meager - the skins from onions, peelings from carrots, excess herbs, random vegetables - put these in a plastic bag and store them in the fridge or freezer until the next day you have some time to cook. Then make a really delicious stock with the skins and peelings and herbs. Any veggies that are still usable can go towards the soup. Or you can simply freeze portions of the stock and use them in your next meal. It's a great way to make sure nothing goes to waste!
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llthdimension
11:17 PM on 09/13/2012
That is not a dinner. That is a sandwhich. And it looks downright gross.
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averagezoe
Don't breed or buy while homeless animals die!
08:27 PM on 09/13/2012
I'm sorry, but just looking a these dishes made me queasy. I don't think I'd want to try any of them - at least not on anyone I like.
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LadyChef
I can cook it...and dish it out
07:48 PM on 09/13/2012
These "healthy" choices are ridiculous. Beet salad - really????
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Unca Allen
Tyranny will rise when you do nothing
09:57 PM on 09/13/2012
Have you ever eaten beets? They're delicious!
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LadyChef
I can cook it...and dish it out
08:05 AM on 09/14/2012
I have.......they are my kryptonite.
06:30 PM on 09/13/2012
Cook this stuff? I can't even pronounce some of them. I'll go to 5 guys.
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meat-a-saur-us
This girls' got HUGE, GLISTENING....... brains....
11:00 AM on 09/13/2012
Who the HELL eats these foods?? Beet salad???!!! Seriously......I am an adventurous person, and have never NOT tried anything, but if I served up any of these to my husband or kids, I would lose my "chef's" card......

If I have to look something up to see what it is, then odds are my family would not even try it.
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Unca Allen
Tyranny will rise when you do nothing
09:59 PM on 09/13/2012
I've tried everything. How can you know if it's good if you've never tried it? I had never considered Italian beef until I knew what fennel was. Delicious!
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seawitch1313
10:48 AM on 09/13/2012
Did some body miss the Ricotta Salata recall? LOL!!