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Easy & Delicious Buffet Style Meal Prep

Easy and Delicious Buffet Style Meal Prep

Simplify your meal prep with this buffet style lunchbox hack that combines different proteins, starches, veggies, and sauces to create 4 lunches! Each has its unique flavors for an easy healthy, and delicious meal.
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
5 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Course: dinner, Lunch
Cuisine: American
Diet: Gluten Free
Keyword: Buffet Style Meal Prep, Chicken, Sausage, Tofu
Servings: 4 meals
Author: Meal Prep on Fleek

Ingredients

  • 4 oz. sliced cooked Italian sausage
  • 4 oz. baked chicken strips
  • 4 oz. baked tofu cubed
  • 2 oz. cooked gluten-free pasta
  • 1 ½ cups cooked rice
  • ½ cup drained chickpeas
  • 1 cup roasted broccoli
  • 1 cup roasted golden baby potatoes
  • 2 cups baby spinach
  • 1 cup grape or cherry tomatoes
  • cup guacamole
  • cup salsa
  • cup marinara sauce
  • cup tahini sauce
  • ¼ cup shredded Parmesan cheese
  • 4 meal prep containers

Instructions

To make lunch boxes: Combine a protein, starch, veggies, and sauce from each bento box or use the following combinations to create four unique lunches.

  • Before preparing, make sure that your pasta, rice, chicken, sausages, tofu, potatoes and broccoli are cooked if they weren't purchased pre-cooked or frozen.
  • Box 1: pasta, marinara, and Italian sausage in large compartment + spinach and shredded cheese in small compartments.
  • Box 2: rice + chicken strips in the large compartment, salsa + guacamole in small compartments.
  • Box 3: potatoes, garbanzo beans, tahini in the large compartment, roasted broccoli + cherry tomatoes in small compartments.
  • Box 4: rice, tofu, tahini sauce in the large compartment, spinach + cherry tomatoes in small compartments.

Notes

*Since these are meal suggestions, macros aren't provided. Feel free to use a tool such as My Fitness Pal to calculate the macros. 
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