Budget Friendly Meal Prep ~ $2 Meals
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- Опубліковано 18 січ 2022
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I made this entire meal prep today and the first meal I put together was more delicious and filling than I expected it to be--honestly I didn't think a cabbage steak could be hearty but it somehow was. The standout was the pistachio pesto--one taste of that and it was difficult to stop myself from immediately boiling water for pasta.
Yay! So nice to see you made it all and it was delicious and filling! The pistachio pesto is such a fun condiment. I love it on pasta, drizzled on roasted carrots, or just on toast!
Hiiii
Hey, how long did it take you?
@@misscogito9865 Roughly 2.5 hours including cleanup (no dishwasher), and I have bad carpal tunnel so cutting hard veggies like cabbage is a slow process for me.
@@xyzzy75 maybe u can get a mandolin idk if that’s how it’s spelled
Pro tip, you can airfry the chickpeas to save more time. I set the air fryer to 375 and roast them for 8 minutes, toss, then another 8!
Nisha, you are honestly so underappreciated. It is one thing to create delicious recipes but you do SO MUCH MORE! These videos have planty of useful tips and modifications, are shot and edited beautifully and never lack a good dose of humor. Plus, the time and effort you put into making a blog post AND a pdf version of it with all the modifications is just incredible. I just love your energy and commitment to spreading good (plant-based) food around the kitchens of your subscribers!
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Anyways, sending you a ton of love!
Stay safe and have a great rest of the week!
🥰 Margaret! You made my day. Thank you for taking the time to share your appreciation 🙏🏽
That was beautifully said Margaret!
So many people are so quick to criticise others but sadly there aren't as many kind words shared, this was lovely and beautifully put! :)
Underrated
I really appreciate this channel! Thanks to everyone working to get this done, starting with our generation hostess, of course!
I've noticed my grocery bills skyrocketing. Not because I'm shopping more, just from inflation alone. These creative videos of meal prep through the week for budget meals are so important! Thanks Nisha!
Musta been the pistachios
My brain read "inflammation" before "inflation" registered.😂😂😂
I made this today. Aldi price was 67 dollars, they were out of tofu and meatless meatballs. I went to.wegmans and got.them for 16 dollars and change...so total recipe cost about 83 dollars for the meals, although it seems like there is much more than ten meals. the cabbage steaks alone is 9 meals and the meatballs/kale/linguine is 5 more meals. that would come to 5.92 a meal for 14 meals...still a great price!
hey, so, I'm brazilian and did your chickpeas toasted but gave it a twist. i put some cashews and some other nuts, and seasoned them with oliver oil, paprika, chimichurri and salt. when toasted, i put lemon juice on top of it. 😋 my family loved it and they are obligating me to do them every time. thank you!
I did this meal prep plan today and WOW! The mustard maple marinade for the tofu might be my favorite way to prepare tofu now. I never would have thought of creating a sauce from cabbage but it works and is so flavorful. Sunday Blues can be a drag, but now I have all this great food in my fridge to look forward to this week. Thanks, Nisha!
Yay! I’m so happy you tried it all and enjoyed it :) Cabbage sauce surprised me too! Thanks for sharing, Jackalyn!
I love Aldi and I'm super excited that you're working with them! They have tons of affordable vegan staples! 🙌
Yay, thank you! And 💯 agree!
This is definitely helping me feel inspired to do meal prep - sometimes it can feel like a chore! Thanks for the great ideas :)
Yes, I know what you mean! Keeping it time limited and knowing you’ll have variety are key to making it not feel like a chore :)
gosh darn it! give this woman an award fr fr!! she is such a talented cook and her videos are literally top tier lessons that we all should pay for tbh. im just so impressed with your videos. i cant even imagine how long this takes! thank you so much, im so grateful girl 😘
I was scratching my head about what to do with cabbage in my fridge! This was perfect! I used peanuts instead of pistachios for the spiced nuts and it worked great! I didn’t have any cashews so I used the bean broth instead from the chickpeas in the cabbage sauce and another hit! The tofu looks so good…
Love these meal prep videos! They are very helpful and everything looks great. Have a great rest of your day!
So happy you find them helpful :) thank you Logan!
Idk what it is but watching your videos makes me feel happy and calm. I need more people like you in my life ❤ thank you 🙏🏼 I will be making these
I am absolutely obsessed with the PDF guides - so easy!! I don't know how I found your channel but I am so glad I did!!
I made the entire meal yesterday. It took me 2.5 hours, but it was totally worth it! I was blown away by the punch of flavors with the sauces. I found myself snacking on the cabbage dip straight from the jar it is SO good!! Everything turned out amazing. Nisha, this was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you for making my week!!
This was perfect! My wife has loved all the meals and they are extremely easy to assemble after the initial preparation. Thank you!
So nice to hear that you both are enjoying the meals :) thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing these delicious $2 meals. It's incredible how you've managed to create such tasty and cost-effective options. I'm definitely trying these out to save some bucks while still enjoying great meals.
I just tried this and oh my gosh was it good!!! I fed 4 adults tonight and everyone loved it. I need to use less apple cider for the tofu glaze, but it was delicious. The sauces were incredibly good and I will definitely make those again. The lemon went well with everything. I am absolutely full and it tasted delicious.
I love the idea of not having to eat the same thing every day for a week, but using the same ingredients. Your videos always help me and your recipes never disappoint! Thank you Nisha!
I tried this entire meal prep today and it was fantastic! I have never really done meal prep before and find it intimidating. This plan was easy to follow and the foods are all very flavorful, like I’ve come to count on from Nisha’s recipes. I checked out the new-ish Aldi in my town, which I had never visited before. (Hope they'll sponsor more of your videos!) The prep took me closer to three hours (well worth it), but I think it would have gone faster had I started with a kitchen that was tidier and better organized before I began. I would love to try more meal prep plans like this one. Maybe one for all Indian recipes!
Thanks for helping me feel more confident in the kitchen. I’m so excited to eat on this food for the next few days. NOM NOM.
Yess, indian onesss
AMAZING!!! Last week, I followed your step-by-step PDF guide and it turned out absolutely delicious! Your idea of using different combinations of components for each meal has completely blown my mind. I think I'm about to embark on a new era of eating in my life. I know these videos take an enormous amount of work so I feel greedy even saying this but, if you are unsure what video to do next, another video like this with different types of components would be so incredible. Thank you for putting out such wonderful content.
This is undoubtedly the BEST and tastiest crispy tofu recipe I’ve ever encountered. It was easy to make for a novice in the kitchen like me.
I made it and ate it with salsa. Tasted awesome.
Thank you
You came through again! Nisha, THANK YOU for your hard work making these! I’m living through another happy week of your meal prep + red lentil curry, and am totally doing this one next week! Thank you so much! I’m becoming more and more plant-based, and in such a delicious way. Hearty thanks.
Haha thank you for the kind words! So glad you’re already enjoying my other meal preps and even better, you’re becoming more plant based. That’s amazing to hear!!
Thank you for posting this very effective and easily do able meal planning video. I’ve given up on meal planning bc I get an bored eating the same foods over and over again. But you’ve wonderfully shown that variety is key and it’s easy to do with just a bit of organization and prep time. I’m going to make these meals this weekend for work next week. Thank you so very much! 🙏🏽😊
Videos on how to mix and match some prepped foods all week are my favorites! I used to cook a big pot of something to eat all week to save time, but this is SO much better! Thanks so much for these great ideas.
Nobody told me!!!! How wonderful roasted cabbage is. When Nisha was cutting up all that cabbage, my thoughts were who is going to eat all that cabbage. Oh, my goodness...it's terrific. Even my son came and inhaled two of the rounds. This is the wonderful spot of my day! Thanks.
Love it! I made this meal prep yesterday. It took me 1,5h for cooking and 30 mins for clean up! I still cant believe that was enough to set me up for full week of lunches and dinners. I eat my first meal today but cant wait for the rest of them. Thank you! And I hope you will make more similar videos 😍
I made all these and they were super easy to make and delicious! I would totally buy a book with your meal preps, please write one! ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you!!!!! The building block method is SO smart and I'm so excited to do this. It's so hard to care for yourself and save money when you're too tired after work to cook a full on meal. But having these pieces pre-made keeps things satisfying, nutritious and affordable!!! 💜💜💜
I love meal prep and
I love when I know that I am eating healthy and
I love it when I know that I am multi-tasking
So those are three checks for me!
Also, loved the variety and the fact that you added a little bit of pre-cooked food(vegetable meat balls) which is how realistically people think about food!
I love this idea for meal prepping! So many times I’ve seen a week of the same meals but this gives you so much more variety that it actually encourages you to get creative with how you mix things
I cant express enough how much I appreciate your channel! All the hard work and the love you put in here is precious! I wish you all the best! 😘💐🧁
SO SCRUMPTIOUS 😍 I just make this full meal prep and everything is delicious. I loved the way you formatted the PDF recipe guide with the “Order of Operations” explaining what to prep and when. That saved me so much time! 👌🏻 I was able to make everything in about 2.5 hours which is amazing since there are 8 components here including toppings/sauces. I love this format of video and recipe guide. Thank you Nisha!! 💖
I was hoping this would be your next video! I love all of your meal prep ideas. They're so fun and keep things interesting.
That’s so nice to hear! Glad you love my meal prep ideas ☺️
I have to say, you bring both an obvious passion and brilliance in your approach to food. I also tremendously respect your new partnership with Aldi. For families living on a budget, they are a lifesaver. I truly hope your hard work is paying off, because your work is phenomenal.
Holy cow, I came back to this channel after about a year, and damn your video production went way up. You found your voice as well. I love this!
I always shop at Aldi. Thank you so much for making this so accessible. I’m so glad I found your content ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
I can’t begin to tell you how grateful I am for you for making a free affordable grocery list and meal prep. Thank you so much I’m sharing this with as many people as I can ♥️💕🌱
I'm not sure how I ended up on your channel, but you've inspired me to want to eat more plant based recipes, maybe one day entirely plant based.
Girl you got taste!!! That is what sets you apart!
I love Aldi. They consistently have good stuff in their dumpsters.
This is just what I needed as I try to budget and cut my food cost down. And everything looks amazing! Thanks!
Love your videos! I am not a plant based eater, but I am trying to incorporate some more plant based meals into the rotation of meal planning. I just made the pistachio pesto as well as the cauliflower soup from a previous video. And let me just say they are both fantastic! The soup is my new favorite and the pesto is so bright I can't wait to put it on pasta tonight! Thank you!
Thank you for the lovely feedback, Nicole! So glad you enjoyed both the cauliflower soup and pistachio pesto (I love how bright it is too)!
You are awesome just happened to come across this and watched it and so easy and informative I appreciate you so thank you !
Your meal prep videos are amazing! Thank you for all the work you've put into this! Can't wait to try it 😊
Nisha, I think your meal prep ideas are Fabulous! ... and, for the life of me, I don't understand why you are not at 1M subscribers yet. I mention you to all my family and friends. I look forward to more of your inspiration and wonderful ideas.
You’re very sweet! Thank you for recommending my channel ☺️ and so glad you enjoy my meal prep ideas!
I LOVE all of this especially the graph showing how to save time
These look amazing! Thank you for always putting so much work into your recipes, videos, and the blog -- huge fan, RPL! :)
☺️ I’m honored to hear it! So nice to hear you appreciate all the hard work that goes into it :)
You are a genius with meal prep. I've watched all your meal prep videos and always make one/two of your sauces, potatoes & rice, an assortment of veggies and beans made as well as the lentil filling to your butternut squash recipe as part of my meal prep. it has helped me lose so much weight and stay on track!! I love your channel ❤️
This is SO INCREDIBLE of you!!! Thank you for taking the time to take the thinking out of meal prep in a budget friendly vegan way! You are my favorite person to get food inspiration from and I was literally just going to Aldi, so you took the guess work out of my trip. Thank you again!!
Thank you for sorting next week's meal plan for us! I use many of your meal preps for weekly meal planning and I love how you lay everything out so clearly for us.
That’s so great to hear, Jeanie!
i have been cooking all my life (all of my family have been chefs at some point in their lives) and have been vegan for 7.5 years.
but when i need inspiration for delicious+healthy, i come to your channel.
that pistacchio dip with cabbage steak, wow.
thanks for all yourwork Nisha!
She was not kidding about the cabbage sauce being amazing.
I made this entire meal prep last night. Both sauces and the glaze were SO GOOD. I did the cabbage over rice with sauerkraut and cabbage sauce combo and it was delicious and most importantly filling.
After that meal and a goodnight sleep I woke up feeling rejuvenated.
Love this so much! Thank you for posting.
Nisha! This is AMAZING and came at the perfect time! I'm in crunch time for the February LSAT 😵 which, unfortunately, means I need to scale myself back in the kitchen during the week. This is so incredibly helpful. Thank you, thank you for your hard work and creativity!
I made this last weekend and am so happy to have such healthy food ready in the fridge. I am slow, so it still took me about 4-5 hours :) I hope you publish more like this!
I absolutely love your recipe ideas! And, your budget meals are very helpful. Thanks for all of your hard work to bring these great ideas to us!
We did this meal prep on Saturday and the flavors are just amazing. Thank you so much for breaking it down and making it so straight forward ☀️
I'm in uni and have had a tough time cooking due to limited time (and money)... thanks for this!! Couldn't have been timed better because I'm just starting a new semester haha
Love it when the timing is just right! Good luck with your new semester!
These look so great! I've recently had to return to office after two years working from home. I love this approach to meal prep and look forward to giving it a try.
I am having home cooked meals every day. It’s delicious and not boring. Thank you so much for making me love home cooked food.
☺️ I love to hear that! Learning to love home cooked food is the best feeling!
This is one of the most useful vegan meal prep videos I've ever watched (and I get through a lot 😂) I never usually comment but I'd absolutely love more videos like this, thank you so much Nisha!!
I have made a few of your recipes so far and very tasty, budget friendly and easy. Thanks so much for keeping us on budget with a smile!!!
I usually don't care much for sponsors but Aldi is the best. Grocery shopping for organic food or vegetables/fruits etc doesn't have to be expensive and they prove it. Thank you for the ideas, I love love love your channel.
Immediately after watching this video I spent about 1 hours 20 mins making this because I had just bought cabbage on a whim and it felt like a hugely amazing significant coincidence as I buy cabbage maybe 3x a year. I had nearly every single ingredient on hand. This is AMAZING and very easy to do using simple pantry staples. Our favourite also has been the pesto (I used cashews instead of pistachio and added some hemp hearts). Couldn’t help myself but to include every single thing made in a giant fraken-dish. 10/10!
Thank you so much! I’m becoming more and more plant-based, and in such a delicious way. Hearty thanks.
I tried out another of your meal prep videos.. first time building blocks prep like this. It was awesome and such a nice change from both 'meal planning' and regular 'meal prep'. I did it in an evening only taking a couple of hours and there were barely any dishes to clean with just using sheet pans and the instant pot... such a difference!! Definitely keep these meal prep videos coming!
Thank you Nisha for all these meal prep video and the PDF guide, they are helping me a great deal. I don’t have to eat the same thing for lunch every single day and week! This is my first week following your meal prep and I am so excited for my lunch already!
I love when you do videos on meal prep.
This video was super informative and helpful! Definitely going to be trying out that cabbage sauce. I never would have thought to make a sauce out of cabbage!
Thanks so much for this Nisha!! I would love love LOVE to see a compilation of all your everything sauces up on the blog! Unfortunately some of the items for this meal prep are expensive in the Southern Hemisphere at the moment so I would love to see a collection of your sauces in one place so that I can use it as a reference according to the seasonal offerings :D
You’ve done it again! First of all I have used your old meal prep video as a base for all my meal preps. When I was following this method regularly. I lost weight, my groceries were always under $100 for me and my husband and they are amazing tasting.
Not to mention I was scared to cook cabbage and this was amazing! I don’t know how your mind works so brilliantly.
Your meal prep videos continue to be a favorite and hope you make more. Also your nacho cheese! The Buffalo quesadilla and the crunch wrap supremes were some other favorites over the past couple years
I'm trying this budget friendly meal prep! And from the first meal, it's pretty surprising. Unlike de smell it tastes great!
These vegan batch cooking ideas are gold! More please. TQ!!
I love this! I make these sort of "mix and match" meal preps. Trying to add in more plant based recipes and this is what I needed. Thank you
this is one of the best meal prep videos i have seen. The food actually looks good and i like all the ideas.
This is awesome! I haven’t shopped at Aldi in years! I am definitely going back! Can’t wait to do the prep and try these recipes! Please do more videos like this! I love that this works for just one person, as my family isn’t ready to eat plant based food yet.
Our local Asian market and Adlis has saved us money for sure. Buying rice in bulk helps a lot.
Wow. This is the best looking meal prep video I have ever seen. I've also been thinking about a more building blocks style version of meal prep for versatility and haven't seen it done and had never thought of making it this efficient, without having to add anything extra on the day! Just all assembly pretty much (unless you're cooking the convenience items). I really want to try this. Thank you. So inspiring
Really love these meal prep videos! It also really helps how they're clear and straight to the point. The pdf guide is great to have and refer to when I'm not feeling inspired in my meal prep, thank you!
Thank you for the great feedback! Glad these are helpful in inspiring your meal preps :)
BEST meal prep video ever watched, meal prep always seems so overwhelming but your video has me so excited. I usually get so tired of the same meal over and over again so this is a life saver. Also amazing that you shopped at ALDI for all of this, that is my go-to store!
Just did this!! Can’t wait to try all these recipes out through out the week! Thanks Nisha ❤️
You are very shining and positive vibe personality, is always nice to see your videos, and of course taking advices for cooking!
Hi Nisha! Love the building blocks cooking method and the tofu and cabbage recipes! I cooked it just now and the glaze and everything taste SO amazing! Thank you for making a high-quality video that's easy to follow!
Exactly the kind of recipe I was looking for! I’m gonna make it for dinner. I will have to substitute a few things for my families dietary but I think this will turn out great! Thank you so much for the dinner inspiration! I make cooking videos too and I am so happy to be able to learn new recipes and tips from talented creators like you. I hope we can learn from each other!
I’d love more like this! Thank you! I make at least two of your meals every week and have been doing this for about a year!
Just finished making all these and worked off the video and the PDF. Together it was very easy to follow along. Took me a little longer than 2 hours but totally worth it! I agree that it was way more filling than I thought it would be and it is so fun to have different things to mix and match!
That was fantastic. I had most of these ingredients already so I went shopping for the rest of them. I can't wait to try them all. Thanks for the pdf.💐
Fabulous recipes. I meal prep’d everything and they all taste delicious. Great for throwing in my work lunch box when working crazy shifts. Thanks for the clear PDF instructions that make it so much easier.
I just stumbled upon your channel yesterday afternoon. Where have you been all my life?!? Your recipes are right up my alley and your videos are perfect! I ingredient prep the same way already and love the new combo ideas. Thank you! I'm already a big fan!
LOVE this meal prep and ideas video. SO helpful on my new planted based journey. Thank you
Hey Elizabeth! Congrats on your new plant-based journey! And yes, fun and easy meal prep ideas are a big part of making a plant based diet sustainable and doable :)
These all look so tasty- such great ideas and thanks so much for including Aldi and budget friendly options! You are so creative - love and appreciate all that you share! Thank you!
Thank you so much for your sweet words! I love finding ways to get creative in the kitchen and glad it’s helpful for you!
Loved this, fantastic! It’s amazing what creativity can do to the humble cabbage!
Excellent timing! I just went through your previous Aldi weekly meal prep and was thinking I could use something a little different. And I love cabbage!
This video couldn’t have come at a better time! I have everything in my pantry except for the meatballs. I will be meal prepping tomorrow after work 😀 Thank you so much for all your videos. You’re such an inspiration. I made your beef Wellington and pistachio pesto at Christmas. Amazing. The pesto is now in my regular rotation, which is why I currently have pistachios and parsley on hand to complete this week’s worth of recipes. Well done. Thanks again.
Hi Nisha! I bought two of your instapot cookbooks (one to gift to a friend). I love using your mushroom risotto recipe when my boyfriend's mom comes over. I tell every plant-based, health conscious person in my life to look you up! I LOVE your simple mix and match meal prep videos , truly life changing. Please continue to make more!
Your Video Quality is on its way up! So seamless
that’s so nice to hear! Thanks Peter!
@@RainbowPlantLife of course!!! Job well done. Truly amazing videos
I live mobile and I want you to know that I LOVE LOVE LOVE not only your prep videos but also the INSTANT POT COOKBOOK whaaaaat🤓😆
☺️ that’s so nice to hear! I’m so glad you love my book too!
Wish we had Aldi! I followed your video and pdf for this meal prep today and it turned out really well! My skeptical husband even complimented the "cabbage sauce". Thank you!
I love Aldi and I love these meal prep videos and your system of meal prep. I started walking and implementing your recipes and am feeling so much better! It is obvious these videos and the PDF take a lot of time and preparation, which I appreciate, as it made the meal prep fast and easy for a beginner cook like me. I am on a budget and because I did your last meal plan I already have most of these ingredients. This is such a sustainable and delicious way to eat! It's really helping me. Thank you for that and your time and expertise!
The PDF was incredibly helpful. Meal prepped today and it was so rewarding. Having a variety of meals you’re able to create from all this is the best way to meal prep. So appreciate all your hard work in coming up with this to share!