Meal Prep Lunches: Quinoa Salad & Pasta Salad

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Hi Friends! Welcome back to Healthy Grocery Girl! Do you meal prep? If not, what would you say is your biggest hurdle to starting or sticking with it? Today I’m sharing 2 salads and 1 starter I love to meal prep that help me eat healthy meals, quick during the week!

Quinoa Salad

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Ingredients

  • 1 cup dry quinoa
  • 2 cups of water to cook with quinoa
  • 1 15 ounce can white beans
  • 1 cup sliced grape tomatoes
  • 1 cup sliced black olives
  • ¼ cup diced sweet onion
  • ½ cup chopped parsley
  • 1 lemon
  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • Sea salt optional

Instructions

  • Cook quinoa according to package instructions, and let cool.
  • Drain & rinse white beans.
  • Add beans, tomatoes, olives, onion, parsley, juice from the lemon and olive oil to a large food storage container and stir together.
  • Add quinoa & optional sea salt; mix, cover and store in fridge.
  • Enjoy within 3-4 days.
Servings: 8
Author: Healthy Grocery Girl

Pasta Salad

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Ingredients

  • 2 boxes of bean based pasta
  • ½ cup sliced black olives
  • ¾ cup chopped parsley
  • 2 cups chopped orange pepper
  • ½ cup Italian dressing

Instructions

  • Cook pasta according to package instructions.
  • Drain and rinse pasta and let cool.
  • Add pasta to a large food storage container with the olives, parsley, orange pepper and Italian dressing.
  • Mix, cover and store in fridge.
Servings: 6
Author: Healthy Grocery Girl

Roasted Sweet Potatoes

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Ingredients

  • Sweet potatoes as many as you like
  • Coconut oil 1 tsp per potato
  • Sea salt optional

Instructions

  • Rinse and scrub sweet potatoes, peel away any bad spots.
  • Chop sweet potatoes into cubes ½ inch wide.
  • Add potatoes to a baking pan and coat with coconut oil, add a pinch of sea salt if you like.
  • Roast in a preheated oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 30-40 minutes, until they are soft and lightly toasted.
  • Let potatoes cool before storing, covered and in the fridge.
Author: Healthy Grocery Girl

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