Mum prepares 74 meals and 56 snacks for $130

Mum-of-two Kate is so organised!

With simply half a day to meal prep, this superb mum has whipped up 130 meals for $130 – that’s 18 breakfasts, 28 lunches, 28 dinners and a whopping 56 serves of deliciously wholesome snacks! WOW!

All these scrumptious wholesome recipes have come straight from the 28 Day Weight Loss Challenge.

See what she made beneath…

What Kate made

Breakfast (18 Serves)

Bacon & Egg Muffins – 6 serves (2x muffins per serve)

Baked Breakfast Bars  – 12 Serves (1 per serve)

Lunch  (28 Serves)

Pesto, Spinach & Ricotta Rolls – 16 serves

Baked Potato with Ham & Cheese – 4 serves

Bacon Corn & Cheese Loaf – 4 serves

Chicken, Pumpkin & Sesame Rice Paper Rolls – 4 serves.

Dinner  (28 Serves)

Easy Fried Rice – 8 serves

Stovetop Beef Lasagne – 6 serves

Kid Friendly Healthy Meat Pie – 6 serves

Curried Beef with Peas – 4 serves

Creamy Chicken & Corn Soup – 4 serves

Snacks (56 Serves)

Caramilk Weet-Bix Slice –  24 serves

Wholemeal Choc Chip Muffins – 12 serves

Pizza Scrolls – 10 serves

Banana Oat & Choc Chip Cookies – 8 serves

All these recipes might be discovered on the 28 Day Weight Loss Challenge.

“I want to be organised for the coming weeks and save some money,” says Kate. “I wish to have meals available, giving me no excuses to decide on unhealthy choices.

“Also, I wish to keep away from a number of journeys to the grocery store and shopping for issues I don't want! Breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks are sorted and there are a number of choices for the household to select from.

“Being busy throughout the day, chasing after the kids, working or having appointments I don’t have stress about getting dinner ready or what are we having for lunch while out. Being organised with prep makes things SO much easier!”

How Kate determined what she was going to make

Because Kate has signed as much as the 28 Day Weight Loss Challenge she was in a position to sit down and use the Budget/Timesaver meal plan and the funds filter, selected a bunch of recipes that she thought her household would take pleasure in.

“I put my meal plan together and BAM, ready to get cooking! Every recipe is from the App and everyone LOVES them!”

Kate’s prime ideas for meal prepping

• Sit down and select recipes that you and your loved ones will take pleasure in.
• Pick recipes which have comparable substances.
• Select recipes which can be simply doubled to make extra serves.
• Choose recipes that will freeze effectively.
• Use the App procuring listing, this tells you the amount of every ingredient you want.
• Write all the things down!
• Have an inventory written of what you make, cross issues off as you go.
• Always have a garbage bag to wash up your waste throughout prep.
• Clean up as you go.
• After every recipe is made and popped within the oven or fridge, clear up the mess/dishes from it and use that for the subsequent recipe.
• This saves SO a lot time and by the tip you received’t have a lot to wash up in any respect.
• Label your containers!
• If you neglect you could neglect what's in every and be weary while you discover them within the freezer.
• I exploit white labels with a marker.
• Let the children take part: combine some substances in, assist roll the dough out, sprinkle some substances over and many others.
• This could make them wish to attempt completely different meals in the event that they helped make it.
• Put some music on and ENJOY your time within the kitchen!

Kate’s prime ideas for saving time

• Utilise the app to seek out recipes with comparable substances.
• Instead of selecting a number of recipes, select half the quantity and double the recipes.
• Make certain you make room in your fridge/freezer previous to beginning!
• Use your kitchen devices, when you have a sluggish cooker add a recipe to make on this, pop it on firstly and it’ll be prepared by the point you end different recipes.
• Use your meals processor to cut up gadgets as a substitute of spending numerous time chopping.
• Distract the children with an icy pole exterior or a film if want be.
• Have a number of recipes on the go without delay: One within the sluggish cooker, two on the stovetop, one within the oven, one snack within the fridge setting and so forth.
• While a pair is cooking begin popping the already cooked/made of their containers.
• Have containers/luggage set out able to dish recipes up.

Kate’s prime tips about saving cash in your meals store

• Buy dwelling model (Woolworths/Coles model) gadgets, as a substitute of the dearer recognized manufacturers.
• Get meat that's on Special, have a look at completely different cuts/manufacturers for the most affordable.
• Purchase marked down items.
• Shop the specials, examine catalogs to see the place gadgets are most cost-effective.
• Write/print out the procuring listing and solely permit your self to purchase what's on it, take a pen to cross gadgets off.
• If you possibly can, store on-line so that you don’t end up grabbing extras!

Kate’s 25kg weight reduction story

Kate says earlier than she discovered The Healthy Mummy, she struggled to seek out garments that may match her.

“I used to try on multiple outfits but they were all too tight so I end up wearing the same thing over and over again,” says Kate.

“I didn’t want to buy new clothes because I was embarrassed about the size I would need to buy.”

“Thankfully, The Healthy Mummy was proven to me that I wanted to cease consuming a bag of M&Ms daily every day and get my very own life on monitor in a wholesome means.

“Now when I go shopping to find a dress, I fit a size 8! I could not be happier. My body is now so much healthier and stronger than it ever has been.”