The Vegetarian Meal Prep Cookbook: Time-Saving Recipes and Weekly Plans for Wholesome Consuming

Makes meal prep so much easier! Not just for veggie eaters!
This book is so amazing! Even if you’re a meat eater, it’s easy to add meat into the recipes! This book makes meal prepping so much easier because it gives you lists of everything you’ll need from containers to the things in the kitchen you’ll need.

Lots of gems in here!
I like this cookbook, but it IS a little wacky. I think the author didn’t have a clear vision for her target audience. I am an experienced home cook and vegetarian, so this review will be from that perspective.I made the Veggie Buddha Bowl (the one featured on the front cover) and the Sweet Potato and Kale Salad (the one featured on the back cover) in large quantities over the weekend and we have been eating them all week. The meal prep took me over 4 hours. Twice as long as the combined listed times. And that was even after I subbed out the fried sweet potato spirals in the buddha bowl for the same diced and roasted sweet potatoes used in the salad. But the end results were excellent! The cashew dressing for the buddha bowl is awesome and something I’ve never done before.The sweet potato and kale salad is DELICIOUS. Though next time I will keep the toasted almonds separate. They lost their crunch the next day after I had mixed them in, which is disappointing because that is exactly the kind of thing I would think this meal prep cookbook would take into account.There is kind of a bizarre mix of recipes in the book. For example, the buddha bowl is fairly complicated using many different ingredients and even relies on other recipes in the book. Juxtapose that with the stirfry recipe which calls for the use of a frozen vegetable medley. Or the recipe for Simple Spaghetti Squash which is literally just roasting a spaghetti squash with olive oil, salt, and pepper…the “tip” invites you to combine it with your favorite vegetarian meatballs and marinara sauce…I would have much preferred a recipe for vegetarian meatballs!Also, confusingly, the number of servings on the recipes are all over the place. Sometimes 4, 3, 2, or 1. The buddha bowl is listed as 1 serving and over 1200 calories, so I figured I would half it, but I didn’t even need to try because there is no way you could fit all of the listed ingredients in one 24 ounce container… I tripled that recipe and ended up with 6 servings and a bunch of leftover ingredients. Not a problem at all, but a little weird.All in all, I am happy with the purchase and excited to try out the other recipes!

New to meal prep, old to vegetarianism
I’ve been vegetarian for 16 years, but I’ve never been particularly “good” at it as far as nutrition went. I’m big on convenience and generally prioritize it over eating healthy. I got this because it was time to get a grip on nutrition, and I am overall very happy with this book. I feel like it has a balance of both nutritious foods and convenience because, as the intro describes, many of the ingredients can be bought pre-prepared. I’m in my third week in a row of meal prep and would recommend this to anyone who feels a bit lost in the kitchen.Pros: easy to understand, meals taste good, convenient during the work week when I don’t want to think or prep, shopping list is laid out well, leftovers can be used to fill in the following weeks.Cons: a lot of page flipping, time consuming (2-3 hours each meal prep day so far), a lot of dish cleanup. The last two things could just be cons for me since I don’t cook often.

Vegan not good for your health
I was Vegan 2 years and my health declined and I did not lose any weight. Best diet: Fat Flush by Ann Louise Gittleman