13 Vegan Meal Prep Ideas | Under 500 Calories

Are you looking for delicious vegan meal prep ideas to add to your healthy living journey? Today we’re talking about easy vegan-friendly options you can incorporate into your meal plan, all for under 500 calories per serving! Meal prepping is the perfect food prep strategy to help you lose weight and get to your goals faster. With that being said, let’s get into it!

What Is Meal Prepping?

Meal Prep but Make It Vegan

How to Meal Prep for Beginners

If you’re new to the meal prepping scene, there are a few things you should be doing in order to make sure you stick to it.

1. Plan Ahead: Make sure you know what you’re going to make before your meal prepping day comes along. I have a great meal prepping planner available on Etsy to help with this! Make sure you’re writing down what you’re going to have & all the ingredients you need.

2. Stick to Easier Recipes: if you’re starting out, you don’t want to be starting to meal prep with 25 ingredient recipes! Instead, aim to choose recipes with 10-15 ingredients. The most straightforward recipes are often breakfast ones, so meal prepping your breakfast is a good starting point.

3. Make Room & Get Storage Containers: If you’re going to be making all this food, you need to make sure there’s room in your fridge! First, create space ahead of time, so you’re good to go. Secondly, get yourself a set of reusable food storage containers so you’re ready to put your food away once it’s cooked!

4. Cook What You Like, Not What You Think You Like: When it comes to weight loss, one of the biggest issues I see is people trying to trick themselves into eating foods they actually hate. Don’t do this. Find recipes you actually enjoy & want to eat over & over again!

Meal Prep for Weight Loss

You may be wondering why meal prepping is a good strategy for weight loss.

The main reason for this is portion control. First, everything is portioned out ahead of time, so there’s less opportunity to overeat. Secondly, meal prepping saves you later in the week for when you don’t know what to eat. So instead of having to rely on take-out, because nothing is done- you can enjoy your meal-prepped options instead!

Lastly, meal prep recipes tend to be filled with healthy ingredients like veggies, lean cut meats, and whole grains- making it the ideal option for weight loss!