The 5 Best Meal Prep Recipes with Oatmeal

Meal prepping is absolutely trendy and is becoming increasingly popular. By planning and cooking meals in advance, you save time, money and stress in your everyday life. Nice side effect: This makes it much easier to build and maintain good habits.

Recipes for meal prepping

Creativity is required when it comes to meal prepping - nobody wants to eat nothing but bean stew for a week. What is particularly important when choosing recipes is the shelf life and how it needs to be stored. For example, you can easily pre-cook soups in larger quantities and freeze them in portions. Unfortunately, a fresh salad won't forgive you if you put it in the freezer and even in the fridge it will simply hang its head after a certain amount of time. You can prepare delicious recipes with oatmeal for your breakfast and nutritious meal prep snacks. The oat flakes keep you full for a long time and provide you with valuable nutrients that give you energy for your day.

These delicious meal prep recipes make pre-cooking even more fun.

Nutritious meal prep snack: Banana bread

Who doesn't love it?! The vegan recipe for banana bread with oatmeal is perfect for meal prep. You can safely eat the banana bread even after 2-3 days. To make sure you have it for longer, you can also freeze the banana bread cut into slices and then simply let it thaw again at room temperature if necessary.

Recipe for moist banana bread with oat flakes

Vegan matcha coconut overnight oats

Overnight oats are probably the simplest form of meal prep and are ideal for a wholesome breakfast or a varied snack. You can keep overnight oats well chilled in the refrigerator for about 3 days. The best thing about it: With overnight oats, your breakfast will never be boring. There are countless variations and recipes with which you can provide enough variety. How about the recipe for our vegan matcha coconut overnight oats, for example?

Recipe for vegan matcha coconut overnight oats

Hearty energy balls with vegetables and oat flakes

Oats are also savory! The vegan energy balls with vegetables and oat flakes are great to plan when meal prepping. For example, you can eat them with a salad, simply on their own or with delicious dips such as hummus.

Recipe for hearty energy balls with vegetables and oat flakes

Easy meal prepping: Baked Oats Apple Strudel Style

Baked oats are so easy to prepare. You only need a few ingredients and you end up with a great breakfast that tastes like cake but is nutritious. For example, you can bake our baked oats in apple strudel style in small soufflé molds and portion them straight away. The baked oats will last up to 3 days in the refrigerator. Before eating, put the baked oats in the oven or microwave again for 1-2 minutes and then enjoy lukewarm.

Recipe for apple strudel baked oats

Sweet meal prep snack - fruity energy balls

Fruity energy balls can be prepared from dried fruits and oat flakes. They are the perfect snack in between and are easy to prepare for your meal prep week.

Recipe for fruity energy balls

Are you a meal prep professional or want to become one? You can find more helpful tips in our meal prep guide .