I Meal Prepped 16 Meals for Only $30 | Budget Friendly Meal Prep

Food costs are as high as they've ever been in my life right now. Meal prep can help fight this. Cooking your meals at home instead of eating out is probably the number one way people can save on personal food cost. You can take it a step further and meal prep cheap foods to save even more money. This day I meal prepped 16 meals for $30.63 which I thought was outstanding. Here are the recipes I used:

PB&J Baked Oatmeal:

Spicy Adobo Chicken and Peppers:

Ground Chicken Taco Bowls:

Casserole Pan:

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[ShamrockShakee]

You’re honestly the first meal prep channel I’ve seen who *actually* seasons their food.

[larrypill]

Hey Josh - The industry I work in requires around 80-90 hour work weeks and many people I know have either gained obscene amounts of weight, or lost obscene amounts. Your channel has been the only reason I am able to maintain my work weeks along with my gym progress and goals. Appreciate your help tremendously and looking forward to you hitting a million subscribers these next few months. Cheers!

[simoncoupe]

This video literally made me reevaluate everything I used to think about meal prep. Cost, taste and prepping breakfasts. Who knew right? You (and Aldi) have literally saved me £95.48 ($115.56) in the past 4 weeks. Over the course of a year that could potentially save me £1241.24 ($1502.28). I'm gobsmacked and so grateful for your information. Thanks from NW UK.

[Tominp]

Dude, you’re incredible. Your videos have been exactly what I’ve been wanting for years now. Including the calories and prices is so extremely helpful. Ty for your obvious hard work!

[shumyums]

Josh, You are the first dude that does low cal high protein meals that actually look like they taste good. As a foodie that loves fitness there is nothing more that I loathe than watching weight lifters create a cooking channel where they cook everything with Franks and salt. Keep up the good work man!

[goonmedic]

Hey Josh! Paramedic here. I found your channel while looking for meal prepping ideas. Thank you so much for instructional videos and recipes beyond just the staple bodybuilder ones I’ve seen on YouTube. Definitely a unique channel, keep up the good work!

[bfc]

I'm a 19yr old uni student, recently moved out on my own. And I'm pretty paranoid about spending lol (since it's my first time really having to budget ig). I got my meals down to ~2.50AUD as that was the point where I felt there was a good balance of flavor, variety and cost. I took lots of inspiration from your channel while accounting for what is cheap where I'm from.

So what I'm saying is that this video, especially that excel sheet you showed, is eerily similar to what I'm doing 😂

[karenvidaurri]

This has been the first meal prep video I’ve actually enjoyed watching! Not too over the top and looks doable to non cookers like me! Thanks please keep making them !

[lukastojilkovic]

I LOVE HOW U SHOW EVERYTHING IN GRAMS NOT ONLY IN CUPS SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND IN EUROPE

[Losing_Gamer]

I’ve meal planned before and lasted for about 3 months. You’ve simplified the process so much I’m convinced that it just can’t get any easier. Thanks king 👑

[LoveDimashali]

You are a freaking G E N I U I just cannot get over the amazing meals that you make that will allow me to stay on my intermittent diet. Dude, you are amazing and if it weren't for you, I would NEVER be able to plan or stay on this diet. I work 12 hour days most of the time and am in college, so these are a lifesaver.THANK YOU SO MUCH!💕💕

[justincallender]

I’m in the military and don’t have much time to balance work and maintain good calories in the day and come up with recipes, these videos make it so much easier just follow along. Very appreciated and this is the next meal prep I make. Keep up the great work

[ruthallen]

My husband has loved everything so far. It’s great for taking to work

[Summergirl]

can we get more videos like this? i always get overwhelmed when meal prepping, but this helped so much with controlling my times and organizing everything! thank you!

[Slinkwater]

I've been making your recipes for a several weeks now and they absolutely slap! This week was the buffalo chicken rice. Absolutely *chef's kiss*, and it's crazy because it feels like it's taken me forever to figure out good food that's filling and isn't too calorie dense. It's inspired me to get back into the kitchen, and I've actually started developing my own cheap, filling, mindful meals for myself and my whole family. I've even gone back and modified some of my old dishes from back in the day as a dedicated home cook, lol. So thank you for the recipes and inspiration!

[juliocezarsilva]

I was reluctant, for many many reasons. But all the info, organization, conciseness and explainability you've spent into this video... this deserves a subscribe, like, notifications, and a hug. Honestly, what wonderful work! I wish you all the success.

[garbageflowers]

the real secret to these dishes is the CHIPOTLES. they are a blast of flavor. cheers!

as a side note, surprised by the lack of black beans, but love this! been making it myself for a while now. i do have my salsa with added habanero peppers instead of jalepenos and i eat brown rice. i also make a chipotle yogurt sauce for toppings. so anyone else reading this, dont be afraid to experiment and spice it up a notch!

[NerdyNerdUHeard]

This. is. the. best. meal. prep. video. ever. And I watched a lot. Either they aren't as appetizing to me or not cheap enough (and I'm a student on a budget) or they are not high protein. Love it! Thank you!

[robmccarty]

This is incredibly top tier content. Great work on this, showing the timeline the way you did, and the price breakdown/full service meal planning is fantastically useful.

[josephsharp]

Man, I really appreciate your spreadsheet usage and to-the-gram precision. This is really impressive.