Weekly Meal Prep for Family of 5 as a Full Time working Mum!

Welcome Back to another Sunday Reset!

As a busy full time working couple with three young kids I set aside 2-3 hours on a Sunday to get ahead of the week.

This saves time, money and the mental load throughout the week.

I set aside $350 as a family for 5 to cover all meals, cleaning and household essentials, toiletries and nappies.

Here is the budget breakdown!

Budget $350 - Total Spend $316.31

Fruit $26.94
Vegetables $25.09
Meat $66.24
Treats $12
Toiletries $16.39
Cleaning and Household $0
Everything else $169.65

Meal Plan:

Breakfast
Coconut and Vanilla Chia Puddings

Lunch
Tandoori Chicken and Rice Bowls

Dinners
Loaded Nachos - Beef Mince for Nachos from last week that we didn't have
Chicken Burgers with Wedges
Creamy Cajun Chicken Pasta
Minestrone Soup with Parmesan and Basil
Lasagna Soup
Leftovers
Slow cooked Mexican beef rice

As always thank you so much for all the love, support, messages and comments.
I can't thank you enough for watching and subscribing!

Monique xx

[heather]

Not sure if it's just me but I find these videos so therapeutic!

[hrathweg]

I don’t even work, I am a stay at home mom of one, but I love these videos of yours. I followed you here from instagram where I’ve been watched your preps for a few weeks now. I have a hard time coming up with meal ideas and I love the look and sound of the meals you end up making! Thank you for spending your free time doing these ❤

[pengle]

I watch a lot of grocery shops and meal prep videos and you are the first I have seen that doesn't quote the price of every item, but rather groups them into categories and gives the total of that. I find this fresh approach of looking at a weekly shop both fascinating and useful. Thanx!

[aimeechas]

I would love to see your meal planning and then list making for your week. Would love a video showing that!

[lifeonby]

I cannot tell you how much you have helped my home! Even though I am still working out my schedule and am (very) slow, the joy me and my family get from a full fridge at the start of the week has been so worth it. I tend to do it over two days because I find it hard to find the uninterrupted time but don't mind. As someone who has dreaded the 4pm question of 'what's for dinner' for YEARS, it has even increased my enjoyment of cooking and that is saying something. My husband can hardly believe his luck. :) Thank you so much for taking the time out of your very busy schedule to share this with us. So appreciated!

[lornamoore]

It’s ridiculous how much I love these videos!!!

[cbpx]

Commenting for engagement as I look forward to these videos and your tiktoks every week! <3

[TheUrbanFamily]

quite a new follower here, I started following you from intragram, I was feeling so overwhelmed by meal prep and what to make, and while my husband and I are vegetarian, I still find your videos so relaxing. I think it is your beautiful voice if I am honest. I have had quite a few health problems and right now, standing for more than a couple of minutes is too much, so I have really struggled with cooking dinners. But you have inspired me so much, last night (Sunday, after you video of the 8th Sept) I organised myself at the table with some ingredients. I felt so good after 90 mins. I didn't do that much, I through some left over veggies and meat substitue into an over proof dish, husband then roasted the contents for 20 mins, then added gravy and some frozen mash on top and we had the best dinner we have had in ages. But while he did all that I managed to make breakfast for 3 days, lunch for two days, mixed up some greek yogurt and berries with chocolate chips and put it in the freezer for this week's sweet treats. I then prepared all the veggies for the week so that while I haven't done much, I did something, and we are more likely to eat what we have this week because of that short amount of effort. Today has already been 100% better than the last few months because I have eaten good breakfast and lunch, and because we had just a little leftovers from last night, I took some of the prechopped veggies and threw them in a pot with some lentils to make soup... I'm in the UK, it's not that cold yet, but I just fancied soup. Thanks for the inspo.

[wendyplansandbudgets]

You are such an amazing woman, mum and wife💖. I watch your videos every week and get so inspired but I just don't physically or mentally have the energy to do that, but I do small amounts of meal prep and that works great for me💜. Thank you so very much for your amazing inspiring videos💝

[chipondlovu-lz]

Lovely video-could you pliz do a night routine and ideas on kids lunch boxes

[b.onabudget]

You continue to amaze me. Have a great week ❤ Those cookies look so yummy

[Jennifer_Jen]

Love your videos! So inspiring 🙌🏻 have a fabulous week

[danamariamarie]

Hey from new zealand. Your videos are so refreshing and a joy to watch. Super mama!! Definitely look forward to your videos and gives me motivation to start meal prepping. Enjoy your week ahead 😊

[mflowers]

Amazing! Definitely going to make the Peanur butter cookies. They will be a household fav for us xx

[brittanyskinner]

Favourite video of the week!! Keeps me motivated - thank you!

[sandrarichardson]

Hi from Western Australia, I use to spend my Sundays prepping when my girls were small. I really enjoyed it. I don’t need to do as much these days but I still like to be organised. Love your videos ❤️

[andrehillmann]

You’re incredible. Love it. You’re inspiring me to organize my cooking life. Thank you

[kims]

Another great video! It's the end of summer here in the states, but lasagna soup sounds perfect for a cool fall day! Thanks for sharing

[pamelad]

Hi from France! I like your video and i will try to cook your meals! Thanks for the ideas every week!

[Butterflyz-jm]

Yaayy i found you!! ❤ I came from youre tiktock so glad youre on YT. ❤❤❤