r/veganmealprep

Hi there, in a couple weeks time I will be working very long hours over the course of a week (12-15 + 1/2 hrs each back to back) and I presume we won't be fed onsite so I'll need to prep at least 21 meals if not 24, ideally all in one go. I've done prep before and for evening meals will probably just make freezer meals I can microwave and shove in my face every night but I'm a bit more confused as to how I could go about lunches without making overnight oats and prepping a lunch every night. Are there any breakfasts/overnight oat esque things you can freeze and thaw? Furthermore, ideally I don't want to bring lunches I'll have to microwave because I don't know if I'll have access to one onsite (I'm stewarding so they might just dump me out on a random street and leave me there for 12 hours) - ideally I'd make some sort of sandwiches/snack packs I could freeze and throw in some long life stuff and eat that as a packed lunch every day after thawing, but I have no idea if that's possible, although I have heard pasta freezes well so that is always a backup plan. I am vegan so that does make things a bit more difficult. Any advice on thaw-and-eat or long life breakfasts and lunches? Very sorry if this indicates I don't know things that I really should at my age and just haven't learned, please be kind

Need some help - vegan trying to bulk up.

Give me some easy to make, meal prep friendly, delicious dinner bulking recipes please

On track to build some serious muscle this year as a relatively broke vegan, now trying to save money by doing it mostly with stuff available at Costco. Think lifting-bro approach but make it vegan. Dumb simple. Cheap. 40+ G protein per meal.

For context: I have been vegan a long time, love cooking, and can definitely make some amazingly tasty dishes when time is on my side. Life stuff is forcing me away from multi-hour cooking sessions/expensive ingredients/multi-store grocery trips, and that plus the health goal is making it hard to use my staples of incredibly delicious though labor intensive dishes. Also yes, I’m taking a multivitamin, and not focused on micronutrients for this prep. Also yes, one of my meals per day is a protein shake.

Here’s what I have been eating so far:

Tofu rice bowls. Tofu, frozen mixed veg, and rice. Main issue here is I can’t find a reliable, easy af way to make the amount of tofu i need to eat to hit 40g protein not taste like… warm unflavored tofu with stuff on the outside. It’s the cheapest and best protein source at Costco but baking a ton of marinaded tofu just isn’t hitting, nor are scrambles, pad krapow etc. Was easier using the high protein tofu from other stores bc it’s less volume, but alas, Costco doesn’t have.

Beyond meat kibble. You guessed it, it’s two beyond burgers with rice and frozen mixed vegetables, typically doused in hot sauce. This one rocks for me, but is significantly more expensive than other sources so I’d like to mix it up.

Chickpeas + protein pasta + tomato sauce. Easy as heck but the protein pasta isn’t at Costco, and is pretty expensive. Could just use beyond meat and regular pasta here, but still kind of expensive.

Please save me from eating 4 beyond burgers a day. Thanks in advance for any other ideas you have.

So I’ve taken to making my own milk for the last while. I’m currently using a batch of soy milk I made which turned out great but takes a lot of time to do. I’ve also been making oat milk and no matter what I do, every single batch ends up with ALOT of sediment in it. It’ll separate in the fridge to the point that I have to have a smoothie shaker ball in the bottle to dislodge it from the bottom and mix it through again. If I don’t do this, the milk is extremely watery.

Those of you that make your own oat milk - what have you found works to reduce the sediment/separation, whilst still having really creamy milk?