Meal prepping this baked sweet potato recipe is the best decision you’ll ever make.

And it’s not for the obvious reasons either. It’s just that this sweet potato meal prep made my life so much easier and I promise it’ll make your life easier too.

Here’s why..

When you’re trying to achieve your fitness goal, not knowing what to eat can hold you back.

In my case, I was looking for a simple recipe that I can easily make every week without spending too much money or many hours in the kitchen.

And I think I’ve finally found it. Seriously!

This baked sweet potato and salmon meal prep is the perfect post-workout meal to eat for muscle gain or weight loss. It’s packed with high quality protein, good carbohydrates and healthy fats.

I’ll reveal how this sweet potato meal prep came together in a moment, but first let me tell you why meal prepping is so important for achieving your goals.

What Is Meal Prep?

Meal Prep is a process of cooking most of your food at one time so you can have ready made meals for a few days or the whole week.

The number of days your meal prep lasts is a matter of choice. For me, I don’t let it go past 4 days.

The way I meal prep is simple. For this baked sweet potato meal prep, I wanted to eat a really balanced meal.

So I chose foods from plant and animal sources. Sweet potato and broccoli are both plants while salmon is a great source of high quality animal protein.

One thing I love about meal prepping is that, you can eat a varied diet rich in flavour every day of the week. The hard part is really making time for meal prep.

Also, meal prep allows you to cook as many foods as you want so you can eat different meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

And don’t worry, the food you cook will last long and retain it’s flavour as long as you cook your food properly using the correct ingredients. Like this baked sweet potato meal prep.

How To Make This Baked Sweet Potato Meal Prep

Meal prepping is not an easy process to master. It takes time, cooking skills and planning to meal prep properly.

Don’t worry though, with the 4 steps below, you’ll be able to properly meal prep this baked sweet potato recipe just like I did.

Follow these 4 steps to plan this sweet potato meal prep and also any food you want.

1. Plan Your Meal Prep: Before doing any cooking, you must first write down what you want to cook. Use the note pad on your phone to write down the ingredients for this baked sweet potato recipe as shown in the recipe card below.
2. Food Shopping: Buy everything you’ll need from a store nearby your house or online. Make sure to get the exact ingredients I used in this baked sweet potato recipe if you want to get the same macronutrients or close enough.
3. Cook Your Food: Once you have all the ingredients ready, it’s time to cook your food and meal prep. Follow the exact instructions as detailed in the recipe card below for how to cook this baked sweet potato recipe properly.
4. How To Meal Prep Properly: Now your food is cooked, this is the exciting part. Before placing the food in it’s separate containers, there’s one more important step you have to take.

Firstly, measure each food on it’s own using a good kitchen scale. Place each food in a large bowl one after the other and measure out it’s entire contents.

Take the total amount of food in grams or kg and divide it by 4 or by the number of individual meals you want. That’s how much should go into each separate meal prep containers.

For example, place all the baked sweet potato into a large bowl and measure it’s entire contents on the kitchen scale.

As shown in the image above, mine added up to 556 grams. So I divided the sweet potatoes by 4, that’s how much went into 4 separate meal prep containers.

Do this for the broccoli too. Lastly, place 1 salmon each into 4 separate containers. And you’re done. How easy was that?

How To Store Your Meal Prep

One of the tricky thing about meal prepping is: how to properly store your food.

When I try to persuade more people to do meal prep, they always bring up the one thing they dislike most about meal prepping: storing the food.

This is because if you don’t store your food properly it’ll go bad quickly or it’ll get all mushy and lose it’s taste after a few days in the fridge.

If your food goes bad or becomes mushy and tasteless before you get to eat it, what’s the point of meal prepping?

Here’re two things you must do to store your food properly and avoid it going bad:

• Meal Prep for 4 Days or Less: I simply meal prep for only a few days, 4 days maximum. To be honest, meal prepping for a week is not something I do at all.

It’s not just because its boring to eat the same food for a week but because I like a bit of variety in my diet. Also, by doing this you’ll eat fresh foods for most of the week.

• Use Glass Meal Prep Containers: Investing in a great meal prep container is a worthwhile investment. I used to use plastic containers and I wasted a lot of money because my food went bad quickly and ruined my meal prep. I don’t wish that on you.

Switching to glass meal prep containers has been a game changer. I use these glass food storage containers I got from amazon. They’re quite expensive but definitely worth it. It comes in 12 different sizes and they’re leak proof, freezer and oven safe. Very tidy!

They’re one of the best investment I’ve made in the past year and I fully recommend them if you want to start meal prepping.

And make sure to start with this salmon and sweet potato meal prep. You won’t regret it.

Baked Sweet Potato And Salmon Meal Prep For Weight Loss

This baked sweet potato recipe was created specifically to help you eat healthy and lose weight. If you eat this meal as part of a healthy calorie deficit diet, you will lose weight. Seriously!

One thing to remember though when it comes to weight loss, prioritise eating at a calorie deficit. This means you should burn more calories than you consume on an ongoing basis if you want to lose weight and keep it off.

There’s no point in relying on just one meal to help you lose weight. It won’t work. You have to eat less, get active and be in a calorie deficit. If you want a meal plan for weight loss, get my 6 weeks fat loss meal plan.

Baked Sweet Potato Meal Prep Ingredients

The best part about prepping this sweet potato recipe was at the beginning when I washed the potatoes under the tap to get rid of dirt on the skin.

Before, I would normally peel my potatoes when cooking them on the stove but not this time. I knew this sweet potato recipe would be better baked with the skin on. I was right.

• Sweet potato: When it comes to carbohydrates, you can’t go wrong with potatoes. Sweet potatoes are naturally gluten free, very sweet and nutritious. Potatoes are always welcomed in my kitchen and sweet potatoes in particular are my favourite to meal prep.

One thing about this root vegetable, they are very versatile and easy to cook with. For this meal prep, I chose to bake them because they last longer and retain their taste and texture when baked properly.

• Salmon: Salmon is the best fish to come out of the water. I used it in this meal prep because it’s very delicious when baked properly and it’s a source of high quality protein.

When it comes to meal prepping fish, salmon is the best choice. Also, it’s very nutritious and a good source of iron. The heme iron in salmon is great for you if you’re deficient in iron.

• Broccoli: Broccoli is a beautiful green vegetable that resembles a tiny tree. Broccoli is tasty when roasted and very easy to meal prep.

It was an obvious choice for this meal prep for one reason: it compliments the sweet potato and adds another colour to this meal prep. I love when food comes in multiple colours.

• Olive oil: Olive oil is the best cooking oil in my humble opinion and the best choice for this baked sweet potato recipe. As olive oil is a source of healthy fats, it makes this meal prep a balanced diet.

As far as health benefits goes, olive oil is loaded with anti inflammatory properties and reduces oxidation of bad cholesterol. source

• Cinnamon: Cinnamon is the king of spices. I love cooking with them because it just adds another level of flavour to this meal prep. It has a strong smell so I only used one teaspoon. When it comes to cinnamon, less is better.

• Black pepper: When it comes to seasoning, I always opt for black pepper.

• Himalayan salt: Pink Himalayan sea salt was used in this meal prep for it’s lightness in taste.

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Conclusion

As a beginner, meal prepping can seem like a daunting task but it’s very rewarding in the long run. I promise.

Once you get the hang of meal prepping every week, you’ll be able to cook healthy meals that’ll help you achieve your fitness goals.

No matter what your reason is for wanting to meal prep, you’ll be able to achieve it the better you get with meal prepping.

This baked sweet potato meal prep is a good start to meal prepping because the food is delicious and very easy to cook. Also, using the glass containers to store your food will make it last longer, keep it fresh and tastes even better.

Lastly, if you want more healthy recipes like this, try this spicy sweet potato fries with ground beef.

Will you meal prep this baked sweet potato recipe? Tell me in the comments!

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