Jess exams the pantry fundamentals meal plan

The Wholesome Mummy meal prep Queen Jess has performed it once more! This wonderful mum made 97 serves of most important meals and 74 serves of snacks for simply over $250!! That works out to be beneath $1.50 per serve!

Jess Magill is a busy mum-of-6 with a neurodivergent family. She has been a part of The Wholesome Mummy group for over 8 years, throughout which period she has had 4 Wholesome Mummy pregnancies and used the 28 Day Problem to assist her get again on observe and keep her weight reduction efficiently.

Jess additionally juggles working from residence, in order she explains, “meal prep is an absolute should if I wish to eat healthily and never seize packaged meals on the go!”

In regards to the Pantry Fundamentals Meal Plan

The Wholesome Mummy app caters to varied totally different existence, dietary necessities and preferences. We at present have 27 several types of meal plans out there. With over 6000 recipes within the Wholesome Mummy App you’ll be able to simply additional customise your meal plan to go well with you and your households wants.

The Pantry Fundamentals Meal Plan was initially created throughout covid when folks had main points getting groceries. We created this plan utilizing the inventory customary pantry objects, since then it has developed and has been up to date in 2024. Now all recipes within the 4 week plan are costed out to be beneath $2.50 per serve utilizing present grocery store costs.

Though this meal plan has developed to go well with present occasions, the aim of the meal plan could be very a lot the identical!

It’s right here to help mums and households on a decent funds by utilizing objects they seemingly have already got within the cabinet, utilising key pantry staples similar to eggs, oats, nuts, seeds, honey, flour and rice.

With all that mentioned you don’t really feel like you’re lacking out utilizing this funds possibility! The Pantry Fundamentals meal plan consists of scrumptious household pleasant recipes that may prevent time AND cash as you’ll be able to see under!

What Jess made

Jess shares with us that this was truly the primary time she has made per week’s value of meals with out closely customising the meal plan, and she or he was so stunned at how budget-friendly it was!!

Right here’s every little thing Jess made whereas spending simply over $250 on groceries: 

Jess made 171 serves together with:

24 x Superfood Rocky Highway

30 x Choc Chip Banana Bread 

6 x Darkish Chocolate & Strawberry Parfait

10 x Pretty Lemon Ice Blocks

4 x Hummus and Cucumber Crackers (portioned able to seize crackers and assemble) 

8 x Strawberry Oatmeal Breakfast Bars 

4 x Egg and Cheese Breaky Cups (3 muffins per serve)

5 x Do-it-yourself Rooster Noodles 

4 x Rice, Roast Pumpkin and Seed Salad 

16 x Hawaiian Pita Pizzas 

20 x Sausage and Veggie Pasta Bake 

16 x Sticky Rooster Fried Rice

6 x Lentil Chilli Con Carne 

8 x Loaded Candy Potato Fries 

Jess famous she additionally bought substances for 4 x Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie Bowl, however didn’t prep these as they must be made and instantly eaten. 

Jess shares her high meal prep ideas

• If you happen to’re making one batch you would possibly as nicely make 2 or 3! Particularly if it’s a recipe you’ve made earlier than and you understand you prefer it! 

• Don’t be afraid to substitute substances and work with what you’ve bought. I used all brown rice in my meal prep as a substitute of shopping for 2 differing types, I additionally used leftover passata rather than tinned tomatoes, I used honey as a substitute of maple syrup as I already wanted to purchase honey and many others 

• Wash up / clear up as you go. There may be completely nothing worse than ending an enormous prep and having a mountain of dishes!! 

“I’m so pumped to smash out this 12 week problem, and this pantry fundamentals meal prep has given me an enormous benefit!”

Meal prep helps Jess keep on observe

“The meal prep will imply I’ve nutritious lunches and snacks able to seize one-handed whereas I’m chasing after the youngsters, so I gained’t skip meals or attain for packaged crap!”

“Having wholesome kid-friendly snacks prepped is a big assist too, to avoid wasting time packing faculty/preschool lunches. It means I do know what’s within the meals they’re consuming, in addition to saving cash as I’m not shopping for packaged meals.”

Jess depends on the Wholesome Mummy app to not solely plan her meal prep but in addition maintain observe of her favorite recipes in preparation for the occasions she does these huge meal preps.

“To plan my meal prep I all the time flick by my ‘favorite’ recipes and decide a number of. It’s straightforward then to look the recipe hub for recipes based mostly on the substances I’m already shopping for, to assist cut back prices. I like that I can enhance the serving measurement as wanted for my household earlier than I print all of the recipes I’m making!”

Funds, funds, funds!

Jess’s greatest budgeting ideas when doing an enormous meal prep.

With an ever-growing household, it’s exhausting for Jess to say how a lot utilizing the Wholesome Mummy has helped the household funds. However given she all the time preps and plans meals she’s satisfied it has undoubtedly helped cease her funds from blowing out because the household grows.

• “Bulking meals out with further veggies or beans is an enormous one in our home! It’s more healthy and half of my youngsters want beans to meat anyway! I additionally hate meals wastage so attempt to utilise each leftover ingredient in one other recipe.”
• “I plan my meals round which veggies are in season/on particular and attempt to purchase frozen veggies when recent is simply too costly.”
• “Buying on-line actually helps as you’ll be able to see the whole add up and keep away from impulse shopping for, and there are very often low cost codes on-line.”

“I might estimate we’d spend a minimum of $50-100 extra per week on pre-packaged snacks, meals wastage, and further last-minute journeys to the outlets if I wasn’t organised with meal planning and prep.”

Jess is without doubt one of the unique Wholesome Mummy’s

Jess began with The Wholesome Mummy means again in 2015. That’s fairly superior!

Past utilizing The Wholesome Mummy to meal prep and maintain her funds beneath management along with her wonderful household, Jess has additionally used the 28 Day Weight Loss Problem to healthily get again into form after 4 of her pregnancies.

“My unique begin weight for Wholesome Mummy (again in 2015) was 85kgs, I misplaced 20kgs in 6 months and bought all the way down to my lowest grownup weight of 65kgs.”

Since initially becoming a member of the Wholesome Mummy and getting wonderful outcomes Jess has been capable of utilise the wholesome recipes to have 4 Wholesome Mummy pregnancies after which proceed to shed pounds and keep the burden loss after her infants have been born.

Jess had a Wholesome Mummy being pregnant for child #3 and misplaced 17kgs in 10 months after her start.

One other Wholesome Mummy being pregnant for child #4 and misplaced 16kgs in 8 months after her.

Wholesome Mummy being pregnant for child #5 and misplaced 12kgs in 8 months after him.

Child #6 was additionally a Wholesome Mummy being pregnant and now 17 months previous, Jess has misplaced 5kgs and nonetheless recurrently makes use of The Wholesome Mummy recipes and feels more healthy and has extra power as nicely.

You’re a complete famous person Jess! Thanks for testing out the pantry fundamentals meal plan for us all. This one goes to be an enormous funds saver for certain.