Meal Prep #3: Overnight Blueberry Oats ~ Breakfast Burritos ~ Ham and Cheese Sandwiches with Caramelized Onions, and Roasted Green Veggies (recipes included!)

Ben decided to join in on the meal prep action this week! It was fun to cook together and get ourselves set up for a healthy, productive week.

On the menu...

• Slow-Cooker Blueberry Oats (toss it in, turn it on, let it brew, go to bed!)
• Breakfast Burritos (for lunch, the coworker smell-envy is very real)
• Ham and Cheese Sandwiches with Caramelized Onions, with Roasted Green Veggies on the side (SO good, I look forward to these everyday and could probably eat 4 per meal if it wouldn't mess up my meals for the rest of the week!)

Breakfast

First off our oats! I was such a huge fan of last week's breakfast oats, that I decided to find a similar recipe for this week!

I found this Blueberry Muffin Overnight Oat recipe and made a few modifications to make it a bit less sugar-heavy and creamier. Here's my final recipe:

I ended up measuring enough dry ingredients for 10 days and storing them in a large tub. This way, we can shake up the tub and scoop out 3/4 cup each night (to account for oat and sugar volume).

(oats, sugar, salt, cinnamon prepped and ready!)

Lunch

These burritos are super easy and delish! We actually found these on Buzzfeed, video courtesy of Tasty (<-- click for full recipe and demo). If you're tag-teaming with your boo, I recommend having Person #1 take care of the veggie chopping while Person #2 slices and cooks the bacon. While the veggies are in the pan, Person #1 can take care of grating the cheese, slicing the green onions, and cracking the eggs. As Person #2 finishes cooking the sausage and eggs, Person #1 can start prepping dinner ingredients. Then, lay everything out and start stuffing!

Since Ben and I know that we're going to be eating these within the next few days, we decided to leave them in the fridge. If you do this too, there's no need to microwave these babies for more than 2 minutes. Believe it or not, it was Ben's idea to stick 'em in an adorable burrito basket!

Dinner

These Ham and Cheese Sandwiches (<-- click for recipe) are not only adorable, but also absolutely scrumptious!! I seriously crave and look forward to them all day. Since there are 12 sammies in this one, we were able to each eat one for dinner on Sunday and still have enough for every weekday!

We intended to skip the bacon on this one but had a little bit leftover from our breakfast burritos. It really brings some nice crunch to these little guys!

Look at that cross section! Fer yum!

The basic rundown is... cook the onions on med to med-high for about 30 minutes until browned, then toss in the garlic and cook until fragrant. Add sauce ingredients and cook down. Layer on bisected buns: ham, cheese (we used Swiss AND Provolone, because we're fancy like that), bacon specks, caramelized onions, then top buns. Spray with oil, loosely cover with foil, and bake at 250 degrees for 25 minutes.

Because these sandwiches are a bit on the small-side, we decided to roast up some green veggies!

Isn't that the healthiest-looking thing you've ever seen?

Here's the method...

Wash and dry...

   - 1 lb Green Beans - trim the ends and cut in half (shorter is more convenient for on-the-go eating)

   - 1 lb + 8 oz Brussels Sprouts - cut in half through the nub

   - 1 large head of broccoli - chop into large florets

Toss 'em all in olive oil, season with salt and pepper.

Spread out in one layer on a few foil-lined cookie sheets

Bake at 425 degrees F for 25 minutes, stirring halfway through

Store your sammies and veggies into individual containers and you're ready for a busy week!

This is absolutely one of my favorite meal-prep weeks so far! So glad Ben and I are tag-teaming and I hope y'all have some success with getting your meals in order! Happy cooking!!

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Quick edit: these portions ended up being a little bit small for us. I would recommend doubling the Ham and Cheese Sandwiches (because they are so. darn. good!) OR doubling the veggies on the side if you feel like being admirably healthy. I'd also recommend adding on a veggie side dish with the burritos: sautéed spinach, more of the roasted veggies, etc. <3