Welcome to Simple Eats Meal Prep 101. Meal prep is easy. It's about taking the time once a week to prepare all your meals so you aren't bothered after a long day and you have the time to watch The Bachelorette, guilt-free.

I love Mediterranean food because it's fresh, simple AND healthy. If you follow my grocery list, you'll be able to make all these recipes using up all of your ingredients. No more throwing out vegetables because you'll be throwing them into the Mediterranean Bake! You'll have dinner for a few nights and time leftover to be able to sit with your family over an easy, delicious home-cooked meal.

**You don't need to stick with the vegetables on my list either, you can add what you have in your fridge into the mix.**

So take this grocery list with you to the supermarket, grab the items, allow a couple of hours to prepare these tasty meals and then you're all set! Go watch My Big Fat Greek Wedding if you need to get into the Greek Week spirit.

Click on the list for a printable pdf or save to your Pinterest page!

Cucumber Basil Gazpacho instructions .jpg

If you've ever waited tables like me, you probably heard "This soup is cold." So this soup is the perfect solution to avoid that because it's served cold.

I don't have a picture of the chicken but you know what chicken looks like ;)

Turkey meatballs. What can you serve but never eat?

A volleyball. Get it???

meatballs step 1.JPG — Step 1: Mix everything in a bowl

meatballs step 3.JPG — Step 3: Bake and enjoy!

One of my favorite families that I meal prep for has a vegan daughter, so that’s how I landed on the Mediterranean vegetable bake. I needed a tasty alternative and this is so easy to make, too.

I love this sauce drizzled on everything from vegetable skewers to chicken breast and even to dip fresh pita bread in. Side note - just click on the recipes above to get a printable pdf.

Let me know what you think and stay tuned for next week's grocery list and menus, posted every Friday!