Sweet Potato Meal Prep

Cooked once, this easy sweet potato meal prep recipe will provide you with delicious and healthy lunches or dinners all week long. Freeze leftovers!

Looking for simple, budget-friendly, healthy sweet potato recipes to prep meals on Sundays and enjoy all week long?

This high-protein vegetarian sweet potato chili has been one of my favorite weekday lunch or dinner recipes for over a decade. I love non-vegans too!

Recipes are dairy-free, vegan, gluten-free, soy-free, whole 30, paleo or oil-free.

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Sweet Potato Meal Prep Ingredients

Here’s what you’ll need for your recipe: Black beans, tomatoes, onions, chili powder, orange peel, zucchini or carrots, salt, ground cumin, large sweet potatoes.

If you like hot peppers, add hot sauce or crushed red pepper to your liking.

Use canned diced tomatoes for quick and easy preparation. Fire-roasted tomatoes are also a great option. If using unsalted diced tomatoes, add a pinch of salt.

Orange peels add incredible flavor to vegetarian meal prep recipes and should not be omitted. One small orange yields about a teaspoon of orange peel.

To make the orange peel, first wash the orange. Using a zester or grater, shred the orange peel. Alternatively, peel the fruit with a vegetable peeler and mince the skin with a sharp knife.

Sweet potato recipes already pack nearly 7 grams of protein per cup, and you can make it even higher by including protein in your chosen option. Add salmon, but I like to keep it vegan by adding a can of chickpeas, pinto beans, or grilled tofu.

Leftover black beans?make black bean brownies

Watch the sweet potato meal prep recipe video above

Healthy sweet potato recipe how to make

Although not required, roasting the sweet potatoes first adds sweetness and gives the best flavor. Here’s how to cook sweet potatoes.

Mince or dice the raw or roasted sweet potatoes, peeled as desired. Place all ingredients in a medium pot and bring to a boil.

Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low and simmer uncovered for 15 minutes. Sweet potatoes and zucchini or carrots should be softened.

Add salt and optional pepper to taste. Serve the sweet potato recipe immediately, or let it cool before dividing into meal prep containers.

This is the perfect recipe for beginners to the concept of meal prepping and cooking in bulk. is a low-calorie option.

Preservation Tips for Sweet Potato Meal Prep

After cooking, be sure to let the peppers cool before dividing evenly into glass Pyrex or leak-proof plastic BPA-free containers.Like These meal prep containers.

Sweet potato stew can be stored as is. Alternatively, choose a larger container and fill it halfway with mashed avocado, cooked brown rice, quinoa, low-carb cauliflower rice, stuffed peppers, pasta, green salad, or roasted broccoli. For added variation, fill the container with different sides for each day of the week.

Recipes are good for up to 5 days when stored in an airtight meal prep bowl or container. Store an extra container in the freezer for a near-instant meal whenever you don’t have time to cook.

The recipe was inspired by Pinterest and referenced my Sweet Potato Chili.

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