My go-to products for meal prep

Mason Jars

My Go-To Products for Meal Prep

Over time, I’ve tested quite a few containers, lunch boxes, and kitchen tools — and these are the ones I actually use and love in my own kitchen.

Whether you're just getting started or want to upgrade a few essentials, here are some of my favorite meal prep products that make prepping, storing, and packing meals easier (and a little more fun):

If I'd start again, I would buy this beautiful set. I love the pattern and it just makes my kitchen very beautiful and the glasses even more fun to use. I have the exact same ones and use them all every day. Perfect for smaller things like portioned nuts, dips and sauces, jam and little giveaways to friends etc. But you def. also need bigger ones with a little more room for bigger portions and cut veggies, fruit etc. These won"t fit in here.

Mason Jars

another favorite is this widemouth glass, I use it for granola, sprouted oats and for soups a lot

This Mason Jar is perfect for prepping salads (you start with the dressing on the bottom and make different layers of your favorite veggies on top!

You'll need at least one very big airtight cookie jar if your family loves baked goods like cookies or home made crackers. I bake multiple times a week, so we need a lot of storage. I found this at Amazon but also have another very nice one from William & Sonoma.

cookie jar (airtight)

These are my go-to sizes for overnight oats (that I have at least 3 times a week). Look for glasses around 10oz for overnight oats. These come with a divider which is super practical if you have yogurt and want your berries or granola to be separated.

overnight oats container

16 oz mason glasses are a staple in my kitchen. Any leftover fruit, soup, chocolate, treats, cut vegies, dips, sauces, apple sauce, even opened coconut milk goes in there and stays super fresh for days. It's a great versatile size. Once you start meal prepping, you want to have them all, trust me LOL.

16oz mason jar

These colorful and cute glass mixing bowls are super versatile, and they are so pretty you can even serve food in them when guests are over for dinner. I use them for salads, cooked quinoa and mille or rice, Soups and everything that needs little more space. You can even prepare your doughs in them. So cool!

glass mixing bowls for meal prep

I am also a big fan of snapware, as a mom, things have to work in my kitchen and I don't want to deal with lids that don't work or that are hard to open.

glas container meal prep

And for regular meals, leftovers or chopped veggies I have several of these, some with divider, some without. You find them in all styles and shapes for a good price on Amazon. Target also offoers a good selection!

If you are juicing, these tiny 4oz shot glasses are a wonderful addition to the jar family. I always prep one healthy juice or immune booster with a lot of cucumber and ginger for the week and store them in the fridge. If you're wondering what I use for juicing and if you're wondering if that might be something your family would benefit from (ours does and we use it every single week!) here is an article about juicing I wrote a couple of months ago.

Last but not least we have tested and owned a few items for the girls. Some weren't durable, others never made it home again from school :-( both of our kids love their planet boxes. I love that I can just throw it in the dishwasher, over and over again and it still looks the same after a couple of years, crazy right?

They come with 2 little extra containers that we love to use for dips, frozen peas or dried fruit!

You can see many of my products that I own in action on my insta. I made a hightlight story about meal prepping if you want to check it out! @wholefood.journey.

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