In case you missed it last week, I’m starting a new “Sunday Meal Prep” series where I pair old recipes together and show how to prep them ahead for a few days worth of meals. I asked last week what you’d like to see and a couple of the most common answers were vegetarian/vegan and cold lunches. This week I’m hitting two of those topics with my Falafel and Hummus Box.
This box idea started with my want to make my Homemade Falafel recipe again. This super simple recipes is so insanely flavorful and easy, and it had been way too long since I’d had them. I added some Homemade Hummus, because that’s also really easy, and a side of my Super Fresh Cucumber Salad. I included a few wedges of pita for each box to fill it out and to make sure I had something to scoop up every drop of that hummus! Scroll down to grab tips on how to pack this box so to keep all the ingredients at their best! (And yes, I do eat this box cold, including the falafel.)
To make this box vegan, simply skip the feta cheese in the Super Fresh Salad.
For more information about meal prepping, how it works, and why I do it, check out Meal Prep 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Prepping and Portioning Meals, or check out my entire Budget-Friendly Meal Prep Archive.
Falafel and Hummus Box Meal Prep
THIS WEEK’S MEAL PREP INCLUDES:
8 Homemade Falafel $1.72
1 batch Homemade Hummus $2.24
1/2 recipe Super Fresh Salad $3.65
2 whole wheat pita (1/2 pita per box) $0.86
Total Cost: $8.47
Cost Per Box: $2.12
Tips:
- I added everything into one box for the photos, but IRL I’d wrap the pita separately in a small sandwich bag, or at least lay a piece of parchment over the rest of the contents and place the pita on top to separate it from the wet stuff.
- I’m a “a little bit of everything on one forkful” type of person, so it doesn’t bother me to have all these items crammed into one box. If touching food bothers you, consider investing in divided meal prep containers, like these. There are also divided meal prep containers made out of glass, like these.
- The original recipe for the Super Fresh Salad is quite large, so if you don’t want left overs I suggest cutting the recipe in half to make just enough for the four boxes.
- The recipe for Falafel makes more than eight pieces as well, but those can be frozen for cooking later.
- You’ll likely have some leftover red onion after making these two recipes, so I suggest making a quick batch of Pickled Red Onions! They’re the best!
- I think the only other leftover ingredient you should have would be some cilantro. If you wanted, you could actually do a jalapeño cilantro flavored hummus to use up some of that cilantro.
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Thanks so much for the fantastic website, and for this great idea – I’m really struggling at the moment with busy weekday evenings, and trying to get as much as I can done ahead at the weekend. Just wondering how those boxes look by day 3 or 4 though, especially the salad – today is Wednesday, and the bean salad I boxed up on Sunday is looking a bit yuck this morning…
The salad does get softer each day. I enjoy it for about four days before it’s too soft for my liking, but that’s going to be largely up to personal preference.
I love these posts and I’m looking forward to others in this series. Beth you are a prep genius, you’re tips are awsome. I always wander what to do with the leftovers so I really like that you can help me with that. Thank you and keep up the good work!
YUM!! Absolutely perfect.
First time commenting here just to say your website is absolutely awesome! Made this today for the rest of the week and everything tastes great. Flavors go great together, thank you for the idea! I went vegetarian recently and ideas like this are sent from the Gods above. Can’t wait for the next meal prep.
Oh my oh my, this is right up my allee!
Will add this to my lunch plan next week :)
I love this new series!! I need this in my life so bad. Dinners I have down, but lunches are so difficult for me!
This is a great new series, thank you for starting it! I’m pretty sure this will be next week’s lunches.
I’m SO glad you linked to the hummus recipe, because I inherited a can of chickpeas and was thinking of trying to make my own. Have you ever frozen hummus? My husband is so so on it, so even a small recipe will likely make way more than needed. Google seems to indicate that it CAN be done, but was wondering if you’ve tried it/how the texture is when you defrost it.
I freeze hummus all the time! It freezes fine. I usually make a big batch and then freeze in smaller portions.
This is really good to know. I’m single and I’ve hesitated to make hummus because I wouldn’t be able to eat all of a batch before it spoils. Because of the calories, I can’t eat lots of it at once. This is making me think it might be worthwhile to try freezing other bean dips and spreads as well. It is so much cheaper to make my own than to buy small amounts at a time.
Thanks!!
I’m already loving this series, I seriously am lacking lunch ideas/inspiration recently. And I love you taking the time to go over leftover ingredient ideas!!
This is an awesome idea! And I love the look of those glass divided containers, how neat!
Those comments with suggestions for the leftover ingredients are perfect. You are seriously the best.
I just wanted to thank you for this series. I do a lot of meal prep for the week on Sundays and I’m really looking forward to it. This looks like a great one, I’m excited to try it.
I was just going to say the same thing! That’s my kind of lunch!
OMG. That’s my kind of falafel and hummus box!!! It’s perfect to bring to lunch to work!!! :-)
Oh my goodness this is perfect! Beth – you are the best!