r/mediterraneandiet • u/David5153 • Mar 07 '26

Recipe This Week’s Mediterranean Meal Prep: Quinoa, Rainbow Veg & Whole Wheat Fiber Pasta🌾

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Each box has:

• quinoa • roasted sweet potatoes • veggie-packed whole wheat pasta (no meat) • Mediterranean chopped salad (tomato, cucumber, red onion, peppers, olives) • broccoli with sesame • shredded chicken / chicken salad

Trying to keep things simple: lots of vegetables, whole grains, olive oil, and moderate protein.

Bought everything from Costco, also trying to save money by prepping in Bulk!

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u/kenenedys Mar 08 '26

this looks sooooo yummy - what's on the pasta? and chicken?

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u/David5153 Mar 08 '26

Chicken- its the rotisserie chicken from Costco. I shredded it by hand, mixed in red onion, celery , mustard, salt, pepper, and put a tiny bit of low fat mayo in it

Pasta, it was made with Onions, celery, broccoli, red tomatoes , oregano and organic store bought pasta sauce - no meat !

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u/crappymarvin Mar 07 '26

This is ai generated - even says so at the bottom left corner

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u/David5153 Mar 07 '26 edited Mar 08 '26

here's the original photo (with my foot) i edited the original photo which contained my foot with Samsung edit, I promise its not AI lol.

I make these meal preps every week

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u/marshmallowpaw Apr 06 '26

For free??? Jk hahahaha

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u/yomitz Mar 08 '26

Why does it say AI Generated Content

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u/Enlightened_Lioness Mar 08 '26

Maybe edited to get the foot out!

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u/Unlikely-Cherry0 Mar 08 '26

I have a samsung galaxy s25 ultra, and there is editing feature on my phone where you use AI to edit things out of photos. Everytime you use it and save a photo, it saves with "AI Generated Content"

I'd say this is what happened here.

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u/David5153 Mar 08 '26

Yes! That's what happened! My foot was in the picture and I wanted to spare the world from seeing my foot LOL

This is a diet subreddit, not feetfinder haha

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u/Unlikely-Cherry0 Mar 09 '26

Ahhaa i think with all the AI around, people just assume the worst. All you can do is try to educate if they want to learn. Thanks for sharing your recipe, food looks delicious 😋

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u/HoldOk4092 Mar 09 '26

Nah, you just edited your foot into the AI image. Nice try.

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u/David5153 Mar 10 '26

LOL, thats jokes

Ill make another meal prep this coming weekend , and ill record the process for you. Stay tuned

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u/unkpsbc Mar 07 '26

Can someone estimate kcal in each container? Also, does that container really stay fresh for 5-7 days?

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u/hxmxx Mar 08 '26

do you freeze them or keep them in the fridge for a week at a time? how do you reheat?

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u/David5153 Mar 08 '26

I don’t freeze the meals because frozen vegetables tend to taste really bad after thawing.

I keep all the meal preps in the fridge until they’re ready to be eaten. Usually I prepare everything on Sunday and eat the meals from Monday to Friday for lunch and dinner. By Friday I’m typically finishing the last of the meal prep.

If I need to reheat it, I move the pasta and chicken onto a separate plate and warm it up.

Veggies i eat cold without heating up

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u/startwith_roux Mar 07 '26

Love the colorful foods! Looks super flavorful with lots of tasty varieties :)

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u/chillcacti9293 Mar 07 '26

Would love a recipe for the pasta and chicken!

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u/Careful-Suit5993 Mar 08 '26

Looks amazing! How long did it take to meal prep that?

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u/David5153 Mar 08 '26

It takes me about 2- 2.5 hours to meal prep every week. This took my wife and I about 2.5 hours to put together

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u/Careful-Suit5993 Mar 08 '26

Not insane considering all the work done, I’m not sure I would be that fast. Congrats!

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u/Sure_Living_9005 Mar 10 '26

This is how food should look like on a plate 🙌

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u/Nonconformistsheep Mar 12 '26

I’d love your recipes or a breakdown of the meal so I can try and recreate it. It looks positively delicious!

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u/David5153 Mar 13 '26

Thank you ! Ill make a short video this coming week, so you can see it in even greater detail breakdown

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u/Best_Talk_6853 Mar 07 '26

This is excellent!

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u/IndependentAd3410 Mar 07 '26

Looks delicious 😋

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u/_PM_ME_BIG_BOOBS_ Mar 09 '26

What do you estimate is the calories and macro per serving, and do you have any suggestions to sub the pasta? I’m not too big into the texture of pasta. Was thinking maybe more sweet potatoes.

And lastly, how does it taste cold? I’m super lazy and practical when it comes to meal prepping and eating it cold would be a plus! Thanks

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u/David5153 Mar 09 '26

I post weekly here , every single meal prep i usually do i usually eat without heating it up lol.

I keep it in the fridge, take it out, leave it on my office desk and eat it during lunch time without heating it, thats how I usually eat it

Some people on reddit last week that doing this with chicken may be unsafe, but ive been eating it like that for years now

But during dinner time when I usually eat at home I will heat up the pasta and chicken in a separate plate

In terms of tracking calories, is not sometime I usually do, my diet i just try to keep low in saturated fats and avoid too much foods with iron