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Whole30 Meal Prep Recipes

Compliant meals that make the 30 days doable. Skip the sugar, dairy, grains, and legumes — but keep the flavor with these tested batch-cook recipes.

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Easy Chicken Meal Prep

Easy Chicken Meal Prep

30 min1074 cal180g proteinServes 354 saves
Zach HarrisZach Harris

Ingredients

  • .5 tbsp Salt
  • .25 tbsp Pepper
  • .5 tbsp Onion powder
  • .5 tbsp Garlic powder
  • .5 tbsp Paprika
  • .5 tbsp Cumin
  • 2lbs Bone-in chicken thigh

Instructions

  1. 1Follow @harrymakesfood on Instagram to see video instructions
  2. 2Mix all spices in a small bowl
  3. 3Sprinkle generously over both sides of the chicken
  4. 4Put chicken in oven at 425F (220 C) for ~30 minutes (until skin is crispy / deep burnished brown color and chicken reads 165F (74C) internal

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The Batch-Cook Playbook for Whole30

Whole30 lives or dies by your Sunday meal prep. When compliant food is already portioned in the fridge, the 30 days feel doable — when it's not, one hungry Tuesday derails the whole month.

Cooks on Pepper lean on this collection because every recipe is verified compliant: no sugar, no dairy, no grains, no legumes, no gum or sulfite fillers. Just protein, vegetables, and Whole30-approved fats.

From bruschetta grilled chicken to sticky Asian meatballs to Zuppa Toscana, these meals hold up in the fridge for 4 days and taste like you're not on a restrictive plan at all.

Quick Tips

  1. 1

    Coconut aminos, not soy

    Soy sauce is out on Whole30 — coconut aminos give you that same salty-sweet umami.

  2. 2

    Ghee is compliant

    Clarified butter is dairy-free enough to pass Whole30 rules and adds richness that oil can't.

  3. 3

    Batch a big protein Sunday

    Roast a tray of chicken thighs or brown 2 lbs of beef so meals come together in minutes.

  4. 4

    Read every label

    Sugar hides in bacon, sausage, dressings, and broths — check ingredient lists on everything.

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