Budget Meal Prep for Two Under $20 | Freezer Meals & Easy Weeknight Dinner Ideas

Hi friends! I'm Coco. 🌿 In today's video, I'm sharing how I use discounted groceries in Australia to create a full week of delicious meal prep and freezer meals for two adults on just $20—without sacrificing quality or flavor. I'll show you everything from make-ahead fridge and freezer meal prep to the real weeknight meals I make with them, so cooking on busy days becomes quick and stress-free. If you: Want to enjoy delicious homemade food even with rising grocery prices Want to spend less time cooking on busy weekdays Want to save money without compromising on healthy meals I hope this video gives you plenty of inspiration! ━━━━━━━━━━━ ⏱ Chapters ━━━━━━━━━━━ 00:00 Intro & Today's Theme 00:31 Meal Prep & Freezer Prep for Easy Weekdays 22:02 Real Weeknight Meals Using the Meal Prep ━━━━━━━━━━━ 🥣 Recipes ━━━━━━━━━━━ ① Moist Apple Brownies Ingredients 2 apples (210g) 1 egg 30g cocoa powder ② Baked Broccoli & Sausage with Mayo Cheese Ingredients 1 broccoli 4 sausages (about 80g) Salt and pepper 1 tbsp mayonnaise 60g shredded mozzarella or pizza cheese ③ Garlic Cherry Tomatoes Ingredients 250g cherry tomatoes 2 cloves garlic 2 tbsp olive oil Salt and pepper ④ Spicy Chicken Rice Balls (Onigiri) Ingredients 440g cooked rice 250g ground chicken 1 tsp sesame oil 2 tsp soy sauce 2 tsp mirin 1 tsp gochujang ½ tsp sugar ⑤ Vegetable Fritters Use any leftover vegetables you have in the fridge. ⑥ Addictive Japanese Cabbage Slaw Ingredients ¼ cabbage (about 300g), roughly chopped 2 tbsp sesame oil 1 tsp chicken stock powder ½ tsp grated garlic ⅓ tsp salt Black pepper 1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds ━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌱 About This Channel ━━━━━━━━━━━ On this channel, I share simple ways to make life easier through cooking while living in Australia. You'll find: Budget-friendly meal prep Freezer meals and make-ahead recipes Easy Japanese home cooking Quick weeknight dinners Ways to use discounted groceries without waste Cozy, slow-living inspiration If you've ever wondered: "What's for dinner tonight?" "How can I eat healthier without spending more?" "How can I save money while still enjoying good food?" then you're in the right place. Subscribe and join me as we create a simpler, more relaxed way of cooking and living together. I'd love for one of these videos to become your new favorite. 👉    / @coco_cookinglog   #MealPrep #FreezerMeals #BudgetFriendly #EasyRecipes #QuickRecipes #JapaneseHomeCooking #HealthyMeals #BudgetCooking #MealPrepIdeas #WeeknightDinner #LifeInAustralia #SlowLiving #CozyVlog #FoodPrep #HomemadeMeals