What is the Lego-system method for meal prep?

The Lego-system is a modular cooking framework where you prepare a set of base components once — proteins, grains, vegetables, sauces — and then assemble them into 9 different meals throughout the week. Each component is a "Lego brick" that combines with others, eliminating repetitive cooking and reducing total time to under 2 hours.

How long do the components for Mealprep 8 stay fresh?

Cooked grains and proteins keep for 4–5 days refrigerated in airtight containers. Dressed salads and sauces last 3–4 days. We recommend completing all meals within the prep window shown in the app.

How many different meals can I make from Mealprep 8?

Mealprep 8 yields 9 different dishes across 3 days for 2 servings each. The components are designed to combine in multiple configurations so no two meals taste the same.

How is parallel cooking different from traditional batch cooking?

Traditional batch cooking runs tasks sequentially. Parallel cooking — the method used in Mealpreper Guide — schedules tasks simultaneously across your stovetop burners and oven. The Gantt-style timeline in the app coordinates every step so you finish a full week of components in the minimum possible time.

Do I need special equipment for this modular meal prep system?

No special equipment is required. The system is designed for a standard home kitchen: 2–3 pots or pans, a cutting board, and basic containers for storage. The Mealpreper Guide app provides the exact shopping list and parallel-cook schedule.

Mealprep 8

This plan gives you nine full meals, already prepped and waiting in your fridge. It’s structured, tested, and actually doable. Here’s what’s on the menu: Lentil bake with cabbage salad White fish with carrot purée and couscous Ptitim with chicken hearts and salad Turkey toasts Lentil soup with lavash rolls Burgers Yogurt with couscous and cranberries Turkey salad Ptitim bowl with veggies Mix and match, reheat or not. Perfect when your brain is done thinking but your body still needs good food.

What you’ll eat this week

Day 1 · Mon

404 kcal
Breakfast Lentil bake with cabbage salad
679 kcal
Lunch White fish fillet with carrot purée and couscous
725 kcal
Dinner Ptitim with chicken hearts and cabbage salad

Day 2 · Tue

433 kcal
Breakfast Turkey toasts
800 kcal
Lunch Lentil soup and lavash rolls
732 kcal
Dinner Burgers

Day 3 · Wed

600 kcal
Breakfast Yogurt with couscous and raisins
444 kcal
Lunch Turkey salad
771 kcal
Dinner Ptitim bowl

How it cooks

When to start cooking

Preheat the oven

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1:15

1:30

1:45

2:00

15 min

Slice and start Cooking the bacon

1:00

1:15

1:30

1:45

2:00

15 min

Peel and chop onion

1:00

1:15

1:30

1:45

2:00

15 min

Set two pots of water to boil

1:00

1:15

1:30

1:45

2:00

15 min

Chop Carrots and Start the Purée

1:00

1:15

1:30

1:45

2:00

45 min

Start caramelizing the onion

1:00

1:15

1:30

1:45

2:00

30 min

Cook the ptitim

1:00

1:15

1:30

1:45

2:00

15 min

Steam the couscous

1:00

1:15

1:30

1:45

2:00

15 min

Marinate and sear the turkey breast

1:00

1:15

1:30

1:45

2:00

15 min

Prep the veggies for roasting

1:00

1:15

1:30

1:45

2:00

1h 15min

Prep the lentil bake

1:00

1:15

1:30

1:45

2:00

1h 30min

Make the chicken burgers

1:00

1:15

1:30

1:45

2:00

45 min

Get the preps in the oven

1:00

1:15

1:30

1:45

2:00

15 min

Finish the turkey

1:00

1:15

1:30

1:45

2:00

30 min

Finish the purée

1:00

1:15

1:30

1:45

2:00

15 min

Cook the lentil soup

1:00

1:15

1:30

1:45

2:00

30 min

BBQ sauce

1:00

1:15

1:30

1:45

2:00

15 min

Cook the chicken hearts

1:00

1:15

1:30

1:45

2:00

30 min

Marinate the fish

1:00

1:15

1:30

1:45

2:00

15 min

Make the cabbage salad

1:00

1:15

1:30

1:45

2:00

15 min

Make the salad dressing

1:00

1:15

1:30

1:45

2:00

15 min

Make pickled red onion & radish

1:00

1:15

1:30

1:45

2:00

15 min

Make the yogurt sauce

1:00

1:15

1:30

1:45

2:00

15 min

Blend the soup

1:00

1:15

1:30

1:45

2:00

15 min

Full parallel-cook instructions are in the app

Open in Mealpreper Guide

What families say

Ratings

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★★★★★

"This collection was probably the tastiest one I've tried. Time-wise I just can't match what's stated in the description( too many dishes to cook, next time I'll choose a smaller amount🫣"

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★★★★★

"really loved the lentil bake!"

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★★★★★

"interesting recipes and tasty. I didn't risk eating the fish raw - fried it extra. It took me 4 hours😅 maybe my oven or pans are just different, but every step took 10-20 minutes longer, probably because the ingredients were still raw. "

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★★★★★

"The kids were thrilled with such a variety of plates. Having different sauces was a separate joy. The pickiest eater in the family never left a plate unfinished, which is really rare. Couscous with yogurt is love! The lentil bake turned out great, of the roasted vegetables only the onion wasn't tasty. Everything else I really enjoyed. And what's great - the grocery set is inexpensive, I'm very happy "

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★★★★★

"one star less because I didn't like all the dishes. The roasted vegetables and lentil bake turned out not tasty. Though yeah, that's probably my clumsy hands. I really, really appreciate the effort put into creating this meal prep. But I also concluded that 9 dishes is too many for us. And too many ingredients too. We don't manage to eat it all, I end up throwing some away. And honestly, when I'm cooking that many new dishes at once, it's hard to manage mentally. Next meal prep I'll try cooking selectively."

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★★★★★

"Another tasty meal prep. Yogurt sauce with pickles 🥰 I added it to almost everything :)) partly because there was some glitch in this meal prep - no barbecue sauce recipe, so this yogurt sauce ended up on the burgers too. It was really tasty. "

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Mealprep 8

What you’ll eat this week

Day 1 · Mon

Day 2 · Tue

Day 3 · Wed

Watch the cook-along

How it cooks

What families say

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