The Batch Cook Book: Money-saving Meal Prep For Busy Lives

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Generally, you’ll want to make the main component of a meal for batch cooking – like curry, Bolognese or chilli – but leave out the carbs before freezing. They are great for staple family meals and can be adapted easily to serve with different ingredients. Take a look at the week or month ahead and decide which batch cooking recipes you’d like to prepare.

Batch cooking for beginners | BBC Good Food

Blitz tinned tomatoes (or use passata) along with some dried Italian herbs (either a mix or just oregano, perhaps), onion and maybe garlic and you’ll have an effortless tomato sauce . You can stir through some peas, scatter over breadcrumbs and bake for an easy midweek meal with potatoes . The only snag is that that eating the same meals two, three, four times in the space of a week quickly becomes boring (who knew? It is such a versatile ingredient that can add flavour to so many dishes, rather than having to keep multiple herb jars that take up space in the cupboard. You can enjoy it as it is with some potatoes for an easy midweek meal, then add some curry powder and a dollop of yoghurt to create a dal that you can serve with naan bread and rice .If you’ve roasted a chicken for Sunday lunch and have a few veggies left too, the addition of a creamy sauce gives you the perfect filling for a pie . One of the benefits of lentil stew is that it’s so versatile – you can pack it with whatever veg you have in the fridge. The labels will help you keep track of what needs using up next – most will need to be eaten within three months. You can make so many different meals from bolognese, so I always make sure I have some in the freezer. You could easily turn it into a lasagne, or even a chilli con carne just by adding some peppers, kidney beans, chilli powder and cumin.

Batch cooking recipes | BBC Good Food

As many countries urge populations to stay at home, many of us are paying more attention to our diets and how the food we eat can support our health. Batch cooking can be a genius solution for ensuring warm, hearty meals - even when you don't feel like cooking.Whether it's batch cooking on a Sunday, for easy reheating throughout the week, or meals which can be made swiftly on a Monday, with the leftovers frozen for another time, this book will see you though. It will still save you time in the kitchen and hopefully money on your groceries, but means the dinner rotation can stay fun and varied.

The batch-cook base dishes that save hours in the - BBC

Slowly-braised sausages with lemon, fennel and flageolet beans is one low-effort, maxmium flavour dinner. Spending an afternoon in the kitchen might seem like an investment, but we have a few tips and tricks to make the process easy and even enjoyable for first timers. Clear your workspace, and allow yourself plenty of time to get organised before you turn on the hob.Whether you want to make a three-course meal on Friday night for guests or have a few yummy family suppers ready in advance, there are more than 100 recipes to choose from. Stick a batch of richly flavoured beef chilli in the slow cooker and this gloriously satisfying cornbread topped masterpiece can. They are a great way of bulking out meals such as stew, curry and chilli, saving you money by reducing the amount of meat needed.

7 recipe books to help you master batch cook meals

To help sort out the fact from the fiction, BBC Future is updating some of their most popular nutrition stories from their archive.Whether you’re looking to fill your freezer or simply want to make your midweek meals a little easier, batch cooking is a great technique that can save you time and money. Then, you can then use this to make enchiladas , fill jacket potatoes , use as a nacho topper or stuff into tacos . The idea is simple: set aside two hours at the weekend to batch-cook all of Monday-Friday's evening meals. Weighing, measuring and chopping your ingredients first will make cooking much easier once you start.