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

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meaning that batching perhaps isn’t the long-term solution to busy weeknights that we’d like it to be. You can make so many different meals from bolognese, so I always make sure I have some in the freezer.

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

The idea is simple: set aside two hours at the weekend to batch-cook all of Monday-Friday's evening meals. You’ll want to freeze your food in portions, so choose containers that are the right size for your family.

Take a look at the week or month ahead and decide which batch cooking recipes you’d like to prepare. 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.

58 Batch cooking recipes - delicious. magazine

This sauce lends itself perfectly to pasta, either on its own or perhaps with meatballs (which could also be served in sub instead of on spaghetti).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 . 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. Cook up a big batch of chicken thighs then mix with a creamy sauce and you’ve got the start of lots of different – and all equally comforting – dinners, says Mullholland. Once you’ve mastered the art of batch cooking, your freezer will be filled with beautifully homecooked food that you can defrost and reheat whenever you need a quick meal. You can stir through some peas, scatter over breadcrumbs and bake for an easy midweek meal with potatoes .