By spending a couple of hours, one day per week, cooking meals that have the same basic ingredients, you can prepare a host of varied, healthy and delicious dishes, which you can pop into the freezer until you need them. Her warming beef hotpot takes just ten minutes to prepare and is ideal for those cold winter evenings. This deliciously gooey bread and butter pudding, spiked with luxurious chocolate chips, takes a family favourite and elevates it to the next level. You know, the whole reason I started batch cooking is that I don’t really like cooking either and the less time I can spend making my family healthy, home-made meals, the better.

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Add the butter, mint and some salt and pepper to the bowl, then mash with a masher to your desired consistency. If you aren’t using a deep fat fryer and don’t have an instant-read thermometer carefully add a spoonful of the batter (see below) to the pan – if it floats and turns golden brown within 60 seconds then the oil is ready. Save money all week: Learn to hack your monthly bill, save your hard-earned money and eat well on a budget.Season with salt, then tip the chips onto the prepared baking sheet and spread out in an even layer.

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Once part-frozen, transfer the fish to a large, labelled freezer bag and freeze flat for up to 3 months. Plus, it couldn’t be easier to rustle up – you’ll only need 8 ingredients and just 12 minutes of prep time. Lay the frozen fish on the prepared baking sheet and transfer to the oven for 25–30 minutes, until crisp, golden and piping hot all of the way through.Stir your browning pot of beef, add the 6 cups of grated carrot, stir again and move on to making your meatballs. I definitely want to save on plastic so will take my own container to my local butcher to get the mince. Thank you that you have put the oven settings and how to defrost and how to cook them, as honestly, I am rather frightened of food poisoning from defrosted food.