Bulk cooked out - pat on the back for me :-)

PolishBigSpender

supersunshine wrote: »

If she has batch baked and frozen the food it will be as fresh and when she cooked in when she reheats it.

Not true. I certainly notice the difference between frozen foods and fresh foods - you can't tell me that Iceland's food is 'fresh', can you? And it's very noticable when you eat somewhere if the food has been prepared from fresh, or if it's been frozen at some point.

Then again, I don't eat frozen food. Where's the joy in food that's been frozen and then cooked again?

twinklie

The time it doesn't take to prepare it when you're pushed for time and stressed.

Well done! We are batch cooking for us (just 2 adults) on Saturday. We can eat when we want then rather than having to wait for each other and saves us time during the week.

fernliebee

I don't agree with PBS at all.

I think especially when you are expecting a new baby you need to minimise work that needs to be done when you have a newborn, and home cooked but frozen food is fine. I cook from scratch most nights but if we have leftovers I freeze these (in little pot's when I was weaning DD) so that on nights when we don't have time or are too tired to cook we have healthy homecooked food to eat. We then just steam some veg or something to go with it. I don't see a problem with it all, much better to eat home prepared food where you know what is in it, than to eat take away or cheaply made, processed frozen food such as iceland produce. PBS, you say you can taste food that has been frozen but maybe that is because it is restaurant food which is cheaply made and often processed, not good quality home cooked food. I can honestly say that I have never tasted the difference in my food, I heat it in the oven though so maybe it is different in a microwave (I don't have one)

fernliebee

Almost forgot to say! Well done Laurasbump! And good luck with new bubba! x

pelirocco

PolishBigSpender wrote: »

Not true. I certainly notice the difference between frozen foods and fresh foods - you can't tell me that Iceland's food is 'fresh', can you? And it's very noticable when you eat somewhere if the food has been prepared from fresh, or if it's been frozen at some point.

Then again, I don't eat frozen food. Where's the joy in food that's been frozen and then cooked again?

The difference being Iceland ''cook'' and freeze crap in the first place

Cofused, you then go on to say you dont eat frozen food? , yet you know its no good.

stokegal

Well done you - I'm impressed that I've cooked tonights tea (Shepherds Pie - yum!!) already, I couldn't imagine being as organised as you.

Just one question though - I want to batch cook for DS1 but have been advised that it will only last for 5 days, he's 7 months - is this correct? Is it because he is under 1 that I shouldn't keep it as long or am I just hearing old wives tales?

Thanks

supersunshine

pelirocco wrote: »

The difference being Iceland ''cook'' and freeze crap in the first place

Cofused, you then go on to say you dont eat frozen food? , yet you know its no good.

P - Iceland frozen food is completely different to home prepared food that has been frozen. If you use fresh ingredients and cook a dish e.g. shepphards pie then when you re-cook it it should taste the same as when you first cooked it. For example, when you buy frozen veg they say it has just as many vitamins (if not more as it is frozen quickly rather than sitting in a fridge decaying for a few days) as fresh veg.

If you have a problem with it fine but why slag off someone who was asking for advice about her childs fussy eating - your comment has nothing to do with the original post really does it.

emlou2009

ignore PBS, she only really comes on this particular board to offer snide comments and gems of "wisdom" about such subjects as this that she has no personal experience in

i spent my evening doing exactly the same thing the fact is, babies and toddlers dont eat exactly what we eat, and it is necessary to batch cook if you want to feed them properly, otherwise you would be cooking for yourself and making a seperate meal for LO every day. plus this way you get to spend the time with your LO that you would otherwise be spending cooking every day, which is just as important as them eating healthily!

lostinrates

PolishBigSpender wrote: »

Not true. I certainly notice the difference between frozen foods and fresh foods - you can't tell me that Iceland's food is 'fresh', can you? And it's very noticable when you eat somewhere if the food has been prepared from fresh, or if it's been frozen at some point.

Then again, I don't eat frozen food. Where's the joy in food that's been frozen and then cooked again?

I recently served a home frozen lasagne to an Italian chef, who was raving over it . I'd much rather feed good home cooked frozen food than less good food out of a packet. The freezer is one of the tools I use to help me be a cook-from-scratch,-no-packet-food cook. I love cooking, I love growing my own food. By using the freezer as part of my preserving techniche for home grown food I am eating well, and cheaply. We also rear chickens. Our freezer means we eat good quality ethically reared meat (not just from home but when its discounted/cheaply available) which I also think is better for us.

I've lived without a freezer too, and could again, but a freeer makes eating very well, very much easier.

SailorSam

Gosh Laura, i wish you were my Mum, that all sounds lovely.