Batch cooking ideas please

Steve059

OK. Let's start with the batch cooking classic ...

BOLOGNESE PASTA SAUCE

Makes 4 x ~250g portions

INGREDIENTS

2 cloves of garlic
2 onions
1 tablespoon of olive oil
500g of minced meat
400g tin of chopped tomatoes
140g tin of tomato puree
2 teaspoons of oregano

METHOD

Peel the garlic and chop it into tiny pieces. Peel the onions and chop them into tiny pieces.

Put the oil into a frying pan on a medium heat. Add the garlic and onion. Fry for 3 minutes until it is soft. Stir frequently to stop it sticking.

Add the meat. Mix thoroughly. Fry for 5 minutes until the meat has broken up and is an even colour, with no pink bits. Stir frequently to stop it sticking.

Add the tomatoes, tomato puree and oregano. Stir thoroughly.

Bring to the boil, then turn down the heat until it is just boiling. Cook for another 15 minutes, until the sauce has reduced.

ADDITIONS & ALTERNATIVES

Use minced beef, pork or turkey. If you use pork or turkey, add a beef stock cube.

If the pack of meat is a bit less than required, add some finely chopped mushrooms or grated carrot at the same time as the meat.

Use mixed herbs instead of the oregano.

Omit the meat and stock cube, and we now have a simple tomato pasta sauce. This can also be blended and used as a pizza topping.

Omit the garlic, tomato puree and herbs, but add a tin of red kidney beans and some chilli powder to taste, and we've got Chilli con Carne.

SailorSam

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=355311#post355311

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=182915

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=571339

CreditCrunchie

This thread is so helpful, thank you. I'm trying to find a way to batch prepare for my partner and I. We are trying to follow the Mediterranean diet plan which requires a lot of vegetables which i find hard to store and keep fresh as we only have a tiny freezer.

Sniggle_2

This is great. Thanks. I really like having recipes so I know exactly what I'm doing