Baking for the week??????

meema4788

I have noticed that when people are writing about what they have done to get ready for the week ahead on a sunday, they often mention that they have done their 'baking' for the week. I am just intrigued to know what people mean by this? My DH and 2 DS's have packed lunches and I would love to be more prepared for the week ahead.

I would love to hear what 'baking' it is that people do and also how people prepare for the ahead with food. I am just starting to meal plan which is great but othe people seem to do lots of food preparation to give them a head start. I can do cooking from scratch for main meals but for quick weekday desserts I'm rubbish!

All suggestions, tips and advice would be greatly appreciated!

This is the year that I'm going to get myself organised! :j

xxxxx

esmf73

I quite often bake a couple of cakes, and a casserole or two on a Sunday and then either freeze if for later in the week or refrigerate. For packups I would probably cook cut and wrap (so I couldn't eat them!) any cakes.

WantToBeSE

Mine normally includes:
Cheese herb bread
White bread rolls
A cake of some sort
Biscuits
Sausage rolls or pasties (not every week).

tessasmum

A fruit cake in the tin for the OH, perhaps a traybake that holds up well to being wrapped for lunchboxes, and a batch of Twinks hobnobs for the occasional snack. I might freeze some of the Twinks and a few portions of the traybake, so that there are some for another time.
If I know I have visitors coming at the weekend, I make a Victoria sponge or another cake that I know they will like. Most of my baking is fairly simple stuff, but it keeps us away from overpriced and preservative laden bought items. My kids would kill for Battenburg cake at one stage, but they now think it is too sweet, for example.

lushlifesaver

I bake six big muffins on a Sunday as bf eats one a day either at work (Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday) or at home (Tuesday) and then I keep two in the tin as sometimes he just gets too peckish and inhales one :P

I would love to have more baking to do but I'm on SW and don't work atm so it would just get eaten or forgotton about! When I go back to work I will probably bake more as I will need breakfasts and lunches that are easy to take with me

lilmisskitkat

I make banana bread when i find bananas reduced to 10p/kg, then when cool i slice the loaf into 12 and freeze in packs of 6 slices. Just get out of the freezer the night before and they're ready to pop in a lunchbox.

Also things like oaty cookies and flapjacks can be made and will keep for quite a few days in an airtight tin.

Fairy cakes (un-iced) and muffins are also good for making in advance and freezing.

If i find puff pastry reduced i will make some sausage rolls or cheese and onion rolls for lunchboxes and freeze until needed.

hth

K xx

dandy-candy

lilmisskitkat wrote: »

I make banana bread when i find bananas reduced to 10p/kg, then when cool i slice the loaf into 12 and freeze in packs of 6 slices. Just get out of the freezer the night before and they're ready to pop in a lunchbox.

Also things like oaty cookies and flapjacks can be made and will keep for quite a few days in an airtight tin.

Fairy cakes (un-iced) and muffins are also good for making in advance and freezing.

If i find puff pastry reduced i will make some sausage rolls or cheese and onion rolls for lunchboxes and freeze until needed.

hth

K xx

Could you share your banana bread recipe pls?

lilmisskitkat

dandy-candy wrote: »

Could you share your banana bread recipe pls?

Of course

I use this recipe from All recipes:

http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/4725/banana-banana-bread.aspx

hth

K xx

rising_from_the_ashes

I'm going to try baking & freezing some muffins as really fancy these in my pack up! (and better surely than eating a choc bar ... I have a sweet tooth!)

And .... banana loaf - make this all the time but never tried freezing it! Thanks!

meema4788

WantToBeSE wrote: »

Mine normally includes:
Cheese herb bread
White bread rolls
A cake of some sort
Biscuits
Sausage rolls or pasties (not every week).

Thanks for this, I like the sound of cheese herb bread! I've tried to make biscuits before but never been very successful!

meema4788

tessasmum wrote: »

A fruit cake in the tin for the OH, perhaps a traybake that holds up well to being wrapped for lunchboxes, and a batch of Twinks hobnobs for the occasional snack. I might freeze some of the Twinks and a few portions of the traybake, so that there are some for another time.
If I know I have visitors coming at the weekend, I make a Victoria sponge or another cake that I know they will like. Most of my baking is fairly simple stuff, but it keeps us away from overpriced and preservative laden bought items. My kids would kill for Battenburg cake at one stage, but they now think it is too sweet, for example.

Thanks tessasmum! I'm intrigued about Twinks, what are they?