Budget meals and batch cooking

BachSoon

Hi :hello:

What do you tend to batch cook (for the freezer) for a reasonable cost? I tend to batch cook stuff as OH works shifts and we're involved in scouting which takes up a fair few evenings and we wouldn't have chance to cook otherwise!

We're a bit bored of the usual lasagne, spaghetti and chilli!

Thank you in advance :T

AnnieO1234

Fish pie is my principle deliberate thing to batch cook, I try to get good big pieces of fresh fish so cooking in a batch is the only way I can make it work especially as my DH doesn't eat it.

Xx

NewShadow

I cook in bulk then freeze leftovers for lunches at work. Some include:

Beef stew (no potatoes - use barley or soup mix)
Curry (either just the sauce or with meat and root veg)
Moussaka
Casserole
Pasta bake
Cottage pie
Pie or pie filling
Soup
Cooked meat to throw in a stir fry

cuddlymarm

Hi

I do extra boiled veg and freeze in bags so I can just throw in the oven for bubble and squeak. You can make it healthy with fry spray or just use a little oil.

Cuddles

BachSoon

Brill thanks, some ideas I hadn't thought of. We certainly don't waste anything and we always make use of leftovers.

good_advice

Cottage pie
Lasagne
Beef casserole
Chili

These are the dinners I sometimes have HM and in my freezer.

MacaronVanille

I make big batches of bolognaise, chorizo and bean stew,curry, mashed potatoes and carrot and swede mash.

Freezing mash and swede and carrot makes chucking together a roast dinner so easy

Butterfly_Brain

In my freezer at the moment I have

Various home made soups, Mushroom, parsnip and apple, minestrone, mulligatawny and lots of HM chicken stock and beef stock for use in soups, risottos etc, I also make mushroom stock for soup or sauce by frying then boiling down mushroom stalks with some garlic
Beef stew
Sausage stew
Chicken stew
Chicken crumble
Mince crumble (Basically cottage pie pie with a crumble topping)
Cottage pie
Bolognaise mince x 4
Steak and kidney pie
Chicken tikka
HM pizza bases
HM mackerel fishcakes
Chicken and bacon stew in a mushroom sauce

maman

I love old fashioned savoury mince (mince, onions, carrots, Oxo, tom puree, garlic, peas). I've got a SC of it going at the moment for tomorrow and for the freezer. It's great with any sort of potatoes and some extra veg or you can make it up into a cottage pie.

gizwal

We do:
chicken/beef/lamb curry
chili
sausage casserole
stew
soup
bolognese
lasagne sauce
savoury mince

also if we`ve cooked a big joint ,we slice the leftovers and freeze that in single portions with gravy-great for a midweek roast!

tooties

Thanks to OP for this thread

regards