Bulk Cooking

[Mellt13]

Hi All
I am trying to get organised (well we can all wish). I am thinking of doing some bulk cooking at the weekend.
Has anyone got t&t recipes that wont take too long to do and can be frozen please.
TIA

[Miss Frosty]

I tend to make the following when stocking up the freezer :-

Chilli
Spag Bol
Chicken Casserole
Braised beef in red wine
Sausage casserole

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Macaroni cheese
Soup
Steak pie (well I freeze the filling and cook the pastry as needed as we like puff pastry and I've never tried freezing that)

[Melusine]

I tend to do the same as Miss Frosty, with the addition of curry (any type, without any cream/yogurt etc).

Not so quick to prepare, but I tend to do up a load of meatballs whenever I make them which saves time in the long run. They take barely any time to defrost, and if you portion them up and freeze them in a ragu sauce (or whatever sauce you want) then they're a super quick and easy dinner

Also, I made a load (and I mean, a ridiculous amount) of ratatouille and ended up freezing around 8 portions of it, and it's great for a side dish or as a base for sauces. Luckily

[thirzasmum]

Melusine 8- 10 portions is a normal "cook up" of anything for me LOL . i tend to cook on sunday for the week for 4 of us- a big put of curry/chilli/pasta sauce and the same of soup etc and that does 4 meals with a lazy 5th of pizza/beans etc

[Dizzy]

What sort of containers do you use ?

[Shoppie]

Same sort of things as everyone else, I have found meatballs quite reccently and think they are great as very versatile eg if you do lamb ones you can easily serve with cous cuos in Moroccan style and the whole thing is ready in minutes

I also do fish pie, we get by on a blend of slow cooker meals and bulk cooked food from the freezer with the odd super-quick meal like fresh pasta and sauce/ stir fry

[bubbasweet]

we use the foil trays you can get in supermarkets for pies and such like, ) or a 500g margerine tub holds enough for DH and I for one meal. We use those for curries, bolognaise etc.

[*Holly*]

We use the plastic containers you get from the Chinese or sometimes just freezer bags as you can get more in then! (our freezer is only small)

We don't batch cook but we freeze leftovers, bolognaise, lasagne, sausage casserole. I like to make batches of enchiladas too and freeze those. Handy to have for a quick weekend lunch and also good for work lunches

[Mellt13]

Thank you ladies. Will try and get some of these done