Batch Cooking

kod12

Cook on a sunday and a Wednesday but sick of having chili or chicken and broccoli. any other good bulk meal ideas

Cheers in Advance

Hani Kosti

Lasagna, risotto, mince with veg/ sauce, thai curry, meatballs/meatloaf, quiche, soups

All depends what macros (if any) are you after, do you have option to reheat your food?

kod12

Cheers for that. high protein moderate fat and low carb.

Alf Veedersane

Turkey/beef stew with carrots, onions, celery and mushrooms.

MightyMandarin

Shepherds Pie always tastes great after a few days

GiftofGab

Chicken fajitas
Tacos
Chicken, sweet potato, snap peas with plenty of seasoning
Tuna and mayonnaise sandwhiches
Nuts with plenty of fruit
Chilli con carne
Lasagne

once cooked, how long in the fridge would chicken breasts last?

also I batch bake sweet potato but after two days it's not great. maybe I'm overcooking them.

aaakev

rusty cole wrote: »

once cooked, how long in the fridge would chicken breasts last?

also I batch bake sweet potato but after two days it's not great. maybe I'm overcooking them.

I'd often cook a load of chicken breasts and keep them in a Tubaware Container in the fridge up to 3 or 4 days

yea I was thinking that alright, at least 3 days no including day of cooking.

Much obliged to you

guile4582

[font=Roboto, sans-serif]I go 4 days red meat, 3 days white meat [/font]

[font=Roboto, sans-serif]bulk chicken dishes are tough. [/font]

[font=Roboto, sans-serif]anyone got any slow cooker chicken dishes?[/font]

I'd be interested in what freezes well too.

I try to batch cook, but it needs to be done twice weekly, I'd love to find loads of food that freezes well that I could cook on Sunday and still be fed on Friday.

Alf Veedersane

Deleted User wrote: »

I'd be interested in what freezes well too.

I try to batch cook, but it needs to be done twice weekly, I'd love to find loads of food that freezes well that I could cook on Sunday and still be fed on Friday.

Anything mince-based has always worked well for me. I usually cook on Sunday for Monday-Thursday at least and straight-up mince (well, with chopped tomatoes, veg, garlic etc) or something like a chilli still comes out well on a Thursday or Friday.

Alf Veedersane

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

Anything mince-based has always worked well for me. I usually cook on Sunday for Monday-Thursday at least and straight-up mince (well, with chopped tomatoes, veg, garlic etc) or something like a chilli still comes out well on a Thursday or Friday.

I'm with the OP on this, I'm so over chilli :P

Do coconut milk based curries freeze well?

Alf Veedersane

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm with the OP on this, I'm so over chilli :P

Do coconut milk based curries freeze well?

Lah-de-dah.

I wouldn't think microwaving coconut milk does it any favours because it'd probably split.

Yeh, I was thinking the same for the slow cooker too, it would be manky by the time I got home.

Stupid.

I want a personal chef.

Alf Veedersane

Deleted User wrote: »

Yeh, I was thinking the same for the slow cooker too, it would be manky by the time I got home.

Stupid.

I want a personal chef.

My Dad makes stews and chicken casseroles a good bit. Sometimes to freeze and sometimes he just puts it on in the morning to have that evening and the next day, if he's short on time. No mankiness, says he.

Alf Veedersane

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

My Dad makes stews and chicken casseroles a good bit. Sometimes to freeze and sometimes he just puts it on in the morning to have that evening and the next day, if he's short on time. No mankiness, says he.

Oh yeh, no sorry I meant the coconut milk would go mank in the slow cooker.

Stews and casseroles are perfect in it - and anything tomato based.

guile4582

i am sick of mince

Alf Veedersane

guile4582 wrote: »

i am sick of mince

What do you normally do with it? Do you just make mince and X or do you try different things?

guile4582

chilli
traditional spag ball
meatballs

with brown rice, with wholewheat pasta, just with salad

I refuse to use jars, i use spices and chopped toms and some puree.

I would prefer a nice chicken dish instead, but besides a curry or stir fry can't seem to think of something nice and bulky using chicken

Mellor

Deleted User wrote: »

Do coconut milk based curries freeze well?

Yeah, they freeze well imo. I'm having one for lunch right now.

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

Lah-de-dah.

I wouldn't think microwaving coconut milk does it any favours because it'd probably split.

Splitting isn't a big issue with coconut milk as it doesn't curdle badly like dairy cream. Coconut milk is often split/separated in the can to begin with. Stirring emulsifies it again. Same if it splits with cooking, re-heated. Remove the heat and stir to emulsify. Ditto for slow cooker.
If microwave, just stir it a few times to heat evenly, don't have frozen centre and boiling edges.

Excellent! Thanks Mellor.

jive

Mellor wrote: »

Yeah, they freeze well imo. I'm having one for lunch right now.

Splitting isn't a big issue with coconut milk as it doesn't curdle badly like dairy cream. Coconut milk is often split/separated in the can to begin with. Stirring emulsifies it again. Same if it splits with cooking, re-heated. Remove the heat and stir to emulsify. Ditto for slow cooker.
If microwave, just stir it a few times to heat evenly, don't have frozen centre and boiling edges.

Amen. Coconut milk curries are just as good as chilli for freezing and reheating. As is the case with chilli you get some extra water after defrosting but just pour it off or let it mix with your rice or whatever.

guile4582

anyone recommend a batch white meat meal that I can prepare tonight.

please post link or recipe if possible

i like spice!

my head is just addled trying to think of you (you know how it goes!)

dont say curry, had that all week

Alf Veedersane

guile4582 wrote: »

anyone recommend a batch white meat meal that I can prepare tonight.

please post link or recipe if possible

i like spice!

my head is just addled trying to think of you (you know how it goes!)

dont say curry, had that all week

Chicken casserole.

Easy.

WHIP IT!

Have made many a coconut-milk-based curry in the slow cooker... no separation issues