What food do you make weekly just to have to hand?

[GreyWasp]

I always make:

batch of soup for lunch (not in Summer)
a couple of loaves of bread in bread maker
sandwich filler for the kids - tuna mayo, coronation chicken etc
green juice for me (on a weight loss kick)
overnight oats for teen daughter
used to make breakfast muffins but fallen out it
Chinese style pickled cucumbers - we make a massive batch which my daughters have with almost every meal think it is a social media thing

Just has become part of my routine and does make life easier

Curious what others do

I always batch cook / pre prep my dinners - chilli / curry / spag bol / meatballs etc

I think you only don't fancy it if you don't really like it very much to begin with or if it is a processed dinner. I always look forward to the meals I have made.

A couple of different soups
Bread
Veggie chilli (usually the Anna Jones one which is lush)
Often roast a chicken for sandwiches etc and make stock
Hummus

Last three are vg for hungry teens coming home from school.

Hey if you're not into batch cooking that's fine it just means this thread isn't for you, there's bound to be one that is for you. So you can post there instead of posting that you don't like it.

I make korean drug eggs, they're so addictive. I've been known to stand in the kitchen just eating an egg with the marinade straight out of the bowl on more than one occasion.

@BloodandGlitter is this Mayak eggs? What recipe do you use?

This thread is making me feel simultaneously hungry, inspired and yet inadequate lol

I batch cook as I live alone

Usually
Boiled eggs
A soup (so lentil and veg or tomato and white bean)
A main meal (beef stew, cottage pie, pasta bake)
Sandwich filler or chopped salad

Only yogurt cake. DS takes some to school
every day. He wasn’t quite eating enough at lunch and was getting awful headaches/migraines on days when he had a lot of sports. It’s just easy and I whip one up on a Sunday and freeze in portions
Oh and also Roast chicken - again I do one every Sunday for consumption through the week. There’s always some roast chicken hanging around.

@DaringlyDizzy It is mayak eggs! I use this recipe I do usually make 8 though as they disappear rather quickly.

My non working day is a Monday so I go do the weekly food shop. Then I make sandwich fillers for the weak tuna mayo/ chicken bacon sweetcorn.
Always have some baking on the island for pack ups, this week was a Lemon drizzle and choc chip cookies.
The cost of food is why I do this can't bear the cost of food at the moment!
Dinners are planned for the week before food shop.
Baking lasts 4 days tops (3 kids and a DP)

I don't make the same things on a weekly basis although I just bought a waffle maker because DD loves them - I hope it's not going to be one of those things that sits in the back of a cupboard! I usually have chicken breasts and ground meat in the freezer to make a last minute dinner, such as meatloaf, bolognese or a curry.

@Createausername1970 In all my years I've never thought of marinating meats before I freeze them, genius thank you!

Not every week, but I often make a big batch of all-purpose mince (with red lentils, onions, celery, carrots, mushrooms if I have any) which ends up as

a) spag bol (tomato puree and Italian herbs added)
b) chilli (tomato puree, chilli powder and paprika, tin of kidney beans)
c) ‘school dinner’ mince (still a favourite of dh!) with Worcs. sauce and half a tin of baked beans added.

I want to do more but generally Ona. Sunday:
Berries, yoghurt, oats and stuff smoothie (for my breakfast)
Bowl of chopped fruit (apple, orange, grapes, etc) for breakfast/dessert
2 days of salad bowls for lunches
Grate a couple of tablespoons of ginger (to have with 3 melted ice cubes of lemon juice and teaspoon of honey first thing in mornings)

Then I normally make a batch able dinner to eat Monday and freeze a couple of portions - sometimes it's about dicing up a bag of veggies to roast that I can freeze to roast straight from freezer or squeeze lemons that need using and freeze in ice cube bags or prep meat to freeze in a marinade ready to cook... and grind coffee if I need to.

I also try to prep my veggies, defrost meat or sauce, that sort of thing, the night before I'll eat it - while I am cleaning up from dinner.

And every night, as I'm heading to bed, I lay out my juice glass for my smoothie: mug with lemon ice cubes and ginger and honey; coffee pot and tub of grounds; coffee mug (may be china or travelling depending on morning plans); meds in their daily dispenser tray (getting older); bowl and spoon for fruit; etc. To make for a smoother start and being more likely to make healthy choices.

Roasted chicken once a week not on a Sunday - but to use for ‘incidentals’

so much cheaper than ham for sandwiches - make a curry from it and a treat for the dog.

Absolute bargain!

Absolutely nothing at all regularly on a weekly basis. Am I unusual or something?

I regularly make large batches of slow cooker tomato sauce. Freeze in 300ml creme fraiche tubs. Useful to defrost for a quick pasta sauce with whatever leftovers are lurking in the fridge. And we always have garlic bread in the freezer

I've also discovered that hummous, baba ganoush and mushroom pate can all be frozen. So, I don't make them every week but good to have a few tubs in the freezer

Batch of cookies. I make a different sort each week. This week's are custard and white chocolate. Often a cake but not every week. A chicken casseroley type thing, half to eat, half in the freezer, some sort of meat thing, again half to eat and half for the freezer.

A big pot of either chilli, bolognese or curry which lasts across a few meals.

a big batch of rice to be eaten with the chilli or curry and then the left over rice I turn into egg fried rice with any veggies that are in the fridge like mushrooms, courgette etc.

If it’s a bolognese it can be done with pasta or with jacket potatoes.

Do you have a recipe, perchance??

This week, for the baby (11m) I batch made blueberry pancakes (pop in toaster and add a little butter when needed); fruity sausage rolls with grated apple and cheese in; baby friendly flap jacks made with banana, peanut butter and a homemade low sugar blueberry jam.

This is in addition to a few home cooked meals (and a couple of pop in the oven meals from M&S for adults)

She ate none of it; it all got thrown on the floor 🤦

I keep some frozen roasted veg in the freezer, some Sainsbury's hidden veg pasta sauce and some Rigatoni in the cupboard, and I make a quick roasted veggie pasta.

I would love to be organised, in reality though wanging a couple of jacket potatoes in the oven whilst I’ve got something else cooking is probably as good as it gets here

We use this recipe: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNeo5X6Du/ :)

We don’t bother with spiralling, just diagonal chunks.

It’s gorgeous with Salmon. A low calorie meal that has been a lifesaver for me whilst dieting

https://www.thekitchn.com/oatmeal-pancakes-22943620

This one 👆

Of course! So I either make the pastry or use the shop bought (GF here, so more likely homemade as the shop bought is expensive with more stuff in there).

Boil a load of spuds and grate a block of cheese. Meanwhile finely slice about 3 or even four onions and fry them off until they're really soft. Drain spuds and mash with plenty of butter, tiny bit of milk. Mix in cheese and onions in a big bowl while they're all hot, add salt and pepper to taste.

Scoop up the filling and add onto a square of pastry. Plop the top on and squash the sides, slash a line in the top for bubbling over contents. Then you can either cook them immediately or chill and then freeze! This sounds like a lot but it makes about half a dozen pasties, depending on how much filling you want in each one.

And scoff! 😁