Extra Easy Frezzable bulk cooking

Dose anyone have any good recipes for bulk cooking that I can freeze dinner times are hard as my house is manic with my disabled son a toddler an a new baby even sauces I can cook an frezze as tried the s/w curry meal I like spice but oh my god this was incredibly spicy so any ideas people

I tend to make big panfuls of a basic tomato, veg (the Holy Trinity of cooking - finely chopped onion, celery & carrots), mince/Quorn mince sauce which I then freeze in small batches. It's easy to thaw them and adapt to different recipes by reheating with a few extra ingredients e.g. add Worcester Sauce, balsamic vinegar and herbs to make a Bolognese sauce or chili and kidney beans for chili con carne. Alternatively just top with mash for a shepherd's pie.

Many meals which you might have cooked and frozen before can be adapted to a SW way of cooking and then frozen. Perhaps you could make and freeze soup? Even if you prefer to eat something more substantial in the evening having soup at lunchtime might free up some time to prepare the evening meal. (Sorry if this isn't practical but I don't know your personal circumstances).

This weekend me and my OH made a chilli and a tagine and have frozen them and had them for our teas in the week. Makes things so much easier with us both working full time

Loads of things freeze well - pasta sauces, shepherds pie, curries, chilli, soup, stew

Have you got a slow cooker? Can bung the stuff in first thing then just leave it on till teatime

I swear by those microwave packs of steam fresh veg too

Thanks for the ideas tagine sounds nice

With the slow cooker I am deciding what to get first a slow cooker or new food processor

I may have to make some cottage pies to its just about being prepared as I find around 2pm an 4pm is a dangerously hungry time for me an get tempted to binge

I freeze pretty much everything, I tend to cook in double quantities and freeze the rest in portions, things like lasagnes, bolognase, chilli, curries, casseroles, sheep pie, pasta sauces, meatballs, everything and anything, all bagges up in freezer bags with the syns written on the front x

I want to do a curry if anyone has one that dose not need so many spices find my cupboard gets so many in it an they sit there for years

Sexyshell135 said:

I want to do a curry if anyone has one that dose not need so many spices find my cupboard gets so many in it an they sit there for years

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When I saw your thread, I thought I'm going to post a curry recipe for you as you can stick it with anything.

Basic curry recipe.
Onions
Garlic
Chilli powder
Tomatoes
Salt

Fry onions in fry light until they start to soften. Add chopped/ puréed garlic and cook mixture until it starts to get slightly brown. Add chilli powder. Cook it out over a medium high heat for 30 seconds-1 minute. Add tomatoes (tinned ones work a treat). Add salt to taste and use as required or freeze!

Don't ask about quantities as I always find this difficult. I know it sounds silly, but I really struggle with it. I've never used recipes for Asian food as I've grown up with this and I cook everything "by eye". If you are really struggling, let me know, and I'll try to guesstimate!

In terms of chilli powder, just use one where the strength suits your palate.

Of course, you can add various other spices to this, but this is the basic recipe for me. I add other things depending on how I'm feeling and what im making.

For example, for a red meat curry, I would definitely add ginger as it complements the dish and adds depth to the flavour profile. With fish, I always add fresh green chillies. If I want an earthy tasting fish curry, I would use curry leaves and fry them in the initial stages of cooking. If I wanted a fresh tasting one, I would leave the curry leaves and just add fresh coriander at the end.

The advice I would give to you is experiment with the basic recipe, if you like. If not, you have the very basics there to make a cheap, simple and delicious meal. Your curry should be exactly how you like it and doesn't need to include all these expensive spices which you may never even have heard of for it to be tasty.

I hope it helps! Enjoy!

What a fab idea, I'm going to make that today and freeze, don't know how many time I felt like something spicy or curry flavoured but didn't have the time to make from scratch.

Talia0505 said:

What a fab idea, I'm going to make that today and freeze, don't know how many time I felt like something spicy or curry flavoured but didn't have the time to make from scratch.

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You can always cook it and freeze it for later and have it with some rice or whatever takes your fancy.

I marinated chicken mince last night (I know this probably sounds really bizarre but I find chicken mince not having as much flavour in itself as lamb or beef, for example), and today, I will make kofta (meatball) curry and freeze it in batches for lazy days!

I'm gonna make ups one basic curry sauce an prob head to Icelands for there frozen chicken an prawns as it can be used frozen thanx I'm gonna make some of this up as I'm dreadful for going to the fridge going in the meat drawer to just find its gone of