Batch Cook with me // Family Meals to Cook at Home. Frugal Living in the UK and Beyond!
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Join me in the kitchen and batch cook with me! I’m showing you some family meals to cook at home. Easy & Delicious, and …
Brilliant work Claire, you must have felt so satisfied after all your hard work to see all your delicious meals go into the freezer saving you so much time on busy days ahead. They all looked really tasty. I hope your week is going well so far.
Hi Claire, this vidio was great, I love batch cooking, your cooking always looks tempting to eat. Thank you for sharing, will try your recipes Claire and I am sure we will love it🇦🇺🇬🇧✅✅❤️
Those creamy BBQ chicken thighs look good. Reminds me of something I used to do years ago – Sautee the chicken thighs in some garlic and oil and add a little cream just before serving. I should do that again now that I've found a half decent vegan cream.
What did I do for dinner last night? From Jamie Oliver's 30 minute meals I made his vegetarian Rogan Josh, which is loaded with pumpkin, chickpeas and Baby spinach. Yes, there's single serve leftovers in the freezer.
If you want to make an easy low cost broth, just put bones, skin, carcass + water in slow cooker overnight on low. You also can put whole onion or any vegetable. in the morning strain the liquid into a big container and put in the refrigerator for a day. At the end of the day all the fat will collect on top and you can scoop it and throw away. Then portion the broth into small containers. I use it for steaming rice, making soup, etc. you can also use bones from a cooked chicken instead of raw.
Hi Claire! I have thought of some more recipes that use minced meat, I use turkey instead of beef. It is cheaper here. I will send you any recipe you may wish:
1) Swedish meatballs
2) Stuffed peppers
3). Cabbage rolls
Great video again. You could make a different soup like a tomato and basil? How about a beef stew or casserole. I know beef can be a bit pricey but I bulk it out with lots of veg and in the winter time with dumplings. Sweet and sour pork is a good one for the freezer too. You worked very hard all day but you will have some relaxing evenings as a result.
Great video Claire. Love the chicken ideas. I’m off mince at the minute but it is so versatile isn’t it. 😻❤️🙏
Some critiques:
Cook all your mince (except the meatball portion) at one time in the IP. Then divide out the portion that you want plain. Saves time & one pan.
Either cook cream sauce, onions, garlic, etc in pan and then add to chicken (exactly like you did) while the mince is cooking in IP OR add all the ingredients on top of the chicken without cooking in pan first and put in oven with meatballs. Saves time and oven energy, possibly one pan.
Pet peeve…lol….chop onions MUCH smaller for meatballs!! Big hunk of onions…yikes…but that may just be me being picky. ☺
Tech issue: your voice is very soft and gentle, but your music is always SUPER LOUD. I spend most of the video turning you up and then OUCH turning the music portion way down.
Anyhoo…
Thanks for the video. I like to do batch cooking sometimes like this. Definitely helps on days where cooking isn't going to happen without helpers. 😄
Always enjoy your videos! 😊
I do symphatise with you when chopping onions! It is very bad for me as I am allregic to them.
Great video and it will save you time and money. Keep up the good work and I want more 😊.
Ps. Just a suggestion if you ever feel like trying. when I do meatballs i leave meat as it is but blend together onions, 2 bullet chillies (thick green ones), spices and coriander and only then I mix it with meat by hand. Then I form meatballs and fry them or add them to curry (it is called koftas curry).
Really enjoy your videos! Have a great day from Texas, USA.
Boy, I'm tired just watching you! You have some great looking meals for your upcoming week 😉
Gosh Claire..you cook identical to me..even down to defrosting something..and wondering what on earth it is..🤭.. lovely vlog..have a nice day..💐
Meals look delicious. For more food less
Effort, why not do double amount of 2-3 meals each week, instead of single amount of 5-6 recipes? The. You will have half the meals
To cook!
My MO is to do 8-12 portions of 1/2 recipes each week. Then it’s a breeze and I always have a supply of ready meals.
So I the list….Bol, chilli, spicy mince, meatloaf, curry chicken, lentil or lamb. Then cassoulet, sauce for couscous, refried beans for tortilla wraps. Tomato sauce for pasta or pizza topping. Pizza bases too
Enjoyed watching… thanks for sharing these wonderful videos and contents..;LK
👍 meals, enjoy them all… FYI .. a little tip with those freezer bags.. I have a jug I picked up from a thrift shop that’s perfect to hold the bag in it with rolling the sides .. easy no mess or spills and the skids a clean …. Hope that helps…
Love batch cooking,saves so much time and money,not to mention peace of mind on the days you can’t be bothered! Great video,more please Claire x
Loved this video! May I come eat at your house LOL? You talk to yourself just the way I do when I’m cooking. 💜
Lovely recipes. Such an achievement when you can just pull a meal out of freezer to defrost. Hate the amount of washing up batch cooking generates though. In my house all single portions are frozen in old takeaway containers
I buy joints of brisket or similar cuts of beef when they’re cheap and put them in the slow cooker. Once cooked you can either slice for roast beef dinners or sandwiches (there’s nothing like a hot beef roll with onion gravy and chips for tea – delicious!) or shred the meat and use instead of mince. Makes fabulous shepherds pie or chilli, you can use it for pulled beef wraps, tacos or enchiladas. Any scraps can be added to gravy (the stock is perfect for making tasty gravy) and served over jacket potatoes to make them go further. Makes a nice change from mince and the cost for lean steak mince will often be around the same as for a piece of beef.
Did you know that if you put a spoon in your mouth when chopping it stops your eyes nipping? Really works
Everything looks delicious.Thank you for sharing. 😊
Excellent video. I never mind the dirty dishes…we all have them! You have the right idea with prepping ingredients. Besides what you showed, which are all wonderful ideas, I'd say, be sure to repackage meat into portion sizes before freezing. This makes it SO much easier to thaw and prepare only what is needed for a meal. Going a step further, like precooking the ground beef or chicken, is even that much better. Also, when freezing raw ground beef or chicken, make sure the packages are flat and as thin as possible. This makes thawing a breeze! Thanks for the video!
Some great recipe ideas here! I’ll be trying the garlic cream chicken for sure thank you!
having ASD and ADHD i really struggle at times and i do batch cook most weeks it does help me and if iam having a bad time and just can not function i can get something out and just heat it up 🙂 x
yummy ! all looks great x