Batch cooking recipes
Do you relish getting ahead with dinners for the week? Our batch cooking recipes are easy, many are freezable, and they save you time and money.
From chillies and ragùs to curries and pies, take a browse through and find something to inspire you.
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Satisfyingly slow roasts
Pot-roast beef brisket with ale and onions
This simple slow-cooked beef brisket is meltingly tender and rich with onion, ale and bay. Freeze any leftovers to make a chilli or ragu.
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Beef stew recipes
Beef stew with orange and chestnuts
This hearty beef stew makes the perfect winter supper. Sweet, earthy chestnuts combine beautifully with rich beef and zesty orange.
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Best of the best recipes
Best of the best chilli con carne
Full of layered complexity, satisfying texutre and fruity heat, this chilli con carne is the best example of the one-pot classic.
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Vegetarian recipes from around the world
Soffritto
Italian soffritto is a trio of finely chopped vegetables softened in oil or butter for many a ragù, risotto and sauce throughout the country.
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Batch cooking recipes
Gochujang pork ragù
Ragù is transformed in this pasta recipe with Korean gochujang paste. The complex depth of heat and umami lift the trad pasta sauce to exciting new heights.
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Batch cooking recipes
Lamb, aubergine and olive stew
This aromatic lamb stew with aubergines and olives is perfect to make ahead and freeze for busy nights. Serve with rice, couscous or flatbreads.
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Fishcake recipes
Mackerel, watercress and mustard fishcakes
These mackerel fishcakes are brilliant for batch cooking – make them for a quick dinner, then freeze then rest for another day.
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Fish curry recipes
Rich coconut and tomato fish curry
Make a batch of this rich, aromatic fish curry. It freezes brilliantly, ready for busy nights when you need a warming curry in a hurry.
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Recipes with tinned beans
Sausage, fennel and flageolet bean traybake
Sausages slow-cooked with lemon, fennel and flagelot beans is one low-effort, maxmium flavour dinner. Batch cook and freeze extra portions.
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Easy student recipes
Harissa chickpea stew with crispy halloumi
This slow-cooked chickpea stew topped with crispy halloumi makes for an easy and satisfying midweek meal. Batch cook the dish ahead of time.
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Batch cooking recipes
Cheesy beef bourguignon pie
Why serve beef bourguignon with separate sides when you can top it with rich, cheesy mash and transform it into a pie? Batch cook and freeze.
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Meatball recipes
’Nduja meatballs
Give meatballs a flavour boost by adding spicy nduja sausage. Batch cook the meatballs and freeze ahead ready to serve with polenta or pasta.
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Batch cooking recipes
Southern style slow cooker beef chilli with cornbread topping
Stick a batch of richly flavoured slow cooker beef chilli in the freezer and a range of gloriously satisfying meals are minutes away.
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Slow cooker recipes
Slow cooker gammon with soy and ginger
This slow cooker gammon joint, tender and suffused with Asian flavours, can be eaten as it is, then used for quick bao buns or noodle salads.
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Aubergine recipes
Caponata with couscous
Dale Pinnock's easy vegan caponata is packed with aubergine, courgette, tomatoes and olives. Serve with wholegrain couscous.
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Slow cook recipes
Slow cooker pulled pork
Learn how to make perfect slow cooker pulled pork with our easy recipe. No slow cooker? No problem. The recipe works in a low oven, too.
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