Family Freezer Meals

It’s Wednesday night. You’ve finally logged off from work after the day from hell. You’ve barely had chance to close your laptop before you hear the dreaded words – ‘What’s for tea?’ And it’s then that you realise that you haven’t done that supermarket top-up shop you were planning to do on your ‘lunch break’ that never materialised. And the cupboards and your energy levels are running on empty.

This is where your freezer can become your best friend, saving you from a potential mid-week menu meltdown. Simply by planning ahead and batch cooking over the weekend, you can save yourself future stress and, with no more time and effort than it takes to defrost and reheat, you can dish up delicious homecooked dinners every night of the week.

Batch cooking ticks all the boxes. It saves time (which helps your stress levels), it reduces food waste (which helps the planet), it helps you to manage portion sizes (which helps your waistline) and provides lots of home-cooked freezer meals. What’s not to love?

And the great news is, the best batch cooking ideas tend to be your family favourites, all frozen to be enjoyed later without compromising on flavour. Have you made a large lasagne? A sizeable soup? A colossal curry? A gigantic goulash? The temptation is to go back for seconds, thirds or even fourths (no judgment), but rather than eating your body weight in pie or chilli, another way to reduce waste and save money is to seal up the leftovers and pop them into the freezer for another day when you’re pushed for time and in need of a quick, delicious dinner. The Bosch ErgoMixx has a handy vacuum seal function and a host of bags and storage containers to keep your food as fresh as it was the first time around.

One of the most common questions when it comes to freezer meals is whether you can freeze a dish that has already been frozen. The simple answer is, no. As a general rule, if you’ve defrosted an ingredient or a dish, you can’t freeze it again. But there are loads of unexpected things that you can freeze which will help prevent waste. Grated cheese? Freeze it. Egg whites? Freeze those too. Stock? Cooked rice? Peeled bananas? Extra herbs? Even leftover wine? All of these can be popped into the freezer saving you time and money later on. Although who has leftover wine?

While batch cooking looks like it can only be achieved by those who run their households like a military operation, it is actually pretty easy and cost-effective to do. It’s simply a case of building up the dishes you’re already making anyway, as if you’re feeding an extra couple of people. Those additional portions can be saved as a gift to yourself for those nights when cooking from scratch is the last thing on your mind, and when your microwave becomes your best friend. Rather than reaching for a takeaway menu or a ready meal, relax and treat yourself to a home-cooked dinner that’s been cooked with self-care in mind.

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