With baby girl due next month, I’m starting to turn my attention towards batch cooking. Its something I used to spend a lot of time doing when I was on Slimming World and its something I want to get back into before baby girl arrives so that I don’t have to worry too much about making meals when she is a newborn.
I tend to make a variety of things when batch cooking – soups, chilli con carnes, curries and even a good old stew. I either use the hob for things that need constant supervision or opt to get out my slow cooker for meals that can be left to their own devices. I then have a meal of it that evening with family before letting it cool and sticking it in the freezer for the future. I tend to have at least five or 6 portions left over so I’m hoping over the next few weeks to make a good fortnights worth of meals for the three of us to enjoy once baby girl has arrived. Our slow cooker is looking a little tired though so I’m thinking about picking up a new slow cooker this week in preparation for next month.
They say that cooking for a family with a newborn is one of the best gifts you can get them and its so true – with all the exhaustion and stress that comes with a newborn baby, the parents will hardly want to be thinking about cooking a meal for them to eat but its a necessity for them, especially if they have other children like we do. I know that Jack will be having a decent cooked meal at school each day too so will definitely be getting all of the nutrition he needs.
So what I want to know is what are your favourite things to batch cook? I know of the obvious choices like stews, soups, curries and those kind of meals – but do you have anything in particular that your family love? Let me know in the comments below.
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