The Batch Lady: Revolutionise mealtimes with the Sunday Times best-selling, batch-cooking cookbook sensation, packed with over 80 simple, freezable, ... Shop Once. Cook Once. Eat Well All Week.

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Over time, I found that cooking once a week with a view to freezing meals was the best way to save time, money and my peace of mind. This way, I could add salt or spice to some portions before serving, thus keeping everyone happy and healthy. Simply lay out your wraps and add 2 tablespoons of sauce to each wrap, don’t worry if it doesn’t look enough, it will spread out once cooked What’s it about? The Batch Lady’s hugely successful method – Shop Once, Cook Once, Eat Well All Week – shows how with a little organisation and just a few hours of prep a week you can produce a week’s worth of delicious, home-cooked meals that the whole family will enjoy. Take the hassle out of mealtimes with these 100 easy recipes, each taking no more than 15 minutes to prepare. Such an easy lunch, but who doesn’t love a bagel! This is a great on the go lunch for summer, simply serve it with fruit, a treat and a drink of juice to make a full child-friendly lunch. Do you want to save time, money and hassle when it comes to cooking? Do you prefer to feed everyone in the family the same meal? Combat fussy eaters? Get lots of hidden veg into your children?

Making in advance and eating later? Simply make up until the final instruction above but do not put it in the oven for the 10 minutes, instead allow to cool, then cover and place in fridge until needed. The Batch Lady method will inspire you to make fast, simple and portion-controlled meals in under 10 minutes. By spending a couple of hours, one day per week, cooking meals that have the same basic ingredients, you can prepare a host of varied, healthy and delicious dishes, which you can pop into the freezer until you need them.

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Shopping with two metre distancing is quite stressful! Going to the supermarket and deciding what to buy on a whim isn't working nowadays. You need to have planned in advance." Top tips: grams of dried pasta 1 onion finely chopped 2 ends of bread - toasted 100g of cheese - grated ¾ jar ( 500g jar) of pasta sauce Serve your children curries, chilli and fajitas, but adapt them to their palates by adding crème fraiche to their portions prior to serving, so they get a milder version of your meal. Heat the oil in a large sauté pan over medium heat, then add the onions, bacon lardons, mushrooms and garlic. Fry the mixture, stirring, until all the elements are crisp and golden for around 10 minutes. Step 2

If you are making spaghetti bolognaise, you will need chopped onions, mince and grated carrots. You also need those ingredients to make, burgers, meatballs, chilli, fajitas and lasagne: one large pot of veg and mince will serve as a base for six different dishes.

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Sprinkle with the grated cheese and breadcrumbs and cook in a pre-heated oven for 10 minutes at 180oC until the top is golden brown

Start small. Focus on meals you like to eat on a regular basis. If you like fajitas and you've got a quiet night, double the recipe - one for your fridge, one for your freezer. When life starts to get busy again, you're covered. Always make a basic recipe, that way it’s easy to add spices and salt to taste after you have portioned out the kid’s meals. You will have a few leftovers from your shopping list (you may have even more if you're only serving two children). These can either be frozen and can be used the next week, or if you have teenage children you may wish to use these to bulk out the lunches above. You also won't waste food or money. If you go shopping at the start of the week, those sell-by dates will quite often have come up mid-week. But if you cook everything into portions for your fridge and freezer, you'll get to Friday and realise you've still got two meals left. What is The Batch Lady Planner? If serving wrapped, simply fold the bottom of the wrap into the middle then fold each side into the middle, you can now either put this in a flat toasty maker to toast, or if you do not have one then simply add to a frying pan and cook 4 minutes each side until its golden brown and cooked through

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Start in reverse. Look at what you've already got in the house before you even leave. Most people can get three meals out of their freezer or will have something in their pantry they could use. While the pasta is cooking you can now chop the onion, grate the cheese, toast your bread in a toaster and grate the toast so it becomes breadcrumbs Start to pair your recipes. I make 10 meals in one hour every Sunday – it gets easier every time! Choose two from my book, spaghetti Bolognese and chilli for example, see if it works for you. And then next time, double those recipes, you've got four meals. Then add in meatballs the time after. Every time you do it, it'll take you less time!

Once you have done your shopping from the list, it’s a good idea to look below and see what you will need each day. Often you will be using just some of an ingredient and keeping part of it for another day, such as the sweetcorn, ham, cheese and tomato sauce, which are divided and used over different days. This is a great way of keeping costs low, you just have to remember not to use it all on the first couple of days.

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If you’re going to make one meal, simply double the ingredients to make another. It will only take about 3 extra minutes! She tells HELLO!: "I started The Batch Lady to save time. I don't like cooking for my family every night – the beauty of the method is you cook only on certain nights. If you just spend 20 minutes of your week meal planning, it'll save you hours! Making in advance: Simply follow all the steps above, then allow to cool and place in fridge these can be served cold or you can heat in microwave for 2-3 minutes, if wanting to serve warm again. Wednesday: Macaroni cheese with sweetcorn crunchy top, served with a satsuma, biscuit and glass of juice