The Batch Lady: Cooking on a Budget: Unlock the power of batch-cooking with simple, freezable, store-cupboard recipes that won't break the bank from Sunday Times best-selling author

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And for Suzanne Mulholland, aka The Batch Lady, it also became a new career after friends suggested she post her recipes online. Here she shares three delicious dishes from one of her four cookbooks, Cooking On A Budget. 1. Chip shop fish 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? Shop once: Get organised, plan ahead and create fresh and satisfying meals without breaking the bank. Stir and allow onions and mince to brown. (This is the start of your fajitas, Bolognese and chilli). If you’re serving now… The fish is now ready to be served with chip-shop chips and mushy peas alongside.

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Jamie’s brand new book, ONE , has an entire chapter dedicated to the art of batch cooking. What’s more, every recipe is cooked in just one pan or tray, meaning less washing up! From a warming veggie chilli and Bolognese to an outrageous pulled pork, these are big-hitters that are designed to take the hassle out of everyday cooking. Plus, they’re the gift that keeps on giving – each principle recipe comes with Jamie’s favourite ways to use the leftovers. Looking for convenient and tasty go-to meals for busy days? These are recipes the whole family will love. If you want to save time and money in the kitchen, while making your ingredients go further, get on board with batch cooking.If you are an experienced cook, there will be little here that you haven’t cooked before. Will you have made it with a “one meal for today, one for the freezer” perspective before? Maybe not. And you probably won’t have made 10 Meals in an Hour before either; that’s the game changer! Once mixed well, divide the mixture into 2 large balls, then divide each ball into 4 equal portions and divide each of the 8 portions into 4 again so that you end up with 32 similar sized meat balls. Over 100 delicious, simple and energy-efficient batch-cooking recipes that will satisfy the whole family and fill your freezer. Save money all week. Cook once: Over 100 delicious, simple and energy-efficient batch-cooking recipes that will satisfy the whole family and fill your freezer.

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Bolognese sauce or Chilli – tip into a saucepan and stir over a medium heat or heat in a microwave oven until piping hot. Meatballs – bake in oven at 180°C for 10-12 mins, turning half way through cooking. Alternatively, pan fry over a medium heat for 8-10 minutes. Rebecca and nikki. Whenever I see a recipe using mince, I replace with tinned brown lentils to make veggie. This would work for all of these I think and bring the price down too. For the meatballs and burgers you would need to mash them up a bit and add breadcrumbs or oats to bulk and assist binding 😊 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. These can be cooked directly from frozen. Simply preheat the oven to 180˚C/350˚F/gas mark 4 and line a baking sheet with foil. Lay the frozen fish on the prepared baking sheet and transfer to the oven for 25–30 minutes, until crisp, golden and piping hot all of the way through. Serve as described above. Chip-shop chips

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 saucepan with a lid over a medium heat, then add the onions, garlic and celery and cook, stirring, for 4 minutes, until soft. Suzanne Mulholland – aka The Batch Lady – shares her chip shop fish and chips recipes (Picture: Haarala Hamilton) Pat the fish fillets dry on kitchen paper, then working with a single fillet at a time, dip the fish in the batter until fully coated and carefully transfer to the hot oil. Cook the fish in two batches for 3-5 minutes each, until the batter is crisp and golden and the fish is cooked through. Remove the fish from the oil and leave to drain on kitchen paper while you cook the second batch.

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While the meat is browning you can now make the home-made burgers. Remember to stir the browning meat occasionally. Put the tomato purée, smoked paprika, frozen garlic, oregano, lemon juice and natural yoghurt in a large mixing bowl and stir to combine. Add the salt and a generous grinding of pepper and mix again.Your large pot will have some mixture left, add the ingredients below to this to turn it into chilli.