Cook, Batch, Freeze: Easy meals to feed your family on a budget

Description

Cook, Batch, Freeze is the ideal book for anyone looking to save time and money, without scrimping on flavour and nutritious value. By understanding how to make the most of your freezer, by cooking in bulk and freezing leftovers, you can cut down on the cost of your ingredients and the time you spend in your kitchen. Packed with 100 delicious recipes and with chapters on Meat, Fish, Vegetables, Bread, Fruit and Cakes, this comprehensive guide means that you will always have a meal on-hand for any occasion. The flavour-filled recipes include Lentil and Venison Sausage Stew, Thai Coconut Fish Curry, Smoked Aubergine Tagine, Pear, Saffron and Ginger Tarte Tatin, Easy Spiced Banana and Apricot Bread and Peach and Mascarpone Crumble Cake. Cook, Batch, Freeze features all the basic recipes a busy cook needs, as well as family favourites and showstoppers for special occasions. Every recipe features health and safety advice on freezing, defrosting and reheating, and there are handy at-a-glance charts of ingredients that show which ones can be frozen and for how long. With recipes for sauces and quick snacks, as well as full meals, breads and puddings, with this book your freezer is your secret weapon in the kitchen.

Sara Lewis has been a professional food stylist and home economist for over 30 years, having started her career in magazines, where she contributed regularly to Slimming World and was the Cookery Editor at Practical Parenting magazine. She is best known for a series of books on slow cooking but has written books on such diverse subjects as bread-making, ice cream, freezing, gluten-free, children's cooking, soups, juices, jams and salads. She has collaborated with the Royal Marsden Hospital, Age Concern, The National Trust, British Heart Foundation and the Women's Institute.