The Batch Lady: Shop Once. Cook Once. Eat Well All Week.

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Save time and money and eliminate food waste with this charming and practical handbook from online sensation the Batch Lady, who teaches home cooks how to master meal prep and planning to create tasty meals the whole family will love. Today’s home cooks want meals that are easy and delicious and use seasonal ingredients. But our overstretched, hectic lives make cooking from scratch every day difficult. Suzanne Mulholland—a time management expert known to the world as the Batch Lady—understands the challenges that limit our hours in the kitchen. In this warm, funny, practical cookbook, she shares her life-changing recipes and techniques to help home cooks create fresh, delicious meals that add taste and variety without breaking the bank. The secret: batch cooking that emphasizes planning and preparation. In her delightful Scottish voice, Suzanne shows you how to prepare different dishes using similar base ingredients in one big batch—optimizing shopping, prep, and clean-up time while maximizing storage space and reducing waste. Her recipes are simple, short, and yummy and accommodate a variety of tastes and dietary restrictions. With considerations for portion control, budget, and family size, her methods and techniques can be adapted to suit any kind of lifestyle or personal needs. The Batch Lady offers time-efficient, strategies and recipes such as Paired Meals, including Massaman Curry + Moroccan Lamb Chops, Spaghetti Bolognese + Chili, and Vegetarian Tagine + Spicy Bean Burgers, and other tasty fare. She also teaches you how to create 10 meals in an hour, whipping up different dishes at the same time that use similar base ingredients such as • Vegetarian—Stuffed Sweet Potatoes with Coriander and Feta; Mediterranean Casserole; Bean Burgers; Butternut Squash and Chickpea Tagine; Sweet Potato and Spinach Curry • Chicken—Chicken Balti; Enchiladas; Bride’s Chicken; Mozzarella Hasselback Chicken; Hunter’s Chicken Best of all, mastering the methods and recipes in The Batch Lady will help you feel in control and empowered in the kitchen, no matter how busy your day. A cooking lifestyle “hack” packed with fresh, tasty food and illustrated with dozens of inspiring color photographs, The Batch Lady will revolutionize how you cook today—and every day. CONTENTS Cover Dedication Copyright Note to Readers Title Page Welcome Introduction WHAT IS BATCHING? THE BENEFITS OF BATCHING THE BATCH METHOD 10 MEALS IN 1 HOUR THE BATCH LADY LARDER ESSENTIAL KIT GET ORGANIZED! HOW TO USE YOUR FREEZER USING CUPS THE RECIPES POULTRY CHICKEN, ASPARAGUS & EMMENTAL PARCELS CHICKEN, CHEESE & HAM PASTRY LATTICES CHICKEN, TOMATO & CHORIZO PASTA BAG ’NDUJA PASTA BAG MEXICAN TRAYBAKE CAJUN PORK STEAKS WITH PEPPERS THREE WAYS WITH CAJUN PORK STEAKS THAI GREEN CHICKEN CURRY THAI RED SWEET POTATO CURRY CHICKEN & BROCCOLI TIKKA MASALA CHICKEN, OKRA & PEPPER JALFREZI 10 CHICKEN MEALS IN 1 HOUR INGREDIENTS METHOD WHEN YOU COME TO COOK MEAT AMERICAN BREAKFAST HASH BREAKFAST QUICHE FARMER’S WIFE’S SAVOURY PLAIT APPLE & BLACKBERRY PLAIT BAKED SAUSAGE ZITI BAKED SPINACH ZITI PEPPERONI CALZONES BANANA, MARSHMALLOW & CHOCOLATE CALZONE MOUSSAKA LAMB & FETA BURGERS THREE WAYS WITH LAMB & FETA BURGERS PULLED PORK THREE WAYS WITH PULLED PORK PULLED LAMB THREE WAYS WITH PULLED LAMB LAZY LASAGNE MOZZARELLA STUFFED MEATBALLS THREE WAYS WITH MOZZARELLA STUFFED MEATBALLS COTTAGE PIE WITH ROOT VEGETABLES SHEPHERD’S PIE WITH SWEET POTATO MASH 10 MINCE-BASED MEALS IN 1 HOUR INGREDIENTS METHOD WHEN YOU COME TO COOK FISH LUXURY SEAFOOD CHOWDER EASY-BUT-LUXURY FISH PIE SALMON FRIED RICE CHILLI & GINGER SALMON FILLETS THREE WAYS WITH CHILLI & GINGER SALMON FILLETS THAI SWEET POTATO FISH CAKES PANKO FISH GOUJONS KATSU FISH CURRY CHICKEN KATSU BURGERS 10 FISH MEALS IN 1 HOUR INGREDIENTS METHOD WHEN YOU COME TO COOK VEG VEGGIE BOLOGNESE CHILLI BEAN BURGERS BROCCOLI & CAULIFLOWER CHEESE BAKE LUXURY MACARONI CHEESE BAKE THREE WAYS WITH MACARONI CHEESE SPINACH & RICOTTA CANNELLONI SPINACH & RICOTTA STUFFED CHICKEN RUMBLEDETHUMPS CORNED BEEF HASH THREE WAYS WITH RUMBLEDETHUMPS OVEN-BAKED MUSHROOM RISOTTO PANKO RISOTTO CAKES OVEN-BAKED PEA RISOTTO PEA & MINT SOUP 10 MEAT-FREE MEALS IN 1 HOUR INGREDIENTS METHOD WHEN YOU COME TO COOK SIDES & SAUCES CREAMED CORN CHILLI GREEN BEANS EASY ROAST POTATOES MADE-IN-ADVANCE BAKED POTATOES POTATO DAUPHINOISE SPANISH OMELETTE BASIC TOMATO SAUCE TOMATO-FREE PASTA SAUCE THREE WAYS WITH BASIC TOMATO SAUCE WHITE SAUCE CHEESE SAUCE ALFREDO SAUCE ALFREDO CHICKEN PASTA BAKE ENCHILADA PASTA SAUCE BAKED ENCHILADAS THREE WAYS WITH ENCHILADA PASTA SAUCE GREEN PESTO RED PESTO THREE WAYS WITH PESTO DESSERTS VICTORIA SANDWICH SCONES CHOCOLATE RAISIN SLICES PEPPERMINT SLICES ICE CREAM COOKIES VANILLA ICE CREAM FROZEN BISCOFF CHEESECAKE BISCOFF ICE CREAM Goodbye List of Searchable Terms Acknowledgements About the Publisher