Family food

Batch-cooking family recipes

These freezer-friendly, batch-cook recipes and tips have been created with family in mind, and will help you prepare ahead and reduce food waste.

Jools' fish pie

Jools' fish pie

1 hr 30 mins

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Breakfast

Jools' breakfast on the go

Jools’ breakfast on the go

10 mins

frozen fruit smoothies

Frozen fruit smoothies

5 mins

one-cup pancakes with blueberries

One-cup pancakes with blueberries

15 mins

Eggy bread recipe

Eggy bread

30 mins

Spiced Flapjacks

Spiced flapjacks

55 mins

Rice pudding in bowls topped with fresh fruit, blueberries and banana

Jools’ easy creamy rice pudding

50 mins

Leftover Squash Pancakes

Leftover squash pancakes

15 mins

Granola Bars

Granola bars

40 mins

Sweet potato muffin recipe

Sweet potato muffins

1 hr

Berry Good Pancakes

Berry good pancakes

20 mins

Kids excitedly holding plates of fresh yoghurt and blueberry-topped waffles

Brilliant breakfast waffles

10 mins

savoury pancake recipe

Healthy cheese & corn pancakes

30 mins

Fruit compote

Fruit compote

20 mins

Mexican-style eggs

Mexican-style eggs

40 mins

Batch cook sauce staples

tomato and vegetable sauce in a freezer bag, plastic container and saucepan

7-veg tomato sauce

1 hr

A batch of beautiful mince ragù being spooned from the pot into separate containers

Batch minced meat ragù

1 hr 50 mins

Green pesto

Super-quick batch pesto

15 mins

White base sauce

White base sauce

50 mins

Bolognese sauce

Bolognese sauce

1 hr

Veggie Bolognese spaghetti in a bowl

Veggie Bolognese sauce

1 hr

Tomato base sauce

Tomato base sauce

1 hr 10 mins

Curry base sauce

Curry base sauce

1 hr 10 mins

Christmas gravy recipes

Get-ahead gravy

2 hrs

daal recipe

Daal

1 hr 15 mins

Korma

Korma

1 hr

Veggie jalfrezi

Veggie jalfrezi

1 hr

Jalfrezi

Jalfrezi

1 hr

Veggie korma

Veggie korma

1 hr

Kerryann’s hidden vegetable pasta sauce

Kerryann’s hidden vegetable pasta sauce

2 hrs

Quick suppers

Vegetable fritters recipe

Green veggie fritters

20 mins

A pan of chickpea curry with a spoon

Chickpea curry

35 mins

Easy broccoli soup in a bowl

Broccoli soup

20 mins

Baked Sole Goujons

Baked sole goujons

25 mins

Boiled broccoli with a knob of butter

Brilliant broccoli

20 mins

Proper chicken nuggets

Proper chicken nuggets

30 mins

Green salad

Simple chopped salad

25 mins

Traybake of roasted squash, red onions, peppers, aubergines and tomatoes

Roasted vegetables

1 hr 5 mins

Lemony green bean recipe

Lemony green beans

15 mins

Pork, Spring Green & Black Bean Stir Fry

Pork, spring green & black bean stir-fry

15 mins

Vegetarian carbonara recipe

Veggie carbonara

30 mins

pappardelle with tomato sauce

Cheat’s homemade pappardelle with quick tomato sauce

25 mins

Vegetable pasta with aubergine, courgette, peppers and tomato sauce

Mixed-veg pasta

1 hr

Veggie masala

Veggie masala

30 mins

Cheesy pasta bake packed with vegetables in a baking dish

Cheesy pasta bake

30 mins

Beef meatballs on a wholemeal wrap with red cabbage, parsley and harissa yoghurt

Harissa meatball wraps

30 mins

Sausage & fennel pasta with chilli and parmesan

Sausage and fennel pasta with chilli and parmesan

30 mins

Chetna Makan holding plate of Yoghurt chicken curry

Yoghurt chicken curry

1 hr 30 mins

A colourful plate of Buddy Oliver's veggie nachos. With black beans, avocado, feta, lime, sweet corn tomatoes and more

Cooking buddies

RECIPES TO COOK WITH KIDS

Comforting meals

Chicken thigh casserole recipe

Jools’ simple chicken & veg stew

1 hr 30 mins

BBQ baked beans With smashed sweet potatoes in a tray

BBQ baked beans

1 hr 25 mins

Beef stew

Jools’ simple beef stew

2 hrs 30 mins

Moroccan-style roast chicken

Moroccan-style roast chicken

1 hr 30 mins

Energy-saving chicken roast

Energy-saving chicken roast

1 hr 15 mins

Shepherd's pie with crispy mash topping, gravy and peas

Shepherd's pie

6 hrs 30 mins

Best ratatouille recipe in a large pot

Classic ratatouille

1 hr 15 mins

Salsa spaghetti

Salsa spaghetti

15 mins

Curry with Chicken drumsticks, yellow peppers & chickpeas in a casserole pan, topped with yoghurt

Pukka yellow curry

1 hr 15 mins

Seven-veg tagine

Seven-veg tagine

55 mins

Jools' fish pie

Jools' fish pie

1 hr 30 mins

Chicken traybake with red peppers and tomatoes being served up onto plates with a green salad

Hit ‘n’ run traybaked chicken

1 hr 10 mins

Lentil and bean vegetarian chilli in freezer-safe containers with wedge of lime

Kerryann’s chilli con veggie

1 hr 45 mins

Vegan shepherd's pie in an oven dish on dark wooden boards, topped with rosemary

Vegan shepherd's pie

1 hr 25 mins

Turkey hot pot

Michela’s turkey hotpot

Meatloaf

Pork meatloaf

1 hr

Lentil cottage pie recipe

Michela’s veg & lentil cottage pie

Sweet potato, spinach and chickpea curry with rice and plain yoghurt

Sweet potato & chickpea curry

35 mins

A bowl of simple spaghetti Bolognese

Family spaghetti Bolognese

2 hrs

Turkey chili

Turkey con chilli

2 hrs 35 mins

Lamb and chickpea curry on white rice in a bowl

Lamb & chickpea curry

2 hrs 20 mins

Minestrone soup

Minestrone soup

50 mins

Gluten-free ratatouille recipe

Gluten-free ratatouille

1 hr

Beef tagine with squash, sticky prunes and chickpeas, on top of couscous

Beef tagine

3 hrs 40 mins

tomato macaroni cheese

Quick tomato macaroni cheese

45 mins

Meatloaf

Pork meatloaf

1 hr

Best meatloaf recipe

Jamie’s meatloaf

1 hr 10 mins

Sausage & squash chilli

Sausage & squash chilli

2 hrs

Sausage and bean casserole with baked sweet potatoes and chopped green salad.

Jools’ sausage & smoky bean casserole

1 hr 30 mins

Smoky aubergine daal

Smoky aubergine daal

1 hr 20 mins

Veggie casserole

Veggie casserole

2 hrs 3 mins

Fish pie recipe

Fish pie

1 hr

Lasagne

Lasagne

1 hr 15 mins

Veggie lasagne

Veggie lasagne

1 hr 15 mins

Simple minestrone soup

Simple minestrone soup

45 mins

Snacks and sides

Easy flatbread recipe with garlic and herb butter, served in a pile on a wooden chopping board

Easy flatbreads

35 mins

hummus recipe

Skinny homemade houmous

5 mins

Homemade potato wedges recipe

Smoky mixed-potato wedges

45 mins

Granola Bars

Granola bars

40 mins

Green salad

Simple chopped salad

25 mins

Traybake of roasted squash, red onions, peppers, aubergines and tomatoes

Roasted vegetables

1 hr 5 mins

Lemony green bean recipe

Lemony green beans

15 mins

Boiled broccoli with a knob of butter

Brilliant broccoli

20 mins

Spiced Flapjacks

Spiced flapjacks

55 mins

Even more recipes

Gluten free veggie pasties

Gluten-free veggie pasties

1 hr 30 mins

mushroom pasty on a plate with side salad and mustard

My veggie pasties

1 hr 45 mins

Homemade fishcakes recipe

Michela’s fishcakes

A platter of chargrilled vegetable kebabs

Chargrilled veg kebabs

1 hr

Grilled chicken kebab recipe

Chargrilled chicken kebabs

1 hr