Everyday cooking, a little more measured.
Recipes, handfuls & the occasional measuring jug.
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Batch cooking, dividing before packing, and a freezer I can actually find things in.
My freezer used to be a museum of unlabelled boxes. Now everything goes in as a single portion with a name and a date, and I can find dinner in under a minute.
Read more of “Freezer notes: portions I can actually find again”One tray for the chicken and vegetables, one pot for the rice. I divide the batch into five portions before putting everything away.
Read more of “Sunday meal prep: five lunches, one tray”Big bags of nuts and dried fruit are good value, but eating straight from them is a guessing game. On Sunday afternoons I divide one into small jars, and it takes ten minutes.
Read more of “Small jars, big bag: portioning snacks once a week”A soup is the easiest thing to portion badly. This red lentil version is written for six bowls, and the trick that made it work was measuring the finished pot with a ladle.
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