batch cooking
Cook once, eat repeatedly
Batch cooking is the practice of preparing large quantities of food at once, typically portioning it out for meals throughout the week.
The approach saves time by consolidating shopping, chopping, and cleanup into a single session rather than cooking daily.
I spent Sunday afternoon batch cooking soups and casseroles for the week ahead.
The technique is popular among busy families and meal preppers who want home-cooked food without daily kitchen work.
- meal prepAdvance food preparation
- meal planningScheduling what you'll cook
- food prepReadying ingredients for cooking
- freezerSubzero storage compartment
- freezer mealsPre-prepared food kept frozen
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- food processingcanning, freezing, drying, packaging, pasteurization
- food managementmeal planning, food storage, inventory, portion control, food safety
- homemakingcleaning, laundry, recipes, baking, sewing
- household dutieshousework, cleaning, laundry, dishes, chores
- meal prepmeal prep, meal plan, food prep, lunch prep, dinner prep
- weekly routineslaundry day, grocery shopping, grocery day, garbage day, trash day