Best Batch Cooking Recipes: 33 Of Our Best Meal Prep Meals
Best Batch Cooking Recipes: 33 Of Our Best Meal Prep Meals
Cooking for a family of any size can be time-consuming. And especially now — when you're making up to three meals a day for the whole family while you all stay home — you want to make each meal stretch as far as possible. That's where batch cooking comes in.
All 33 of these batch cooking recipes serve at least 4, and most serve 6-8 or even 10-12. Some use an Instant Pot or slow cooker to make more servings with less work. Spend a Sunday (or whatever day you have time!) in the kitchen making these big batch recipes, then simply heat them up and serve or turn into rollover meals throughout the week to feed your family.
Batch Cooking Recipes That Freeze Well
1. Big Batch Cooking Ratatouille
2. Chicken Pot Pie: Double Batch Recipe You Can Make Ahead & Freeze
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3. Sunny Anderson's Freezer Frittata
4. Cookie Monster's Sausage and Zucchini Strata
5. Kayla Itsines' Spinach and Tomato Mini Frittatas
6. Make-Ahead Freezer Breakfast Bowls With Cheesy Hash Browns
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7. Make-Ahead Freezer Breakfast Burritos With Sausage and/or Bacon
8. Freezer-to-Oven Entrée: Chicken Casserole Dinner
9. Freezer-To-Oven Mac 'n' Cheese
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10. Make-Ahead Freezer Sausage French Toast Roll-Ups
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15. Crispy Belgian-Style Waffles
16. Rachael's Roasted Broccolini and Baby Carrots
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17. Kelsey Nixon's Roasted Root Vegetables with Cider Vinaigrette
18. Caribbean Chicken with Black Bean Salad
19. Melissa Clark's Slow-Cooked Irish Oatmeal
20. Rachael's Chicken, Sausage and Farro Soup
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21. Instant Pot White Beans with Sage | Milk Street
22. Instant Pot Taco Mac and Cheese
Make-Ahead Batch Cooking Recipes That Keep Well In The Fridge
23. Instant Pot "Rotisserie" Chicken
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24. Brined Roasted Chicken and Vegetables
25. Sunday Spaghetti and Meatballs
26. Beef Burgundy
27. Carla Hall's Black-Eyed Pea Salad With Hot Sauce Vinaigrette
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28. Instant Pot Ropa Vieja (shredded beef) | Bobby Flay
29. Make-Ahead Mashed Potatoes
30. Spinach & Artichoke Mac 'n' Cheese Bake | Half Baked Harvest
31. Instant Pot French Onion Soup | Half Baked Harvest
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32. Curtis Stone's Shortcut Ham and Navy Bean Soup
33. Poached Chicken