Ideas for finishing dinner cooking on time
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Meal prep and planning. Plan what you need to cook in advance. I usually plan on Saturday all the following week, batch cooking. Take a day (usually 2/3 hours)and make multiple things that will be cooked during the week. For example you can make lasagna, divide it in portions and freeze it. You can cook veg and they will last a couple of days in the fridge. You can pre cook lentils/beans/chickpeas and use then when needed. Will not take more than 30min a meal this way. Usually even less. Go on Instagram and follow people that do batch cooking so you know what to do. For example you want to cook meat and veg on the slow cooker? Chop all and divide in portions, put in the freezer, when the times come you just take a bag and put in the slow cooker. Seems nothing but the amount of time saved is considerable
@Alessia could you suggest one ? I do try meal prep sometimes however not being consistent with it and not sure what veg I could freeze and others that I couldn’t
We do meal planning and cook the night before so we can just reheat on the day and it saves so much time.
I cooked some rice today but not sure how long it will last on the fridge and whether I could freeze it? Also pasta and veggies? I do cook and freeze meat and I know it will be as good but not sure of these
So I'm vegetarian so I cannot help you with meat but I've seen posts about people just doing soups or food for slow cooker in advance put it in a bag in the freezer and take It out at the moment. Vegetable are as good as fresh when frozen so you can buy the stuff already frozen if you prefer. An example of meal I did this week, lasagna on Sunday and the rest frozen and ate it during the week. Then a pastry filled with vegs on Sunday as well and ate it the rest on Tuesday. I do like chickpea flour pizza, I put it in a jar with water and oil and leave it even 4 days, just put it on a baking tray and cook for 40min, no need to check it so you can do other things around the house. I did courgettes on the cooker, made a lot that were eaten during the week, then always wash and cook straight away other vegs as if properly stored they can last 4 days in the fridge, just take them out and pass on a pan to heat them.On top of the courgettes I put a steaming basket and made Pak choi and carrots.Just add salt and pepper
Seems difficult at the beginning but it's not if you are constant. All pulses like beans, chickpeas and lentils you can put them to hydrate in the water the night before and then just put in a pressure cooker (or slow cooker if you do it yours before) and leave it cook. No need to stir and you can make pasta, soups or if drained even burgers. And you can store in fridge or freezer. Where are you from? I'll see if I can find some Instagram account for you according to your country as that will be what you probably eat. I follow Italians account because I'm Italian and that's what I prefer to eat
@Alessia I am from Sudan (North Africa ) our food is basically Arabic /Turkish food I like Italian cuisine btw :)
Come up with 5 quick go-to meal ideas. Maybe start with a protein that is precooked like sausage, a ham slice, or tofu. Steam a veggie in the microwave (6 min in a microwave steamer) and add a stove-top carb side. Stuffing is a stereotype, but cous cous and chickpea rice are healthy options that also fluff right up in boiling water. Maybe look up some quickies for your air fryer too. Once you have five or so picked out, keep the ingredients for one dish in your fridge from week to week. If you don't have your ham or sausage by the weekend/grocery day, have it for breakfast and try something else the following week.