Your go-to one pot / batch cook meals

Soup is something I make regularly, its a great way of using up loads of veg that would otherwise go off, I throw in beans or lentils for protein and I can make a huge pot with very little effort, and freeze in portions. Bolognese, lasagne, bean chilli etc are always good staples too.

I also make a dish that requires very little effort but is gorgeous, it's a sort-of cous cous salad. I make cous cous or quinoa, then into a large bowl I throw literally anything I have in the fridge - usually a combination of things like roasted veg (roughly chopped butternut squash, sweet potato, peppers, courgette, aubergine, red onion etc) sundried tomatos from a jar, grilled asparagus from a jar, olives, pickled green chillis, preserved lemons, fresh spinach or other salad leaves, tomatoes, and anything else I can find. Toss it all together with the cous cous or quinoa, throw in a tin of lentils or chickpeas, dress with balsamic vinegar and some of the oil from the tomato jar. Few herbs, drizzle of tahini and hummous and a bit of flatbread. Gorgeous, filling and loads left over for lunch the next day.

Another very low effort meal that I love is hummous pasta - cook spaghetti/linguine, in a pan soften some onion & garlic, throw in some chopped sundried tomatoes, big handful of spinach and some olives. Add a big dollop of hummous, a bit of pasta water and stir to make a sauce. Stir in the cooked pasta, season & eat! Not something that you could refrigerate or freeze but it's five minute's work to make and very tasty.

What's 2nd book please? Same link twice (I was slightly confused as to why a book called one pot vegan would have non vegan recipes 🙂)

highly recommend getting a slow cooker, you literally just throw all the ingredients in and let it cook itself anywhere from 5-8 hours.

You can go about your day and come home to a fab home cooked meal, so time saving :)

Peanut soup. Cheap, nourishing, freezes well

I wouldn't worry about it.

Yes. Besides, a few peanuts will do you more good than bad. 👍🏻

People forget how to cook healthy. Most grains, nuts and beans have to soak in the water for a good few hours beforehand. It helps to remove anti nutrient compounds and the like.

Hi Mark. How about things like a tin of baked beans, packet of peanuts, etc?