Made for meal prep: 12 recipes you can batch cook

If you've made prepping your meals in advance one of your health goals for the year, let us fill you in on a little secret – your freezer is your friend.

Spend a morning off making one (or more) of these tasty batch meals, then simply freeze them for later. You'll never order takeout because there's 'nothing to eat' again!

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Baked Meatballs with Ciabatta

Freeze this after you've cooked the meatballs and sauce. When it's dinner time, defrost it, cheese it, grill it and go.

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Pork & Fennel Bolognese

Pasta cooks in no time, so if you have the bolognese ready then this becomes an easy, filling dinner in mere minutes.

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Roasted Tomato & Miso Soup with Cheese Toastie

This soup is just like a warm, comforting hug in a bowl. A hug you can freeze, that is!

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Creamy Eggplant & Chickpea Curry

Curries are the best (and easiest) of the batch recipes, and this one gets extra points for being a perfect stand-alone – no need to make the rice.

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Maple Walnut Overnight Oats

Make a few cups at once to keep in the fridge for a week of next-level breakfasts.

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Chicken Soup with Pesto

You can add the pasta before or after freezing, but swirl the pesto and parmesan in fresh.

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Pea & Ham Soup

Freeze the soup and cooked ham hock separately, then defrost and combine for an easy-peasy lunch.

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Moroccan Vegetable Stew

Healthy, hearty and perfect for freezing. What more could a lazy home chef want?

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Spicy Beef Chilli with Black Beans

This simple, tasty and freezable chilli is destined to be your meal-prepping superhero.

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Blueberry & Almond Breakfast Muffins

Simply let your cooked muffins cool and pop them in a tightly sealed container in the freezer. Now you've got a healthy breakfast ready to microwave whenever you need.

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Mexican-inspired Chickpea Soup

Ideal for stocking the fridge for the week ahead, you're guaranteed to be making this one on repeat.

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Tempeh Bolognese

Angie's hearty Tempeh Bolognese is perfect for meal prep, so make a double batch to stock your freezer.

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