Batch cooking recipes
Batch cooking and freezing food is a great way to avoid food waste and budget.
Easy pancake recipe for kids
This classic and easy pancake recipe for kids is perfect for Pancake Day, or whenever you fancy a tasty treat! Makes approximately 12 crêpe pancakes.
- 7 Mins
- Easy
- Vegetarian
Macaroni cheese for kids
A super easy, budget-friendly meal, ideal for toddlers and big kids alike...
- 40 Mins
- Easy
- Vegetarian
Potato gratin (no cream)
This is a nice easy dish that you can bung in the oven and forget about, while you cook something to go with it!
- 1 Hr 25 Mins
- Easy
- Vegetarian
- Gluten Free
Staffordshire beef lobby
A delicious and hearty meal, ideal for those on a budget. See Tips for how to make this dish even more budget-friendly. Beef lobby is a classic Staffordshire stew, traditionally eaten by pottery workers. It's thought that the name 'lobby' comes from 'lobscouse' – a cheap stew eaten in the area, which is also where the word 'scouse' originally comes from! You can make this recipe on the hob or in a slow cooker (see Tips for how).
- 2 Hrs
- Easy
Tomato pasta sauce (made with passata)
Recipe for a quick and easy tomato pasta sauce...
- 25 Mins
- Easy
- Vegan
- Gluten Free
- Dairy Free
Amaretti biscuits
Sweet and delicious almond-flavoured biscuits
- 30 Mins
- Easy
- Vegetarian
- Gluten Free
Apple and raspberry muffins
A very popular muffin recipe for all the family to enjoy...
- 27 Mins
- Medium
Apple turnover
A delicious fruity homemade dessert
- 50 Mins
- Easy
- Healthy
- Vegetarian
Asian chicken cakes
Fragrant and full of oriental, zesty flavours...
- 15 Mins
- Easy
- Healthy
Baby beef stew
Red meat is a good source of easily absorbed iron, which babies need for growth and brain development...
- 35 Mins
- Easy
- Healthy
- Gluten Free
Bacon and lentil duff
A tasty meal with enough for leftovers...
- 2 Hrs 5 Mins
- Medium
Bacon and mushroom pasta bake
A simple and satisfying family favourite
- 40 Mins
- Easy
- Healthy
Baked ice cream sticky toffee cupcakes
A beautiful alternative Christmas treat for the kids...
- 3 Hrs 36 Mins
- Medium
Bakewell tart traybake
This recipe combines the classic flavours of almonds and raspberry jam for a trendy spin on a traditional Bakewell tart, with rectangular slices perfect for sharing
- 1 Hr 5 Mins
- Easy
- Vegetarian
Banana bread for kids
A great recipe for using up ripe bananas...
- 45 Mins
- Easy
Banana flapjacks
Deliciously simple flapjacks made with ripe bananas
- 1 Hr
- Easy
- Vegetarian
Banana muffins with cream cheese frosting
Try this easy banana cupcake recipe...
- 1 Hr 10 Mins
- Easy
Basic chutney (slow cooker)
If you fancy making chutney in the slow cooker, this recipe is deliciously perfect...
- 5 Hrs 15 Mins
- Easy
- Healthy
- Vegan
- Gluten Free
- Dairy Free
Basic risotto for kids
The basic foundation of all risottos - super easy to make and so versatile ...
- 40 Mins
- Easy
- Healthy
- Vegetarian
Basil meatballs
These delicious herby meatballs are quick and easy to make
- 35 Mins
- Easy
- Healthy
- 5 Mins
- Easy
- Healthy
- Vegetarian
Beef & horseradish casserole
The whole family will love this yummy casserole dish – it's the perfect comfort food for a cold winter's day
- 5 Hrs 15 Mins
- Easy
Beef and vegetable stew with mustard mash
A simple and delicious traditional stew...
- 2 Hrs 30 Mins
- Easy
- 6 Hrs 20 Mins
Beef or sausage casserole for kids
A tasty casserole using beef or sausages - very popular with our Netmums members!
- 1 Hr 50 Mins
- Easy
Beef stew with dumplings for kids
A popular recipe which can be cooked in the oven or slow cooker...
- 2 Hrs 20 Mins
- Easy
BLW chunky chilli con carne
The general idea is to have chunks of mince and vegetables in the finished dish, rather than it all broken up...
- 30 Mins
- Easy
- Healthy
- Gluten Free
- 33 Mins
- Easy
- Vegetarian
- Gluten Free
Broccoli carbonara
A delicious healthy pasta dish with broccoli and pancetta
- 30 Mins
- Easy
- Healthy
Bubble & squeak pancakes
These are a nice variation on traditional bubble and squeak...
- 35 Mins
- Easy
- Vegetarian