18 guides
Guides
Everything you need to freeze well, cook safely and turn up the heat. For batch-cook days and dinner ideas, see Plan.
Cooking and freezing
- How freezer blocks workBatch-cook once, freeze in 70g blocks, and have dinner ready in ten minutes.
- The pantryThe cupboard staples behind the freezer recipes and the IBS-friendly ones, and what to buy.
- Tips & tricksSmall habits for blocks that taste better, freeze better and go further, with extra tips for IBS cooking.
- Cooking with chickenThighs or breast, cooking it safely, and how to cut it for blocks.
- Cooking with a beef jointWhich joint to buy, and how to take it from freezer to tender, shreddable blocks.
- Cooking with minceWhich mince to buy and how to brown it properly for quick, family-friendly blocks.
- Just add noodlesThree blocks, a nest of noodles and five minutes: the fastest freezer meals on the site.
- Turn up the heatWhat the 1 to 5 chilli ratings mean, and eight ways to push any block hotter.
- Heat up any blockWhich chillies and spices to add to each style of block as it reheats.
Eating well with IBS
- How the IBS recipes workFifty gut-friendly dishes, batch-cooked and frozen in 70g blocks.
- Gentle on your gutThe few rules every IBS recipe follows, from no chilli to fibre in every block.
- Eating well with IBSThe everyday eating habits UK health guidance recommends most often for IBS.
- Foods to watch with IBSCommon IBS and reflux triggers, with a gentler swap for each.
- Feeling better with IBSEveryday habits beyond food that help many people with IBS and reflux.
Sauces
- How sauce cubes workBatch-cook a sauce, freeze it in 30ml cubes, and dinner is half done.
- What freezes, and what doesn'tWhich sauces freeze well, which need a trick, and which to keep out of the freezer.
- Cube cheat sheetServing size, cooking from frozen and freezer life for all 50 sauces.
- The sauce pantryThe cupboard staples behind the 50 sauces, and how many recipes use each.