The Batch Lady Rapid Dinners

Who’s the author? Suzanne Mulholland, better known to her many online followers as The Batch Lady, began her career as a time management trainer and realised she could apply her expertise to cooking, helping thousands of people to cook quick, easy and healthy family meals in advance.

The Batch Lady was born, and Suzanne now spends her time developing recipes, doing live and online demonstrations, and creating recipes and bestselling cookbooks.

What’s it about? Suzanne’s hugely successful method – Shop Once, Cook Once, Eat Well All Week – has helped thousands of busy home cooks organise themselves to take the stress out of mealtimes.

The Batch Lady Rapid Dinners offers 100 prep-ahead meals that will make dinner a breeze, showing how you can feed your household for a whole week in just 30 minutes. With prep times as little as 5–10 minutes, these grab-and-cook recipes can be kept in the fridge or freezer until you are ready to cook, with recipes suitable for the hob, oven, slow cooker and air fryer.

With many of us juggling the pressures of work and family, as well as looking for ways to cut down on food bills, this cookbook shows how preparing meals in advance can save us time, money and food waste. Each recipe also has all the information you need on how to freeze, store and reheat everything, as well as helpful advice on how to customise meals to the preferences of you and your household. There are also useful meal plans so you can organise your dinners for the whole week and spend less time worrying about what to make each evening.

Recipes we love: Pea and Asparagus Galette, Satay Sweet Potato and Chickpea Traybake, Lemon and Parmesan Breaded Cod, Tiramisu Ice Cream Cake.

Perfect for: Any home cook looking for quick, healthy, family- and budget-friendly recipes.