Caitriona Redmond: Can you freeze rice and the best way to batch cook to save money
Can you freeze cooked rice?
As last weekend was the last few days before the kids went back to school (and I welcomed glorious interruption-free time), I set up the kitchen for a huge batch cook. I love to batch cook at the weekends because it sets me up for the week ahead and takes all the speculation out of our meals and snacks. It also saves my wallet from trips to the supermarket to pick up ‘messages’. The messages are like a magical charm that start off with a curt list of bread and milk for example and multiply into cushions, pots for the garden, a scented candle, and the loud sound of my bank balance hitting the wall.
Batch cooking can seem very intimidating if you’ve never tried it before. It may sound incredibly time-consuming but actually, you’re giving yourself the gift of time back on another day. There are three main ways of batch cooking and I definitely prefer the third option as it takes so much less time and it’s easy to slot into at least one meal a week.
