Basic but healthy recipes that Freeze

[countrykid]

There are loads of Cookery Books, i know, but many often contain fancy recipes or obscure ingredients not found in the average British kitchen. Plus they are often for four or more people, and no mention of whether they can be frozen for future use. Useful if you happen to be single or a couple.

I am not an expert cook, and am always short on time, and am looking for recipes using simple everyday ingredients, quick and easy to prepare, and which once cooked, can be frozen if required. My girlfriend is more calorie concious than I am, so as well as being easy, they also need to be healthy and as low in calories as possible.

Recipes or cookery book suggestion wil be very welcomed. Thanks in advance.

[Jugglering]

Being veggie, I can only recommend veggie cookery books but I don't think that's what you're after !

However, regarding freezing of food stuffs - all of these dishes freeze well for me (I tend to cook just once a week, freeze into individual portions and defrost/reheat as required):-

Curries (all sorts, including vegetable and pulses)
Indian snacks (samosas, pakoras etc)
Breads (fresh sliced and unsliced, naan breads, pitta breads, chapatti's etc)
Soups, Stews & Casseroles
Quiches and Savoury Flans
Pizzas (lightly cooked), Pasta dishes (lasagne as well as pasta shapes in tomato sauces)
Scone based savoury dishes
Fresh Vegetables (I usually either lightly fry or pop these into boiling water for a few minutes)
Rissoles, pastries, pies.

The few things I find that don't freeze well are boiled potatoes, salad and other raw veg, raw eggs and fresh fruit.

[grivitate]

you cant freeze a book!

[countrykid]

Thanks Jugglering, I'm not a Veggie, but appreciate your suggestions. Ideally I am after recipes, either in a book or perhaps even on a website. When I go around a supermarket, I am kind of overwhelmed by the huge variety of foodstuffs. I want to buy the right things such as fresh veg, fish etc, but have little idea what to do with them, hence all too often I buy the "wrong" things such as ready meals.

Any recipe ideas from anyone would be welcomed.

TIA

[pinktwink]

all of the above and spaghetti bolognese using turkey mince it is healthier.
keep plenty of the freezer bag vegetable packets
you can make portions of colcannon potato and cabbage mix and freeze
freeze chicken ad broccoli bake with pasta. chicken sweetcorn broccoli tin of campells cream of chicken soup
various stews
chicken noodles with veg
salmon and broccoli bake similar to chicken one

[Jugglering]

Have a peek at Video Jug, countrykid - here's the link to the food & drink section of it:-
http://www.videojug.com/tag/food-and-drink

There are hundreds of websites for recipes - just google "recipes healthy easy" or something like that... I just did and came across this one which looks quite interesting:-
http://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/food/recipes

Quite a few of the supermarkets have their own food sites - this one looks nice (Waitrose):-
http://www.waitrose.com/food/cookingandrecipes /waitrosecookbooks.aspx

.... as does the Tesco one:- http://www.tesco.com/recipes/

[countrykid]

Thanks again Jugglering and pinktwink, I am grateful to you both. Time for me to get cooking now! I will check out the links that you have posted.

Cheers and best wishes

[maplestar]

even if you're not a veggie, give veggie mince ago - low on the calories :) but you can make an easy chilli or shepards/cottage pie - use stock or gravy granules for flavour plus some fresh veggies - spices or herbs and then freeze. x

[pinktwink]

depends what it is captain chicken poultry etc needs to be fully defrosted

[Ice.Maiden]

It's easy enough to take frozen fish or meat from the freezer and leave it to thaw in the fridge for use later in the day. Vegetables are easy, since you can either buy frozen ones anyway, or freeze them yourself. These can then go straight into boiling water for a few minutes.
Stews, soups and curries are also OK for freezing, and will thaw out with slow cooking.

[maplestar]

what i posted - as a meal, wouldn't need to be defrosted, you can just reheat; microwave or oven, and it's all ok as it doesn't contain meat :)