The principles of batch cooking are to cook in a big way, at once and taking advantage of all the available resources, as well as keeping everything you cook in an orderly and planned way. And to do so, you can find very useful tools and kitchenware such as the ones we propose below.
The principles of batch cooking are to cook in a big way, at once and taking advantage of all the available resources, as well as keeping everything you cook in an orderly and planned way. And to do so, you can find very useful tools and kitchenware such as the ones we propose below.
Pot for steaming
Pot for steaming
One of the basic principles of batch cooking is to cook at the same time and vertically, to take advantage of the same cooking to make several recipes at the same time. To do this, you can use a steam cooking set like this one, which allows you to cook up to three dishes at the same time: a vegetable consommé on the bottom, vegetables in the middle and fish on top, for example.
Premier Housewares Steaming Set, € 27.89
Amazon
35 €Electric steamer
You also have steamers like this one, which connect to the electricity and leave all the stoves free to make other recipes. The cooking system is very similar to that of the crock pot (the slow cooker that is sweeping).
Amazon
€ 36.60Water heater
As the editor-in-chief of CLARA says, life is much easier with a kettle on it. Having the water ready to boil vegetables, eggs … helps you not eat the first thing you catch, and speed up processes when you are in batch cooking mode.
Baking trays
Baking trays
Another essential kitchen utensil to practice batch cooking are the oven trays. Here you have three glass dishes of different sizes to take advantage of every corner of the oven, and thus prepare a roast chicken at the same time as a vegetable quiche and some roasted aubergines.
Set of three Pyrex trays, € 32.00
Silicone case for microwave
Silicone case for microwave
It allows you to cook super fast, with almost no fat or other added liquids and you gain one more cooking point when you have all the stoves occupied with batch cooking.
Lekué silicone case, € 29.87
Hamburger press
Hamburger press
Essential if you want to prepare your own hamburgers at full speed. With this recipe you can try the press.
Somedays hamburger press, € 7.60.
Kitchen mandolin
Kitchen mandolin
It makes life really easy for you in the kitchen in general and when you cook at once for the whole week, especially because you save a lot of time and the cut is perfect, so the food also enters your eyes, something that also It's very important.
Chef's Inspirations Vegetable Cutting Mandolin, € 29.97
Cut resistant gloves
Cut resistant gloves
If you are in a hurry with mandolins and very sharp knives, here is the solution. These cut resistant gloves save you from the danger of cutting yourself using the mandolin.
Anti-cut gloves by Click & Achat Boutique, € 9.95
Reusable silicone bags for freezing
Reusable silicone bags for freezing
With these bags you can separate individual servings of vegetables, hamburgers, meatballs … and take advantage of every corner of the freezer drawers. They are super useful to prepare your own healthy processed foods.
Bision bags, € 21
Square tuppers
Square tuppers
If you want to make the most of the space in the fridge and freezer, you will also need square tuppers of different sizes that stack better and allow you to occupy every corner. With them you can store individual servings of consommé, vegetable cream, ratatouille, cooked vegetables … These also have an accessory to make the vacuum so that the food is better preserved.
Vacuumsaver Set of 3 Square Vacuum Tuppers, € 21.19
Ice buckets with silicone lid
Ice buckets with silicone lid
Some ice buckets with a silicone lid will also suit you very well. They can be used to freeze cubed vegetable stock or cream and use them another day to enrich other stews. For more play, once they have frozen, remove the cubes and store them in freezer bags. So you will have the ice buckets free for other preparations.
Two XXL ice cube trays with lid from Lifestyle, € 16.99
Vegetable spiralizer
Vegetable spiralizer
And if you like kitchen gadgets, don't miss CLARA's editor-in-chief's selection of purchases to eat more vegetables, like this spiralizer to make zucchini, carrot, pumpkin or Japanese turnip spaghetti. You just have to blanch them, sauté them or eat them as is with a sauce and that's it.
Lurch Spiralizer, € 29.49
And if you can't think of what to cook, here are recipes, a complete weekly menu and their recipes to practice batch cooking.
