Salads in lunchboxes

Meal prep ideas

118 Recipes

Cook in advance for the week ahead. We have recipes for freezable soups, big-batch family meals and simple lunch ideas from salads to protein pots.

For more family-friendly meal tips, check out our batch cooking collection full of recipes that you can make ahead and warm up in a flash. We also have vegetarian batch cooking and healthy batch cooking recipes. Utilise your kitchen freezer space with these freezable meals for easy midweek dinners.

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Veggie shepherd's pie with sweet potato mash

A star rating of 4.6 out of 5.769 ratings
- 1 hr 10 mins
- Easy
- Vegetarian
Chicken pasta bake

A star rating of 4.6 out of 5.1040 ratings
- 1 hr 15 mins
- Easy
Sweet potato & peanut curry

A star rating of 4.7 out of 5.1185 ratings
- 1 hr
- Easy
- Vegan
- Gluten-free
Slow cooker chicken tikka masala

A star rating of 4.7 out of 5.310 ratings
- 7 hrs 50 mins
- Easy
Family meals: Easy fish pie recipe

A star rating of 4.6 out of 5.554 ratings
- 1 hr
- Easy
Chickpea curry

A star rating of 4.7 out of 5.506 ratings
- 40 mins
- Easy
- Vegan
- Gluten-free
Slow cooker lamb curry

A star rating of 4.6 out of 5.125 ratings
- 6 hrs 10 mins
- Easy
Sausage & leek mash pie

A star rating of 4.6 out of 5.173 ratings
- 45 mins
- Easy
10-minute couscous salad

A star rating of 4.7 out of 5.263 ratings
- 10 mins
- Easy
- Vegetarian
Big-batch bolognese

A star rating of 4.7 out of 5.108 ratings
- 1 hr 55 mins
- Easy
- Healthy
- Gluten-free
Slow cooker beef bourguignon

A star rating of 4.6 out of 5.186 ratings
- 8 hrs 20 mins
- Easy
Meal prep: pasta

A star rating of 4 out of 5.24 ratings
- 50 mins
- Easy
- Healthy
Tuna pasta bake

A star rating of 4.3 out of 5.355 ratings
- 50 mins
- Easy
Vegan shepherd's pie

A star rating of 4.1 out of 5.142 ratings
- 1 hr 50 mins
- Easy
- Healthy
- Vegan
Vegetarian bolognese

A star rating of 4.6 out of 5.83 ratings
- 1 hr 10 mins
- Easy
- Vegetarian
Slow-cooker sausage casserole

A star rating of 4.7 out of 5.225 ratings
- 4 hrs 20 mins
- Easy
Italian vegetable soup

A star rating of 4.6 out of 5.172 ratings
- 1 hr 10 mins
- Easy
- Healthy
- Vegetarian
Aubergine, tomato & halloumi pie

A star rating of 4.6 out of 5.51 ratings
- 1 hr 25 mins
- Easy
- Vegetarian
Fajita chicken rice bowl with burnt lime

A star rating of 4.3 out of 5.92 ratings
- 25 mins
- Easy
- Healthy
- Gluten-free
Mini lentil shepherd’s pies

A star rating of 4.9 out of 5.36 ratings
- 1 hr 55 mins
- Easy
- Vegetarian
For-the-freezer ratatouille

A star rating of 4.4 out of 5.14 ratings
- 2 hrs 10 mins
- Easy
- Healthy
- Vegetarian
Family meals: Chicken & veg casserole

A star rating of 4.4 out of 5.34 ratings
- 1 hr 15 mins
- Easy
Red onion gravy

A star rating of 5 out of 5.3 ratings
- Easy
Quinoa salad with shredded greens & raisins

A star rating of 4.2 out of 5.6 ratings
- 30 mins
- Easy
- Healthy
- Vegetarian

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