Batch Cooking for the Week, Without Eating the Same Thing Every Day
Cook components, not meals. A grain, a bean, a roasted vegetable, and two sauces make ten different lunches.
By Spatulab Kitchen · Published · 2 min read
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The short answer: spend two hours on Sunday cooking components that combine in different ways, instead of five identical meals.
The formula
Pick one from each row and you have a week:
| Component | Examples | Keeps |
|---|---|---|
| A grain | Farro, rice, quinoa | 5 days |
| A bean or protein | Braised white beans, roast chicken | 4–5 days |
| A roasted vegetable | Squash, broccoli, carrots | 4 days |
| A crunchy thing | Pickled onions, toasted seeds | 2 weeks |
| Two sauces | Tahini-lemon, chili crisp | 1 week |
A two-hour Sunday
- 0:00: Put the beans on to simmer and the oven on to heat.
- 0:15: Chop the vegetables; get the first sheet pan in.
- 0:30: Start the grain.
- 0:45: Make the pickles and sauces while everything cooks.
- 1:30: Cool everything before it goes in containers. Warm food in sealed containers sweats and spoils faster.
Plan it in Spatulab
Add each component recipe to your week in the app and the grocery list builds itself, grouped by store section.
