A little mix

I think of this as a Sunday afternoon thing to do with that feeling of getting everything planned for the week ahead.

It's a simple recipe mix and works best when made in bulk and then frozen into portions. It's the base to which you add a protein and the proportion is about 40% mix to 60% protein. You can use different types of protein every time you feed. For example you can stir in canned mackerel (use the one in spring water or olive oil and drain well) or cooked chicken (no cooked bones) or raw chunks of meat like beef or a couple of eggs (raw or cooked) or cottage cheese.

I tend to use American cups to measure rather then weight. That way you can easily make more or less depending on what you need.

What to do:

Cook half a cup of brown rice (I often use the cheating one that cooks in 10 minutes, that way your veg will be done in the same time), a handful of cubed squash and a handful of broccoli florets in a pint of boiling water until everything is cooked.

Take off the heat, drain and allow to cool a little.

Stir in a handful of chopped parsley, a handful of chopped raw spinach, half a cup of sweetcorn, (creamed or niblets), half a cup of canned lentils and half a cup of oats.

Allow to get completely cold then freeze into individual portions in freezer bags.

Take out a portion to defrost and when fully thawed serve it with one of the protein suggestions above. You can also stir in a little plain live yogurt right at the end.

Tasty and organised.