I tend to cook in batches of around 12 serves. Currently curried rice, taco beans, Dahl, roast veggies w/spicy peanut sauce. Once I’ve got enough Tupperware for another batch I make the next meal. My next meal is chicken and veg soup w/pasta, mostly because I’ve got things to use up.

E: Just finished the chicken veg pasta soup. I recently bought an instapot cheap on amazon (the 8L duo $153), it’s been great for speeding up my meal prep. I tend to get distracted with how long some beans take to cook, the pot only works on a timer so it’s great for set and forget.

Potatos - cooked potato doesn’t freeze well. When I microwave potato to go with the taco beans and gravy beans, I’ll do a few serves worth and store the cooked ones in the fridge. Similar with roast veggies, they don’t thaw well. I do a batch and keep them in the fridge for a half hour re-roast to get them ready for dinner.

We keep a list of possible meals. Just favourites we’ve gathered over time. Once a week we sit down as a family and work out a series of meals for the upcoming week. Then it’s simple to work out what we need to get vs what we have already and do a shopping list on a whiteboard we keep for the purpose. Easy enough to mark items for purchase later (eg buy fresh closer to when we need them), or add staples as we run out. Whoever is doing the shopping just copies down what’s on the board before they go.

Takes maybe an hour to do as a family, gets everyone involved in and involves the kids in family decision making.

I just try to cook an extra big meal that will yield 1 or 2 extra serves. This means I have something for lunch the next day, but I don’t get bored of having the same thing 5 days in a row.