Friday fake away started in our house as a way of saving money (because, let's be honest my Scottish genes are strong) but now has continued as a way of saving time and eating better, while still "indulging" on a Friday night.
Depending on your preferred take away choice, there are lots of options you can make ahead of time and freeze to make your Friday nights stress free and tasty.
If Indian is your thing, I really can't recommend highly enough A Little Taste of India by Nikalene Riddle. Her recipes are amazing, full of flavour and incredibly good for you. Her butter chicken recipe (available on her blog Skinnymixers) is the stuff of legends. The recipes are perfect for freezing with rice (either brown or cauli) in individual serves to heat and eat on a Friday night.
If you're more into pizza, try making a couple of spelt pizza bases ahead of time, cover with a light spread of tomato paste and freeze them. Then, all you need to do is add your toppings of choice and pop them into the oven.
If burgers and chips are your thing, try making patties ahead of time (mine are a simple combination of 600g premium mince, 2 cloves of garlic crushed, 1 egg, 1 tbs Dijon or wholegrain mustard and some dried oregano) and freezing them. Then on Friday night, they're simple to cook up and serve with sweet potato fries on a lettuce bun or roasted field mushroom with homemade aioli or this dairy free egg free version.
Homemade chicken nuggets are also super handy to keep in the freezer for the kids, as well as Mexican mince (perfect for nachos, using mountain bread as the chips, or on baked potatoes) and sausage rolls.
By just having a range of these options in your freezer, it's much easier to make better choices when you're tired, stressed, or simply CBF.
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