Transform family mealtimes

Lou Robbie talks about why we all need to use our freezers better

- Lou Robbie

Growing up in rural Ireland in the Eighties, Lou Robbie remembers her granny's 'very, very tra-

ditional Irish' cooking - from beef strew to brown bread - and specifically just how much she used the freezer.

"Processed and prepackaged didn't exist. It was all very wholesome, organic, natural food," says the Galway-based chef and content creator. "They had a farm and my granny would make all her own breads and cakes - everything was made from scratch."

She grew up watching both her granny and mum batch cook and freeze leftovers at home in Tipperary. "Even after my grandad has passed away, she would still make her own beef stew, portion it for her own dinners and freeze the stew. She would never make one loaf of brown bread, ever. She'd make four and freeze three.