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July 24, 2025

GROWING up in rural Ireland in the eighties, Lou Robbie remembers her granny's “very, very traditional Irish" cooking - and how much she used the freezer.

- BY LAUREN TAYLOR

“Processed and prepackaged didn't exist,” 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.

“My granny wasted nothing – we would joke about it!

LOU ROBBIE ON THE OLD DAYS

Cooking and meal planning this way is “a brilliant way to save money and waste less food... and it’s not difficult, it’s just a great habit.

“My granny wasted nothing - we would joke about it!”

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