Ruth Alexander

But in my slightly disorganised experience at least, it's easier said than done.

So how do you plan it?

How do you even find the time to plan it?

And how can you turn it into a routine that sticks?

In this episode, we are going to find out how to make batch cooking work.

First, let's hear from Hannah Hambleton, a BBC World Service listener who's keen to get into batch cooking.

She lives with her two sons, aged 10 and 12, in Shropshire, England.

I asked her what mealtimes look like in their house.

So why are you interested in batch cooking?

What's got you thinking about batch cooking as a potential solution?

What would you say the obstacles are in your way?

What's stopping you from just getting going tomorrow?

Yeah, the idea of serving the same unpopular meal to your children day after day for a whole week.

You just don't want to go there, do you?

Well, joining us are two experienced meal preppers.

From Nashville, Tennessee in the United States is Jess Rice, a senior Test Kitchen editor at the recipe website Budget Bites.

And also food, wellness and lifestyle blogger Kevin Curry in Dallas, who has more than two and a half million followers across his Fit Men Cook social media accounts.

Jess, how central is meal prep to low cost cooking, making meals in advance?

Kevin, what got you into meal prepping?

Hannah do you think that kind of thing could work with your boys I'm assuming that they don't always like the same thing?