There are few things as comforting as coming home to a well-stocked fridge.

With the temperature dropping, we're all feeling the cold and there's nothing better for warming you up than a big, steaming bowl of something hearty and delicious.

Batch cooking is one way to make your weeks a bit easier, and many recipes become even more delicious a day or two after cooking them. Here, we've rounded up some of our favourite recipes for batch cooking.

Donal's tomato & chickpea orecchiette soup

Nico's beef shin and bacon cottage pie

Yotam Ottolenghi's bolognese

Pinch of Nom's air fryer chicken tikka masala

Chicken and barley casserole

Trisha Lewis' chicken & butterbean stew

Donal's spiced chicken with chorizo lentils

Gino D'Acampo's airfryer pumpkin lasagne

Poppy O'Toole's slow cooker peanut satay curry