Hmm John, Interesting post.

Not my only way but I didn't get on too badly with a boil a couple of times a day pot which saved each day cooking but and I think some things taste better second day round, but if I'd had a freezer I may have gone more for the batch approach.

Not sure now living with parents we could really call it the same (gardening excess really) and more than one person but to use an excess of tomatoes as a ratatouille, apples as a pie mix, and sensibly divide into qtys seems to work for us.