Every time you preheat, you’re burning energy you could stretch, like a good stew. Cook once, heat twice is the winter hack that turns a single hot oven into tomorrow’s warm shortcut.
The windows fogged as the tray slid in. A pans-and-peels chorus rattled around a small London kitchen while rain needled the back door. On the top shelf, a tray of cumin-dusted carrots and parsnips. On the middle, a bubbling sausage-and-bean bake the colour of late afternoon. A shallow tin of apple slices sat below, ready to catch the sweet drift of heat by the time dinner was done.
