Ice Cube Tray Recipes: 75 Easy and Creative Kitchen Hacks for Freezing, Cooking, and Baking with Ice Cube Trays

by Jen Karetnick

“Ice cube trays are the new muffin tin.” —Delish.com Contemporary ice cube trays are arguably one of the most overlooked gems of the modern kitchen. If you have a refrigerator that produces its own ice, you may not even be aware of how far ice cube trays have come and how useful they can be in creating something other than ice. Trays are now available in many different styles, ranging from the traditional rectangular shape to the one-inch square to the cocktail-style two-inch sphere—and there are a variety of decorative shapes, as well. And the ones made from baking-grade silicone neither melt nor crack, making them a respectable vessel in the kitchen.Ice Cube Tray Recipes teaches you how to use these trays to create everything from infused ice cubes to one-bite appetizers and even mini main dishes that will impress family and friends of all ages and keep the mess at bay. In chapters that include everything from soups and smoothies to canapes and sweets, you’ll find recipes for every meal of the day. From the useful to the novel to the downright intriguing, each recipe offers a suggestion of the best ice cube tray to use but also allows for adaptations to traditional, regular-sized trays and novelty trays. This is the fun and inspirational book for home cooks who adore kitchen hacks and trendy entertaining and who like to experiment with new ideas.

Genres: Cookbooks, Food, Reference

261 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 18, 2019

Reviews

[(a)lyss(a) · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a unique recipe book.

The book breaks down the size of most ice cube trays and talks about how to adjust recipes to fit your tray. There's lots of recipes for desserts, snacks, and more in this book. Overall there are some interesting recipes that help with meal prep and make for bite-sized snacks.

[Winder Library · Rating 3 out of 5]

When you can go get some fun-shaped silicone ice trays because this is one fun, sometimes wacky, creative cookbook. Yummy bites of everything you could imagine. Sometimes you may skip a cookbook like this but I enjoyed going to this contemporary kitchen hack.

[Allyce · Rating 2 out of 5]

Great idea and lots of good recipes - needed more pictures of the recipes though.

[Donna Hutt Stapfer Bell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Make ahead heaven

How to make ahead without turning everything grenade in the freezer. Sauces? Done. Bite-sized goodies? Done. Soups, individual portions? Ideal.

[LynnG · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute, but I'm not sure the extra effort of putting these items into ice cube trays is worth it for most of the items?