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The Ultimate Make-Ahead Cookbook: 125 Delicious, Family-Friendly Freezer Meals to Prep Now and Enjoy Later
Make-ahead cookbook meals just got freezer friendly—now even more convenient.
Make-ahead cookbook meals let you spend more time with your family and less time cooking. The Ultimate Make-Ahead Cookbook gives you delicious recipes for amazing meals that freeze well, so you can make them when you have time and eat them when you don’t.
Just an hour or two with this make-ahead cookbook is all you need to prepare an entire week’s worth of fresh, homemade meals that your family will love. Two different techniques show you how to save time and money by creating several meals all at once. The batch cooking method takes just an extra 15 minutes to make four meals instead of one, while the prep now/cook later method is a super simple way to get a whole week’s worth of meals into the freezer.
This make-ahead cookbook
Ready fast—You’ll always be just a few minutes away from a delicious meal with 125 tasty recipes like Chicken Enchilada Casserole and Sweet Thai Chili Sausages.Planned ahead—Complete meal plans give you step-by-step instructions to prepare mouthwatering meals for a weekend with company or big family feasts.Cook for everyone—Color-coded labels make it a snap to choose recipes for dietary restrictions, and easy-to-read nutritional info means you know exactly what you’re preparing.Start prepping today and have a freezer full of ready-to-go meals whenever you want them with this make-ahead cookbook.
Make-ahead cookbook meals let you spend more time with your family and less time cooking. The Ultimate Make-Ahead Cookbook gives you delicious recipes for amazing meals that freeze well, so you can make them when you have time and eat them when you don’t.
Just an hour or two with this make-ahead cookbook is all you need to prepare an entire week’s worth of fresh, homemade meals that your family will love. Two different techniques show you how to save time and money by creating several meals all at once. The batch cooking method takes just an extra 15 minutes to make four meals instead of one, while the prep now/cook later method is a super simple way to get a whole week’s worth of meals into the freezer.
This make-ahead cookbook
Ready fast—You’ll always be just a few minutes away from a delicious meal with 125 tasty recipes like Chicken Enchilada Casserole and Sweet Thai Chili Sausages.Planned ahead—Complete meal plans give you step-by-step instructions to prepare mouthwatering meals for a weekend with company or big family feasts.Cook for everyone—Color-coded labels make it a snap to choose recipes for dietary restrictions, and easy-to-read nutritional info means you know exactly what you’re preparing.Start prepping today and have a freezer full of ready-to-go meals whenever you want them with this make-ahead cookbook.
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Published November 26, 2019
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December 13, 2019
I have always loved the premise of this idea but never seriously considered doing it until this cookbook which shows how easily it can be done with some really great recipes as well. Highly recommend! I thank Callisto Publisher's Club for the opportunity to read and review this book.
December 19, 2019
Everyone knows that making meals in bulk for the week is faster than making them each night after a tiring day. What the Ultimate Make-ahead Cookbook does differently? It gives you options.
• Want to cook each night but not prep all the ingredients? The book has a plan for that.
• Don’t want to eat the same protein multiple days a week? The book avoids that with its pre-planned weekly meal plans.
• Think cooking for hours on Sunday cuts into your weekend and is both boring and lonely? Have a freezer meal party with several friends so you can socialize while you each cook one big batch meal and share it with each other.
• Have some free time and want to better prepare for future cook-fests? The book has recipes for staples (i.e.; broths, soup bases and spice mixes) used for many of its make-ahead recipes.
The recipes are varied and sorted by type (i.e.; breakfast, soups, stew, appetizers, sides, and desserts). In addition, the main dishes are sorted by the main protein like poultry, meat, seafood, and meatless. The recipes include nutritional information including calories. They are flagged when they are dairy free, nut free, gluten free, vegan, vegetarian, and kid friendly. Better, the index contains a list of each recipe that is labeled with specific allergen-friendly tag making it easy to find them throughout the book. The recipes are family favorites like chili, burgers, enchiladas, lasagna, pizza as well as staples like meat loaf, baked chicken breasts and pork chops. The desserts sound delicious. They include macaroons, zucchini cupcakes, pies, gluten free brownies, and an ice cream birthday cake just like you can buy (for a lot more money) from ice cream shops.
The Ultimate Make-ahead Cookbook takes a good idea, to pre-make some weekday meals, and runs with it. There are multiple ways to make your weekday cooking shorter. The meal plans even let you plan ahead for parties. All the recipes include refrigeration and/or freezing instructions as well as how to warm up the meal later. The only negative is the pictures are limited. Everything else is well-organized and poised to save you one to two hours weekly. 5 stars!
Thanks to Rockridge Press and Callisto for a copy in exchange for my honest review.
• Want to cook each night but not prep all the ingredients? The book has a plan for that.
• Don’t want to eat the same protein multiple days a week? The book avoids that with its pre-planned weekly meal plans.
• Think cooking for hours on Sunday cuts into your weekend and is both boring and lonely? Have a freezer meal party with several friends so you can socialize while you each cook one big batch meal and share it with each other.
• Have some free time and want to better prepare for future cook-fests? The book has recipes for staples (i.e.; broths, soup bases and spice mixes) used for many of its make-ahead recipes.
The recipes are varied and sorted by type (i.e.; breakfast, soups, stew, appetizers, sides, and desserts). In addition, the main dishes are sorted by the main protein like poultry, meat, seafood, and meatless. The recipes include nutritional information including calories. They are flagged when they are dairy free, nut free, gluten free, vegan, vegetarian, and kid friendly. Better, the index contains a list of each recipe that is labeled with specific allergen-friendly tag making it easy to find them throughout the book. The recipes are family favorites like chili, burgers, enchiladas, lasagna, pizza as well as staples like meat loaf, baked chicken breasts and pork chops. The desserts sound delicious. They include macaroons, zucchini cupcakes, pies, gluten free brownies, and an ice cream birthday cake just like you can buy (for a lot more money) from ice cream shops.
The Ultimate Make-ahead Cookbook takes a good idea, to pre-make some weekday meals, and runs with it. There are multiple ways to make your weekday cooking shorter. The meal plans even let you plan ahead for parties. All the recipes include refrigeration and/or freezing instructions as well as how to warm up the meal later. The only negative is the pictures are limited. Everything else is well-organized and poised to save you one to two hours weekly. 5 stars!
Thanks to Rockridge Press and Callisto for a copy in exchange for my honest review.
February 29, 2020
Absolutely loved this book!
So many good dishes have been created for easy meal prep.. done without the fuss of many trendy make-ahead plans, very practical and won’t cost a fortune to stock up your pantry. These are meals that will feed a family not just one container wonders
So many good dishes have been created for easy meal prep.. done without the fuss of many trendy make-ahead plans, very practical and won’t cost a fortune to stock up your pantry. These are meals that will feed a family not just one container wonders
November 17, 2022
Love the interesting recipes!
I adore so many options for my allergic family members! So many practical recipes that aren't what I already make every day!
I adore so many options for my allergic family members! So many practical recipes that aren't what I already make every day!
May 13, 2023
Great recipes
We are on our second week off preparing meals from this book. While not everyone in my family has enjoyed the recipes, I surely have. Even better, I am happy that this book kick started my freezer meal journey and I have 1 months worth of meals stocked in my freezer. I do recommend this book
We are on our second week off preparing meals from this book. While not everyone in my family has enjoyed the recipes, I surely have. Even better, I am happy that this book kick started my freezer meal journey and I have 1 months worth of meals stocked in my freezer. I do recommend this book
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