How many of you plan ahead for your meals? I like to make up meals ahead of time and freeze them for later use. I find it to be a huge time saver, especially during really busy weeks or if we come down sick and don’t feel like cooking a full course meal. If you’re interest in making your own freezer-friendly recipes, you’re going to love this cookbook!
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Title: The Best Freezer Cookbook
100 Freezer-Friendly Recipes, Plus Tips and Techniques
Author: Jan Main
Publisher: Robert Rose
ISBN: 978-0-7788-0197-9
Synopsis: Freezing is the easiest, most natural way to preserve food, whether it’s a fresh summer harvest saved for enjoyment in winter or delicious prepared meals that can be easily thawed and reheated when needed. But what many people don’t realize is that some foods freeze better than others. For those foods that do freeze well, using the proper techniques can make a big difference in their flavor and texture, and that’s where this cookbook comes in.
Sample of Recipes: Strawberry Preserves, Rhubarb-Strawberry Cobbler with Candied Ginger, Chicken Tortellini Soup with Peas, Best-Ever Meatloaf, Vegetarian Shephard’s Pie with Peppered Potato Topping, Coq au Vin, Pork Apple Curry, Easy Bouillabaisse, Mediterranean Tomato Sauce, Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies, Cinnamon Chocolate Torte, Big-Batch Bran Muffins, and more!
Also Included: Freezing tips, techniques, and charts for fresh fruit, vegetables, meats, poultry, fish and seafood. Recipes for everything from appetizers to quick suppers, and meals for entertaining. Monthly meal-planning menus and ideas.
This cookbook is a great starting point for anyone who wants to learn how to preserve food by freezing it for later use. Not only is it great for beginners, but its great for those of us with a lot of experience too!
In the beginning of the book you’ll find a chapter called Freezer Essentials where you’ll learn how freezing preserves food, tips for freezing, packing food for the freezer, how long it will keep, how to thaw frozen food, what type of freezer you’ll need and tips on how to keep your freezer organized. Yes, the author covers everything you need to know.
The recipes are really easy-to-follow and almost all of the recipes use ingredients that you can find in any grocery store. There are preparation tips, techniques, and variations that are shared with you among the pages. If you enjoy mouth-watering foodie photography, you’ll find that in here too!
Robert Rose publishes some of the best cookbooks out in the retail marketplace. I own around 50 of their books and I’m proud to have them in my collection. Seriously, they’re the MOST-USED books in my kitchen!!!
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I think that this book would give a lot of great tips about freezing things. There are wonderful tips to make meals ahead of time.
It would be terrific to read about 100 Freezer-Friendly Recipes. I think it is a great idea to make some meals ahead of time and freeze them. I could use the tips also!
This will be so nice for my son’s family. They are so busy all the time. They need to learn how to plan ahead and freeze meals.