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| Authors: Susie Martinez, Vanda Howell, Bonnie Garcia
Publisher: Revell
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 7 x 0.7
ISBN: 0800730550
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 Time saver for a busy medical student! September 26, 2006
S. Brett (New Orleans, LA United States)
41 out of 42 found this review helpful
I'm a pre-clinical medical student, and often don't have time to mess around with dinner when I get home, especially during exam times. Using this book, I've been able to eat really well on the one night's worth of cooking I did at the beginning of the semester! I tried the spinach lasagna and beef stroganoff recipes this time around, and have been really happy with both of them. I find that I want to alter the recipes a little bit, but I think that has more to do with my needs and tastes than any problem with the recipes themselves.
The other nice thing is that this is one of the few cookbooks I have been able to adapt as far as portion size without any trouble at all. I am single and end up cooking for myself. With this cookbook, that's no problem. I froze the lasagnas into smaller pans (and then took them out, thank you for that technique!!) for a dinner and lunch leftovers helping, and portioned out the stroganoff into single-serving sizes as well. No wasted food and no headaches. Fantastic!
I also made this whole batch of food (which included a fair amount besides these two recipes) from one shopping excursion of about $100. I haven't had to go grocery shopping to any substantial degree in a month, other than for salad greens, cat food, noodles, or that last minute ice cream craving. This is VERY nice for both my financial budget and my time budget!
All in all, I credit this book for saving me some serious time, money, and stress. I'm going to end up taking what I learn in making these recipes up to freeze and applying them to my other favorite recipes, too, which just makes it doubly valuable as far as I'm concerned.
 Not for the health concious January 18, 2007
liat2768 (dallas)
39 out of 50 found this review helpful
I read tons of reviews online before ordering this book to try and save on cooking time. I was very disappointed in the recipes. Many of the ingredients are unhealthy and not what I would prepare for my family. I guess each person's idea of healthy cooking is different but I would definitley look through this book in a store before deciding to order it.
The basic idea is a good one : prep dishes in bulk in advance. At a certain stage in preparation you freeze the food in batches. Then, when needed, pull out one of the batches from the freezer and pop it in the oven to finish up the final stage of cooking.
I liked the explanations of how to freeze different items and the most economical way to stock a pantry.
However, the ingredients were often things I would not buy (condensed soup, etc) and many of the dishes were high in sodium and fat. I also did not like the waste assoicated with the freezing process (zip loc bags, wax paper, etc) so that is another thing that held be back from applying the ideas in this book. If these things do not bother you then it could definitely be the book to make getting dinner on the table a lot easier!
Finally, a cook-ahead method that's practical and yummy! April 29, 2007
K Michaelis
29 out of 29 found this review helpful
Say goodbye to boring recipes. This book as an amazing variety of entres, and many have a gourmet taste and appearance without bizarre, hard-to-find ingredients.
The best things about this book:
1) A very practical freezer method using bags instead of baking dishes or plastic containers. By using the freezer bags and "flash freezing" the food into various, stackable shapes, you can maximize your freezer space and make cooking or reheating the food easier later.
2)The majority of the dishes aren't cooked at all until after you defrost them. This makes them taste incredibly fresh on the day you serve them. You simply assemble them before hand, then freeze them in order to cook them later.
3) This method of cooking definitely saves time. By preparing multiple meals at once, you dramatically reduce your overall preparation time. Furthermore, you've got the convenience of getting a meal out of your freezer the night before, letting it defrost in your fridge, and then simply letting the oven do the cooking or reheating while you tend to your children, chores, or work.
4) Buying "loss leaders" on sale at the grocery store and cooking them in bulk really does save money!
5) The variety of recipes.
6) The flexibility. The author encourages you to change up the recipes according to your family's tastes and package them according to your family's size.
The worst things about this book:
1) It should be spiral bound so it can lie flat.
2) I'm a lover of free-range, grass-fed, antibiotic-free, hormone-free meats. Finding my type of meat on sale is rare, and buying it already cut (i.e. chicken breasts) is usually never cheap. Most of the chicken recipes call for breasts. A few can be adapted to use shredded chicken (what I've got if I buy the chicken whole from farmers), but most cannot. Perhaps I should just learn how to properly butcher a chicken.
 A Great Time Saver!! March 5, 2007
N. Byers (Central Illinois)
26 out of 26 found this review helpful
This weekend I spent a few hours making 15 dinners from four recipes (I will try a few more recipes next weekend. The Very Best Meatloaf recipe is GREAT, and I will try the rest this week.
What I love about this book are the meat entrees. Like others have mentioned, a lot of the recipes are simply meats and chicken in different sauces and marinades, but this works for this book because these meals are meant to be frozen - being frozen in a sauce means no freezer-burned meat!
A big plus to this book is the first section before the recipes. The informational chapters are very helpful. In particular, "The Don't Panic Method of Cooking", "Cooking Day Suggestions", "Packaging and Freezing the Goods", and "How Long Will it Keep?"
I LOVE the recipe size conversions that are given for all of the freezer recipes. The original recipes make either 4, 6, or 8 servings (depending on the recipe), and most of the conversions are for 3x, 6x, or 9x the recipe.
Some recipes that I thought looked great include: Rocky Mountain Brisket & BBQ Sauce, Rio Rancho Taco Meat, Pork Chops a la Orange, Pinwheel Flank Steak, Dijon Pork Loin Roast, Oriental Sesame CHicken Strips, Lemon Glazed Chicken Breasts, Italian Stuffed Chicken Breasts, Chicken Breasts Stuffed with Pesto Butter, Buttermilk Herb Chicken, Lemon Bread, Orange Sour Cream Loaf (bread), crumb cake, and much more! (hey! no canned soups in any of these recipes!!)
I held back a star only because I would have liked to have seen more freezable side recipes (most of the sides can only be prepared on the day of the meal, but honestly, I usually just cook an easy Lipton/Knorr pasta package and heat some frozen veggies to accompany dinner.
I really think that you can't go wrong with this cook book, unless you have a special dietary need. If you are looking for low-fat recipes, be prepared to make recipe substitutions.
FANTASTIC! August 21, 2006
Adelle (NY)
24 out of 25 found this review helpful
I absolutely love this cookbook! The recipes are fantastic and simple to prepare, yet taste like you spent more time on them. I like the fact that even the preparation to them to the freezer isn't very involved. As a working mother of 2 under 2, this is a necessity. I'm recommending it to all my friends.
By the way, I am also doing Weight Watchers, and I have found a lot of recipes in here that are great on points! I saw a review that said a lot of recipes were fattening, but I think there are a lot in here that are not and for the others, you can easily substitute items to make it healthier!
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