Works For Me Wednesday: Freeze-Ahead Cookbook
One of the reasons that I am able to get a good dinner on the table for my family every night is a cookbook called Dream Dinners: Turn Dinnertime into Family Time with 100 Assemble-and-Freeze Meals.
I have given this cookbook to most of my girlfriends because they have tasted and enjoyed and watched me NOT work during many dinners they've had at my house.
The idea behind this cookbook is that you make 3 batches of a dish; have one tonight, and two go into the freezer. There are instructions with each recipe for how to make the meal for that night, and how to bake it after it's been frozen. SO simple, easy, and very mom-friendly!
This cookbook has REAL meals in it. Not the kind that are impossible to make, that have weird ingredients that you'd spend an hour searching for in the grocery store, and a ridiculous amount of money obtaining. This cookbook is great for busy moms because it allows you to give your family a great meal every night of the week, even if it's been one of those CRAZY days!
It's also great for entertaining...so when your company comes, you haven't "trashed the kitchen" (my husband's term!). You can pull something out of the freezer that is delicious and impressive!
If you want to see one of the meals that I LOVE from this cookbook, click here. I make this dish on a regular basis because my husband and I enjoy it so much! I've served it to company several times, and it always gets rave reviews!
Dream Dinners. Works for me!
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I know people who use freezer meals regularly but I've never been sure how they work or if they taste good. This cookbook looks like it will answer all my questions. Thanks for posting, it looks great.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a great cookbook! I'd love to see the sample recipe, but the link doesn't seem to be working.
ReplyDeleteGrace,
ReplyDeleteI fixed the link. Sorry about that!
I'll check the link now - by the way, I just went to amazon - bought a similar book - thanks for the suggestion - it looks like it'll be a nice fit with homeschooling for kindergarten this fall.
ReplyDeleteIf only I had a bigger freezer! Thanks for the tip, though.
ReplyDeleteI replied to your question on my blog. Thanks for calling in!
We use this book in our freezer co-op! I have gotten a lot of good receipes from this book.
ReplyDeleteCheck out our freezer co-op blog-The Freezer Chicks.
this is just what i need to do! what a great thing too, if someone is having a bad day or just had a baby, just pull this out of the freezer for them! i just put it on reserve at my library!
ReplyDeleteha! and we just moved to a new house and have an extra freezer in the basement! perfect!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tip - always good to know a cookbook recommendation from a cook!
ReplyDeleteHave you read or heard of the "Hinds Feet in High Places" book for children?
ReplyDeleteI just heard about this. I'd like to read this sometime to my kids.
Wow. I'm going to have to try this book. Thank you for this post.
ReplyDeleteI see that you commented on my blog, and I thank you for your wonderful comments. It is nice to get new visitors (especially knowing you have kids the same ages as mine). I also think this meal looks fabulous. Looks like I know what we might have for dinner tomorrow!
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