Fix, Freeze, Feast: The Delicious, Money-Saving Way to Feed Your Family

Description

The best-selling cookbook for busy, thrifty families that offers an appealing solution: cook one recipe and stock the freezer with three nights' worth of homemade meals for a family of four - now fully updated with new and revised recipes, color photography throughout, and a fresh design. Putting delicious and healthy home-cooked meals on the table can be easy and economical, and the second edition of the best-selling Fix, Freeze, Feast ensures that this foolproof make-ahead meal plan is accessible to today's busy families. This classic cookbook has been fully updated to reflect how families shop and eat today, with an increased emphasis on plant-based meals and purchasing fresh, seasonal produce and bulk grains and beans. Speaking with authority and plenty of encouragement, the authors show readers that serving up well-balanced meals can be as simple as 1-2-3: each of the 150 recipes is designed to make three meals - each serving 4 to 6 people - to be made in large quantities, frozen, and reheated. AUTHORS: Kati Neville and Lindsay Ahrens are big fans of freezer meals and speak widely about the method with community groups, parenting classes, and at libraries. They have written recipes for Costco's annual cookbooks and articles for Everyday with Rachael Ray. SELLING POINTS: . Extensive update of a popular family cookbook. With this new full-colour edition, making freezer meals will be easier than ever. The updates include 20 percent new content, options for buying healthy ingredients in bulk, and recipe revisions that emphasize fresh and seasonal plant-based dishes. . 150 recipes serve up fast, economical, and healthy options for every meal of the day. Main dishes like Sweet Potato Enchiladas, Feta and Spinach Lasagna Rolls, and Pecan-Crusted Chicken join soups, sides, sauces, and snacks, plus breakfast classics like granola and smoothies. . Bulk cooking makes it easy to put family dinners on the table fast. On average, each recipe makes three make-ahead meals, with each meal serving 4 to 6 people. All the recipes can be made in advance, stashed in the freezer, and reheated in a flash. Full-colour; photographs throughout

Kati Neville and Lindsay Ahrens are big fans of freezer meals and speak widely about the method with community groups, parenting classes, and at libraries. They have written recipes for Costco's annual cookbooks and articles for Everyday with Rachael Ray. Both live and work in the Pacific Northwest.

"If you love delicious homecooked food, but don't want to spend your whole life making it, this is the book for you! This beautiful new edition is stuffed with remarkable recipes, and clever time and money saving tips; it's the perfect blend of inspiring and practical." -- Leanne Brown, author of Good and Cheap "With a wide variety of unique but unpretentious recipes, this book proves that make-ahead meals aren't limited to soups and casseroles. I can't wait to stock my freezer with ready-to-cook meals!" -- Beth Moncel, BudgetBytes.com