The Healthy Make-Ahead Cookbook: Wholesome, Flavorful Freezer Meals the Whole Family Will Enjoy

I bought this book to prep meals for after my baby was born and I found so many great recipes. I like that each recipe has instructions for freezing and reheating too.

All kinds of recipes for things from appetizers and main courses. I find that several of the recipes are good to build on.

I’m building my own cookbook in Canva and printing it as I go. Between this book and another I’ve gotten on kindle unlimited, I cooked 2-3 days out of the month and every other day I spend a max of 1 hour on dinner but usually having Alexa ask my son to pre heat the oven, popping it in when I make it through the door. Being done by the time I’ve changed. The snacks are also amazing! My super picky girl loves the snacks and so does her father and other siblings. This book is awesome!

This is the best freezer-meal planning cookbook I have found. A very informative first chapter about proper techniques for freezing, thawing, and bulk food prep will get you started, then there are a few different suggested meal plans to get you set for different life events in advance, and then it goes into the different recipe categories. I went through and flagged all the ones that sounded good to me and even though I pretty much ignored the entire seafood section and most of the desserts, there are still post-it flags in abundance. So many good recipes!!!!! :-) Each has a helpful blurb at the beginning about the meal, then the instructions for making it. It's followed by a short section on how to freeze if you're prepping it for later, how to thaw the frozen meal without making it funky, and how to proceed with cooking it once it's thawed. Some of the meals are cooked before being frozen; others are just prepped and then frozen raw. All are fairly easy to prepare.Thorough, easy-to-follow, and delicious. Also, the recipes are pretty healthy, as per the title, but still have a great variety. Two thumbs up!!!

This is an excellent cookbook for working mothers, especially, and good for anyone who would like to prepare one or several meals at one time to keep in the freezer for future dinners. Decide on any number of dishes, buy your more healthful ingredients, follow the instructions (it even gives gluten-free advice), and either pop the dish into the oven to freeze later or freeze and thaw before baking. Healthier and more convenient than take-out, and recipes for any meal are all in one book - no need to go searching online or to have many cookbooks at your elbow. A boon for young families, college students or singles who like to cook or entertain. Delightful choices of ethnic dishes, too, with no strange ingredients you have to search stores to find.

This is one of my go to cookbooks! Wide variety of recipes. Gives great instructions for refrigerating, freezing, making! Great suggestions for ingredient substitutes. I've used this for meal trains (when people have passed away or had new babies) and every time people ask me for the recipes. Stop looking for recipes on pinterest and get this book!

Good read and healthy eating. Have a lot of ur weeks meals or certain dishes prepared in one afternoon or morning. Shopping easier too. Planning easier and helps eat better cause I know what I’m going to fix for 3-4 days after strolling through recipes with hubby while relaxing BEFORE dinner as it’s already done, just pop in oven.

So far recipes have been pretty tasty and easy to follow.

Dumped!

Bought it not long ago and I really love it! The recipes are simple and quick, and the author gives great tips for storing the leftovers in the freezer and in the fridge along with the shelf life.

Healthy eating is important to me as is time management and I feel I got both with this

Wanted to be able to freeze ahead healthy meals

Excellent ... just wish there were more pics.