Don't Panic - Dinner's in the Freezer: Great-Tasting Meals You Can Make Ahead
 | Average Customer Rating: Recommend Hectic lifestyles and over-full schedules make traditional cooking methods nearly obsolete in many families. The results are poor nutrition and budgets strained by the high cost of fast food or commercially prepared meals. Don't Panic-Dinner's in the Freezer offers a simple and economical alternative, featuring dozens of recipes designed to be prepared and frozen for future use. With over 23,000 copies sold in its original self-published edition, this book gives… Product details and pricing info |
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83 Customer Reviews Posted
- Great cookbook for Freezer Meals!
- This cookbook has wonderful recipes that your whole family will love! They are easy to follow and taste great!
If you are looking for a more detailed book about what OAMC is all about though I would do some research elsewhere. This book has great recipes but isn't detailed with grocery lists like other books are.
They do have an awesome system of how to increase servings though and I highly recommend these recipes! - 2008-02-26, 2 of 2 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Great Book especially for beginners on freezing multiple meals
- I love this book. I have tried several recipes already and my family likes them. The charts to increase the recipes x 3, x6, x9 are very useful. I would suggest trying the recipe once before making multiples to make sure you like it. I would agree with another review that there are not many vegetarian recipes and half of the book is meat recipes. I also like the tips on how to freeze items without freezer burn and maximizing freezer space. If you are looking for a book to start with making multiple meals and freezing, this is the one.
- 2008-02-13, 3 of 3 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Easy & Helpful
- I am really glad I finally decided to buy this cookbook. I have an 8 month old and was trying to come up with a way to improve our dinners at night during the week. The recipes are easy (although, in retrospect, make sense to do...marinating, etc.) but overall it makes it really nice to have something you can do that is yummy without a lot of effort. We have made, and frozen, several of the items and it is working out great.
- 2008-02-11, 2 of 2 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- No more stress! Grab a meal from your freezer!!
- I love this book! Great, easy to follow recipes and so perfect for meals on those nights you just don't feel like preparing a meal! Perfect for taking a meal to a sick friend, one who's had a baby, etc. I have to say that my husband isn't picky at all and he disliked a couple of the recipes, so try them out before you take one to a friend to see what you like! I love the way they let me know exactly how to prepare the meal prior to freezing it--that made it even more simple to do! THANKS!
- 2008-02-01, 2 of 3 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Good recipes, poorly-bound book
- Wanted to rate this 3 1/2 stars.
This book has a good selection of make ahead entrees, as well as some appetizers, sides, and desserts to go with them.
I am surprised by several of the comments complaining that you have to cook some ingredients first--even in your typical TV dinner, some or all of the ingredients are cooked prior to freezing (just one example is pre-baking a pie crust).
Also, you don't necessarily need to thaw completely before cooking, especially for things like cookie dough--you could just add on some cooking time (you will have to adjust for this, because the authors don't)--or you cook the entire item through, let cool, THEN freeze in individual or family-size portions for later. Part of the reason things turn out mushy when they're reheated is that they weren't sealed properly when frozen--a vacuum sealer can keep out the ice crystals. Also, regarding blandness of recipes, freezing decreases the taste of spices, so you do have to adjust for that when freezing, or add spices during or right after cooking.
Cons: too many recipes using convenience foods (canned "cream-of" soups, for example), although you can substitute healthier versions for some of them. Also, the binding is the type that lies flat, but the copy I borrowed from the library is just this side of having the pages fall out. There's no excuse for cheap binding in a book, and especially a cookbook.
A decent book to go with Super Suppers. - 2008-01-21, 7 of 7 people found this review helpful, Rated:
