This book is packed full of recipes that I never knew could be frozen! Step by step guide, information on bulk buying to prepare meals in advance. There is something for everyone in this book. A must for busy families or people with hectic lives.

Fix, Freeze, Feast, 2nd Edition by Kati Neville: Lindsay Ahrens is a great book of recipes to stock your freezer. Instructions are excellent, and the recipes sound really good and not too difficult for the average person. I wish there was a color photo for each recipe. The recipes that do have a photo are beautiful, just wish there were more.

An easy to read recipe book with lots of useful tips. Great one for a family household.

I own a lot of cookery books but this is something a little different. The book shows an easy way to plan ahead and prepare meals in advance, using a freezer to store them. By cooking in larger batches, you can save time and money. The recipes are tasty and easy to follow. It's nicely written and includes personal anecdotes relating to how some of the recipes came about. There is a huge selection of different dishes to try, plus a whole range of different sauces and marinades to add flavour to your food.

This book has some very good recipes. There are also simple ideas for easier ways to do things, such as putting a baggie into a cup for filling it with a liquid such as soup or gravy. I was disappointed that the meals in the book weren’t all cooked and then frozen as a heat up meal. Rather it was doing all the preparation at once of the ingredients and freezing them for a future meal. This can still be helpful, though. #netgalley,#goodreads, #fixfreezefeast,

i guess it's just me because other people seem to love this book. I found most of the recipes to be rather boring. Like most working women I would love to have some healthy easy meals when I get home from work but these recipes probably won't do that. Take the recipe for Urban Garlic Chicken. Chicken, a few spices, garlic, carrots, celery, onion, olive oil and red wine vinegar. I buy minced garlic in a jar (so that I always have it on hand). It takes maybe 5 mins to chop celery, onion and carrots and you have to preheat the oven anyway. Also most of the recipes are not complete meals but a main course. Now if you give me a main course I might be interested. I would love to see the recipes a little more modern as well. I guess I'm disappointed because I was expecting so much more. I think you will probably find something that you will like though.

Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC of this title. I've actually already purchased a paper copy for myself. I enjoyed it that much. I like that this book gives choices which are realistic and healthy. I loved the warehouse tips, because I am all about saving time and money.

Finally a book that has made my crazy life just a little bit simpler! I've head of freezer meals but never knew how to make it work for me. Thanks to this book I've figured out what all the hype is about. I've saved time and money with these easy tips and amazing recipes! My favorite recipe so far is David's Swamp Blues BBQ Chicken! So yummy! I also liked the chili-lime butter on my salmon! There is so much variety that you will not be disappointed!
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I was intrigued by this book because of the simple, nutritious meals you can prepare ahead of time. Who wouldn't want that, especially if you're trying to eat healthy and have a busy lifestyle? However, I wasn't convinced that the meals are nutritious, once I started looking at the ingredients and the lack of nutrition information. I was also underwhelmed by the suggested pairings of other foods to add to these meals. As a health-conscious reader, I like to know what nutrients are going into the meals I plan and I like my meals to be very well-rounded. I think this book could be improved upon to support its claims by providing nutrition information on every page and offering better food pairings. On a positive note, the book is very well laid out and I thought the pictures of the food were very enticing.

Cookbooks containing freezer recipes are available by the hundreds, and most have a recipe or two that is worth making. However, Fix, Freeze, Feast, 2nd Edition: The Delicious, Money-Saving Way to Feed Your Family; Stock Your Freezer with Ready-to-Cook Meals; 150 Recipes, has dozens of great recipes for busy modern cooks that are not only appealing, but simple to make. It’s no wonder that the first edition of this excellent cookbook is a bestseller and this 2nd edition will most likely be another bestseller.

One of the biggest differences in cookbooks where you prepare a large amount of something, freeze it, and cook it when convenient, and this cookbook is the fact that the recipes are for dishes that people actually want to make and they will be appealing to couples, families with children, and guests. There is a variety of flavors in these dishes – Thai, Mediterranean, Caribbean, Italian, Mexican, Chinese to name a few, and the advance prep is very simple so it is suitable for beginning cooks as well as those with a little more experience.

Many of the recipes focus on saving money, which is helpful for young families and those on fixed incomes. By following the recipes and taking the authors’ advice, it is possible to avoid waste and still serve mouthwatering meals.

Some favorites include Sesame Soy Sirloin (there are several dishes where marinades are poured over fresh meats and frozen, allowing the marinade to seep into the meats as they thaw), a flavorful and budget-wise Pork Loin Ragout, and Pepper Jelly Pork Chops. There are also side dishes and several big-batch cookie recipes where the dough can be frozen and ready for last minute baking. The Bourbon Marinated Salmon is fabulous, as is the Swimming Rama (an easy Thai chicken coconut curry) and Mariachi Chicken Rolls.

The only drawback to this book is the fact that even though there are some nice photographs, not all of the dishes are pictured. The book is well-organized and the recipes are easy to follow. This is one book that will be used over and over. It also makes a great gift for friends and family who struggle with trying to get dinner on the table after long days at work. Highly recommended.

Special thanks to NetGalley for supplying a review copy of this book.

An excellent book for beginner and experienced make-ahead cooks alike. Plenty of front matter on tips for make-ahead meals including fixing cooking mistakes. Easy to read, fun layout and, centrally important, a variety of recipes for all tastes.

Extremely comprehensive family cookbook that includes both freezable meals and meals to be eaten immediately after preparation.

Fix, Freeze, Feast has a huge variety of recipes. It has 84 meat-based main dishes: 37 with chicken, 23 with beef and 24 with pork. There are 24 seafood and vegetable main and side dishes. 25 sauces and 16 breakfast, snacks and sweets finish up the book. Most of the recipes are family-sized but a few are for only two servings. It would be easy to scale up or down any of the recipes to fit any size of household. It was also easy to make most of recipes gluten-free by just using gluten-free flours, thickeners (like arrowroot), and breadcrumbs.

I tried the Chicken-Broccoli Bake, Vegetable Lasagna (small pan), Basic Red Sauce (small batch) and the Mama’s Pizza Sauce. I used the red sauce for the lasagna as suggested. The results for all of the recipes were outstanding. The best part of this book is the clear directions for how to package for the freezer and how to reheat the food. Packaging varies depending on the item being packaged. Most use either plastic freezer zipper bags or baking dishes. The author has a great idea to buy foil baking pans for no clean up after the meal is reheated. This works especially well when the item will be taken to a potluck or party.

About a tenth of the recipes are labeled with “Feast Tonight” and don’t contain a freezing step. While I was fine with those being included, I wish they were all located at the end of each section to make them easier to find. In addition, I would have liked nutritional information including calories to be provided.

Overall, this is a good book for people trying to cook weekday meals in advance. It would definitely be good for the family budget especially if shopping is done at Costco or Sam’s Club.

Thanks to the publisher, Storey Publishing LLC, and NetGalley for an advanced copy.

i think the receipes are great if you eat pretty much anything there is at least one option for you. I don't think it had enough receipes that told me I needed to buy it. I love the breakfast sandwich option but didn't care for most of the red meat options. I don't eat pork either so 1/2 the book was of no use to me .. which is fine! I just don't think most recipes were a success.

I would like to thank NetGalley for a free copy of this book I suppose we have moved beyond teaching home economics in school today, but I think this book serves as a new textbook for economizing both time and money in the endless demand of preparing meals on a busy schedule. The recipes are enticing and the photography is very appealing. Each recipe makes two or three servings and specifies how long the meal will stay fresh while frozen. The recipes are nicely varied, some grilled while others are sauted or baked, and there are a good number of vegetarian options. I was worried that a book on freezer meals would make heavy use of preservatives, but most of the sauces are specified in recipes that don't use a lot of sugar. The authors even include label printing templates! I have been cooking from a meal plan service for years and I am anxious to see how setting back some freezer meals can make that easier. I'm also preparing my son for college life, and working on freezer meals together could be a way of stocking his freezer while teaching him some life skills. We also camp in an RV a lot and I love the idea of simply collecting those meals in a cooler before we go!

I really liked the diversity presented in this book. It can work for families or single people on the go. Suggestions are given on how things freeze, and how to store them without mess or problem. My mom makes meals like this all the time, and this book would be a good addition to her bookshelf. As some one who already freezes cheese in a cramped freezer, I liked the storage suggestions for spacing, and how to expect an item to freeze. Worth checking out@

I own an earlier version of this cookbook, and I have made several recipes from it. I like it very much. The new version is significantly expanded with some exciting new recipes, and I plan to buy it once published.

A wonderful tip and recipe book, with a different twist. I have tried a couple of the recipes now, and they make a quick and easy way to have meals ready quickly, especially after a busy day at work. Nice to be able to have a nice and hearty meal within a short time. I have also taken a couple of smaller portions into work, and reheated in the microwave. Easy! The only thing I wish there would have been more of is photos, but overall a well designed and detailed book. Highly recommend for the busy and not so busy, that want to be able to quickly get a good meal on the table.

I've been wanting to make freezer meals for quite some time, but needed that extra kick and information to make my meal planning and freezer meals into a doable plan. This book helped me do that! Everything you want to know about freezer meals and how to do it, is in this book, not to mention some pretty tasty meals!! I tried the Cherry Skillet Chicken and the Pecan Crusted Chicken Strips with great success!! I will be using and referencing this book quite often and is a staple in my house! It makes it so much easier to have meals in the freezer on those busy, busy days when cooking isn't an option. This was a God-send for me!

I really liked this book. I did feel like there was a ratio problem with the recipes as a there were more chicken ones than any other meat or sweet treats.
I'd have liked to have more sweet treats in it but it's a good basic for a starter cook.

This is the second edition of a cookbook originally published almost ten years ago.

The cookbook is well organized. Entrees are sorted by meat. I love that the authors previously owned meal preparation businesses and that the recipes were designed for the average cook and have been made countless times by a wide variety of folks.

Now, I don’t think meals that are nothing more than a marinade over a meat have a place in a cookbook like this. I routinely serve marinated meats for dinner and it only takes 5 minutes to throw a marinade together in the morning to serve that evening. Ditto with the Berry Roasted Chicken, which is a great recipe but only takes a few minutes to make. To be fair, these recipes are good. It’s just that I wouldn’t go through the trouble of freezing it and thawing it out. Just remember to divide the marinade ingredients by the appropriate number if you’re just making one recipe on the day you plan to serve.

A nice touch is providing sample labels in the appendix to be copied and giving a website for downloading labels that work on Avery stickers (even telling you which stickers the labels work with). Another nice touch is showing which recipes can be cooked directly from frozen without the need to thaw. In fact, there are lots of helpful hints, like how to best transfer a sauce to a freezer bag.

Recipes are well laid out. They show a section for ingredients, packaging requirements, preparation to freeze and preparation to cook. Some recipes tell you alternative ways to use a prior recipe so that boredom doesn’t set in.

While some recipes are obviously kid friendly, I appreciated that several were designed more for adult tastes. Also, these aren’t necessary budget conscious meals. There are ingredients that might be considered costly (dried mangoes, various liquors and wild rice). Now, I like that because I’m more concerned with good taste than cost, but it depends on what you want out of this book. There’s also a nice variety of different cuisines, including Indian, Chinese and Tex-Mex.

The authors also offer some things I would have never thought of freezing, but appreciated, like flavored butters or homemade granola. Flip side, I was dumbfounded by the idea of freezing snack mix or smoothies.

Here’s a sample of the recipes I tried and liked: Pepper Jelly Pork Chops, Maple Marinade (the book recommends for vegetables but I tried on turkey tenderloins), Farmers Market Soup and Molasses Rum Chicken.

My thanks to netgalley and Storey Publishing for an advance copy of this book.