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Summary: One Day Equals How Many Hours???
Review: My motivation for purchasing this book was to actually cook for ONE day. I abhor cooking; just want it to be quick, easy and painless and something my family will consume (they're not too picky). Ms. Taylor-Hough turns what a reader would assume by the title to be a ONE day project into a THREE day marathon by the time all the planning, shopping, "preparing items for recipes" the day or night before the "big day of cooking" are completed. If I have to touch food to process it for making a meal I define that as cooking. Thus the 'Cook for a Day' concept just does not hold true according to this method. Additionally, many of the recipes are your usual run of the mill entrees (no culinary awards herein) that one could easily double virtually without any planning by just purchasing double amounts of ingredients. I've already caught on to this effortless venture. I'm somewhere in the middle of the position of 'time is money' and 'I'm so frugal I'll spend days and enormous effort saving 50 to 100 bucks overall on my monthly food bill'. This book doesn't fit that philosphy.
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Summary: This here book changed my life. It really did!
Review: Love the book, love the method, love the recipes. Love it, love it, love it! Oh. You're probably wondering why I said it changed my life, aren't you? Well, one day I was staring at my checkbook, wondering where all the money went every month. It seemed to disappear faster than a cockroach when you turn on the lights. Oops. Hmm. Probably the cockroach analogy is a bit improper for a cookbook review. Sorry. So, there I was wondering how to make my money s-t-r-e-t-c-h even a tiny little wee bit further, when a friend told me about this Frozen Assets book and how it had helped her get hold of her food budget. Being the ever careful, ever cheap little skeptic that I am, I drove on down to my library and checked out a copy. I was brave, and maybe even a bit foolish that day, but I decided to give the entire 30 day plan a try. Omigosh! Can you say "tired"? How 'bout "exhausted"? My poor feet ached like they hadn't since my days waitin' tables at the truck stop. (Well, actually it wasn't a truck stop, but I thought that sounded better with my story.) So, to make a long story not much shorter, I was sure after that first night that this was the worst mistake of my entire life. But then after my poor aching feet recovered in a day or two, I took a nice little frozen lasagna outta my freezer, heated it up for the hubby and kids, tossed together a quick salad, and yow-za! We ate like kings! And it was so massively, excitingly EASY! The next night, we had the best dang meatloaf I think I'd ever eaten, with enough leftovers for a meatloaf sandwich for my lunch next day. But the best part of all, for me anyway, was that for the whole month's worth of dinner meals, I only spent about a hundred bucks. I still had to buy breakfast and lunch stuff, but then oatmeal and sandwiches are pretty cheap fare. I think my total food bill that first month was about $$$ for all four of us. I'd been spending about three times that amount on food 'cause we just about lived at McD's, the local taco stand, and the bake-and-take pizza place. Well, it's been a couple years. I still cook for the freezer these days only I use my own recipes a lot more now. But whenever money's tight, or I'm too lazy to think, which happens quite a bit these days, I pull my worn out copy of Frozen Assets off the shelf (yep, I broke down and bought me a copy. Those library overdue fees were killing me!). I try to read the recipes through the spaghetti sauce stains, I make up a mess of great tasting, easy, and cheap food for me, hubby, and the kids. And we stay on budget too! Trust me, it's worth a try. And if you don't like how a recipe sounds, well, then just don't make it. You'd think by some of the reviews on this page that the author's telling you to go home and bake a Pork Rind Souffle or something. Hardly! It's just good home-cooking. Stuff your mama used to make. Stuff you'd probably make yourself if you had time. And this method gives you time. Saves money, too.
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Summary: Great planning, poor recipes
Review: I agree that this book helps the novice once a month cook to plan, buy and cook the meals. However, the recipes for many of the dishes are not what was expected. For example, in the section for the once a month cooking, it says to have 3 meals of one of the dishes, but the actual recipe calls for you to divide it into 4 parts. And I am very disappointed in how many times some of the recipes are in the book. As someone else stated, taste is a very personal thing, and I knew going into this that we may or may not like everything. But that is part of the learning process of this, as with anything else that is done in life.
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Summary: Gourmands beware!
Review: If you are an accomplished (home) cook or a chef than this book will be a disappointment. The recipes are not adapted for freezer shelf life. But are just a collection of "things in sauce" and casseroles
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Summary: Good for beginners of cooking once a month
Review: There are some good tips in this book if you have never cooked ahead before. I liked the holiday make ahead ideas. The main thing I did not like about this book is that some recipes are repeated up to three times and when you look at the recipe index it does not show that. But it does have complete shopping list for each portion of the book. And the recipes are alot easier then some other freezer cookbooks that I have used in the past.
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Summary: good for busy families
Review: This is a life saver for me - working mom, 2 kids, etc. I can cook for a couple of days and eat for a couple of months. It helps if you are organized so you can plan when to start what, and it helps to have a very large pot or two. The recipes don't always say how much is made (ie 3 meals for one recipe, 10 cups for another), but often can be adapted as needed once you do it once. It also has great hints for adapting other foods and recipes to the freezer method - I was able to add new recipes using these techniques. I also list what I make and then plan a month of meals. It is WONDERFUL coming home and just plopping something in the oven and having a meal ready 30 minutes later. I now live by this cooking method!!!
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Summary: Most favorite bulk cooking time-saver!
Review: I happened across "Frozen Assets" while browsing through the cookbook section at my local library. For the past year I have been checking it out and renewing it because it has such practical, yummy recipes. I LOVE it because its recipes consist of food that is pretty commonplace in most household pantries, unlike other books calling for 'gourmet' ingredients. The recipes are fun to plan, prepare, and freeze. I'm SO glad to finally own my OWN copy!! I recommend this great treasure to every mom I meet who would like to be freed from kitchen slavery!
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Summary: Pretty good book!
Review: This was a gift to me and I think it's packed with lots of good ideas. Some of it is stuff we all already know, but still some great ideas. It's worth the money.
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Summary: great info
Review: I really liked this book...more for the info about HOW to freeze, what freezes well... health concerns about freezing than for the recipes. There were really some that i wouldnt even consider eating BUT that is true of all cook books frankly... this book gives many options for freezing food (all at once..doubling recipes... etc) It gives insights when you have very little freezer room too (like the top of fridge freezer) i found this book the MOST helpful on the subject ...i would have given it a 5 if i liked more of the recipes...or maybe if the recipes were written with more subsitution possibilites
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Summary: Frozen Assets Not an Asset on the Bookshelf
Review: I got interested in freezer cooking and purchased the book "Frozen Assets" after finding lots of tasty recipes on the internet. I should have stopped before I bought the book, because not only does the author repeat recipes constantly throughout the book, at the time most of the recipes were available on the author's web site (although they are not at this time). There's not a lot of variety in her suggestions, either. I'm sorry, but if my family had to eat cheese enchiladas seven times in one month alone, they would mutiny on me!I think the cooking ahead idea is wonderful, and for someone with little imagination and no internet access, the book is a boon. But for the rest of us, we can just scour the net for recipes and get the rest of the information on how to get started from websites.
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