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Summary: "Frozen Assets" Offers Great Return on Investment
Review: As a newly-wed couple planning to start a family in the next year, we're saving every penny we can, which means "eating in" for as many meals as possible. Cooking once or twice a month requires organization and motivation, but being able to prepare our meals with fresh, organic produce and no preservatives makes the investment of time and effort worthwhile.
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Summary: Frozen Assets:
Review: This book was okay, but doesn't have enough kid-friendly recipes, which is a problem I'm finding with many cookbooks.
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Summary: Not any different...
Review: The book I purchased was a revised edition. I already had the second edition.The only difference was the format. The recipes and plans were exactly the same. If you have the second edition don't waste your money!
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Summary: Good Idea, Bad Execution.
Review: Although I like the idea behind this book, I would say that it falls short on many levels. First of all, it is a book that is designed to save you time and money yet recipes are repeated for goodness sake-That is a WASTE of my time as well as a waste of my money as the book could have been half the size! I'm offended that the author would even think that repeating recipes would be acceptable in a cookbook. In addition, these recipes are very unhealthy and loaded with fat. On the plus side, I can probably use the helpful ideas in regard to meal planning and freezing to create healthy meals for my family. I would suggest you get this out of the library before you spend any money on it.
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Summary: I am glad I got this out of the library first...
Review: I had heard great things about this book, but decided to check it out of the library first. I'm glad I did. First, I must say that many of her freezing hints and such are good, but this is only a short part of the whole. Most of the book is filled with the recipes, many heavy on meat and cheese and low on vegetables. Furthermore, the same recipes were printed throughout the book in different serving proportions, which I thought was a waste of space. In fact, the book itself could have been half its size and still contained all the necessary information...the type seemed large, the recipes spaced out one to a page. Perhaps it was meant to be "easy on the eyes," I don't know, but the effect was that the author or publisher was trying to "beef up" the text (no pun intended) and make a thicker (read: more expensive) book. But I give it 2.5-3 stars, only because the idea was good. I am hoping that her "lite" version of the book is a little healthier than this.
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Summary: Ignore the Bad Reviews of this book. It's GREAT
Review: This book is wonderful. Deborah's cooking plan is well explained and easy to follow. I have tried several of the recipes out of the book and my family has enjoyed them. I will note, there are a few I won't try simply because I have a recipe for the samething or somehting similar and we like it or I know by reading it that my family won't enjoy it. I also make and use the baking mix and have never had a problem with it keeping and it doesn't smell like paint. These recipes can be successfully augmented to fit a lower in fat diet. I have also used the process Deborah outlines in the book with other recipes as well and have had a tremendous amount of luck. This includes lowfat and healthy recipes. (I use alot of Cooking Light recipes) One final note, I have other monthly cooking cookbooks and the cuisine is similar in style. If you want gourmet 5 star dinners every night maybe this method of cooking isn't for you. If you want to spend less time in the kitchen and save money, this is the book for you.
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Summary: Nice idea, lousy results
Review: I am single and busy and I need quick and easy meals. After vowing to quit buying expensive deli food, I found this book and gave it a try. Pros: I've spent much less on food, my freezer is still about a third stocked after about five weeks of eating the meals I prepared. The food is easily portioned into plastic bags to throw into a cooler for lunch and dinner at work. Cons: The food is awful. The only thing I look forward to is a chicken soup recipe. The rest of the tomato-sauce-based meals are bland. I would be embarrased to serve them to a guest, especially the lasagna and broccoli quiche. I keep adding ingredients as I reheat the meals to jazz them up. Overall, I've saved cash on deli food, and it's nice to have a hot meal twice a day. But I won't be using the book again.
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Summary: Finally, a realisitic cook book
Review: This book gives outlines and and specific menu plans. The recipes are diverse, and adaptable, you can make substitutions where needed or wanted. The recipes are also almost all family pleasers. I would highly recommend it to anyone starting out with bulk cooking. A real gem!
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Summary: Please don't feed this trash to your family
Review: The concept of bulk cooking is something I've been doing for years. And you can do it too, without "studying" the concept. Simply make it a rule to never cook one meal and you'll soon work out the details in a way that fits your lifestyle.But for goodness sake, don't feed yourself or your family the junk suggested in this book. I felt this author did a disservice, because so many people are desperate to save time. It isn't a savings if the time you save is spent at the doctors office, or so fatigued from a bad diet that you can't do anything but sit glassy-eyed in front of a television. This kind of diet doesn't grow healthy kids, either.
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Summary: A Not So Nostalgic Return to the Sixties
Review: This book is for those parents who want to cook as their mothers cooked for them - as I, may the nutritional gods forgive me, cooked for my children. Actually I was not quite this bad. The recipes for 30 days contain 14 pounds of fat dense meat, 2 chickens and 4 pounds of cheddar cheese. The spices are not those that will educate the palate of children - the most adventurous is packaged taco seasoning. If you are looking for a book with recipes of the sort found in the school lunch program in the past, this is for you.
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