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Summary: Just wasn't impressed.
Review: I was really looking forward to getting a copy of this book because most of the reviews were so positive, but I was really disappointed, mostly because of the recipes. First of all, there really isn't that many. Also, I don't understand making "home-made spaghetti sauce" and using store-bought spaghetti sauce in it! I thought there needed to be more chicken recipes, and why are some of the recipes repeated 2 or 3 times? I felt like I was ripped off, the recipes are low-quality and low-quantity. However, the freezer instructions are good.
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Summary: Frozen Assets helps us save time in the kitchen
Review: My husband loves to cook with me, and we have enjoyed using Frozen Assets. It is great to have the food ready from the freezer on our busy days, and when we have unexpected company. I gave Frozen Assets to my daughter, and she said it has been so helpful with her busy life..she just had her 3rd baby. Her family loves the recipes....and having the food in the freezer.
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Summary: Needs some revision
Review: My husband and I bought this book because we wanted to spend less time in the kitchen and more with our new daughter. I found the strategies to be useful, but there needs to be a larger range of recipes. I also found that placing the same recipe in different parts of the book to be a waste. Perhaps in the next addition you could add nutritional information (grams of protein, fat etc.)
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Summary: A real asset to your kitchen
Review: Cooking for the freezer is one of the more valuable techniques I use to save time in the kitchen. This popular method has many fans, so why is it so hard to find a good freezer cookbook? This void is now filled by the recent publication of Frozen Assets, cleverly subtitled, How to Cook for a Day and Eat for a Month. The author, Debi Taylor-Hough, originally promoted her Once A Month Cooking ideas on the Internet and found such a wide and eager audience, she knew the technique would make a wonderful book. And it does! Although the book focuses on mass cooking in large quantities for the freezer, the techniques, tips and recipes are applicable to anyone wanting to cook in advance. A cookbook is typically a collection of recipes. Frozen Assets is so much more than that. It is a very comprehensive guide to bulk freezer cooking, covering everything you need to know in great detail, from planning and grocery shopping to cooking, freezing and serving. Throughout the book, Debi shares great tips that you usually learn only through experience. The most valuable chapters in the book are the complete meal plans. Each plan includes a menu list, a shopping list, step-by-step instructions and the recipes. There is a 30 day plan, a two week plan (a good way to get your feet wet) and a 10 day holiday plan. This latter plan takes you through the busiest time of the year with ease, a wonderful idea. In addition to the menu plans you will find other freezer recipes organized into main dish, breakfast, lunch, and dessert categories. Other bonuses include recipes for mixes, a chapter containing 100 money-saving tips, an appendix on cooking for one, and lots more. If you're a wanna-be Once-A-Month cook, a seasoned pro, or just looking for some new dishes with which to stock your freezer, you'll find Frozen Assets to be a real asset in your kitchen.
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Summary: This book helped me find more time for myself
Review: Finding time for myself,with the busy schedule that a mother keeps, is a reoccuring issue in my life. Debbie's book has made it possible for me to accomplish this. The meals included in this book are not only easy,they are absolutely delicious. I highly recommend the crab and swiss quiche. It is a family favorite.
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Summary: This book is a God-send!
Review: I received my copy of Frozen Assests and read it cover to cover before trying out any recipes. In its pages I discovered why my past attempts at freezing potatoes and pasta had failed. With my new found knowledge, I immediately whipped up french toast, pancakes, egg and saugage muffins, etc., and put them in the freezer. My kids ate breakfast at home every day for their first semester!!! I learned how to freeze these items so they didn't stick together after frozen. And I pocketed the $1.20 per meal my kids opted to eat at home instead of at school. That amounted to a substantial savings---more so than the cost of the book. Thanks, Deborah, I really needed this book. The timing of it was a real God-send for me.
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Summary: A culinary blessing for cooks without much time to cook
Review: Our decade-long search for a cookbook that saves us time, saves us money -- and helps us turn out savory, delicious, kid-winning, appetite-tempting meals every time out -- is over. Everything is phenomenally edible about FROZEN ASSETS. It's so good I'd be tempted to eat the pages! Brava to the author and the publisher for saving our family and our appetites! Fabulous!!!
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Summary: A must have for any size family! What a timesaver!
Review: Thank you for helping our family eat well again and put sanity back at our dinner table.
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Summary: bad-cafeteria-style recipes - many do not work as stated
Review: I hestitated to write a negative review of Frozen Assets as the author seems to be such a nice person. But tonight, as we throw away yet another meal, meant to feed 4 or 5 people (chili), I felt that I should warn others about this book. The menu planning is very well-written and thought-out. The recipes, however, for the most part, are bad. I know the problem is not with my cooking skills, because when I make meals from other recipes, they almost always turn out fine. For instance, I cooked the beans for the chili as directed in the recipe. They are still too hard to eat after being frozen, thawed, and re-cooked. My family, consequently, just left to eat at Wendy's. The lasagna recipe (and I have made perfectly good lasagna many times) was runny and a mush of ingredients. The Spaghetti Pie was likewise terrible. The Chicken Cacciatore was inedible. The Multi-Purpose Baking Mix did not keep in the refrigerator as stated ( it calls for vegetable shortening or margarine), and smelled like paint. The only recipes that were okay were the baked ziti and the taco mix. Our family eats a lot of meals using chicken breasts. There are no recipes in the book using chicken breasts. I have found recipes on the 'net for freezable chicken breast meals which I will try, but there were none at all in this book. The author boasts of being able to save so much money with these monthly meal plans. We wasted easily $100 in ingredients, to say nothing of a lot of my time plus the cost of this book. If your family is used to eating bland, watery, bad-cafeteria food then these recipes might be familiar to you. If you want to eat healthy, less greasy, and palatable foods then you might want to do what I plan to do - throw the book in the recycling bin. Sorry, Debi, but tonight was the last straw for ruined meals!
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Summary: Fantastic!
Review: What a great book! I finally got my copy yesterday and couldnt put it down until I finished reading it cover to cover! I loved the tips for making cooking day easier, as well as the grocery shopping advice! I can't wait to try the 30 day meal plan! Excellent, a must have for anyone serious about OAMC!
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