Fix Freeze Feast Book Review

I decided that I was going to look at a few freezer cooking books from the library.  Fix, Freeze, Feast, 2nd Edition: The Delicious, Money-Saving Way to Feed Your Family; Stock Your Freezer with Ready-to-Cook Meals; 1... by Kati Neville was the first one that I read.  I was excited to hear what the book was going to say about the process and some ideas for recipes.

With this updated second edition of a best-selling cookbook, you can have it all — great tasting, nutritious meals that don’t break the bank or your daily schedule. Cook one recipe in bulk and stock your freezer with three nights of homemade dinners for your family. Updated recipes incorporate plenty of fresh, seasonal produce, along with bulk grains and beans. From Asparagus and Potato Frittata and Lemon Blueberry Strata to Tomato Basil Soup and Berry-Roasted Chicken, the 150 tasty options span the menu. Filling the freezer with healthy, ready-to-cook meals is more delicious than ever.

I thought it was an interesting and quick forward about the the process before the actual recipes.  I thought it was an interesting break down on the recipes to ones that you could make to eat the day of and others that were better to freeze.  I guess the first thing that I should say is that I hate curry.  I had a bad experience and that is not something that I want to eat ever in my life and my family isn't big fans so it is something we stay away from.  There are lots of recipes that I wouldn't make since that is the main seasoning.  We also don't eat beans.  I would love to say that this is something that I thought would change but we really aren't big on them so we don't do recipes with beans.  There was a cherry chicken recipe that sounds amazing but the hardest thing for me to do is stay out of dried cherries so I guess I would have to make it right after buying them so that I didn't snack on what we needed.  I was just talking about wanting to make Cashew Chicken Stir Fry so I might try a variation on their recipe but I have to get fish sauce which is something I have never used... we don't do seafood so I haven't checked out the sauce to even see what it is made of but I guess adding that to the list of things I need to figure out. The possibilities are sweet and sour meatballs,  beef fajitas, shanghai stir fry but we don't have beef that often so I guess we will see on that too.  I thought the lemon Caesar dressing and the raspberry vinaigrette sounded interesting too.  There was also a recipe for ginger cookies which sounded like it might be something to try.  Downside, is there were no recipes that I thought were so amazing that I had to make them right away but there were a few that had possibility for sure.  You might disagree with this and really love some of them so I hope that you check it out if you are interested in making freezer meals and seeing what they are all about.  I hope that you find a few that might be tasty for your family.