Table of Content
Introduction Chapter One -The Attraction of frozen assets Chapter Two -Help! My freezer is too small and other frequently asked questions Chapter Three -A day in the life of frozen assets Chapter Four -The ins and outs of meal planning -Getting started with ease -Menu choice and planning for the trail blazers -Making a list and checking it twice -Shopping tips -Steps for a successful cooking experience -Freezing -Thawing, serving and power outages -Twelve additional cooking tips -Frozen assets preparation steps Chapter Five -The thirty-day meal plan -The thirty-day meal line-up -Shopping list -Preparation Plan -Recipes – Sauce over pasta, baked ziti, lazy lasagna, meatball sandwhiches, meatloaf, Salisbury steak, broccoli-ham bake, scalloped potatoes and ham, mix-n-match chicken soup, chicken broccoli and rice, sweet and sour meatballs, chili-day meatballs, chicken broccoli and noodles, mexi-chicken Chapter Six -The two-week meal plan -The two-week meal line-up -Shopping list -Preparation plan -Recipes – chicken curry, texas style chili, spaghetti pie, broccoli quiche, sloppy Joes, stuffed peppers, poor man's casserole, black beans and rice, lentil-rice soup, east Indian rice ring Chapter Seven -Ten-day holiday meal plan -Ten-day holiday meal line-up -Shopping list -Preparation Plan -Recipes – turkey dinner, broccoli and ham bake, turkey rice, Texas style chili, sauce over pasta, lasagna, easy taco salads, turkey noodle soup, turkey stuffed manicotti, baked ziti, ham and cheese quiche, holiday breakfast casserole. Chapter Eight -More main dish dinner recipes – bulk spaghetti sauce, lazy lasagna, calzones, baked ziti, spaghetti pie, meatloaf, meatballs, Salisbury steak, sweet-sour meatballs, chili-day meatballs, East-Indian meatballs, East-Indian rice ring, Tomato-sauced meatballs, Meatball stroganoff, California meatballs, all purpose ground meat mix, tacos, taco potatoes, easy taco salads, stuffed peppers, sloppy Joes, Texas Style chili, poor man's casserole, mexi-chicken, chicken casserole, chicken broccoli, chicken creole, turkey-stuffed manicotti, turkey rice, crab and swiss quiche, basic "use it up" quiche, quiche Lorraine, chicken elegante, quiche Nicoise, green chili and cheese pie, crustless "use it up" quiche, stuffed potato shells, broccoli ham bake, scalloped potatoes and ham, split pea soup with ham, lentil-rice soup, lentil ranchero, black beans and rice, Mexican noodle bake, beef and bean burritos, enchilada pie, pizza blanks Chapter Nine -Breakfasts, lunches, desserts, mixes -Breakfast ideas and tips -Lunch ideas and tips -Dessert ideas and tips -Holiday breakfast casserole, McBreakfast, breakfast burritos, Mix-n-match quick bread, mix-n-match soup, Debi's million dollar chocolate chip cookies, multi-purpose baking mix, pancakes, waffles, biscuits, shortcake, snack cake, dumplings, pizza crust Chapter Ten -100 money-saving tips and ideas for groceries -General money-saving food tips -Saving strategies for grocery shopping -Food purchasing specifics -Breakfast ideas -Lunch tips -Dinner meal stretchers Appendices -Appendix A: Foods that don't freeze well -Appendix B: Recipe equivalents -Appendix C: Tips for singles -Appendix D: Reducing fat in recipes -Appendix E: Creative uses for freezer meals -Appendix F: Recommended resources Index and worksheets -Blank calendar for cooking plans -Add your own recipe pages -Blank shopping list -Recipe index by main ingredient
