Make and Freeze Recipes: Great Foods You Can Cook, Freeze, and Use Quickly and Easily (Eat Better For Less Guides) by Carolyn Stone, Mara Michaels Page A

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INTRODUCTION
     
     
This recipe book came about as a result of a conversation Mara had
    with her mother recently about the best gift she had ever given her
    mom being a chest freezer. Her mother had assumed she wanted a
    little freezer with shelves and drawers, similar to what she already
    had in her side-by-side refrigerator.
     
     
Mara shook her head and said, "No, do the math. The chest freezer
    will give you over twice the cubic feet of storage, in just about
    the same floor space. Plus, look at the price difference."
     
     
When her mother said to her the other day how much time and money
    she had saved as a result of that one little chest freezer, we put
    our heads together to see how we could help people save even more of
    both of these precious commodities.
     
     
Sometimes convenience foods from the supermarket freezer section can
    be extremely handy, but again, do the math. How much are you REALLY
    paying, pound for pound, for that TV dinner with a couple of ounces
    of meat? Or that so-called 'lean' entree, which may be low in
    calories but high in salt, artificial coloring, preservatives and so
    on?
     
     
We have always been great believers in healthful eating. Nothing can
    be healthier for you than to cook yourself. It is the only way you
    can be sure that you know exactly what is going into your food, how
    many calories and fat you are eating, how much sodium, and so on.
     
     
In this guide, our goals is to give you a range of choices for
    breakfast, lunch, dinner, desserts and pantry staples that you can
    make yourself using the bounty of nature and then eat right away, or
    freeze and then use as needed.
     
     
In this way, you can plan meals ahead of time and always have
    something great to eat even if you are all crunched for time (and
    who isn't these days?). These meals can be defrosted overnight or
    heated in the microwave or oven as soon as you walk in the door.
    They can heat up while you change clothes, wash your hands and set
    the table. You and your family can sit down to a hot, wholesome meal
    for pennies on the dollar compared to convenience foods, delivery,
    or eating out at a restaurant.
     
     
By planning ahead and packing your freezer, you can save time,
    money, and electricity, since your freezer runs more efficiently
    when it is packed. (A refrigerator is the opposite-you need to let
    air circulate in order for it to do its job well.)
     
     
You can also save money on eating out and on takeout meals and
    frozen convenience foods. Thanks to these recipes, fast food in your
    house can become a thing of the past,