From Freezer to Table: 75+ Simple, Whole Foods Recipes for Gathering, Cooking, and Sharing: A Cookbook

This cookbook covers lovely recipes whether you plan on making enough to freeze or not. Some very simple, some high end. beautiful photo, each recipe has alternatives to cooking in batches. Buy it you will never regret. I bought one for my mother and one for my working daughterl

Every recipe is delicious and totally doable. This is a great book for any busy person who wants to cook whole and delicious food for their family, but doesn't have a lot of time. I love this book!!

From reading the book introduction, and from all the reviews I saw here, I was expecting to find recipes that were basically prepare and cook the meal and freeze it in a smart way that all you have to do later is to thaw it and eat.But it's not like that. Recipes with meat are basically season the meat and freeze. And then the instructions to cook it are after you thaw them.And recipes with noodles and vegetables as a side, same thing. You don't freeze it, you have to prepare them after thawing the meat.Well, this book gave me some recipe ideas. But I was definitely expecting more with all this hype.

This was my first cookbook from these two ladies. I was so happy to get their second on as well. I started out with a freezer meal party!! So much work! I end up doing mine on my own. A lot less stress and just as many meals in the end! I usually triple recipes and it gives me two large meals. One for tonight and one to freeze. We always have leftovers for lunches. We have made many recipes and have come up with a winner every time. I have both of their cook books and are my go-to’s. I freeze many meals in round tubs, then I un-mold and vacuum seal, back to the freezer. It’s the perfect shape for the instant pot. I’ve pretty much ditched the slow cooker.I usually make two types of meals at a time, each one tripled. So I’m in the kitchen for about an hour or so, but I have four huge meals. So on days I’m to tired, lazy, etc...I’m good to go with about 15 minutes and an instant pot and a salad on the side.Also, I have meals in the freezer that I have been able to share with friends who were ill, a family who had a fire, someone who had surgery. It was so nice to be able to just pull and go.

To be honest, I was a freezer meal skeptic. I like to prepare and cook meals from scratch right from the fridge, and associated freezers meals with squishy overcooked vegetables, bland meat, and full of pasta and creamy sauces. I couldn't have been more wrong. With two active preschoolers and a busy schedule, freezer cooking has been a life saver and From Freezer to Table has opened my eyes to the vast array of food items that can be prepared ahead of time and pulled out of the freezer the day before (or if you're Instant Pot cooking... 2 minutes before you throw it in the IP!) to enjoy the next day. Some of my favorites from the cookbook are Sheet Pan Lemon Garlic Chicken and veggies and the Red Pepper, Spinach, and Feta Crustless Quiche. The recipes incorporate healthy ingredients (that real people eat, I haven't found any specialty ingredients yet), are approachable, appeal to a wide variety of tastes (everything from salmon burgers to pizza to homemade chicken broth to breakfast burritos), are easy to follow and double/quadruple, and include step by step freezing instructions. There is also a handy icons at the top of the page that indicate if the meal is suitable to bring to others (think: meal train!), if its takes 30 minutes or less, if its kid friendly, gluten free, easy to grab and go, and my favorite: sneaky nutrition. Because lets be real: Getting vegetables into kids can be a power struggle at times!Don't get me wrong, I still love cooking a fancy meal from beginning to end, but with littles running around, I just don't have the time to spend hours in the kitchen preparing a meal (that half the time they will refuse to eat). This book has been a life saver. I used to be a skeptic, and now am a freezer meal believer.

I’m not a cookbook person but I love this cookbook! Every weekend I’ve been making 2 new recipes with extra so we can eat dinner and also add 2 extra of each meal to the freezer stock, allowing my family to eat home cooked meals every night without any of the actual work on weeknights. So far our favorites are the meatballs, the sweet potato and black bean chili, the cheeseburger soup, the baked French toast, and the breakfast burritos. I wouldn’t say I’m a very experienced cook in general and this cookbook has been perfect for me and for my family needs. Highly recommend if you want a cookbook that will give you yummy meals that are intended to be able to be frozen and hold their flavor and texture.

I have enjoyed reading Polly & Rachel's blog for awhile now, and was thrilled when they approached their readers about joining their launch team to help test some of their recipes in preparation for their new cookbook. I tried several of the recipes and my family enjoyed them all.Now that I have received my cookbook and looked through it, I'm thrilled with the results! The photos (of most of the recipes) are beautifully done and the cookbook is filled with both realistic, yet healthy, mostly whole-food recipes and suggestions for freezer cooking. They have provided recipes for making many staples from scratch, but have also given the option for using store-bought, healthy alternatives when time or energy is short.There is a large section devoted to sharing their ideas for freezer cooking clubs or parties, as well as instructions for simply making extra and freezing for your own family. I have done this for years, but am still encouraged by all of the amazing-sounding recipes in this book! It's making me want to get cooking more again!The book is laid out well and includes symbols to denote different types of recipes; even the index is thoughtfully planned to make it easy and practical to use.These women are approachable and kind as well as "real", and I'm happy to have this new resource to liven up my mealtimes and re-stock my freezer!

Love this. It has lots of information on freezer cooking if you are new to it, and also great recipes. Have tried a few already and got big thumbs up. My family’s favourite so far is the cheesy lasagna pockets.

I've tried several recipes from this book and all of them have been delicious. It's satisfying to eat a home cooked meal on a week night with minimal effort.

I’ve tried more than half the recipes and have loved every one of them! Excellent purchase, highly recommend. The freezing instructions are so simple to follow. The flavour of the food is delicious. Just love this book!

These freezer meals are fantastic. Highly recommend for anyone who wants to get a better handle on meal prep and meal planning. Delicious recipes!

LOVE this cookbook. Love the use of more natural ingrediants. And that they fall into the more healthy meals section. Most recipes I have tried are good and tastey.