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Can I Freeze It?: How to Use the Most Versatile Appliance in Your Kitchen
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Item Description...
Overview
A collection of make-ahead and quick-prepare recipes focuses on meals that can be frozen for later use and completed in minutes with fresh ingredients, in a volume that features a wealth of advice and tips for freezing food and thawing safely. Reprint 15,000 first printing.
Publishers Description
What kitchen appliance is a busy home cook's greatest friend? Believe it or not, it's the freezer. Freezers dramatically simplify meal preparation—you can plan ahead, save time, and shop economically, yet still serve fresh, flavorful suppers. In Can I Freeze It? veteran food writer and stylist Susie Theodorou explains the tips, tricks, and rules of freezing food, from containers and wrappers to the best methods for retaining moisture and flavor to what ingredients and dishes can and can't be frozen. She provides a wealth of recipes, some completely preassembled (for example, meat pies, lasagna, and stews), frozen, and cooked later. Others combine frozen ingredients with fresh ones—pair a pastry from the freezer with berries from a farm stand, or defrost a sauce and use it to top fish straight from the market. The recipes include everything from meat and chicken to fish and veggies, plus decadent desserts like Chocolate Profiteroles and a Layered Coconut Cake. Susie also shares her best recipes for entertaining large groups of family and friends. Serve Lamb RagÙ Ravioli with Rosemary Brown Butter, Coq au Vin, or Osso Buco—your guests will never know you prepared most of the meal in advance, making dinner parties a breeze! With Can I Freeze It? flavorful, healthful, hot meals are ready in minutes, without turning to takeout. It's the ultimate guide to saving time and money in the kitchen. |
Item Specifications...
Pages 214
Dimensions: Length: 0.5" Width: 7.5" Height: 9.25"
Weight: 1.32 lbs.
Binding Softcover
Release Date Sep 1, 2009
ISBN 0061802468
EAN 9780061802461
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 | Chart please May 2, 2009 |
As previously stated, the title is misleading. The book never FULLY answers the question which it ask in the title. The chapter "perfect freezing every time" is the only part of the book that covers; can I freeze it? The rest of the book is a standard cookbook. The only difference is the author explains at the end of the recipe how to freeze that particular item. If you have something that you did not make from this book then you are out of luck. I can not believe that during the editorial process someone did not say: Let's make a chart at the end of the book with 400-500 common foods with simple column like food, storage container type, can I freeze it (yes, or no), and most important how long will it keep in the freezer. I repeat, this is the most important information you need if you are going to freeze food.
Because the truth is 99% of foods can be frozen, but the storage times are vastly different. That was the only useful part of the book. In the previously y mentioned chapter the author gives "keep times" for various foods but it is random and incomplete. Like she mentions bread loves, and slices freeze well and in the next paragraph she says to slice up the loaves before freezing. ???? Why did you just tell me that loaves freeze well?
There are other inconsistencies like that, I would have overlooked if the book was complete thorough in answering the title question. | | |  | Great recipes for cooking ahead Apr 8, 2009 |
| As other reviewers have mentioned, this is not a book about what can and cannot be frozen. That said, the recipes are wonderful and it has been so convient to be able to make dinners (other than the all too common casseroles) ahead of time that freeze and reheat perfectly. Paticularly good are Her recipes for pot stickers (she gives 3 varities), salmon cakes, meat balls and her chicken and leek pot pies are simply amazing. Yum! Most of the recipes in this book are perfect for entertaining- and it makes it so much easier as a hostess to prepare some or all of the courses in a dinner party in advance. If you are pressed for time in the evenings but want a homemade dinner every night, this book is fantastic. | | | | Not really about telling you what freezes well Feb 6, 2008 |
I had thought this cookbook was about what you can freeze and what you can't. It really has nothing to do with that. It's a freezer concept cookbook and gives recipes for preparing then freezing meals in advance.
I'm not saying this isn't a helpful cookbook to have but the title of this cookbook leads you to believe there would be lists of things you could freeze, how to prepare them to freeze and then how long they will last. It's not about that at all.
But I would still recommend Don't Panic: dinner's in the freezer, or Super Suppers instead. This book does have some nice photos though.
And in its' cook once eat twice section I would recommend the Betty Crocker Cook Once Eat Twice cookbook instead.
| | |  | The emphasis is on entertaining recipes Jan 29, 2008 |
| It is 90% recipe book and 10% introduction on freezing and thawing meals/produce/staples. I can't vouch for the recipes since I just glanced through for types of meals that freeze well. Some of the tips were new to me but your mileage may vary. On the whole, if you're trying to simplify your life because of an expected baby, this book probably won't do much for you because you'll just want simple, nutritious, and efficient foods. However, if you want to impress your friends though for the occasional dinner, then it might be a slam dunk since you won't be cooking from 5 am that morning! It also seems to be on the conservative side regarding how long frozen meats will keep. | | |  | not really what the title promised (i was disappointed) Dec 28, 2007 |
i was very disappointed in this book, and i think the title is to blame for being misleading. It is called "Can I freeze it?" and i assumed from this that it would give lists of which foods freeze well and which don't. I was looking for this information.
Unfortunately the book only covers this in about one page, and mentions only a handful of foods (and then, rather sloppily. Eg she says you can easily puree watermelon and freeze it. But what about actual watermelon? that isn't answered. also, she talks about making raw hamburgers and freezing them, but does not say whether making cooked hamburgers and freezing them would work as well). The rest of the book is recipes.
I would not have bought it if I had known this. If anyone knows of a good book which will list lots of foods and whether you can freeze them, please post here! | | | Write your own review about Can I Freeze It?: How to Use the Most Versatile Appliance in Your Kitchen
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