Not Your Mother’s Make-Ahead & Freezer Cookbook {Giveaway}
One of the great things about blogging through the years is the other talented women (and men) that I have had the pleasure of meeting along the way. One of those such people has been Jessica from Life as Mom (and Good Cheap Eats).
Jessica is another freezer cooking guru and she has a new cookbook out, Not Your Mother’s Make-Ahead & Freeze Cookbook. This cookbook is packed with make-ahead freezer meals that your family will love. And as the title states, they aren’t your “standard” recipes, just like here on Once A Month Mom!
Aside from recipes there are also great tips that you will find invaluable in the cookbook. Here are just a few:
- Packaging Methods
- Proper Thawing
- Keys to Efficiency
- Equipment
- Creating your own Bulk Cooking Plan
I wanted to test out a recipe for myself so I chose the Shepherd’s Pie with Green Chile Mashed Potatoes. Doesn’t it look delicious? It was! Absolutely amazing in fact. It has a Southwestern flavor using jalapenos, cumin, and cilantro.Here is how you enter to win:
1. Leave a Comment telling me what you most love to freezer cook or why you want this cookbook.
This giveaway ends Monday, October 29 at 5 pm (EST).
Disclosure: I was provided me with Not Your Mother’s Make-Ahead & Freeze Cookbook for myself and one for giving to readers. I was not compensated for this review. All the opinions in this post are mine, want to know more about how I facilitate reviews, view my full disclosure policy! Affiliate links included in this post.
My favorite thing to feezer cook are waffles! Sooo easy to pull out on a rushed school morning! And I’d love to win this cookbook to add all of Jessica’s amazing recipes to my collection!!
My nine year old is in the intensive treatment at. psych hospital. I could really use a present. Please consider me for the book, thank you so very much!
I love to make extra spaghetti sauce for the freezer because it is so quick to thaw, and so versatile.
I am new to the whole freezer cooking thing but I have loved combining everything I need for a crockpot meal and putting in the freezer, then all I need to do is pull it out and toss it in the crockpot and go! I would love to have this cookbook as I am turning to meal planning/once a month grocery shopping/freezer cooking as a means to cook more nutritious meals for my fam on a much lower budget, and this looks like an amazing resource. We moved halfway across the country this year, during a time my husband was looking for work, and so we are trying to pay down a huge amount of debt that we accumulated in that time. I stay at home with my kids and so I’m trying to do absolutely everything I can to help with the bills!
I love having options in the freezer for those busy nights when I don’t want to THINK about throwing dinner together!
I love to freezer cook chicken pot pie for my friends and family that have new babies. This book looks like it has some great recipes to add to my gift-list!
I love to be able to pull a meal from the freezer and not have tp worry too much!
At this point in my life all I know to freeze is rice but not complete meals so this book will really help me get a good foundation.
I just made a bunch of tortilla soup to be able to take to work for lunches. I love to make lots of lunches so that I am not tempted to spend a lot of money out.
I would love to win this book so that I may have more ideas of what will work for me and my family.
I need to expand my freezer cooking abilities so we will stop eating out so much!
I would love a copy of this cookbook because I really, really want to get into freezer cooking. I have not done much of it because of lack of freezer space but recently have come into more room and want to get ahead of weekday cooking.
I don’t like touching chicken much, so I get it out of the way one time with a bunch of chicken breasts. I bag some raw, and the rest I salt and pepper, bake and freeze so I always have some handy. I’d love this book to learn how to make more complete meals for the freezer!
I always make my take on my mom’s beef stroganoff and I also love to freeze individual chicken burritos.
One thing I love to freeze is breakfast burritos. I would never have time to make them in the mroning before work. It’s so easy to grab one from the freezer and then heat it up at the office.
Freezer cooking helps me be lazy about dinner on a budget! What’s not to love about that!
I like freezer cooking chicken recipes.
I am new to freezer cooking, and really baked ziti & soups have been my favorites!!! I would LOVE to learn to cook some more awesome freezer meals!!
I love to freeze breakfast casseroles like french toast casseroles, and anything Italian!!
I love filling up my freezer and then not having to figure out what to make for dinner for the rest of the month. I need this cookbook for new inspiration.
I would love to have a hands on resource for doing freezer meals for my family! I love freezer meals because they help me be a better mom by not having to slave over a wonderful meal everynight!
I like to freezer cook anything my family will eat because it saves me time and money! And I want this cookbook to annoy my husband who has banned me from buying more cookbooks because he says I have too many (and I do) :)
Same here! ;)
LOL my husband thinks I am obsessed with cookbooks…and he is probably right! ;-) However, he greatly benefits from them (and he knows this fact!) so he’ll just have to deal. ;-)
I am new to freezer cooking and once a month cooking (I’m LOVING it!). I think my favorite so far has been the delicious and healthy breakfast items I can easily heat up for my kids before school. So good and simple!
I want to learn how to freezer cook.
I really want to win this cookbook so I can have meals prepped ahead of time. We are constantly forgetting to take meat out of the freezer! Current quick meals aren’t always healthy meals.
Currently I do not do any freezer cooking (other than apple butter and strawberry jam). I would love to win this cookbook so that I can start doing it on a regular basis.
I can’t pick just one thing I love to freezer cook. I love all of the chicken freezer meals that you can just throw in the crockpot! It’s so easy to throw it in and shred it for sandwiches, over rice, or in a taco! I would love to have this cookbook because I am still learning what to cook. We ate out a lot the first 3 years of our marriage but now we have a almost 1 year old who’s started eating table food and I love the convenience of freezer meals to make sure that he is eating at home and healthier!!
I have just recently started making large quantities and freezing and I love it! It’s so nice to put dinner in the crock pot then come home from work and smell a home cooked meal without having to keep everyone waiting for me to prepare it.
With running back and forth to chemo treatments and doctor visits, it’s great to have a hot, nutritious and delicious meal without having to tire myself further. OAMC rocks for cancer patients and their friends who want to help. Taking a ready to heat and eat freezer meal really fits the bill, and so much better and tastier than TV dinners. I’d love one of these.
I love have quick and easy meals on hand. We don’t eat fast food anymore, plus it’s not an option where we live in remote, interior Alaska. Easy meals are a must with a house full of little ones!
I love making main entrees for dinner. Either things that just need to be thawed and popped in the oven (or directly from the freezer is even better!) or things that are already pre-cooked and just need to be heated. Great meals for those hectic weeknights!
I would love to win this book! I just had our third baby and freezer meals make dinner time so easy!
Using once a month to make and freeze my meals has helped me to lose 16 lbs so far. I would love some more healthy go to ideas to have in my freezer!
Really? That is FANTASTIC! Congrats!
Probably my favorite item to freeze is casseroles. I make a double batch (or cut a large recipe in half) and put half of it in the freezer for another night. I used this method to stock my freezer for a couple weeks after my youngest child was born. Since that stash ran out, it’s been hard to find time to restock. I would love to see what this book says about efficiency!
I don’t freezer cook very well and would like to learn how to do it better and I love to sit and look through cookbooks.
Our 2nd baby is due next week and this book would be amazing to help me keep my sanity through the holidays! Thank you!!
I would LOVE this cookbook because I love freezer cooking! Its convenient and easy and great to pull out a dinner from the freezer on a busy day!!
We lost all of my freezer meals last spring with a power outage. It would be great to have a new cookbook to encourage me to stock up again…
My favorite things to freezer cook are casseroles that I can just pop in the oven and forget about. I would love to win the cookbook to get more easy to make meals that I don’t have to worry about the day we are going to eat them!
I like to cook and freeze soups! But I would love to try this cookbook so I can expand my range and do some more exciting meals :) Thanks for the great giveaway!
One of my favorites is mozzarella beef roll ups, great for lunches. We just bought a small freezer and can’t wait to get started this weekend on more meals. May go from once a week to once a month cooking :)
Sounds like a GREAT plan to me!
I would love to win this cookbook because I am new to the idea of freezer cooking meals and have NO clue what I’m doing yet, lol :-)
I love to put together crockpot meals and freeze. It’s so wonderful to defrost and then pour everything in the Crockpot in the morning! I would love to win this book because I love to try new things, much to my family’s chagrin, and i’m always looking for new ideas!
My daughter is a mom of a two yr old so her hands are full….this would so help her out
I have a chronic illness and love to make meal ahead on (good days) to have on hand. Cooking is very hard for me and I often end up eating poorly because of that. This would give me a wonderful place to start. We do make spaghetti sauce and freeze as well as a few other things. I would love to expand my selections and make them more healthy too.
I love having my ground beef cooked up and my chicken breasts cooked and shredded. Then I just freeze them in 2 cup portions and they are ready for a quick dinner!
I would LOVE to win this cookbook because this is a new routine that I want to incorporate in our lives. Such a great idea and I am not sure why I never thought of making and freezing a month worth of food before. Love it and would love more help with the recipes! =)
I would most love to win this because I’m always looking for new things to make! Freezer cooking has become essential to avoid those thoughts of just taking it easy and picking up food on the way home :)
I need meals that are just as ready to go as takeout so that I am not tempted to ask my husband to pick something up on the way home when the day has gotten to hectic (which ends up being a lot of days!). It’s so good to have convenience food that I can afford and that I can control the ingredients of. I like to cook, but I enjoy it more when I have plenty of time. Freezer cooking lets me set aside the time to make great meals.
I like to do chicken pot pie or shepherd’s pie filling in big batches & freeze. With a premade crust (like Pillsbury) or some premade mashed potatoes, I am ready to go!
I wan this cookbook because I am new to freezer cooking and would love to learn some new tricks and recipes!
I’m fairly new to freezer cooking. This looks like a wonderful resource!
November will be my very first attempt at meal planning. I’m still working on it but plan to have at least 26 meals planned for the month by November 1st. I’d like to include a few freezer meals and I’d love to have a variety of recipes to choose from.
Thanks for a great giveaway!
I don’t do much freezer cooking, but everytime I make a casserole I try to make an extra one to stash in the freezer. I want this cookbook to help me make it more of a planned event, not just an occasional thing. Thank you!
I love to make casseroles or lasagna for a quick dinner on soccer nights!! This book looks great & I would love to win!! :)
It’s the only way to be able to cook (heat) healthy meals on the go in this crazy busy life! Thank you once a month mom for all you do!
I would love to win this book because I have really wanted to start freezer cooking but want to make good meals that will freeze and reheat well! I’ve done a few from magazines in the past with so-so results. I just bought a slow-cooker and want to try again with better recipes!
I was gifted with freezer meals at the birth of both my children, and the convenience can’t be beat! Now, I want to do it for myself, and have always some to spare for friends in need!
My most common freezer meal is turkey chili!
I don’t make a lot of freezer meals but I want to start making more! That’s why I want this cookbook!!
I like freezing spaghetti sauce the most. Its easy to defrost. I would like this cookbook for more ideas. :) Thank you for the giveaway.
I am a busy Mom of four, making freezer meals is a must to keep up with this family!
I started doing freezer meals after being introduced to the concept by my local meal kitchen, which subsequently went out of business. With two startups in the family, we didn’t have the time or money to keep doing the meal kitchen anyway. I’ve purchased three freezer meal cookbooks, only one of which has been worth its salt. It has good recipes, but after a couple of years of the same old, same old, we are ready for something new. Jessica Fisher’s cookbook sounds like the ticket, and I’ve put it on my wish list in case I’m not the lucky winner. Thanks for letting us know about her new book : )
I just need to start freezer cooking!! I have good intentions, but never do it.
Start with a mini menu and GO FOR IT! You won’t turn back once you do.
I have been freezer cooking on my days off work because I work 12 hour shifts. My husband and my sons can decide what they want to eat, get it out of the freezer. I have all the instructions they need posted on the fridge with the name of each dish!!!!
What do I love about freezer cooking????? Everything!!!!!!! Being a busy mom it helps me clear my head to help me keep everything organized and free up time I otherwise wouldn’t have.
I have done freezer cooking for years. In fact, I may be the “mother” mentioned in the title… but I’m ALWAYS looking for new ideas!! Pick me, pick me. :)
I am new to freezer cooking. But I love to make a big batch of pancakes on Sunday and freeze them. It’s so easy to pull one out for my son for a quick breakfast. This book would be helpful in expanding my freezer cooking.
I love freezer cooking because it means as a working mom (with two little ones) we can actually have a healthy home-cooked meal at the end of the day and eat before 8:00 at night (I’d much rather spend that time with my kids). It also helps me be efficient about what I buy and how to prep the food. This cook book looks as though it would really help diversify what we have in our freezer.
Thanks for the website – love the seasonality!
I cook and/or freeze meal components, such as: ground meat for nachos & tacos; shredded cheese for pizza & nachos; diced bell peppers for pizza & nachos; pancakes & waffles for quick weekday options; marinated meat for stirfry; most baked goods, like homemade bread & cookies.
However, I have found very few complete main courses that I and my family ALL enjoy, so I’m hoping to find such meals!
I love having dinners in the freezer! It keeps our family and our wallet healthier!
I’d like to win this book to get more ideas for freezer meals
Recently, what I love most about freezer cooking was the ability to freeze a few dinners to give to a dear person in my life, who just had her first baby.. I wanted her to be able to spend time with her newborn, snuggling and loving on her and less time in the kitchen. So I loaded her freezer up with a few weeks of meals…. Priceless…
I am a wife, mom and I have a full time job so I don’t have a lot of time to prepare meals every day. I would like to learn more about freezer cooking so I can spend my time with my family in the evenings and not in the kitchen!
What I love about freezer cooking? Well you never gonna know what can happen day to day that you need something that you can grab and reheat! Being single making something then having a few leftovers can be awesome especially if an unexpected guest comes too.
I have been researching freezer cooking and looking for ways to simplify my life (aren’t we all!) I would love to have a cookbook with some strategies and new ideas. I’ve always thought of freezer cooking as boring casseroles, but I’m learning it can be so much more!
Cookie dough, lasagna and pasta sauce are my reliable freezer meals, but I’d like to branch out more. I also like to prep hamburger patties (stuffed with parsley, garlic, onion, red pepper, salt, and pepper) so they are quick and easy to thaw and cook.
I am an unorganized last minute cook. This cookbook would help me plan meals to avoid my last minute desperation dinners.
I love freezer cooking homemade marinara sauce- so many recipes use marinara sauce and homemade always tastes so much better!
I am new to freezer cooking and would love a cook book with different recipes. That’s what I love about yours. They aren’t the same old thing. Thanks so much.
I primarily fill my freezer with homemade chicken stock, but I would love to expand my freezer cooking skills.
I would love to win this cookbook to gather fresh ideas! Thanks! :)
I love freezer cooking because as a homeschool mom of three and a youthpastors wife, we are extremely busy and it’s wonderful to me to know that we are providing healthy meals and saving money!!
When my 2nd baby was born, I had 30 meals in the freezer! Yes, I learned something from the first baby. Would love to have this book; her slow cooker book is amazing!
i love freezer meals cause they are a great blessing to receive and easy to give. My church has freezer meal cook days and women get together and cook up to 17 meals per person in ONE day. they always donate multiple meals for the church to keep on hand to help those in need, or after a baby, surgery, a death in the family, or during a prolonged illness – to help out families. being the recipient more than once, these meals make prep and clean time non existent during the recovery of birth and even a tragic miscarriage this past year. and i love donating them as well since i know the blessing they’ve been to me. we are always looking for more ways to make freezer meals. :)
Freezer cooking keeps me sane and my family happy :).
I LOVE to freezer cook EVERYTHING, especially soups! I started freezer cooking in preparation for our new baby coming in November. The clean kitchen every night, the less amount of waste every night (paper towels) from cleaning, the sanitation of not having to deal w/ raw meat every night, and the quick mindless dinner prep has been wonderful these last several tiresome weeks. Im sold. Its my new way to cook. I would LOVE to have your recipe book to guide and inspire me.
I really want to do freezer cooking but can’t seem to jump on board! NEw recipes and ideas are always great!!
My favorite meals to freeze are no cooking on prep day, slow cooker recipes. So fast and easy!
Love freezer meals, I’ve been freezing spagetti sauce for years!
I like having dinner meals in the freezer. Life with a newborn and toddler is hectic and having food I made vs. fast food is a definite plus! I’d love this cookbook to expand on the meals I already make…we love variety!
I am totally new to freezer cooking! But, I’m on modified bedrest now as I await the birth of our rainbow baby and total bedrest is looming in the very near future. I need new ideas fast to get us ready for the big event! I would LOVE your new book as inspiration!
Lasagna and soups are a staple in my freezer, but I’d love to have a little more variety in my freezer meals, especially as life seems to just get busier and busier.
We are a two income household and a family of 5; however, I also cook meals for my parents, grandparents and my 8 nephews/nieces! I LIVE for freezer cooking and desperately need to mix up my menus! I think we are all ready for new meals. I would put thos book to work immediatly!!!!!
I’ve done small bouts of freezer cooking for years now but have never needed it as much as I do now. I am babysitting my 3yo grandson in addition to having my own 11yo failure to thrive daughter who both eat evening meals with me. The day slips by and I’m forced to feed them quick, non nutritious meals, that really do not help them gain weight or eat healthy.
My two fav things to freeze, because they are easy, is precooked hamburger meat and leftover mashed potatoes.
I make muffins for the freezer. Would like to start doing more dinners.
I’m new to freezer cooking and am looking for all the help I can get. Looking for great recipes also.
I have been wanting to start doing freezer meals so it wouldn’t be so stressful cooking at night. Would love to win this cookbook to help me on my way!
I love freezer cooking because it’s fun to make something delicious and pull it out another day. Plus it’s quick, if you’re taking the time to make one batch, why not make it a double for only a little more work and a yummy dinner on a later date. My favorite freezer dish to make is creamy tomato-basil soup, it’s fab!
I would love this cookbook because it would make it so much easier for me to do freezer cooking. Don’t get me wrong the web is great and I LOVE reading the recipes on this site but toting my laptop into the kitchen to do some freezer cooking or printing out all the recipes just isn’t working for me! So far I have successfully frozen shredded chicken. It was so easy to have it ready, just thaw and make a great dinner! I’ve also got some veggies and chicken bones frozen for when I decide to make some homemade chicken stock, not sure that’s freezer cooking though (???). I have been LOVING the canning I have done and freezer cooking is the next step for having healthy, homemade foods ready on the quick for my family.
I’ve tried various “cook ahead” or “once a month cooking” type cookbooks, but they haven’t had the healthiest (or tastiest) recipes. I do have soup in the freezer, but I’m hoping that your cookbook will have wonderful new recipes that will be both delicious and nutritious. Thank you for the opportunity!
I love that I can take advantage of items when they are at their very lowest prices, cook, freeze and enjoy when prices are too high for our budget. I just need more excellent ideas!
We love making big batches of french toast sticks, waffles & pancakes- always a delicious breakfast ready in minutes!
Freezer cooking helps me provide healthy meals for my family when I am busy. I am expecting my thrid child in January and I plan to put up some freezer meals to help during my recovery.
What I love most about freezer cooking is finding new things to freeze! My husband sometimes thinks I’m crazy but he always gets a good laugh when we are talking about dinner or random food, and I say “OMG we should freeze that!” I’d love this cookbook for some fun new ideas! In my freezer right now: roasted vegetables, pre-cooked chicken, and a few make ahead pizza’s. I LOVE freezer cooking!
I love to freeze big batches of soup. So easy to defrost and reheat and warm and nourishing.
I love freezer cooking! My favorite things to freeze are Cincinatti Chili Lasagna and pre-cooked, shredded chicken. The chicken is so convenient to have on hand for anything I want to make quickly.
I would LOVE to have this book because, let’s face it, we all get into cooking ruts occasionally. I’d love to have some new inspiration and may be branch out a bit!
I love to make and freeze soups and lasagne. My friend and I have also begun freezing pre-prepped crockpot meals that just need to be defrosted the night before and put in the crockpot the day of cooking. I’d love to have this cookbook because my husband and I both work an hour from home, pluse my husband works a part-time job every other weekend AND is studying for his Masters in Nursing Education. To have more ideas for freezer meals that make getting a healthy meal on the table quickly would be amazing. In any event, thanks for sharing all of the great recipes and ideas that you share with us!!
I need this cookbook because we are a busy farm family. Sometimes I just don’t have time to make supper. It would be great to have some meals in the freezer that my family would actually enjoy.
I just signed up for your Gluten Free Freezer Meals Membership. I am sooo excited to start this. As yet I really don’t cook anything and freeze it. This cookbook will certainly help me get organized and just do it!!
I enjoy having meals ready to go for the nights that I don’t feel like cooking. I also like having a plan for the entire month, makes my life easier. Thanks for the chance!
I like cooking anything that freezes well to have on hand for when our days our passing by quickly, and the dinner hour arrives too quickly. This book looks like a great tool in being able to stock my freezer.
I have never made make ahead freezer meals and would love to try.
I would like this cookbook because I’ve been “once a month cooking” for about a year now and I’m starting to feel like I’m running out of ideas.
I love to have slider. When I forget to thaw dinner we just get the slider out and have burger :)
My favorite thing to freeze is lasagna. The recipe I use makes enough for my family of four to have dinner and lunch leftovers — TWICE!!! The second one goes in the freezer for another day. I look forward to a full cookbook of new recipes!!!!
Freezer meals greatly cut down on dinner prep and clean up time for me. It allows me more time to play with my 16 month old!
I get together with my daughters once a month to do some freezer meals and this would be helpful in planning.
My favorite thing to freeze if ground beef mix! I used it to make so many meals! It really helps to stretch my budget!
I really want this book because I tend to use ground beef mix all the time! LOL! I need some good ideas and would love to freeze whole meals rather than just “parts”. :-)
I just love the thought of having meal all ready for me in the freezer, when I don’t feel like cooking or shopping!
I love to have sliders. When I forget to get dinner out, it’s burger time!
We eat a freezer meal almost every day! I “batch cook ” on weekends – it lets us eat good food and save time and money. I love doing a little work for a lot of reward! :)
I love freezer meal cooking! I recently got involved with Wildtree after buying some of their products and doing some of their Freezer Meal Workshops so this will be right up my alley. I really love to make anything ahead that I can…meatball and red sauce, honey balsamic chicken breast!
I set aside certain days when I have a little extra time to do some much-loved cooking. I make 2-3 meals & put them in the freezer so that I’m prepared when I learn that someone is in need of one, i.e. when my friend just had baby #3, or another friend & her family just got home from a vacation & she needed to focus on her laundry! I love to bless people with yummy food, & this cookbook would really help me continue to meet my goal in doing that! Thanks for your consideration! :)
I would love this cookbook, I am going back to work fulltime. I have been home for over 2 years and this is going to be a HUGE adjustment for my whole family, so if I can make meals ahead, this would help our adjustment and make life seem like it hasn’t changed too much. Thank you for the opportunity!
I can’t wait until Thanksgiving. What I love to freeze is everything turkey!! I do a turkey spinach stromboli, just dividing up the turkey for leftovers, and a couple other things. I love having it ready to pull out and throw in the oven.
My favorite things to freeze ahead are a tie between baked pasta or soup. Often, the baked pasta can go right in the oven with no thawing. Talk about an awesoem last minute meal! (Oops, did I forget to get things out for dinner??) Soups are great because they thaw rather quickly or can be put in a pot on the stove and thaw in the pot.
I keep putting off learning how to freezer cook.
Pancakes are one of the easiest things to make a lot of and freeze for later! With 3 kids, having pancakes already made makes my life easier!!! I don’t have a whole lot of experience with make ahead meals for the freezer, but I would LOVE to start doing this more often!
It’s one skill I really need but have never mastered so this book will finally help me get into freezer cooking. I think the tips here would be so valuable for a newbie!
I love to freezer cook meatloaf! Especially in springtime before the summer heat hits.
Anything and everything! We are a family of 6! Hubby works shift work. 3 kids in hockey, and I have a home office. Without Freezer cooking we would starve!! LOL!
My husband and I have been OAMC for nearly 12 years. However, we’ve been also making the same recipes for those same 12 years. It would be nice to have this cookbook that includes some new spins. I commend anyone who can come up with great recipes.
I just started freezer cooking last month – it’s so nice to be able to pull something out of the freezer, all prepped and ready to cook! I’d love to expand my collection of freezer recipes with this cookbook.
I love freezer cooking! I first started cooking with my SIL and her cousin and we have learned so much since we first started. One of my favorite things has been the make-ahead mashed potatoes. My family also likes the stuffed manicotti. It’s so wonderful to not have to worry about what to cook for supper after a long day at work.
I love the convienence of having different meals or parts of meals all ready to go when I need them. I think soups are my favorite things to freeze. My husband loves soup even in 100 degree weather, so I always stockpile during spring.
With Kira’s activities and work schedules, I need help with meal planning and prep from both economic and nutritional standpoints. This would be the motivation booster that I need!
I’m a single parent with limited time and money. Freezer cooking helps me save on both!
I don’t normally freezer cook but I would love to give it a try with this awesome book.
Love – Love the Buffalo Quinoa Bites…So easy to make and being able to pop a few from the freezer to the microwave to warm is what a smart snack should be!!! Learning to Freeze Make Ahead Meals has been such a time saving and healthy alternative I would love to learn more!!!
I enjoy freezer cooking especially on busy homeschool days. It is great to not have to stress over dinner. But I have to say my favorite freezer cooking meal is breakfast – I love doing breakfast burritos, veggie and egg cups (in a cupcake pan), and pancakes/waffles. They make our mornings get off to a quick and healthy start. I would love this book because I love trying new recipes – I get bored with the same old things! My family loves it when I experiment on them with new recipes!
I want this cookbook because I’m just starting out with Freezer Cooking… it would be a great jump-start!
So far my favorite thing to freeze is pancakes – pop them in the toaster for an easy breakfast or tasty snack!
I love to have pre-browned hamburger on hand and I also keep pre-cooked shredded chicken in my freezer. It makes meals quick and easy to pull together!
I like to freezer cook enchiladas! They are great any time if year and my family of 5 loves them! I would love this cookbook for new recipes and management tips!
I’m new to this freezer cooking stuff! I would love to try some recipes from this cookbook!
I LOVE having premade meals in the freezer and would love to have more recipes to add to our freezer arsenal. Our favorite is “hash” type recipes…ground meat with a variety of vegetables. They cook up easily in huge batches, freeze well and are yummy when reheated for easy lunches and dinners.
As a campground owner we are always too busy to prepare good meals but having them in the freezer would be a great way to ensure my family eats well in the busy season. This book would be perfect for us!
I love to freeze chili and soup! When I’m REALLY last minute, planning dinner, they thaw and cook up fast.
I love to make casseroles for my hubby to make when I work evenings. When we were both working all day, I loved crockpot meals that I could throw in the crockpot before we left at 5am and have a nice hot meal when we got home at 5pm. I would love this cookbook since you can never have too many cookbooks and I’m sure my husband would appreciate some new recipes!
I am expecting my 5th daughter and realized recently that freezer meals make my life so much easier. When I have time to cook I double it and freeze one for when I don’t have time.
We’re having a baby in the next month and it would be great to have a freezer full of yummy meals!
I love to freezer cook crockpot dishes- even ordering pizza is not faster than dumping a freezer bag into the slow cooker and turning it on! My husband travels for work most weeks, so I’m the cook AND taxi driver each night. These meals stay warm on nights when everyone is eating at a different time.
I would love to have the cook book because many “conventional” freezer recipes aren’t suitable for us. My 3 year old son is autistic and one of the things we have discovered helps him is restricting gluten from his diet. It’s wonderful that OAMM includes GF recipes that everyone actually enjoys eating and I’m ALWAYS looking to add to the list! Thanks for a fantastic resource!
Freezer cooking keep me sane in a life of crazieness and allows me to get a great homecooked meal on the table:)Thank you for this opportunity.
We live freezer meals because it allows us to portion our meals during the week and pull out what is needed to feed the family while my husband is traveling. I can have a home cooked dinner every night and not have to make it every night. A luxury with 2 kids and a newborn.
I’ve read about freezer cooking for some time now, but have yet to try it. Between working, gardening, canning, and keeping rabbits & chickens, it can be a struggle to get dinner on the table in a reasonable time frame. Would love to give freezer cooking a try!
I have three young sons that I homeschool, and my husband and I are trying to eat as many veggies as possible. Cooking OAM, generally every month but one vegetarian menu and one whole foods menu – plus healthy snacks from the toddler menu – allows us to keep our food budget down, eat our veggies, and eat restaurant-quality meals while running to and from karate, swimming, Cub Scouts, and church. I am always looking for new recipes and tips.
I have just started freezing meals and have found that it can really help me save time, and more importantly money. Chili and pancakes have been my staples, but I have tried (and my kids loved) the Mac and Cheese recipe you offered on your website. They keep asking for it more. :)
I would love the cookbook as it would give me new ideas and proper procedure on how to do more of my family favorite recipes. Have a great day and thanks for the opportunity!
I discovered freezer cooking when stockpiling meals for an out of town family member indergoing cancer. It was a way for me to help out over a larger span or time- went to vist and spent a day cooking and freezing. Great method of support.Favorite recipe was a fish with a mango salsa. Would love this cookbook to broaden the recipes I use. Even the cover photo makes me want to attempt manicotti.
My favorite thing to have on hand in the freezer is seasoned, cooked ground beef. I chop up carrots, onions, celery and garlic and add it to a combination of ground turkey and ground beef. When I want to stretch my dollar even further I add in cooked lentils. I package everything up in generous 2 cup portions to equal one pound in recipes. It saves so much time and cleanup and because the mixture is seasoned, even simple dishes taste better.
I’d love the cookbook so I can add to my freezer cooking repertoire.
My fiance’ is on a low-carb diet to fight diabetes. We both have very busy work schedules and I’m trying to have nutritious and filling meals on hand in the freezer (or bank, as I like to refer to it). :-)
I love to heat up frozen soup on a cold day!
I would love this book so I can START freezer cooking. :-).
The only thing I consistantly prepare extra of to freeze is turkey or chicken stock.
I am a busy mother of five that is getting busier all the time as the kids grow. I often resort to feeding my kids unhealthy fast meals because we don’t have time to fix something good. The few times I do freezer cooking it is awesome! I just need more recipes. :)
I want to start freezer cooking so I can stop going to store more than once a week!! This cookbook will really be helpful.
I would LOVE to win this Cookbook ‘Bible’!! I am a Mom of a 3 month old boy & 16 month old boy, so needless to say that our lives are a little chaotic lol! I don’t have time to prep & cook meals every day while running around after my boys, so Freezer meals are a ‘must’ in our household! This cookbook would be my savior! I am always looking for new, healthy, and yummy freezer meal recipes that will impress my whole family! Thank you:)
I *love* to make double-batches of chicken enchiladas so that I have one to freeze! Delicious!!! :D
We utilize our freezer quite a bit, and I would love to have a new cookbook with some new ideas! Thanks for the opportunity!
I would love to have this for my daughter. She is realatively a newlywed….just over a year! She and her husband could so benefit from the recipes and helpful hints. She loves to cook and try new and different recipes. Hope she wins this!!!
I’d like to win this because I also subscribe to Jessica’s blog and she’s been talking about this wonderful book for ages. I know it would be useful to me.
I am interested in learning to do this. I struggle with my health and it would help me out a great deal if I had some meals ready for my son or husband to grab and cook up without me having to get up and walk them through it… going out or ordering in is NOT in our budget and this would just help bring peace of mind and more harmony to my family when I am down and out…
Good luck to everybody and thank you for this opportunity!
Dina
I’m getting ready to schedule back surgery and I want to prepare meals for the freezer that can be gfreshly made as needed. This book would be a great addition to the recipes I have gathered.
I would love to own a copy of this as I am trying to do more freezer cooking. I want more tried and try recipes that kids will eat. Thanks for opportunity.
I do freeze leftover waffles and pancakes. Looking to be able to do more freeze ahead meals for those busy school nights (will be starting night classes soon) and so my 14 yr. old son (who is autistic) will be able to pull out and heat himself.
I wish I did more freezer cooking. I usually only do it when I make a casserole, I may make two. It’s so nice when I use the one I had already frozen…little to prep for dinner. :)
I’m learning how to do freezer cooking and really enjoying the recipes I am finding online but would love having a cookbook as well!
As a homeschooling mom, freezer meals are a necessity for my sanity!
I would LOVE to win this because I haven’t tried freezer cooking yet but I really want to, and I have heard rave reviews about the book!
I’m a stay at home mom and STILL find myself at a loss sometimes as to what to make for dinner. I would love this cookbook to help me get organized and make sure my family is eating great, homecooked meals instead of running to McBlahnolds for a quick meal.
This book would be a great help to me because I am just getting started with freezer cooking.
I am new to freezer cooking and this this cookbook would be so helpful! With a 13 month old and a husband who doesn’t get home till 8pm I would love to do this more so the clash of dinner/bath / bed was less chaotic!
My favorite thing to make ahead and freeze are beans ans meats. You can pull together dinner super quick with those two bases. And I love the name of this cookbook. I have not you mother’s crockpot book and it is my favorite!
Cooking for one is a challenge for me, but so when I buy frozen items or cook extra for freezing, it gets placed into vacuum-seal bags in single serving sizes, meats on one side, veggies on another. Makes it easy to create a meal.
I like to freeze a casserole here and there for those nights where I just don’t want to cook. So I guess you could say that I am just beginning to delve into the world of freezer meals!
As someone who is disabled with chronic pain/fatigue I find it really hard to cook a nutritious meal every day. I would love to win this great book to learn how to freezer cook so that on those ‘bad days’ I could whip a great meal out of the freezer to feed my family. :) Good luck to everyone!
sorry, I double posted… I thought I’d somehow deleted the first post :(
As someone who is disabled with chronic pain/fatigue I find it hard to cook my family a nutritious meal every day. I would love to win this great book and learn about freezer cooking so that on those ‘bad days’ I could whip something healthy out of the freezer. :) Good luck to everyone … what a GREAT giveaway!
I like to try to freeze 1/2 of almost everything!! Spag.sauce, pancakes, waffles, soups and stews etc….would really like to expand my list though and learn to do it efficiently!
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ostly soups and spaghetti sauce, but I would love to expand that!
I would love this cook book to get me started with freezer meals!
Anything that goes in the crockpot! Love love love easy stuff :)
I love EVERYTHING about it, pulling a meal to feed my boys is so destressing for me. I’m always looking for resources as I facilitate quite a few freezer cooking groups!
Breakfast food! So easy and simple to make in the morning and I don’t have to do much. I love making baked oatmeal in cupcake tins and freezing them.
Working full time, having a husband that travels 3 weeks out of the month and having kids that are involved in sports I have just started freezer cooking and love it. I would love to be able to try out more recipes.
I love to freezer cook lunches for my son (muffin tin recipes). Makes packing lunches the night before super fast!
LOVE freezer cooking. We now eat healthy food, at home all week long. My grocery bills have gone way down and I spend less time shopping and cooking and MORE time with my family! Would love to have this book!
I live in a small RV with a small freezer and grocery shop about once a month. I work 12 hour days so anything that would help in food prep would be great. Thanks for letting me enter.
I make extra pancakes, taco meat, and spaghetti for quick meals..
I want to learn how to freezer cook….I think it will save me time and money. Thanks for the change to win the cookbook
I am just starting out with freezing meals- being a busy, working Mom, it makes dinner so easier and ensures that we are all sitting down together (which is important!) I would like to get more recipes/ideas and this book looks like and AMAZING resource!
I would to start cooking ahead and freezing foods. Thanks for this giveaway
I am a busy mom of 3 and have a husband who travels often. I LOVE freezer cooking b/c my family can have great healthy meals that aren’t processed or fast food. I would love to have this cookbook to have other meal ideas to add to my list.
I love to make ahead black bean refried beans and pizza sauce. So yummy and great to have on hand for quick meals!
I used to do quite a bit of freezer cooking awhile ago but got out of the habit. Would really like to get back into the freezer cooking groove again because we tend to eat better & it makes suppers tons easier!
I love freezer cooking. Just something about having a freezer full of cooked meals! I almost feel sad when I take something out for supper. My favorite thing to freeze are chicken fajitas…they just taste so much better baked in the oven. I would absolutely love to have this cookbook :)
I love anything that can go straight fromt the freezer to the oven (fish packets, calzones, taquitos) as well as anything that can be thawed and put in a crockpot. I’d love to have more recipes!
My daughter is going to law school and it would be great to have dinners for her to use when she gets home. We freeze fruits and vegs in the summer and enjoy them in the fall and winter. I’d love to have this cookbook to give us more choices and freezing info.
I really like to have quick breakfast foods made up to pull out of the freezer for busy mornings. Thanks for the chance to win!
I’ve always frozen extra spaghetti sauce, chili and soup. Your site has given me tons of more complete meal ideas and I would LOVE to read more.
Hubby just went to nightshift and with school need to cook something in that “golden hour when everyone is home.
I love freezer cooking and am always looking for ways to be more effecient. I would love to win this cookbook!
I am new to freezer cooking. We are pregnant with our 5th baby and I’d love to have a ‘properly’ stocked freezer before baby arrives to make life that much easier while we adjust to our growing family.
Cooking for one is a challenge so I always cook meals that I can freeze and eat throughout the week. Would love this cookbook for new ideas and learn new tips and tricks.
I do not know how to do freezer cooking, and would love to win this book so I can start.
With three young kids I am always looking for more freezer meals to help out with our busy life.
I want to learn how to cook for the freezer.
I love to double recipes for soups and sauces and freeze the extra to pull out on nights that we need a quick fix for dinner. I would love this cook book as I have just returned to work full time and need some new easy ideas for dinner :)
I have a large family (10 kids home at present) and would LOVE this cookbook!!! I love freezer cooking for crowds :)
I love this cookbook series…they are useful and great recipes…but I don’t have this one! Would love to stock up on freezer meal ideas for when I finally get a deep freeze!
I loved going to my local “make ahead meal” kitchen, but the cost was way too high to do on a regular basis. (We actually have a kitchen run by a local woman, not a chain, so it’s healthier and much tastier than the other ones used to be – I tried them all back in their day!) The last time I was there I thought “I could totally do this if I just planned ahead” but it seemed so hard to know how to get started. I found this site over the summer and thought about cooking a menu for about 2 months (building up my courage?) and started with a mini-menu. I am hooked! I received a membership to this site for my birthday and have since rocked another mini-menu and am seriously considering doing the pumpkin menu for fun! It’s great to have meals on hand, and we’ve been keeping our food budget under better control. I really love the slow-cooker recipes – there’s nothing easier on a busy day, or a day when you want to just hang out with family and not stress about cooking. Mealtimes are so much more pleasant now! I’d love to keep learning and letting my friends in on my favorite new cooking method!
My favorite thing to grab out of my freezer is pumpkin chocolate chip muffins or cream cheese banana bread. It is nice to have things on hand to be able to whip out when guests arrive. Of course, I don’t just freeze yummy treats. I really like freezing pizza puffs to take out for my daughter’s lunch. Spaghetti sauce in the freezer is always nice to have on hand. I’m just starting to get into the freezing meals thing. I love it. I haven’t had a bad frozen meal yet. :)
New to freezer cooking, but I really enjoy it so far. It is important to me to cook healthy food. However, that takes time and sometimes you need something already prepared. This book would be great!
I used to be much better at doing a bunch of freezer meals at a time that lasted us for a while. I seem to have less time now and need some new recipes and ideas. We love chicken, casseroles, anything really. Thanks for the chance to win and the great website!
I love freezing fresh vegetable during the summer to have all winter. I also love to freeze soups and entrees for times when we are crunched for time.
I have to have this book….I just started a full-time job and between kids activities and life in general, my families diet is suffering. I need to sit down and do some meal planning and this book looks like just what I need!!
Freezer cooking allows myself and my freezer exchange group friends to no longer stress over what is for dinner. Less stress=happy moms
I love doing Spaghetti Sauce for the freezer – PACKED with veggies. So easy and so good! I love freezer cooking because it keeps us organized, on budget and it so easy! Thanks for posting this giveaway!
I love freeze casseroles to pull out and cook. I usually make an extra casserole and freeze it. I don’t have a favorite recipe. I just love anything, that is prepared ahead to make my life easier!!! I would LOVE to WIN a copy of this cookbook!!! – Thanks for a chance to win!
WOW, this would be a great cookbook to have. Time just seems to slip away from me; between homeschooling, part-time job and church, next thing I know kids are asking what’s for dinner and I have not planned out anything. How wonderful would it be to freeze meals ahead of time and pull them out ready to cook with very little to no prep time.
Since I am busy working A LOT (HS Teacher, Credit recovery and Macy’s Fine Jewelry) I find it difficult to find the time to cook every night. Freezer cooking helps to make my life a little less hectic. I would love to add this book to my collection.
I like to freeze individual stuffed chicken breasts. Hubby and I don’t see eye to eye on what they should be stuffed with and this way we both get what we want. This cookbook looks like a great way to expand what I freeze! Thanks for the chance to win.
I mostly freeze leftovers like soup, but I’d love to get some ideas on freezing meals. My husband is getting ready to deploy in a few weeks and we have 9 therapy/doc/etc visits a week for my youngest daughter. Mealtimes have turned into a scramble and we need some more serenity and peace in this house.
I’d love this! I freeze a lot of lasagna, enchiladas and soups and could definitely use some new ideas!
Love to freeze chicken and veggie broth, extra soup, stuffed shells, turkey tetrazzini, and muffins. Really want to try stuffed chicken breasts.
I love freezer cooking anything, but my new favorite is the crockpot mo Goliath beef recipe from your site.
I love freezer cooking anything, but my new favorite is the crockpot Mongolian beef recipe from your site.
I most love having cooked ground beef in the freezer to use as a quick-start for many different meals.
I love cooking ahead and freezing meals! I’d really love to add more recipes to my list of meals!!
I’m new to freezer cooking and would love some recipes! Thanks for the giveaway!
I love stocking my freezer with breakfast goodies- muffins, pancakes, breads- but really couldn’t live without our monthly meal exchange of great dinners. This book would be a super resource and give me even more ideas!
I am a horrible cook. I need anything that can help.
My favorite freezer meal is soup because it is easier for me to store. I need more ideas because my family likes variety.
My favourite thing to freeze is muffins. I make them with apple sauce instead of oil and they make a great, quick breakfast or mid morning snack. I’m also 7 months pregnant and I’m planning on making and freezing more meals in the next couple of months for when baby comes.
I have dabbled in freezer cooking when stocking meals during pregnancy, but with the birth of my third child I am realizing that full time freezer cooking could really give me an hour a day to just *be* with my older kids. I am ready to take the plunge!
It’s a big relief to me to have good foods stashed away in the freezer. When I do cook, I often make double recipes and freeze a lot.
I love freezer cooking because I know I have something quick and healthy for my family to eat. I have been eating so much better for all my meals now that I’m doing more and more freezer cooking, my whole family has and we’re saving money!!
I make lasagna ahead, but really need to find some other recipes that my picky family would be willing to eat.
I love to freeze my homemade pizza sauce and bone broths. Recipes for healthy meals made with REAL food not heavy in starch would VERY MUCH appreciated!! Thank you!!!!
What do I love a out freezer cooking? HELLO??? Anyone that has ever had to come up with dinner every night for a family, and can’t afford a full time chef LOL knows that we LOVE our freezers! Don’t know what I’d do without those meals in the freezer. Probably have to be medicated LOL. Love your blog, recipes, energy, info!
Chicken mirabella- everyone loves it and will eat it
I have only frozen pancakes for quick breakfasts and soups up til now!
My favorite easy freezer meal is sloppy joes. I am always looking for new ideas to freezer cooking!
I just made two pans of Lasagna last night, one for now, and one for later.
I think my fave has to be Use-It-Up Quiche. The crust is made of rice, and the egg part is malleable depending on what needs to be cleaned out of the back of the fridge. Win win!
Thanks for the chance!
I am trying to get into freezer cooking to make life so much easier for my family that has such a varied schedule every day-different times, different work shifts and kids. This would be perfect!
I’m just getting started with freezer meals and this would be a great jump start!
I would LOVE this cookbook, for the sheer fact I need all the resources I can get to get and keep this going!
As a single dad with two kids I am looking for ways to save time and money. I have learned how to can, cook , raise our own food, make cheese, butcher meat and still work full time. Any way to get some more time is great.
thanks
Mike
I have fallen out of freezer cooking because some of the recipes were bland for us. This book sounds like it would really help me get back on the freezer cooking wagon.
I like to cook up extra ground turkey for use in other recipes. Then I can easily make spaghetti sauce, tacos, etc. for dinner.
I’m a teacher with 2 school-age kiddos and a self- employed husband, which makes for insane schedules and could lend itself to a fast food diet. Freezer cooking saves me time, gives my family good healthy meals, and saves ame bunch ofof money, which is really important to me.
For years, I had bought freezer meals from a friend who prepared fantastic healthy meals. Then she retired. Suddenly I find myself looking to stick to a budget, have healthy meals and be able to prepare them in a busy schedule. Looking for LOTS of inspiration. :-)
I love oamc! It actually saves time and money. I am a single mom and I use that method to stretch the dollar and the clock. AND it is SO awesome to walk in the door from work knowing that as least this part of your life is in order! ha ha!! It is lovely to think that someone who cares about you has put a lot of thought and planning into serving you a wonderful meal! I think my kids have appreciated it. I was looking at my recipes just the other day and feel like they need a boost, so I would LOVE to win this cookbook! THANKS!
I love to freeze soups – taco soup and corn chowder are some of my hubby and I’s favorites.
I love, love, love to freezer cook. I have started a freezer meal exchange for my friends and we meet once a month with 10 meals in hand and go home with 10 new meals for our freezer. It has been such a humongous blessing to have meals in the freezer and not have to worry about cooking for my 4 boys all the time! I would really LOVE this cookbook, I am ready for some new recipes!
I love to make pizza rolls and free them so they are ready when my family wants a quick snack.
I read ‘Good Cheap Eats’ regularly and love all the tips and recipes she posts. I would love to have this cookbook to expand my freezer cooking repertoire.
I love freezing our leftover soups in jumbo muffin tins. Then I pop them out and into a ziploc bag, lunch is ready when needed! I’d LOVE to get some new ideas for freezer cooking.
My favorite part of freezer cooking is having ready made meals to help cut down on last minute eating out, saving my family money and giving then good food.
I researched meal delivery plans as a way to have healthy prepared meals for weight loss efforts. The cost of meals for only one person was outrageous. I started researching cooking this way with freezer meals. This is by far the most impressive site that I found.
Thank you for putting it together and making it available. It truly is genius! I look forward to saving both money and time while my family becomes healthier!
I love to freeze meatballs, waffles and enchiladas!!!!! Very excited about this cookbook… prepping and freezing meals keeps us out of the drive-thru come dinner time ;-)
I am new to freezer cooking and am about to have my third child. I am wanting ideas to have in the freezer for when this baby comes so I will be able to feel like I have more time to spend with my kids while I’m on maternity leave.
I especially like to make some of the more messy, labor intensive, etc. dishes into double (or more) batches and freezing the other. Like lasagna, or stuffed shells, etc.
Have not officially started freezing meals yet, but am ready to! My mom freezes her extra speghetti sauce.
I love to freezer cook pancakes for my daughter to eat for breakfast and vegetarian meals for me to eat for lunch.
I love the chickpeas croquettes and several of the breakfast muffins, they are easy to prepare , to store and to defreeze and eat later. I would like this cookbook because I expecte it to be as useful as your website, if you are giving it away I want it :)…
I love having extras in the freezer for late nights or sick kiddos – perfect!!
With 4 kids to homeschool, I’m a busy work-from-home mom. I regularly double (or quadruple!) recipes to have meals in the freezer, but I love everything Jessica Fisher produces and can’t wait to read about her “system” for freezer meals in this new cookbook! :-)
I’ve frozen leftover chili before but am new to the idea of freezer cooking. What a fabulous idea! I’d love to get the book for some inspiration and recipes!
Id like to win because I want to learn how to freezer cook
I love to have all my meats cooked ahead of time and frozen for quick and easy meal times meals. I especially love to freeze meatballs for a quick and easy garlic mashed potatoes, meatballs, ang gravy. I would love to win the book to have more meals prepared for the freezer and make life easier
I need this because my husband doesn’t like my mother’s freezer meals of casseroles!
I have tried to freezer cook but I either get overwhelmed or I’m unable to get all of my groceries at one, with a 5 year old a 3 year old and 1 year old twins. I’d love it if this book could help me!
Nothing can replace the glorious feeling of a well-stocked freezer full of nutritious meals, stacked and filed and ready when you need them. To feel the thrill of accomplishment in knowing that this is one aspect of my life where I feel totally prepared is truly a wonderful thing! Freezer cooking isn’t just a method, it’s a way of life for me!
I love to make make slowcooker tortilla soup, then freeze to reheat for lunches. Its the one thing I never tire of enjoying.
I freeze pumpkin chocolate chip muffins, pancakes, waffles and biscuits. I would love to have new recipes to try!
I love to freeze my homeade cream of tomato soup in single serve containers for work lunches. I would love the book for some other great ideas!!
I love having food in the freezer. I am HORRIBLE at menu planning, but great at stocking the freezer and making a decision that morning. My college kids love to come home to a stocked freezer and “grocery shop”.
I am new to freezer cooking. I wish I had done it a long time ago. We have a 2 year old and my husband is gone5- 6 days a week. It would be a blessing to have meals ready and be able to spend the little time we have as a family together rather than in the kitchen cooking. And with a 2 year old, practically by myself, it is a blessing to not be fighting a tantrum while making meals!! This cookbook would be a great help in making good, easy freezer meals and make my routine an even happier one!!
So far my favorite thing to make and freeze has been pancakes, as my 20 month old daughter loves them every morning and with working full time my husband has morning duty. This makes it super easy.
I really want this book because I am sooooo new to all of this and think it would be a great resource (besides the website).
I just started OAMM 2 months ago and have been so impressed. Thanks for everything.
This would make my life so much easier – we are so busy with work and school and other activities! This would help me streamline our busy evenings.
I love to have meals ready in the freezer it comes in so handy on those days that the day just isnt long enough. I am always looking for new recipes. My favorite is my Moms BBQ chicken recipe.
I like to freeze meals for two….I would love the cookbook to give me more ideas and tips on freezing items better.
I love to freeze soups and chili. So easy to pull out on cold, busy nights. We are a busy family with active kids. We’re living in a very small (1-bed, 1-bath, 600 sq ft apt) while building a house. This book with more freezer meal ideas would be so helpful! Thanks!
I LOVE the idea of freezer cooking and am slowly embracing it. What I mean is, just cooking one double-sized freezable meal a week and having half that night (and leftovers the next day) and freezing the other half makes me feel so PROUD of myself! Why, oh why, would you pick up disgusting “fast food” when there is something nourishing, simple to prepare and economical just waiting for you at home?!?? It eases my mind to know that on those days when 5 o’clock rolls around and I haven’t even thought about what to make for dinner, that there is an “insurance policy” in my freezer!
I love freezer cooking because I can ensure I have healthy meals for my family in our busy lives. I have a 3 and a 5 year old. Healthy food and quality dinner time around the table are the most important time of the day. Freezer cooking (and tips from OAMM) make this possible for us as a household where both parents work full time jobs.
I love to freezer cook family dinners because I went from being a full-time SAHM to giving up my afternoons during the school year to start an after school care program at our school. I am now gone weekday afternoons from 3-6…prime supper cooking time in the past. Freezer cooking has allowed me to still put great family meals on the table without having to wait until 8-9 pm to eat!! It has also allowed me to play in the garden longer each day without having to stop and prepare a meal start to finish. Now I just warm up and go out play some more!! Thanks Once A Month Mom!!
I love my freezer meals for a very simple reason. I am a working mom and my husband (who also works) has a MUCH more flexible schedule than mine. I was beginning to feel that he was shouldering the entire responsibility for feeding our family. I even found myself getting irritated if I came home and he hadn’t yet decided on what we were having or started preparing dinner. I realized my irritation was less at him and more at myself because I felt like I wasn’t contributing. By having freezer meals, we can plan our weekly menu together and mix in enough freezer meals to make things easier for him and I feel like I have contributed. The best of both worlds!
We have three go to freezer dinners – enchiladas, lasagna and baked ziti. We need this book to add some variety to our freezer! (And we need to start trying some of the great recipes I’ve been reading here at OAMM.)
I could not exist without freezer cooking! We help “parent” and live with 8 teenagers who are usually lacking life skills and balanced nutrition from home. They learn about cooking, math and caring for others through freezer cooking. I also follow Jessica’s “Life As Mom” blog- love them both
I would love to win this because I am new to freezer meals and would love to learn more! Thank you!
i’d love the book because im a single, working, student mom… dinner times are hectic at my house! i love putting chicken enchiladas in the freezer
I actually am totally new to freezer cooking so I’d love all the tips from the book. I’m 5 months pregnant so I’d love to get some great go-to freezer meals for when the baby comes. Thanks for the giveaway! :)
We are newbies to freezer cooking. But have fallen in love with it. We began a journey to lessen the amount of processed food we eat and to limit eating out. Freezer cooking has helped and we both love knowing that there is always some healthy nibbles in the freezer to grab at a moments notice. This cookbook looks like it would be helpful to newbies and by the way, I love your site!
I would love to get this book because I would love to try once a month cooking. I am scared to do it though. Don’t know where to start or what to do. We are vegan and pretty good at converting recipes but have never tried make ahead
With freezer cooking I can focus on my family more in the evenings.
I am planning on started freezer cooking for the first time this month! My boys’ basketball seasons start this week and I need to do some good meal planning. I’d love this and thanks for the chance!
I have loved all the meals so far, mostly that I can come home from work and in a hour I can have dinner finished, not something I just stopped off to get. Now my goal is to get it done before anyone asks “whats for dinner?” so I can say:” it’s on the Table!!”
I need a book like this on my life! As a full time working mom for the last few years I’ve found I difficult adjusting to that fact. I was a stay at home mom for @11yrs and cooked a lot of home cooked meals. Now as I grocery shop I feel so sad about the fact that we eat too much boxed food. It’s funny as excited as I was to enter the work fore I was told that my grocery bill would climb just do to the fact that working moms at tired moms who if not super organized that it would lead to this. I stumbled on this site and thought wow here is the answer toy prayers. How I’m able to make from scratch meals that are tasty and nutritious. A newbie oamm :)
Thanks for the awesome giveaway! I just signed up for the once a month cooking so I haven’t gotten a favorite as I was actually searching the site for stuff to add to my month of meals. So excited to have stress free meal times!!
I haven’t done freezer cooking, but would love to stock up on some yummy meals before my little one arrives.
I love that I can occasionally be lazy because of freezer meals. I’ve loved Jessica’s blog for a long time now and am so excited about this book! Thanks for the chance to win
i would love to have this book because I work full time and need to get more freezer meals in the fridge. Between all our four family members it’s hard to find something everyone loves. We often settle for what everyone can stand. I would love a new book of recipes!
I love freezer cooking but it simply saves time and money and I can spend more time with my family. I’m not stressed every couple of days about what to buy. It has forced me to be more organized and plan ahead and I love it.
I freezer cook pancakes, but need help with freezer cooking meals, would love to have this book! :-)
This is an incredible publication, and a great asset for self-reliant individuals, like myself, who enjoy preparing meals in advance, and freezing them in portion sizes for quick, on the fly meals. Unfortunately, my choice of recipes are limited and quite repetitive…a professional, detailed cookbook such as this would be a great asset for my family, and provide me with a little more variety at the dinner table. Many thanks for this offer and chance to win.
my favorite freezer cook is lasagna.. who has time to assemble and bake it?? thanks for the giveaway!! :)
I’m new to freezer cooking, but hoping to do a big batch this upcoming weekend. And a new cookbook would surely help with that!!
I want this cookbook!!! Why you ask? Because my family of 4 recently became a family of 6. You wouldn’t think the two extra mouths would make a difference, but being used to cooking for 4…..it has been an adjustment. I can never seem to plan well ahead….enough. Especially that one of the new mouths is a teen…lol. I am a full time working mother with very active children. We are so busy during the week with sports that sometimes we just want a nice warm home cooked meal. Not “fast food” I think with a little help from this cookbook, I could….we all could… do a little better with our meal planning.
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I’m trying to start freezer coking, but really don’t enjoy standard casseroles, so this book would be great! I have 2 toddlers, so need all the help i can get!
I love to try new recipes and a cookbook dedicated to preparing meals in advance would be a great addition to my recipe library
I am a freezer cooking newbie and I think this book would be a great resource! Thanks!
My favorite freezer cook is veggie burgers. Very easy to prep a month’s worth and freeze in ziplock bags for easy dinners!
I am new to freezer cooking and could use a good resource in print. :-)
I always have beans and cooked ground beef or chicken. then I can always pull together a quick meal in no time. I love to have cookies and muffins in the freezer as well, for quick lunch packing.
I love freezer cooking because as a busy mom it helps me be organized in couponing, shopping and serving healthy home-cooked meals to my family. I feel good all around knowing I always have dinner covered! Keep up the great work!
I love freezing soups & pasta dishes – lasagna always reheats so well! Thanks for the giveaway.
I love freezer cooking because it makes life much easier on busy nights or when we really need to go to the grocery store and are out of a lot. I usually freeze casseroles – they are great b/c they can usually go from freezer to oven to table. I could use some new ideas, though, so I would LOVE to win this one!
I love freezing meals that I can just take out and put in the Crockpot or oven. It makes meals easy with a needy infant.
Would love to get started freezer cooking before my little baby girl is born in Feb.
I love to have sauces frozen for quick dinners when the days get hectic and busy. Thanks for the giveaway.
I love freezer cooking because it allows me to stock up for a busy time. I was able to make 14 dinners in preparation for having a baby. Baby girl is 3 weeks old, and we are still enjoying goodies from the freezer.Thank you for your inspiring website.
I have not your mother’s slow cooker book and have loved each recipe I have tried. I freeze lots of soups, taco mix, spaghetti sauce and seasonal produce.
I’m always looking for new freezer recipes.
I need to start, i usually do well with a book telling me what to do and to follow… i want to start. Would love the starting point!
I love freezer cooking because of the time savings. Being able to still give my family a home cooked meal is really important to me…even when we are busy (which we always are)!
I love the “not your mother’s” cookbook series, and I am just getting started on freezer cooking. Thanks for the giveaway, and we love the OAMM website!
I have wanted to do once a month cooking for years, but the prospect is just so daunting. I don’t even know where to start. But since I’ve been thrust into this new world of living with cancer, and friends who are living with cancer, I feel like it’s more important than ever to get my freezer stocked to make it easier to feed my family, as well as to make it easier to have a freezer meal ready for when one of my friends is having a rough time and needs some help with meals.
Looks good. Would love to read through this book!
I have started back to work and my husband and I drive so far it would be nice to start doing the OAM meals, thanks!
I love freezing meals! With 3 VERY busy kids, I need all the help I can get! Thank you so much for the giveaway!
I like the idea of freezer cooking, but I’m not so great at the acute execution.
My husband and I work different shifts. My son gets the bonus of having both of us around, but meals really suffer. I like to freezer cook so we get healthy food for meals instead of falling into the trap of take out.
I love making extra baked ziti and meatloaves for the freezer. Thanks for all you do!
Love absolutely anything I can throw in the crockpot before freezing, or after. I work outside the home & commuting is a killer on evening prep time.
I love freezing soups and casseroles which helps my husband help me on those week days when I’m hauling kids to and from their after school activities….freezer cooking has saved the day many a time. I would love this new cookbook so that I could try new recipes that help the freezer keep helping my family keep it together :-)
I have been wanting to try the Once a Month cooking method but have felt intimidated by it. Maybe I’ll get up the nerve to go for it!
I love the convenience of making multiples of the same dish – eat one for dinner, freeze a couple more. Lets me buy in bulk and have meals easy to heat up when I am tired at the end of the day and need to get the family fed. Your website is wonderful!!!
I’m completely inept at freezing/reheating. As a broke 22 year old I need something like this! I am learning to coupon because Im very broke and buying in bulk to save money then freezing works out wonky since Im freezer dumb. So making these and freezing them and reheating as instructed is JUST what I need to maximize my savings and feel satisfied when Im ready to eat. Instead of choking down whatever happens to come out.
i love to freezer cook crock pot meals!
I have done a little freezer cooking and love it because all I have to do it thaw and cook. I would love this cookbook to add more recipes to what I have already tried.
I am new to the freezer cooking methods but was able to put away a few meals before the birth of my son in August. As a mom of three boys under the age of 10, I would love to win this cookbook to expand on my ability to add meals to our freezer for our busy nights. Thank you.
I love freezer cooking, but need new tried and true recipes. I would LOVE this book!!
I would love to get this cookbook so I could share it with my Mom’s group at my church! We just recently did a meeting in freezer cooking and a food swap that were all freezer meals! I’d love to share some new recipes with them! Thank you for the opportunity!! :)
This would be a FABULOUS resource for my new Freezer Meal exchange group! I have a group of friends who have decided to meet monthly and exchange freezer meals, but we are all a little leary of making something that doesn’t freeze well. Can’t wait to get my hands on a copy!!!!
Soups and taco pasta
I love to have browned hamburger or shredded chicken in the freezer to pull out and make a quick meal with.
I like freezing pasta dishes but would love to branch out with some new ideas from this cookbook.
I am a very busy mom of 5 and also have a disabled husband whom I take care of. It is hard to make dinner every night with our schedules so having a meal ready to go is great. I would love to win this book so that I have more ideas and to allow kids to help me.
Chicken “not pie” filling. Super easy to make and reheat, great on toast, super hearty and filling.
I belong to a Freezer meal group and this book would be sooo helpful for new meal ideas! There are so many things I like to freeze. Meatloaves, breakfast Burritos, mashed potato’s….too many to list!:)
As a mom to two sons and four step-daughters, all of whom live at home full-time, I could really use this cookbook. I love to feed them good, home-cooked meals, but it can become time consuming!
I would love this cookbook because thanks to you and your awesome site and a few others I have been able to help my family have meal with nutrition but not a lot of time or plan ahead and know it’s taken care of…NO STRESSES! We are a busy family (like most I understand) and with the sports and tumbling and cheer and my husbands crazy hours being able to pull together meals in the crock pot makes my life so much easier! It has also helped me make new friends in a small freezer meal swap that I would never have met if it weren’t for this genius idea! Thanks!
I would love to win this cookbook. i really enjoy this website but having a hard-copy cookbook would be so nice to have in hand. my family loves the pumpkin mac n cheese and the energy balls from the site!
I love freezing shredded chicken and taco meat and soups. This makes cooking for one much much easier. Yes freezer cooking is not just for families. I as a single person I like having items in freezer I can throw in a bag for lunch and breakfast and quick dinners. I would rather spend my time cooking good food for one day than eating take out all the time. I heart once a month cooking.
I want to expand my freezer cooking options
I really want this book so I can fill my deep freeze with homemade healthy meals!
I love having healthy easy options so I don’t have to cook every night. Lets me keep within my budget too.
I love to freeze lasagna and pasta bakes. Awesome Giveaway!!
I love freezing spaghetti sauce and soups. They always make so much and I’m usually able to have leftovers the next day as well as a bag to freeze.
I need this cookbook! I have such a busy life!
My favorite thing to freezer cook for my children are snacks and meals. It makes breakfast, lunch, and snacks much easier and healthier.
Just starting out with the freezer cooking thing. My son loves waffles so it’s nice to have them ready to go in the morning. I would love to learn more as my husband lost his job and has not found one yet.
I work and go to graduate school full time, so freezer cooking is really the only way that I can get a hot meal when I come home late at night, however, I’m not very good at it and I need all the help I can get! Winning this cookbook would do wonders for my stomach, and my wallet.
I also think freezer cooking is key to prepare for the inevitable zombie apocalypse!
Wow — I could really use this since I’m returning to work and need to get us all organized here with meal planning.
I love freezer cooking because it tops off a long day at the office with an easy supper. I would LOVE this cookbook right now, being Preggo with Kiddo #2 – I can only imagine I am going to need more ideas to get my soon-to-be family of 4 fed, while still holding down my day-job!
Freezer cooking saves my sanity and prevents the “4pm meltdown”. I can’t live without it, and am always looking for more healthy meals to put into my rotation.
My favourite thing to make for the freezer are crockpot bags – all I have to do is thaw one out the night before and then pop it in the pot in the morning. I’ve never been a great cook so crockpot cooking has been a great way to ease into eating at home every night (new baby, limited budget, wanting to be healthier). Also baby tends to be at her fussiest right around dinner, so it’s one of the only ways to get a good dinner these days. I would like to learn how to cook other things for the freezer though – not just crockpot meals.
I need freezer recipes so my husband won’t starve :)
Chicken pot pie is my favorite freezer meal – anything that is time intensive like that is great, since I get it out of the way on my freezer cooking days and then get to look forward to several meals of it in the future, hassle-free!
I so need new ideas for freezing meals for our busy family. This book sounds incredible!
I need this book so that I can organize my meal planning and cooking!
I like to freeze muffins. Then I just make them once and eat them when I want.
I love being able to feed my family something better than drive-through or takeout on busy weekend nights!
My favorite things to freezer cook are mole enchiladas and my homemade spaghetti sauce. I would love to win to get new ideas for freezer cooking!! I just started more freezer cooking with OAMM and my family has been thrilled!
This is sort of generic, but I love to freeze dinner! With 4 kids in sports after school, I don’t have time to make dinner after work so I rely on frozen meals to keep us eating real food and out of the drive thrus. My kids are starving after school and I would rather fill their tummies with real food, than grabbing snacks or hitting a fast food joint out of desperation so I have to plan ahead and freeze the meals to get us through :)
I love having a meal waiting for me when I don’t feel like cooking.
I love to make a large batch of soup and freeze some for later :)
I’m new to freezer cooking but my favourite quick tips are:
1) cook ground beef with onions and other seasonings, freeze 1 pound per bag (make it even better by cooking shredded carrot with it, makes it better and you don’t even notice the carrot!)
2) cook lots of chicken, cut it up, bag it in 2 cup packages
LOVE how quickly I can put a meal together when I have these packages in the freezer. Also speeds up crock-pot meals when I want to through them together before work!
I’d love to receive the cookbook to help me learn more about freezer cooking! Thanks for all you do!!!
I am terrible about making feezer meals – I just don’t know what ot mnake! So i think this cookbook would be perfect for me and I could share it with all my mommy friends!!
I love freezer cooking for my family, I recently had my 2nd child and will be going back to work very soon. Would love to have this book to add to my freezer ready recipes! It makes it so much easier to have suppers ready to pop in the oven/crockpot!
I would LOVE to win this…need to be doing recipes in advance all throughout the winter to help keep up with busy family. Thak you!
LOVE LOVE LOVE your site and your recipes! Anything is my favorite – as long as I can throw it in the oven or crockpot in the morning and have it ready when I get home! :-)
I just discovered a Chicken Lime Cilantro with black beans and corn meal that, when paired with rice and tortillas, tastes just like a Chipotle burrito. Yum!
I love to freezer cook soups and stews.
I have 2 children who are very active in sports and school and I love being able to have a good home cooked meal ready to cook for them. I love the convenience of being able to take something healthy out of the freezer and cook it rather than fast food or take out.
I love being able to make a variety of meals and be able to double them so when we’re not in the mood for what is planned, there is always a healthy backup!! Muffins are truthfully my favorite thing to make!
I’m brand new to freezer cooking, though I’ve been freezing homemade spaghetti sauce for a while (with the meatballs and sausage) – would love to branch out and learn more about it and possibly have more time – with a 2.5 yr old and 7 month old and doing 25 hours of data entry from home (guess that also makes me the daycare person for my 2) I need things that can save me time and money without resorting to takeout.
I REALLY need to get back into freezer meals. I used to do once-a-month cooking when I was working before kids but got out of the habit as a stay-at-home mom. Now I have reentered the working world but still need to get a healthy meal on the table before the kids evening activities. Love the emails to help me get motivated!
Freezer cooking makes my life so much easier… I’ve got two young children and a baby on the way. Freezer cooking allows me to put healthy meals on the table, even on days I’m too tired to think about food.
I just bought an upright freezer. I am planing to make freezer meals and this book would be great.
I have recently started making ahead & freezing meals. With my crazy work schedule (working night shifts) and the kids’ activities, it has changed my life! This cookbook would be fantastic to keep me going!
Just getting started on freezer meals but it is nice to be prepared. I had friends come over and was able to feed them quickly lentil tacos that I had in freezer. It would be great to have some more recipes to a try.