Includes index

Freezer cooking essentials. Freezing 101 ; Tools of the trade ; Shopping and cooking strategies ; Cook for a weekend, eat for a month -- From-the-freezer morning meals. Traditional breakfasts ; Outside-the-box breakfasts -- Lunches, appetizers, and snacks. Appealing appetizers ; Satisfying snacks ; Let's do lunch! ; Soups and stews -- What's for dinner? Meaty mains ; Poultry pleasers ; Sensational seafood ; Eat your vegetables! ; Breads and grains ; Sauces and accompaniments -- Sweet endings. Cakes, cobblers, and pies ; More delicious desserts -- Appendixes. A, Glossary ; B, Resources for freezer cooks ; C, The well-stocked kitchen ; D, Menu-planning worksheet ; E, Freezing timetable

"...With a little advance cooking and help from your freezer, you can come home, pull out a frozen entrée and a side or two, and heat it up while you toss a fresh salad. And freezer meals aren't limited to dinner...This cool book gives you everything you need to know to let your freezer do the work for you. In it, you get : the inside scoop on what foods freeze well and what foods don't ; pre- and postfreezer secrets for success...Time- and money-saving tips for buying in bulk, big-batch cooking, and building up a food bank in your freezer...Nearly 130 recipes..."--P. [4] of cover