Make Ahead and Freeze

Cook when you have time. Eat well when you don’t.

Make Ahead and Freeze is a collection of 70 family recipes that are made to go into the freezer and come out tasting just as good. Cook a lasagne, a pot of soup or a tray of muffins on a quiet afternoon, and dinner, lunch or breakfast is ready on the busiest day of the week.

There is no plan to follow and no weekly schedule: just pick a recipe, make it and stock the freezer one dish at a time.

Inside you’ll find:

• 14 freezer breakfasts: sausage and egg breakfast sandwiches, fluffy pancakes, crisp waffles, French toast sticks and breakfast loaves
• 14 lunchbox favourites: pizza pinwheels, chicken and sweetcorn hand pies, oven chicken nuggets, homemade fish fingers and mini quiches
• 14 family dinners: beef lasagne, chicken pot pie, lamb shepherd’s pie, pulled pork, garlic butter chicken kievs and a big-batch bolognese
• 14 soups: chicken and vegetable, roasted cauliflower and cheddar, Italian wedding soup, sausage and lentil, and more
• 14 bakes: slice-and-bake cookies, banana bread, dinner rolls, apple crumble that bakes from frozen, and pizza dough

Every recipe gives the servings and total time, exact measures in both US cups and spoons and metric grams and millilitres, and clear steps for freezing, thawing and reheating. A freezer guide at the front covers containers, labelling, cooling food safely, thawing and reheating to a safe temperature, plus a storage-times table.

Ideal for busy families, new parents, shift workers and anyone who would like a freezer full of home cooking.