Since the first edition of Mimi Wilson and Mary Beth's Once-a-Month Cooking was published in 1986, its proven, practical method has helped hundreds of thousands of families reduce their cooking time and still enjoy nightly home-cooked meals. You don't have to be a super savvy chef to pull your family together each week for these light and simple, easy-to-prepare meals. Revised to reflect today's healthier diet, this revised edition explains how to: plan ahead, spend less time at the supermarket, cut down on prep time, group similar kitchen tasks together to get them all done at once, make kitchen clean-up more manageable, and use the freezer, computer, and your head to create a month full of delicious meals! Contains many easy, prepare-ahead recipes for dinner time success such as: --Baked JambalayaMexican --Chicken Lasagna --Chicken Taco Salad --Slow Cooker Cranberry Pork --Veal Scaloppini --And more! Whether you are a busy parent on the go or you just want a quick dinner to warm your spirit, you'll be instantly hooked on this cookbook classic and its fool-proof Once-a-Month Cooking method!

Cook Once, Eat All Week is a revolutionary way to get a delicious, healthy, and affordable dinner on the table FAST. Author Cassy Joy Garcia will walk you through this tried-and-true method and show you how batch-cooking a few basic components can give you an entire week’s worth of dinners with minimal time and effort. Have you ever tried a meal prep plan before and gotten so excited about having your cooking for the week done ahead of time, only to find yourself totally exhausted after a full day in the kitchen, shocked by your grocery bill, and tired of the same leftovers by Tuesday? Cassy Joy Garcia had been there, too. As a mom, business owner, and Nutrition Consultant, she needed to get a healthy, affordable, and tasty dinner on the table fast every night, and she knew there had to be a better way to do it. She finally cracked the code when she discovered that by batch-cooking a protein, starch, and vegetable each week she could easily assemble three fresh, diverse meals in minimal time. After years of her readers asking her for better meal prep strategies and easy recipes, she released 4 weeks of recipes on her blog, Fed and Fit. Since then, tens of thousands of people have made and raved about the series and begged for more! In this book, you’ll find 26 weeks of affordable, healthy, delicious meals that your family will love eating, and a chapter full of bonus 20-minute meals. Optional Instant Pot and slow cooker instructions are included to get you even more time back in your week. With a Real Food foundation, the weeks in this book aim to support dietary approaches that cover gluten-free, dairy-free, Paleo, low-carb, egg-free, kid-friendly, and more. Three simple ingredients like shredded pork, potatoes, and cabbage are turned into these three easy-to-assemble meals: Honey Mustard Pork Sheet Pan Dinner, Enchiladas Verde Casserole, and Sloppy Joe Stuffed Potatoes. This book is a must-have for anyone looking for a REAL solution to help them eat healthfully while also saving time and money and loving what they are eating.

#1 New York Times Bestseller The creator of the 100 Days of Real Food blog draws from her hugely popular website to offer simple, affordable, family-friendly recipes and practical advice for eliminating processed foods from your family's diet. Inspired by Michael Pollan's In Defense of Food, Lisa Leake decided her family's eating habits needed an overhaul. She, her husband, and their two small girls pledged to go 100 days without eating highly processed or refined foods—a challenge she opened to readers on her blog. Now, she shares their story, offering insights and cost-conscious recipes everyone can use to enjoy wholesome natural food—whole grains, fruits and vegetables, seafood, locally raised meats, natural juices, dried fruit, seeds, popcorn, natural honey, and more. Illustrated with 125 photographs and filled with step-by-step instructions, this hands-on cookbook and guide includes: Advice for navigating the grocery store and making smart purchases Tips for reading ingredient labels 100 quick and easy recipes for such favorites as Homemade Chicken Nuggets, Whole Wheat Pasta with Kale Pesto Cream Sauce, and Cinnamon Glazed Popcorn Meal plans and suggestions for kid-pleasing school lunches, parties, and snacks "Real Food" anecdotes from the Leakes' own experiences A 10-day mini starter-program, and much more.

Recipes and food preparation tips that allow home cooks to spend less time in the kitchen while enjoying homemade meals every night. Mimi Wilson and Mary Beth Lagerborg are back with a brand new book that features their Once-A-Month Cooking TM technique guaranteed to save time and money. Filled with all-new cycles—two one-month cycles, two two-week cycles, and three specialty cycles: gourmet, summer, and gluten-free—their trademark method remains the same: You shop for an entire cycle all at once, buying in bulk and saving money. You do all the food prep for the cycle the next day, freezing and refrigerating what needs to be kept cold, stocking the pantry when appropriate. Then, as the family assembles for mealtime, you do some quick finishing and it’s ready—fast and delicious! Once-a-Month CookingTM Family Favorites has something for every kind of eater and includes such soon-to-be favorites as: -Adobe Chicken -Baked Mediterranean Cod -Chicken Wild Rice Soup -County-Style Ribs -Texas-Style Lasagna With the perfect plan in hand and bulk shopping at economically-friendly prices, the Once-A-Month Cooking TM technique is a surefire way to get a delicious dinner on the table fast so that you can spend more time with your family!

FAMILY FREEZER MEALS is the ultimate cookbook to help you and your family eat healthy all year long. The book is packed with freezer cooker basics, best assembly methods, and the motivation to make freezer meals a staple in your life. With family-friendly recipes such as Cool Ranch Shredded Tacos, BBQ Maple Ribs, and Lentil Sloppy Joes, this book shows you how to stock your freezer with slow cooker meals that extend beyond slow cooker soups and stews. Plus, you'll get more for your money, less stress, and precious time back that you can spend with your family. Kelly is the wife, mother of five, and slow cooker addict behind Family Freezer Meals. She is committed to sharing healthy, simple, and budget-friendly recipes through the website's blog and freezer eCookbooks. Besides cooking and eating, Kelly loves spending time with her family, reading fiction, and running outside.

Freeze with ease. Want to take the stress out of feeding your family? Jody Allen, founder of the phenomenally successful Stay at Home Mum online community, has the answer for busy mums on a budget. In a single day, cook all your main dishes for a month, freeze them, and then enjoy homemade food that is super-quick to prepare when the kids are hungry. From how to budget for and plan your menus, to how to cook and freeze in bulk, this book has step-by-step instructions and 150 freezable recipes that will save time and money. They include: Family-friendly meals Handy lunch-box snacks Seriously scrumptious desserts Never-fail cakes and slices You'll wonder how you ever survived without Once a Month Cooking.

In a modern twist on the idea of freezing meals for later, features over two hundred recipes for breakfasts, lunches, and dinners that are prepared through the method of batch cooking and then frozen.