Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Based on the other reviews, I had high hopes for this book. I own or have checked out most every freezer book out there. This one is pretty basic. There are a lot of recipes for marinades, which isn't what I was looking for. I have a whole other book of marinades and sauces. Unfortunately, each of these recipes only gives directions for "grilling over a hot fire", not oven directions, which is limiting. The remaining recipes are pretty basic/mix and match. For example, there will be recipes for different kinds of pizza using the same crust, enchiladas, etc. There are also recipes for meat that you cook in the crockpot and shred for later. There are about 49 recipes for breads/desserts. The main reason I use freezer cooking is for dinnertime, but perhaps other families are different. While chopping and freezing ingredients ahead of time saves some time in the kitchen, a lot of the recipes need a lot of prep after thawing. That defeats the purpose for me. And though it claims not to use condensed soup like our mothers cooked with, there are recipes using a homemade cream of celery soup. There are maybe two recipes in here that I would use, and if it didn't cost half as much as the book to send back I would. The cookbooks I really like for freezing are Fix, Freeze, Feast and You've Got It Made. The health content of the recipes is similar and there is a lot more variety to work with.