"Make Ahead Meals for Busy Moms" Cookbook- Review and Giveaway- CLOSED

Jane Doiron, like most women, is a busy woman. She is a mom of two boys, a teacher, and more, and while she loves to cook, often found little time to put together the healthy, wholesome meals that her family deserved. Thus began Make-Ahead Meals, the cookbook for busy moms who want to make nutritious, delicious meals for their family, but just don't have a lot of time in the evenings.

Make-Ahead Meals for Busy Moms is a great cookbook filled with 140 mouth-watering recipes that can either be frozen ahead, cooked ahead of time and reheated, or assembled ahead of time...and not when you have to pick up your kids from school, drop off the dry-cleaning, drop your kids off at their lessons, walk the dog, welcome your husband home, pick the kids up again and help them with their homework--- well, you get the picture; the typical evening of a typical mom :) Make-Ahead meals will give you breathing space during those jam-packed evenings without resorting to take-out, fast foods, or frozen dinners.

My husband's birthday was last week, so I tried out some of the recipes for a special birthday dinner. We had the lasagna, the chicken and spinach tortellini soup, and the chocolate torte (which can be made the day before and refrigerated until served) for dessert, for a special birthday dinner. We both absolutely love it! I also tried to make two make-ahead meals when I first received this book to have at a later time, in order to try them out as this book intended. I tried the marinated steak, which not only tastes heavenly, but can be frozen for up to three months and only takes eight minutes to cook after thawed. It is just fabulous to be able to just take out a frozen (healthy, homemade!) meal from your freezer, leave it in the fridge to thaw overnight, and have it the next day, tasting absolutely delicious. I also tried the honey mustard chicken fingers, which was incredibly easy to make and very tasty. The recipes are simple yet taste absolutely yummy.

Anyone can use this great cookbook, not just busy moms. If you are having a dinner party and are overwhelmed at the thought of making lots of dishes the day of and before the party, you can use some of these recipes to make meals in advance, and just thaw them the day before the party and reheat it the day of. If you know that you work lates Friday nights, you can have some Make-Ahead meals ready to go Friday nights when you come home late and tired. These are great for any woman who wants delicious, healthy, home-cooked meals ready on short notice, but has little time in the evenings to put it all together.

Jane also offers tips to make-ahead for the holidays, safe and efficient freezing, and must-have items for freezing. The range of yummy recipes in this book encompasses appetizers, breakfasts/brunch, main dishes, side dishes and soups, and desserts, including the following: crab melts, banana bread, make-ahead coffee cake, tiramisu, seafood quiche, baked manicotti, chicken piccata, stuffed beef tenderloin, steak fajitas, zucchini parmesan, Italian wedding soup, and much more.



Buy It! Make-Ahead Meals is available on Amazon and at Barnes and Nobles, or from Jane's web-site as an e-book download (for only $12.95- save $7!).

Win It! The author, Jane Doiron, has generously offered to giveaway a copy of her new cookbook to a follower of Penelope's Oasis! To enter to win, leave a comment below telling me why you'd love her cookbook. Please leave an email address where you can be contacted.

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Winner will be chosen on October 12, 2009 at 8 AM EST. Open to US and Canada only. Winner has 24 hours to respond before a new winner is selected.