Deborah Taylor-Hough - Frozen Assets: How to Cook for a Day and Eat for a Month

Pros: Great how-to directions; very good food; fantastic hints and extras
Cons: Repetition; wanted more recipes

I admit, I was dubious when I first looked at Deborah Taylor-Hough's Frozen Assets: How to Cook for a Day and Eat for a Month. I have a great love of good food (and cooking), and the idea of eating frozen dinners hardly appealed to me.

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Pros: good basic ideas on the money-saving aspects of freezer cooking
Cons: extremely repetitive, uninspired recipes, editing mistakes galore

Did my title catch your eye? That might also happen if you were perusing the library or bookstore shelves and saw the title Frozen Assets: How to Cook for a Day and Eat for a Month. Intriguing concept, you might think. Perhaps you've been...

Pros: Save Time, Effort, Money
Cons: A little dull in places

Greetings from the original Disinterested Cook! If you're anything like me, you can think of 6,593 things you'd rather do than face another dinner to fix. It's not the actual cooking that is so hard, even if it is mundane. It's the fact that you've...

Pros: Great for the beginner and for the experienced cook
Cons: none

Frozen Assets is one of the best cookbooks for Once A Month Cooking. It is written in a understandable text. A beginner has a gold mine here. This book teaches you the very basics - from matters concerning the size of your freezer to the actual...

Pros: recipes are not too fancy, gives you step by step for people starting out
Cons: i haven't found any myself.

Oh the sound of having to spend an entire day grocery shopping and then the next day spent entirely on making meals to fill up the freezer for 30days...The sound of that was enough to stop me from trying this concept. Until I got pregnant again with my...

Pros: Lots of good ideas
Cons: The ideas are all from her website

Now, don't get me wrong; "Frozen Assets" is a good book. However, I was disappointed in several ways. First of all, I found that most of the ideas and tips are on the website itself and I had already read most of those. Secondly, she puts...

Pros: easy family friendly fare in tutorial style
Cons: fer recipes repeat

Freezer cooking is a great way to save time and money at the dinner table. And wether you are a beginner or expert OAMCer (Once A Month Cooker) this book belongs on your shelf.

The first noteworthy feature of this book is the "tutorial...

Pros: Easy to follow directions and suggestions, includes shopping lists and menus.
Cons: Is paper back but if you laminate the cover it will withstand sauces and grease.

Let me start out by telling you the standing joke in my house is the dinner bell is the smoke alarm.

I had been reading about OAMC(Once A Month Cooking) for over a year before I got this book. I was very happy to find it easy to understand...

Pros: well written, well priced, excellent recipes for real families
Cons: none

Frozen Assets is "thee book on Once A Month Cooking". If I could only have one book this is the one I would choose.

The author puts it in a manner that is easy to understand and follow. Anyone following the OAMC plan will find this...

Pros: Great idea
Cons: Too repetitive

As a woman who raised seven children I understand and applaud the concept of Frozen Assets. The idea is to save time and money in smart shopping, cooking ahead and freezing a month worth of meals in two days. The author gives insightful tips on shopping...

Pros: workable recipes, practical, clearly written
Cons: Even more "how-to's" would be helpful.

Here is a practical solution to the, "What can I fix for dinner tonight?" question! Once-a-month-cooking is a concept that has gained wide popularity, and this author gives simple, easy-to-follow plans. The book is also loaded with recipes...

Pros: Excellent book for First Timers!
Cons: Same recipe, different variations.

This is an excellent book if you have never experienced OAMC. It's basic, to the point and very easy to follow. If you have ever wanted to try OAMC, I suggest trying it first with this book as your guide. After your first experience, you will know...