No time to cook after work? Has fast food become a way of life? Want to stock your freezer with oven-ready meals your whole family will look forward to eating? Get more control of your time and cooking with more than 60 recipes, tips, and techniques specifically engineered to the make-ahead approach.

Featured recipes include: Quick Mini Meatloaves, Spicy Slow-Cooker Chicken and Chorizo Stew, Stuffed Turkey Breast, Better Braised Short Ribs, Chicken Casserole with Spring Vegetables, Peanut Noodle Salad, Baked Ziti, Turkey Tetrazzini, Weekday Scalloped Potatoes, Cheesy Cauliflower Bake, Pureed Butternut Squash, Crunchy Potato Wedges, Soft and Chewy Rolls, Breakfast Strata, Chocolate Bread Pudding, Carrot Cupcakes, Crème Brûleé, and more. Featured equipment ratings include: Inexpensive instant-read thermometers, bench scrapers, slow cookers, meat pounders, inexpensive stand mixers, manual nut choppers, pie plates, and more. Featured taste tests include: Canned whole tomatoes, chili powder, ketchup, Marsala wine, short ribs, crunchy peanut butter, hot pepper jelly, elbow macaroni, mayonnaise, and more.

Cook's Illustrated Make-Ahead Recipes 2012 Special Issue
64 pages, softcover
65 recipes
Dozens of black and white photos and step-by-step illustrations throughout