The Final Meal-Prep Cookbook: One Grocery Record. A Week of Meals. No Waste.

Brilliant Love the No Waste and Variety of recipes
This Book is Brilliant , Can’t say enough wonderful things. But it is for a certain type person. It is not what most people think about meal prep ie: The single person preparing individual meals to have for the week. These are family meals . It is about how to get a meal together fast with minimal work. It is not necessarily for the novice cook. But if you have ever used a meal company like Blue Apron or Hello Fresh it’s like a do it yourself version of those. What I liked about those companies there was literally no food waste and the meals were adventurous and creative not your grandma’s meal loaf. (Not that there’s anything wrong with grandma’s meat loaf) As someone who has cooked for over 30 years I wanted new flavors and ideas. My grocery bill is also way down due to the pared down and streamlined grocery lists, so you can afford the few upgraded luxury ingredients for the recipes. And even recipes I thought I wouldn’t like, I have actually loved but I’m also an adventurous eater. This would not be the book for picky eaters, I also love that the nutrition for every meal is provided, so I can count macros and calories to stay with in my diet. Although not a diet or healthy cooking cook book, many of the meals are extremely healthy and well balanced. Knowing what I am having for dinner I can adjust my breakfast and lunch. I so love this book and did I mention so much less food waste so therefore has been saving me money too. 🙂

Excellent for the family cook who likes ATK
At the beginning of this cookbook, they have a paragraph saying who the book is for. If you are tired of trying to think of weeknight meals and you just want a grocery list to tell you what to cook, this is the book for you! As many have pointed out, it is not a book to tell you how to make a bunch of meals in advance and freeze them or refrigerate them.I am a long time user of America’s Test Kitchen and Cooks illustrated recipes. After cooking through a few weeks in this book, I can say that most of the recipes are on the simpler side and intended to be made quickly. Usually it is a meat item and a side. Often the side is a salad, which my kids have not appreciated. Ha! These are not make ahead meals, but they do give you a few things that you could prep in advance.The main thing I appreciate is the coordination of the grocery list items. Usually when you buy one grocery item, you are going to use it for more than one recipe that week. In that way, it saves you money and fridge space! And you get the ATK recipe quality. Definitely recommend adding this to your collection if you are in the weeknight cooking battle!I took off one star because there is no index of ingredients. So for instance, if you have a lot of basil in your garden and you want to see the weeks that need basil, there’s no way to do that. That seemed to me an obvious thing to include…

My Cooking Abilities are Expanding
I really like this cookbook. Before I got this book, I got recipes from online blogs and Instagram, and I was unsatisfied with how my food was turning out. I got discouraged a lot.A background about me: I’m in my early 30s and I don’t like to cook. But I recently had a baby and wanted to save money and not eat out and be more in control of what goes in my body.Why I love this book: the instructions are clear and easy to follow for someone like me, who doesn’t have a lot of experience cooking. The food turns out amazing. There’s a lot of protein and vegetables, which is how I prefer to eat. And the variety is amazing. I’ve been cooking things I’ve never had before, and it’s not boring. I don’t dread cooking. And the meals are planned out for the week and there’s no waste.I am currently on week 6 and have not felt discouraged or overwhelmed by prepping and cooking dinner. I 1,000% think this book is worth the money.

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