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Can I Freeze It?: How to Use the Most Versatile Appliance in Your Kitchen Kindle Edition

by Susie Theodorou (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 41 ratings
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Freezers are one of the most useful––and most neglected––tools in the kitchen. Particularly great for those dark winter months when you want to get dinner on the table 15 minutes after you get home from work––think lasagna, stews, curries, and soups––freezers are also useful for entertaining friends when time is short. In Can I Freeze It? Susie Theodorou explains the tips, tricks, and rules of freezing food, from containers and wrappers (foil or Tupperware?), to the best methods for retaining moisture and flavor, to what ingredients and dishes can and can't be frozen. She provides a wealth of recipes, along with color photographs, for whole and part dishes. Some are completely pre–assembled (think chicken in a marinade) and then frozen and cooked later. Still others combine frozen ingredients with fresh ones–pair a pastry from the freezer with berries from the farm stand, or defrost a sauce and use it to top fish straight from the market. Can I Freeze It? is the ultimate guide to saving time and money in the kitchen.

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This collection of enticing, if not particularly ground-breaking recipes is notable in that almost every dish can be made ahead of time and then frozen. What could be better on a busy weeknight than to open up the freezer and find a few bags full of Lamb Shanks and Preserved Lemon Tagine ready to pour over a bowl of couscous or serve alongside crusty bread? Other tasty main courses include Marsala Beef Stew, a winy, hearty one-dish supper, and a Seafood Pie thick with scallops and shrimp. Some dishes aren't necessarily freezer-ready, but are still time-savers; the author recommends throwing two Lemon Roasted Chickens into the pan, since "it takes no more effort to cook two chickens than to cook one," and urges readers to make extra Roasted Pumpkin Soup to turn into Thai Pumpkin and Coconut Soup later in the week. Several desserts are standouts, including Ice Cream and Mixed Berry Phyllo Packages that go from freezer to skillet to table for a Baked-Alaska like showstopper. Just as good, although much simpler, is a Blueberry and Pear Pie constructed from pre-made frozen pastry dough. But best of all are Theodorou's six variations on traditional Icebox Cookies, tubes of frozen batter which couldn't be easier to slice, bake, and eat way too many of.
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“This unusual cookbook offers both practical information on freezing food and a selection of appealing recipes.”

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000SEF4HM
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperCollins e-books; Reprint edition (February 5, 2009)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 5, 2009
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4651 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 227 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 41 ratings

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3.8 out of 5 stars
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L. Cooke
5.0 out of 5 stars You can cook, but can you thaw?
Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2007
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I probably have more than 100 cookbooks, but this one will be kept in the kitchen. The freezer is the one mystery appliance left in my kitchen and I'd been searching for months for good guides to using the freezer and cooking from the freezer. The Once-A-Month Meals books were helpful with menus but they weren't specific enough about the process of taking food from hot to cold and back to hot. It sounds simple, but I spent plenty of nights delaying dinner by 45 minutes to cook the center of a dish. Thrilled with this book!
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debra
3.0 out of 5 stars Items for freezing
Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2023
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Has some good pointers in it. Really not what I was expecting though
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KittyLady
4.0 out of 5 stars Good info and recipies
Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2018
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I disagree with an earlier review. This book has plenty of info about freezing different foods plus a ton of recipes (mostly Mediterranean, some Asian) that freeze well. Having said that, this book is more geared toward cooking ahead, rather than long term food preservation. (The recipes look delicious, I'm familiar with many of them.)
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5.0 out of 5 stars properly preparing the foods before freezing.
Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2018
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After researching all the books on freezing, this one was the best for me. I needed explanations of How to Freeze different kinds of foods and this book provided those methods.I am looking forward to experimenting and trying out some of the recipes provided in the book. Hats off to the author of this book.
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James D. Reed
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Item!!
Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2018
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Fast shipping. Nice Product, I'd buy it again!!
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charliegg
1.0 out of 5 stars not really what the title promised (i was disappointed)
Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2007
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i was very disappointed in this book, and i think the title is to blame for being misleading. It is called "Can I freeze it?" and i assumed from this that it would give lists of which foods freeze well and which don't. I was looking for this information.
Unfortunately the book only covers this in about one page, and mentions only a handful of foods (and then, rather sloppily. Eg she says you can easily puree watermelon and freeze it. But what about actual watermelon? that isn't answered. also, she talks about making raw hamburgers and freezing them, but does not say whether making cooked hamburgers and freezing them would work as well). The rest of the book is recipes.
I would not have bought it if I had known this. If anyone knows of a good book which will list lots of foods and whether you can freeze them, please post here!
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JoannC
2.0 out of 5 stars The book shoukd be titled, “How to freeze the casserole recipes in thisbook.”
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2018
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I was hoping this book offered information on how to freeze unusual fruits & veggies - which it doesn't. Instead, it’s simply a book of receipes & how to freeze the final meal.
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joan abramowitz
5.0 out of 5 stars review of a book
Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2013
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I use the book very often, a lot of good tips, using my freezer is used properly now, My friends use the book also
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jim
5.0 out of 5 stars ... how is it to be done It was a good purchase.
Reviewed in Canada on November 30, 2014
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This book will help take the guess work out of can I freeze this ans how is it to be done It was a good purchase.
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lolagail
5.0 out of 5 stars Can I freeze it?
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 18, 2011
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I am getting into freezing again, so I'm updating my freezer books, as they are old fashioned. I am very pleased with this book, there are great ideas in it and it's well set-out. I especially like the marinades and the idea of freezing the raw meat in them. So quick to thaw and no messing about. I like the way she freezes gravy and sauces too, she sort of flat packs them so they take up hardly any space.
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Henry
2.0 out of 5 stars the tittle is missleading. it's another cook book!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 13, 2014
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I got this book based on the tittle. So was disapointed that it is more another recipe book than a book about freezing and the dos and don'ts etc. The bit that was useful is how to best freeze rice once cooked. It doednt list items you can freeze and items you can't. I have to cook for a wheet/gluten free, fish free diet so the recipes are useless to me. Also celery is in a lot of the recipes. I can not eat that! Not a big deal as you can always leave it out I guess. The bread and flour based recipes are useless as there isn't really an all purpose flour that performs like wheet flours. I expected a fre recipies but thought is would be stocks, sauces, stews and soups. The was something in there loosely inclusive of these but not useful enough for me to benefit. A very missleading book.
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helen moreau
2.0 out of 5 stars Not what I was expecting
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 8, 2013
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A useful guide but I was hoping for more, I rarely use my freezer for home prepared meals or fresh produce would have appreciated a bit of how to, taking a dish from scratch to freezing.
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