5 make-ahead meals to kick-start your menu
Why not resolve to shake up your weekly dinner routine with a few fresh meals. These recipes represent options to start the new year off eating something a little different for dinner, eating right, and eating well. And there's a bonus: Each meal can be made in advance, then refrigerated or frozen.
The dishes are excerpted from “You Have It Made: Delicious, Healthy, Do-Ahead Meals,” the new cookbook by The Washington Post's Nourish columnist, Ellie Krieger. Because of their ease and flexibility of preparation, they qualify for the ranks of our Make It, Freeze It, Take It options. Find more recipes at dailyherald.com/lifestyle/food.
Try them all; the next time you want to give someone the gift of a homemade meal, you'll find that any one of these can fill the bill.
As Ellie recommends in her book, you'll need heavy-duty aluminum foil, plastic wrap, freezer-safe zip-top bags and a permanent marker (for the all-important labeling of your make-ahead meals). Go forth, healthfully.