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Home | Recipes | Make-Ahead | Page 4

Make-Ahead

If you’re looking to save time and reduce stress in the kitchen, then make ahead recipes are the perfect solution. From easy overnight breakfast casseroles to dessert, these recipes can be prepared in advance, stored in the fridge or freezer, and reheated when needed.

Prep your Thanksgiving sides ahead of time, have an easy dinner stashed in the freezer for a busy weeknight, or get ahead on your holiday baking.

An oval casserole dish filled with easy breakfast strata on a wooden board with a wedge of Parmesan and a spoon on the side.
A metal saucepan filled with white bean stew with tomatoes and rosemary, with bowls, napkins, and utensils in the background.

White Bean Stew with Tomatoes and Rosemary

14 hrs

A classic vanilla cupcake with cream cheese frosting with rainbow sprinkles, in a pink cupcake paper.

Classic Vanilla Cupcakes

1 hr

A wooden tray with 4 squares of double butterscotch blondies, with nuts sprinkled around them.

Double Butterscotch Blondies

50 mins

A blueberry custard pie in a pie plate, with 2 dessert plates with a slice of pie on them, one with a fork and a bite missing.

Blueberry Custard Pie

4 hrs 10 mins

A apple rose tart on a glass cake stand.

Apple Rose Tart

6 hrs 30 mins

A plate with a serving of cranberry apple crisp and scoop of ice cream.

Apple Cranberry Crisp

1 hr 25 mins

A white plate with sesame noodles, garnished with cilantro, peanuts, and sesame seeds, with a fork and a bowl of green onions and soy.

Sesame Noodles

45 mins

A green glass bowl of turmeric bean soup, filled with beans and broth, beside a green and white dish towel.

Turmeric Bean Soup

50 mins

An apple cinnamon pull-apart bread on a piece of parchment paper on top of a wire cooling rack, with apple slices, a glass plate, and a knife in the background.

Apple Cinnamon Pull-Apart Bread

2 hrs 45 mins

A plate with parchment paper filed with squares of vegan walnut fig bars.

Vegan Walnut Fig Bars

1 hr 15 mins

A large cinnamon-rosemary pork chop on a glass plate with a knife and fork.

Cinnamon Rosemary Pork Chops

8 hrs 40 mins

A large enamel pot filled with chicken perloo with a ladle.

Chicken Perloo

1 hr 5 mins

A spoonful of mustard cream sauce dripping in a copper pot

Mustard Cream Sauce

15 mins

2 rectangular plates with scoops of dark chocolate gelato, one on a scoop and one in a cone, surrounded by squares of dark chocolate and a bowl of cocoa.

Dark Chocolate Gelato

7 hrs

A sliced loaf of hummingbird loaf cake, beside a glass dish of butter and a butter knife.

Hummingbird Loaf Cake

1 hr 10 mins

A white plate sitting on a folded napkin on a wooden table, with a pile of cheese crisps on top and one leaning against the plate.

Easy Keto Cheese Crisps

25 mins

A close up of two serving spoons in a bowl of corn, lima beans, chopped peppers, red onion and cherry tomatoes, dressed with parsley, mint, and dressing.

Succotash Salad

1 hr 30 mins

A cast-iron Dutch oven filled with a deeply roasted chicken, flanked by a bag of potato chips.

Roast Chicken with Ancho Chile Rub

3 hrs 30 mins

Empty pie crust in a pie plate, with kitchen shears next to it.

Cream Cheese Pie Crust

45 mins

A cast-iron skillet filled with a tomato ricotta pie, one slice missing. Next to it, a white plate with a half eaten slice of pie.

Tomato Ricotta Pie

2 hrs 5 mins

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