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Home | Recipes | Make-Ahead | Page 5

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 blue bowl filled with chickpeas, diced tomatoes, ditalini pasta, and parmesan, flanked with a crueset of olive oil and a bowl of Parmesan.

Pasta with Chickpeas and Tomatoes

45 mins

A frosty, hollowed out lemon wih leaf, filled with pale lemon sorbet on a glass plate.

Sparkling Lemon Sorbet

3 hrs 15 mins

A bowl of bright green cilantro chutney on a blood wooden table with a flower napkin, cilantro leaves, half a lime, and a knife.

Cilantro Peanut Chutney

20 mins

Four small jars of blueberry jam, one is half gone with a spoon in it.

Small Batch Blueberry Jam

45 mins

A blue bowl full of creamy potato salad with hardboiled eggs and a large spoon.

Classic Potato Salad

2 hrs

A sheet of blueberry lemon bars with one cut out, laying on a piece of parchment paper.

Blueberry Lemon Bars

4 hrs 10 mins

Blueberry coffee cake on a cooling rack with a spoon drizzling icing over it.

Blueberry Coffee Cake with Lemon Glaze

3 hrs 40 mins

Two pieces of buttered toast, one with strawberry jam, on a white plate with a spoon and jar of jam in the background.

Small Batch Strawberry Jam

40 mins

A whole chocolate meringue mousse cake with one slice cut from it.

Chocolate Meringue Mousse Cake

1 hr

A bowl of everything bagel seasoning with some scattered around it.

Everything Bagel Seasoning

5 mins

A white bowl filled with vegan chickpea and orzo salad with lemon zest garnish.

Vegan Chickpea and Orzo Salad

50 mins

A square baking dish filled with strawberry rhubarb crumble with balsamic drizzle, with a portion on a plate and a few strawberries on the side.

Strawberry Rhubarb Crumble with a Balsamic Drizzle

1 hr 10 mins

A glass bowl partially filled with Thai chili jam and a spoon on the side.

Thai Chili Jam

1 hr

A bowl of Texas-style chili with pork and brisket with a fork, spoon, and bowls of lime, cilantro, and pickled jalapenos on the side.

Texas-Style Chili with Pork and Brisket

2 hrs 30 mins

A torn loaf of focaccia with herbs and salt and sprigs of rosemary, a knife, and a hunk of pecorino on the side.

Focaccia

13 hrs

Pieces of fruit crostata with crumb topping, each filled with different fruit, lined up next to each other on a marble surface.

Fruit Crostata with Crumb Topping

2 hrs 30 mins

A bowl of preserved lemon yogurt sauce with a spoon resting in it.

Preserved Lemon Yogurt Sauce

5 mins

The components for moutabal -- eggplant, tahini, and yogurt -- being mixed in a bowl with a fork with a charred eggplant on the side.

Moutabal ~ Roasted Eggplant, Yogurt, and Tahini Dip

1 hr

Spicy bourbon maple syrup being poured over waffles from a white pitcher.

Spicy Bourbon Maple Syrup

10 mins

A pot of homemade tagliatelle with grated Parmesan on top and a wooden spoon in the pasta.

Homemade Tagliatelle

2 hrs

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