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Home | Recipes | Make-Ahead | Page 6

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 bowl inside another bowl filled with Thai chicken salad with peanut dressing on the side.

Thai-Inspired Peanut Dressing

5 mins

Two halves of a tuna salad sandwich stacked on top of each other with some sliced pickles on the side on a white oval plate.

Tuna Salad Sandwich

15 mins

A brown dish filled with paprika mayonnaise with a spoon on the side.

Paprika Mayonnaise

5 mins

A rectangular dish filled with curry chicken pot pie and topped with puff pastry.

Curry Chicken Pot Pie

1 hr 45 mins

A square white bowl filled with Instant Pot pork pozole, garnished with radish, shredded cheese, lime, and cilantro, with a spoon resting in it.

Instant Pot Pork Pozole

2 hrs

A blue bowl filled with buttermilk ranch dressing with a spoon resting in it.

Buttermilk Ranch Dressing

5 mins

A ceramic baking dish filled with baked kofta -- meatballs on top of eggplant slices, all covered in tomato sauce.

Baked Kofta

2 hrs 15 mins

A sticky bun topped with caramel and pecans on a plate, with more sticky buns in the background.

Sticky Buns

16 hrs 30 mins

A patterned bowl with slices of braised pork with soy sauce on a red tray.

Braised Pork with Soy Sauce

3 hrs 15 mins

A loaf of banana bread with swirls of nutella next to a loaf of banana bread with cream cheese frosting on a wire rack.

Banana Bread with Nutella

1 hr 55 mins

A bowl of shredded Instant Pot chuck roast with a plate of tortillas, a bottle of hot sauce, and some cilantro nearby.

Instant Pot Chuck Roast

2 hrs

A baking tray with three slices of fromage fort.

Fromage Fort by Jacques Pépin

10 mins

Sweet potato tamales nestled in a pot with a towel covering them.

Sweet Potato Tamales

7 hrs

Sheet pan beef skewers piled on a foil-lined baking sheet with a dish of white sauce and lemon wedges.

Sheet Pan Beef Skewers

1 hr

A milky way tart on a piece of parchment in a rimmed baking sheet.

Milky Way Tart

9 hrs

A football cheese ball on a serving board with two glasses of beer and a knife beside it.

Football Cheese Ball

2 hrs 40 mins

A spoon resting inside a bowl of Catalan custard.

Catalan Custard ~ Crèma Catalana

2 hrs

An oval dish filled with slow cooker chicken with garlic and potatoes and sprigs of rosemary with a fork nestled inside.

Slow Cooker Chicken With Garlic and Potatoes

4 hrs 45 mins

Four individual mushroom wellingtons with spinach and walnuts on a squares of parchment paper.

Mushroom Wellingtons with Spinach

1 hr 20 mins

Two jars of pickled shrimp on a wooden cutting board.

Pickled Shrimp

8 hrs 40 mins

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