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Home | Recipes | Make-Ahead | Page 9

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.
Dried fruit and nut cake in slices on a wooden cutting board with parchment paper, beside a red and white dish towel.

Dried Fruit and Nut Cake

1 hr 20 mins

Hazelnut pistachio chocolate bark in pieces on a piece of parchment paper.

Hazelnut Pistachio Chocolate Bark

2 hrs

Pieces of chicken Marbella, topped with plums and herbs, with olives scattered around, on a white platter.

Chicken Marbella

3 hrs

Pumpkin cheesecakes with gingersnap pecan crust on 2 sheet pans, topped with whipped cream and nuts.

Pumpkin Cheesecake with Gingersnap Pecan Crust

2 hrs 35 mins

A ten-layer caramel cake with caramel icing on a white surface.

Rich Butterscotch Cake

2 hrs

A glass cake stand with four slices of chocolate marquise with brandied cherries on the side.

Ultimate Chocolate Marquise

6 hrs 25 mins

Butternut squash soup in a blue pottery bowl with a slice of rustic bread being dipped into it.

Butternut Squash Soup

3 hrs

A bowl of corn chowder with bacon sprinkled on top.

Corn Chowder with Bacon

1 hr 15 mins

Two bowls of coq au vin on a table with sliced bread and fresh herbs.

Julia Child’s Coq au Vin

1 hr 30 mins

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