Cook when you can, enjoy when you want! This inspirational cookbook acts as a guide for paying it forward in the kitchen. Make-Ahead Meals shows you how, with some advance preparation during your free minutes, to create delicious magic—more than one hundred tasty dishes that you can cook and serve at a moment's notice, with a minimum of effort. Some recipes you can assemble early in the day or the night before and refrigerate until cooking. Other dishes, once prepared, will keep in the refrigerator for days, allowing you the flexibility of choosing when and where to serve them. You can prepare many of the recipes a month or more in advance and store them in the freezer until that unexpected company rings the doorbell. From soups, snacks, and drinks, to main course meals, tasty sides, decadent desserts, and special sauces, salsas, and condiments, Make-Ahead Meals invites you to make the most of your precious time.