The Big Cook

Have fun with friends and fill your freezer with delicious, nutritious, main-course meals! What to have for supper is no longer a crisis!

Do you find yourself running from work to your children's sports events or music lessons? Do you frequently have to eat out or grab take-out because you don't have time to shop or prepare supper?

Imagine coming home from work or your busy day to find a hot, home-cooked meal ready to sit down and eat.

What if you only had to prepare meals one day every 3 months?

What if you could go to your freezer and pull out a delicious and nutritious meal that needs only to be cooked? All the preparation is done?

That is what THE BIG COOK is all about - friends getting together, having fun and making up to 200 meals in one day. Did you know that it only takes a little longer to make 8 meals of the same recipe than it does to make one?

This is not an ordinary cookbook; it is much more than that. It is a 'cooking concept'. It comes complete with an outline of how to choose the recipes, make a grocery list, shop, do THE BIG COOK and store the meals. The 73 recipes are beautifully illustrated with full color pictures and are family favorites.

Whether you are single or married; preparing meals for your family, your child in college or your elderly parent; or a working or stay-at-home parent, this book is for you.

Deanna Siemens ………. Deanna is married and has three children between the ages of eleven and fourteen. Although she was once a registered nurse, she now finds herself busy with bookkeeping tasks, homeschooling and running her children between their numerous music lessons and sporting events. As a problem solver she helped develop a solution to the ever-present question of "what’s for supper?" The Big Cook has taken the work out of planning suppers and given her the freedom to spend more time enjoying the outdoors and her family.

Joanne Smith …………. Joanne is married and has four boys between the ages of seven and thirteen. In between running to hockey, football and music lessons she serves on the School Board and works as a Registered Dietitian writing a weekly Food Column for the local newspaper, taught part time at the Community College and takes on other nutrition related contracts in the community. Her passion for educating others about nutrition, and enabling them with the knowledge and means to attain a healthy lifestyle has resulted in numerous speaking engagements. Joanne enjoys developing and enhancing recipes as is evident in this book. She is anxious to share this life changing method with all those busy individuals like herself.

Lorelei Thomas ………. Lorelei is married and has four boys between the ages of five and fourteen. With seventeen years of teaching high school math under her belt and doing the bookkeeping for the family business, her organizational skills are truly impeccable. Although her boys participate in hockey, school sports and music lessons, Lorelei still finds time to travel, play team sports and spend time with her extended family. Lorelei’s drive and contributions to this concept and book were invaluable as she shared her infinite talents, endless energy and commitment to the completion of this book.