Everyone knows the benefits of home cooking–tastier, healthier meals and significant savings. But some nights there’s just no time to make dinner from scratch, and it can seem as though the only solution is to reach for a takeout menu. Now America’s Test Kitchen has a better answer: The Make-Ahead Cook. This new cookbook reinvents make-ahead cooking so that you can cook when you want and still eat well every night of the week.

While most make-ahead cookbooks focus only on stocking your freezer, this book takes a new approach, with 8 strategies that show you how a little advance work and planning can reap huge benefits.

With smart new strategies and lots of options to cook now and save time later, we’ve reinvented make-ahead cooking to fit your schedule, taking the stress out of weeknight cooking.