America's Test Kitchen

The Ultimate Meal-Prep Cookbook: One Grocery List. A Week of Meals. No Waste.

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Last updated Sep 20, 2026 at 2:20am
America's Test Kitchen

About this product

Turn meal prep aspirations into a reality with this 25-week meal planning cookbook—where 1 short grocery list gets you 5 weeknight dinners you can make in 45 minutes or less!
Meal prep no longer means filling your freezer with boring casseroles or spending every Sunday cooking. We’ve done the work of building 25 smart weekly meal plans that minimize shopping and kitchen time—so you make your life easier, your grocery bill lower, and your dinners better.
Includes features that streamline meal planning:
• Weekly grocery lists max out at a dozen items.
• Active cooking time for recipes maxes out at 45 minutes.
• Loads of pantry substitution suggestions let you adapt recipes for what you have on hand.
• 30 pantry meals make meal planning even more flexible
ATK’s meal plan strategies are easy to put into practice:
• Prep your vegetables and grains for the week in a weekend “power hour.”
• Prep bulk pantry ingredients ahead in a “pantry power hour.”
• Cross-utilize fresh ingredients creatively to prevent food waste and dinner boredom.
• Make, store, and reheat full meals with no loss of flavor.
• Double meals or meal components to freeze half for later.
Plus, get insights on building and maximizing a diverse pantry; food storage strategies; essential meal prep equipment; and more! Full of smart, practical advice for saving time, money, and waste, The Ultimate Meal-Prep Cookbook makes meal planning accessible for everyone! Read more

Editor's Take

Amazon reviewers say this cookbook is brilliant and especially good for people who want a structured meal-prep system with variety and no waste. Some reviewers note that it is not the kind of meal-prep book for a single person batch-cooking identical lunches for the week; instead, it is better for planning weeknight dinners around one grocery list. Goodreads reviewers generally describe it as a useful and practical cookbook, with many positive ratings. A blog review on Kitchen Lit says the book is well suited to busy schedules and praises its meal-planning approach. Another roundup from Off Key Tikki highlights its one-grocery-list, zero-waste concept as a major strength. On Reddit, the book appears in discussions about cookbooks that give a full weekly food plan, suggesting it is seen as a strong option for structured meal planning.

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Publisher America's Test Kitchen
Publication date March 2, 2021
Language English
Print length 336 pages
ISBN-10 1948703580
ISBN-13 978-1948703581
Item Weight 1.92 pounds
Dimensions 7.99 x 0.67 x 9.65 inches
Best Sellers Rank #15,993 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #6 in Professional High Quantity Cooking #35 in Budget Cooking #43 in Vegan Cooking (Books)
Customer Reviews 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (1,305)

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