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Saving Dinner: The Menus, Recipes, and Shopping Lists to Bring Your Family Back to the Table
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Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.54
EAN: 9780345464866
ISBN: 0345464869
Label: Ballantine Books
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: 2003-09-30
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date: 2003-09-30
Studio: Ballantine Books
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Editorial Reviews:
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Certified nutritionist Leanne Ely has a simple philosophy: “Make it and they will come.” Dinner, that is. Take-out, opening a can, or microwave fare shouldn’t pass for a nice, healthy meal–and nothing can replace a family’s time together. Believe it or not, preparing dinner can be a stress-free endeavor. Even your time in the supermarket can be cut in half!
Full of practical tips on simple, healthy meal planning, Saving Dinner is the ideal solution for today’s busy parents who would love to have their family sitting around the dinner table once again–sharing stories along with a nutritious meal. Efficiently divided by season, each section features six weeks of menus with delicious recipes, side dish suggestions, and an itemized grocery list that is organized by product (dairy, meat, produce) to make one-stop shopping a snap. Plus the book is packed with helpful hints and short cuts in the kitchen that make cooking easier and more fun.
From Big Basil Burgers and Salmon Carbonara to Crockpot Chili and Spicy Apricot Chicken, Saving Dinner will have your family coming back to the table–and back again for seconds!
Leanne Ely is considered the expert on family cooking and healthy eating. Between her popular “Heart of a Woman” radio show in Southern California and her weekly “Food for Thought” column on the ever-popular Flylady.net Web site, thousands of fans have already discovered Leanne’s secrets to easily prepared, well-balanced meals.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Wow
Comment: I really love this book. I took 2 weeks worth of recipes in this book, because I had 3/4 of the ingredients from 2 weeks worth already in my kitchen, and I created 1 weeks worth of dinners and the grocery lists. My husband and I were really amazed at the different types of foods we can cook for LESS than the monotonous food we were eating before. We now have variety for a lot less.
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Summary: simple recipes for good cooking while living abroad
Comment: I received this book as a wedding present and didn't open it for the first year I owned it because the recipes were too simple for my husband's and my taste. We love to cook and love experimenting with flavors, and everything just seemed bland and unimaginative.
However, it was the only cookbook I brought during the time I spent in South America doing research for a few months. I love the joy of cooking complicated recipes for my husband at home and honestly, I was worried that without him I would be too lazy to cook healthy meals just for myself. Also, I knew that it would be difficult to get many different spices and I didn't want to buy things in bulk that I would not go through in two months.
When I got there, I realized that the nearest supermarket was ten blocks away, a distance I would have to walk with grocery bags, and that because my stay was only temporary, I didn't have all my kitchen supplies from home to use.
I have given a number of the recipes in this book a try, and while I still hold the same views I did before, I have to say that for someone who needs to eat simply and does not have a wide range of ingredients or kitchen tools, these recipes have turned out reliably well. I have made the garlic lime salmon (not the chicken, although I substituted chicken for the salmon, but it is a different recipe than the one everyone raves about) and pepper chicken. I was glad to have extras so I would not have to cook every day, which took the stress off.
So I would recommend this book for someone who needs simple recipes with easy-to-find ingredients.
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Summary: Didn't like the things I tried
Comment: I made 2 dishes from this book, followed recipes to the letter, and both came out poorly.
The Orange Chicken was so bad that we ended up tossing 4 chicken breasts, 4 cups of rice and a lot of fresh broccoli. The book seemed to cost me more than saved me time.
I am moving on to a few other books and giving this to someone who might want to take more chances than I.
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Summary: delicious, nutritious, low in fat
Comment: We use this nearly every day. It's beauty is it's simplicy. My husband liked it so much that he became the "dinner manager" at our house, doing the main shopping and cooking. (Who am I to complain!) We all take turns helping out with the cooking and cleaning. The recipes are so easy to follow that even our teenagers can pepare the meals, which they do weekly.
We now eat more greens, eat much less red meat, have eliminated fast food, and have much more vitamin A in our diet. Our grocery bill has been lowered even though we have gourmet meals every night.
We have gone through some withdrawals, though. We used to be the fast food junkies sloshing through the high-fat superhighway. Our arteries are thanking us, but our bellies and sweet tooth sometimes rebel, telling us that nirvana is just around the corner in a crisp uniform and a drive through window.
After two months, we are getting more used to the transition and one of the main benefts besides "saving dinner" is "saving family" by cooking together, eating together, and doing the dishes together (the teenagers can't see the beauty in that part yet).
Customer Rating:
Summary: The kids like the surprise of something new each night
Comment: Most of the meals prepare quickly and taste great. Even the kids enjoy them. Very filling and healthy. Nice variety. Shopping takes a little longer because we're buying things we haven't bought before. A friend introduced us to the book and we've introduced others as well.
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