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• Saving Dinner: The Menus, Recipes, and Shopping Lists to Bring Your Family Back to the Table
Leanne Ely

Ballantine Books, 2003 - 320 pages

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Everything you need in one place, plus you can personalize!

My husband is in food service, we both work full-time and have two busy kids. We love to cook, but don't want to spend all our evenings in the kitchen. We use this great cookbook (or, if you prefer, dinner organization book) as a two-week plan. With several evening committments, it's great to be able to have all ingredients on hand and prepare a healthy, tasty meal in a short period of time. Love coming home to crock pot meals. Appreciate the variety and trying a few new things.

As with every cookbook, the following ideas come in handy:
* My husband doesn't eat fish - chicken works (or I cook it the night he works late).
* Tuesday night is our night of chaos - that becomes our crockpot night. Mix up the order of the menu to please your situation.
* We like lots of herbs and spices and use fresh if possible (nowhere does Leanne say you cannot substitute); use your family's preferences and tastes.
* For a family of 4, each week's worth is perfect over two weeks for us, including a few lunches.
* Personally, I feel free to use a recipe for a side I want to try from another source. And, sometimes, the main meal is all we can eat - flexibility is a good thing!
* Leanne advocates lots of produce - and a salad with a meal is just about the easiest possible (for my kids, that equates to fruit).

All in all, "Saving Dinner" is not just a terrific idea, it is a blessing in action. Thank you.

PS - Don't like it; don't use it. But, clearly, Leanne has hit a nerve and blessed the vast majority of those who have had the good fortune to be exposed to her and her writings.


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Saving Dinner Saved My Life

I loved this book! I found quite a few recipes inside that quickly became family favorites (I have 4 young kids). This has got to be the MOST user-friendly cookbook on the market. I especially love the shopping lists, downloadable on the website! Not only that, but I learned many things, such as how to choose a squash or how and when to add spices to recipes, that I had never learned before. I'm stocking up on this title to take to bridal showers for the rest of my life!!!









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Essential for your kitchen!!!

This is one of the best cookbooks I have ever seen for making practical, everyday dinners. The recipes are healthy, easy to prepare, and extremely varied. You can follow the weekly menus or pull from various weeks, which is what I do. Even though I don't follow the menus day to day, it is still an invaluable tool that I could not do without at this point. The majority of the dinners that I make now come from this book--even for company! AND I have tried several cookbooks!! This one does not leave me stressed and panicking about dinner every night. I am also going to buy the low-carb version for some more great recipes! OH, also, I gave this book to two different friends who both LOVE it and primarily use it for their meals now!!


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Saving Dinner--What a Blessing!

Thank you, Leanne, for helping me feed my family better! No, not everyone likes all of the dinners but I have them marked as to which ones the family likes, which ones the kids like and which ones my husband likes. I make the ones the kids like when my husband works late and sometimes I'll make the kids something quick and easy and make something nice just for him and me. Also, my kids have tried new things and discovered that they actually like many of them! No, they still won't eat zucchini but they do like fresh spinach and other things, much to their surprise! And, with the shopping list built right in it takes out so much of the stress of buying groceries with toddlers in tow! Thanks again for all of your hard work and for all you've done for my family! :)


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Great idea but not for me

I found this book through Flylady like so many other people. It's a wonderful idea to have grocery lists and menus all in one book. I think this book will be helpful for people who have a difficult time getting organized in the kitchen which is probably who this book is aimed for. I REALLY wanted to love this book but just don't. I think all the meals are okay but nothing more. I like meals that taste better than "edible" and did not find it in this book. I also liked that she added sides to the meals but they are very repetitive. This book definately will and has been helpful to many women. If you consider yourself a skillful and organized cook it might not be for you. If followed, this book will give you healthy meals which is definately not a bad thing. It's just that the meals will be okay instead of delicious.


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