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Summary: Saving Dinner and my Sanity
Review: I love Saving Dinner by Leanne Ely. It has relieved me of "one more thing to do". I am saving money because I am not running to the store or sending my husband every other day (he has been greatful as well!). I am busy like every other mom out there and just needed a little extra help in managing my home. This book has been a blessing.
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Summary: This book changed my life!
Review: I can't say enough about Saving Dinner! I have recommended to everyone I know that they purchase this book! The recipes are easy and very quick. Who knew that good nutrition could be so fun! I had some serious doubts that my 3 picky children would eat even half of the recipes, but they eat everything and ask for more! Plus, it is big fun to make dinner now because everything is new night after night... no more alternating tacos and spaghetti when we do stay home, and fast food that is full of who knows what! Thanks Leanne!!!
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Summary: My Kids Love It!!
Review: I just wanted to thank you for your book. I have been using it for almost a month now & I love it! I had looked for a family friendly cookbook earlier this summer with weekly menus and shopping lists and found nothing. This is exactly what I was looking for!I've had rave reviews so far about everything (& I mean everything) that I've fixed. We had the Butternut Ravioli last night, and I was sure that my 3 preschoolers would give it the thumbs down. They gobbled it! Thanks for taking the hassle out of shopping, planning & cooking.
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Summary: I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!
Review: The shopping lists are organized and easy to use, and I love that I can print them off the Internet. The recipes are easy to follow and quick to prepare. The big test came one night when I was late getting home from the office. My husband, who doesn't often cook, knew I had the day's meal marked in Leanne's book, so he jumped right in and made dinner. It was fabulous! He said, "This is the best cookbook you ever bought." That's significant because I collect cookbooks. Thanks, Leanne, for saving us disorganized cooks!
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Summary: Changed my life
Review: This book is such a lifesaver. I use it every week to plan our meals, shop and cook each night. The recipes have been for the most part very good, and easy to make. The variety is wonderful. The best part is having something delicious to reheat the next day for lunch. I would highly recommend it to anyone.
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Summary: Wonderful, easy meals...even with a newborn baby at home
Review: In just 1 1/2 weeks, this book has completely changed my home in the most wonderful ways! I have a newborn baby, but I am able to make wonderful meals with little effort. My husband and I thought eating was going to have to be an afterthought once the baby was born, but instead it has gotten amazingly better! Not only that, but my grocery bill was about $50 cheaper this week (a huge deal now that I'm a SAHM) and last week I didn't throw out any uneaten or unused food! Plus the Garlic Lime Chicken is everything the book reviews said it would be....my husband is still talking about it a week later!
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Summary: Great All Year round Cookbook!
Review: I really enjoy this book. I have to admit I was VERY skeptical about all the "hooplah" on FlyLady.net. I thought to myself, I bet her recipee's isn't as good as Grandma's [Southern country girl, EVERYTHING from scratch!]. So I checked it out at the library [try it before you buy it - kinda thing], and Wow, did I put my foot in my mouth! I love how organized it is into seasons, the shopping lists are neatly organized by sections of the grocery store: Meat, Cheese, Produce, Dairy, etc. With these lists I have become so familiar w/all types of food. Not to mention the meals! Oh, they are wonderful! My 2 1/2 yr old daughter has become a very picky eater and since I've been cooking from this book, she now eats everything on her plate and always says, "It's GOOOOD Mommie! and "Thank You!" That is a Wow in our house! My husband who isn't a big fan of veggies, only like a select few [the basics: corn, green beans, carrots, broccoli, collard greens] let alone taste anything he has not heard of, is now loving EVERYTHING! He takes the leftovers to work and his coworkers comes to him everyday to see what's for lunch [half the time they think it's leftovers from a resturant, LOL] and he humbly tells them, "Oh some'n my wife fixed" - It's great!
I really love it! I got so envolved in this book that I forgot that it was the library's! Before this book I would go grocery shopping and would make a general menu of what I "could" make w/the sale ads, and also buy things at random [whatever looked good at the time] but by the middle of the week we would be out of food or have plenty of things that didn't make a meal and you guessed it, no Dinner! With Leanne's book, I print the shopping list 2 weeks ahead, then I check the sale ads to see which of my items are on sale and I purchased those. That way everything that I buy is on SALE and I always have my pantry stocked for two weeks! Now my shopping list has a purpose - Six nights of dinner for two weeks! I'm saving money, my family is eating healthy and we are having good family bonding time at the Dinner Table - not in front of the TV! It truly has blessed us!
Thanks again Leanne!
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Summary: Not as helpful as I'd hoped
Review: Because of all the FlyLady hype, I decided to give this a try. However, I prefer the "Desperation Dinners" book much, much more. I have a family of four - but my two children usually split a serving so to make a meal for six adults is just too much food. I end up spending MORE each week buying specialty cheeses and food that I just never get around to cooking before it goes bad. The recipes themselves are not "bad" (except I do not like sweet-and-sour and almost all the chicken recipes for Fall were sweet-and-sour). However, if there is a duplicate recipe from "Desperation Dinners" I always prefer the "desperate" version - plus ALL the desperation meals only take 20 minutes from start to finish. I guess I also prefer the flexibility of knowing I can stock certain foods, open up the Desperation Dinners and find something on the spur of the moment that fits my mood that night. Before buying the book, I would at least recommend checking out Leanne's website and using her menu mailer for a couple of weeks.
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Summary: Outstanding!
Review: Leanne - you and your recipes rock. In the course of my marriage, I have heard the 2 phrases "What's for dinner?" and "Will you stop by the store on your way home...." enough times that they could almost bring me to tears. While I am thankful that my husband does cook, we had the same dishes over and over. Enough! I decided to take back the kitchen. But where to start? Enter Saving Dinner. Hoorah! My very skeptical husband raves about the dishes. I tried other have-dinner-on-the-table methods and they flopped big time. Having your recipes and shopping list make it so much easier to have a hot, tasty, nutritious meal on the table -even after I get home from work. No time wasted stopping by the market on my way home and no money wasted on food for recipes that bombed. Everything in your book has been a hit for us. I'm in week three of the Saving Dinner book and loving it. Thank you, Thank you. MM in CA
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Summary: I Love This Cookbook!
Review: I bought this book and was hesitant because I live with Mr. Picky and his son Mr. "I hate Everything". Despite this I had a mission to stop stressing out every night when I came home from work. Sure I used my crockpot once a week or so and that made that day easier. I tried making my own menus but that fell through when I would forget an essential ingredient or
forget to thaw something out.My old tactic was to phone hubby at 4:30 with the plea "What do you feel like for dinner?" and then run around the grocery store trying to get everything rush home and become exhausted by the time the meal was over. So with trepidation I headed out and bought all the items from the menus. Well can I tell you my family has been thrilled with the results. My picky kids even went nuts for spagetti squash which I had never made! This book has really helped
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