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I just recently bought this book and LOVE it!!! Delicious recipes AND shopping lists! Thank you Leanne! If that weren't enough already, you can go to her website and print the shopping lists too. Wonderful. Finally--I'm not feeling overwhelmed about what to make for dinner tonight, tomorrow, and next week. What a relief! So far, I've enjoyed all the recipes. Unlike many cookbooks, the recipes contained in Saving Dinner use COMMON ingredients and are simply wholesome dishes that won't scare off most kids. Another great feature I love is that the menus are divided into seasons to make shopping for in-season veggies a breeze. I'm looking forward to a year of discovering "new" family favorites. I highly recommend this book to anyone.

I have been waiting for this book to be available! I already knew of Leanne Ely from Flylady, and had already tried several of her recipes with great success. Leanne has taught me a lot about healthy cooking, how to stock my pantry, and how to plan a well balanced meal. All this from her Food for Thought essays through Flylady. So when I heard she had written a new book, I couldn't wait to get it. One of my favorite things about Saving Dinner are the side-dish suggestions with each meal. I feel so good knowing I am feeding my family completely healthy meals. My family RAVED over the Crock Beef Sandwiches on page 7, which was one of the easiest meals I have prepared in a long time. My husband and I also loved the Apple Chicken. We look forward to trying more and more recipes from Saving Dinner, and I am adding Leanne Ely's other cookbooks to my Christmas list! Thank you, Leanne! I wish I could come see you at the Flyfest in Chattanooga!

This book is very helpful. It has quick, easy-to-cook recipes laid out into menus with shopping lists. The meals may not be stellar, but they are all good. The cooking directions aren't great, either, but they are good enough. The things that I really do love about the book are the menus and shopping lists (with optional items marked as such)--they make dinner planning a snap. Plus, the meals are all well-balanced and healthy. And, unlike many other pre-made menus, the meals fit together so that you don't have a surplus of wasted food at the end of the week. I highly recommend this book to anyone who thinks menu planning is a chore. (Leanne also has a website where you can get weekly menus emailed to you if the book doesn't suit you: savingdinner.com.)