Feb 22nd

Saving Dinner

By Christy
You may not think this book belongs in book reviews for a real estate site, but if you're interested in time-saving tools, this has been a great one for me.

Leanne Ely, the creator of the "Saving Dinner" cookbooks has put together a series of cookbooks that include not only 6 nights dinner menus for each week it includes the grocery list that you need to purchase for the week.  Seriously, it's the missing link of cookbooks.  

Each week in the original cookbook includes a fish, a vegetarian, a crock pot, a beef, a pork and a chicken menu, so your family gets a variety of meals.  The dinners generally take a half hour or less to prepare.  Better yet, even my exceptionally picky 7 year old son loves the food!

The author has written several other cookbooks that build on the original "Saving Dinner."  These include low carb, vegetarian and holiday options.  If a cookbook is too much work, she'll even email you a weekly menu with the shopping list.  

You can check out the cookbooks on her website, savingdinner.com, or on amazon.com.  Her menu mailers are available on her website.

So, for those of us who are in charge of cooking for our families, or who know someone who is, this is a great time and headache saving resource.