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(More customer reviews)I have bought other menu style cookbook but this one is the only one I can't seem to break away from. Why do I want to break away from it? Too many of the recipes use canned soup and the overall diet is high in saturated fat. Why do I love it? Because it gets a number of courses on the table with so little effort, it looks impressive and although I think many of the side dishes are only so-so, my (grown) son has loved almost every meal I've made from this book. I also save money using this cookbook. The recipes call for inexpensive, easy to find and familiar ingredients. Also much thought has been given towards incorporating left-overs into the menus, from roast beef to that bag of potatoes. There is even an ingredient index in the back of the book. I have other cookbooks that are advertised as being "budget" but the author of this cookbook seems to understand that waste is a bigger budget buster than buying chicken breasts, for example, instead of chicken thighs.
I did this review quite some time ago. I now have a couple of recommendations for people who like easy meal planning with recipes and shopping lists. I have no connection with either of these web sites but I've appreciated it when others have made recommendations to me. That's my only motivation. First, if you like economical cooking that is ridiculously easy to make, fairly healthy but uses canned soups and packaged foods a lot in the menus, you might like e-mealz. (Be sure to put in the dash. You want e-mealz, not emealz.) They have several different meal plans to choose from and it costs $15 for 3 months. They even have plans for certain stores like Walmart where they tell you what brands to buy in order to get the best price. Now, if you want to cook with more fresh foods and don't mind actually doing a little fairly easy cooking, there is savingdinner. It's around the same price or maybe a little less. I don't remember exactly. It's quite healthy and I love it. They also have several meal plans and a grocery list. However, when you sign up for this one, you get ALL of their meal plans, including breakfast and lunch ideas. The menus are economical but not as cheap as e-mealz. I still use e-mealz when I'm really low on money or really lazy - which of more often than I'd like to admit.
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What's For Dinner"What's for Dinner?" is a compilation of 174 simple, different menus and over 650 recipes. Menus are organized by week and include a main dish, vegetable, salad, dessert and some also include a bread selection. Recipes are included for all menu items."Looking Ahead" entries give instructions on making 3 or 4 meals in the same amount of time as preparing one.It includes 3 separate indexes--alphabetical, category and ingredient.It also includes a glossary, tricks of the trade, equipment lists, weights and measurements and more.Perfect for the beginning cook and makes an excellent wedding gift.
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