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Saving Dinner the Low-Carb Way: Healthy Menus, Recipes, and the Shopping Lists That Will Keep the Whole Family at the Dinner Table
I can't cook and I have been very resistant to learning. I don't know what to make. I don't have the right ingredients. I'll feel bad if my family doesn't like it. Also, I am organizationally challenged, so making shopping lists and planning meals seemed like a huge task. Enter this book.I *love* the weekly shopping lists. My husband has been wishing I would cook more, so he is very happy to go to the store. I mark what I want on the print out and hand it to him (hint - get the one page printout from her website instead of photocopying the three pages from the book.)Now, how is the food? I immediately started a scoring system wherein everyone in the family votes on each meal. This way nobody hesitates to say what they think, because it might hurt my feelings or something. Only two meals have gotten a thumbs down to ever making them again (out of 25 or so, so far). Two have gotten two stars (our highest rating). The rest fall into the one star, pretty good category.My main complaint is that the food is just a bit bland. It needs more spices for our tastes. But, since I don't know how to cook, I don't know what spices to add. I need to do some research there. Also, I just don't find turkey to be an interesting food. I tend to subsititute pork or something for the turkey recipes.
Saving Dinner the Low-Carb Way: Healthy Menus, Recipes, and the Shopping Lists That Will Keep the Whole Family at the Dinner Table
I started a low carb diet a while back. This book has some great recipes and I really like the slow cooker recipes. I don't use the itemized menus all the time, but the recipes are easy to flip through. I also like that the recipes don't take too much time and they don't use a lot of exotic ingredients.
Saving Dinner the Low-Carb Way: Healthy Menus, Recipes, and the Shopping Lists That Will Keep the Whole Family at the Dinner Table
My husband's diabetes is completely under control using recipes from this book. No meds...Not that I'm giving medical advice, or saying that it would be the same for everyone, but just a report. So far everything we have cooked has been very tasty and easy to prepare. Love the turnip fries. :)A1c from 12 to 6. Can't get better than that. :)
Saving Dinner the Low-Carb Way: Healthy Menus, Recipes, and the Shopping Lists That Will Keep the Whole Family at the Dinner Table
This second installment from Leanne is just as good as the first one. With a family history of diabetes I am now at the age where I must eat fewer simple carbs and this cookbook is perfect to help me eat healthier.One of the best things about Leanne's cookbooks is that they are not only delicious, they also have easy to find ingredients, and great tidbits of information spread throughout.Thanks Leanne for another fabulous home helper (and thanks FLYlady for introducing her to me!) :-)
Saving Dinner the Low-Carb Way: Healthy Menus, Recipes, and the Shopping Lists That Will Keep the Whole Family at the Dinner Table
I cling to this book as though it is one of my most precious possesions...and it is! What a relief that someone else can plan my meals for me AND make out the shopping list! The meals are balanced and delicious and open to adaptations to make them low cal. There are also suggestions for side dishes and recipes to boot! It doesn't get any easier than this. This is truly an answer to the prayers of the exhausted, bedraggled cook in each family. I especially appreciate the crock pot recipes. There's nothing better than arriving home after work to a delicious, prepared meal! This book belongs in every kitchen!!
Saving Dinner the Low-Carb Way: Healthy Menus, Recipes, and the Shopping Lists That Will Keep the Whole Family at the Dinner Table
This book is awesome. If you're having trouble with "kitchen money" or less than ideal nutrition, this is the book for you. Not only are the meals tasty, but inexpensive as well, and a huge time saver the way they are laid out for you, already done. All you have to do is buy and cook and enjoy.