The new way to cook ... quickly and inexpensively. The Semi-Homemade Cooking approach is easily done by combining several namebrand pre-packaged foods, a few fresh ingredients, and a "pinch of this, with a hit of that" to make new, easy, gourmet-tasting affordable dishes. Each recipe is 70% ready-made and 30% fresh ingredients. Best of all, you take 100% of the credit for a "homemade-like" meal.

Fabulous family-friendly recipes for every palate and mood, created from an inspired pairing of fresh and convenience products. Recipes feature the best of Italian, Asian, and Latin American cuisine, barbecue favorites, comfort food classics, slow cooker creations, everyday dinners, and special occasion inspirations. Sandra lends her Semi-Homemade, worry-free, time-saving approach to a host of delectable appetizers, snacks, main dishes, side dishes, salads, and desserts. The on-call pantry—a foolproof list of at-the-ready convenience foods for recipe success at a moment’s notice. Tasteful tablescapes make every dining experience special. Beautiful color photo of every recipe.

This extraordinary book is based on the collective wisdom of the scores of contributors to the MoneySaving Old-Style section of MoneySavingExpert.com - the award-winning, trend-setting website which, in less than four years, has attracted over one million UK users a month. The Old-Style forum started when many of the older visitors to the site decided to share their accumulated knowledge with other younger users. It has swiftly developed into a discussion on living life cheaply, healthily, ethically and thriftily, with all generations together searching for a path to Old-Style bliss. Edited by Martin Lewis who, as well as being the founder of MoneySavingExpert.com, is a newspaper columnist, TV and radio money guru and presenter, and author of the bestselling The Money Diet , this lively book cannot fail to appeal to anyone who is interested in living better for less. The book includes hints and tips on- - How to budget - Cooking from scratch - Cleaning for pennies - Gardening - Making homemade gifts - How to shop

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