Saving Dinner the Low-Carb Way: Healthy Menus, Recipes, and the Shopping Lists That Will Keep the Whole Family at the Dinner Table 
asked by ctj on November 14, 2006 6:10 PM
Leanne Ely doesn’t actually cook dinner for your family. It just feels that way.
Certified nutritionist Leanne Ely loves delicious food and is dedicated to enticing today’s busy families back to the dinner table with home cooking that cannot be beat. In Saving Dinner the Low-Carb Way, she integrates low-carb requirements into her mélange of dining pleasures for every season–providing easy-to-follow menus and highlighting per-serving measurements of calories, fat, protein, carbohydrates, cholesterol, and sodium for each dish.
Itemizing ingredients by product in convenient lists, Ely makes your grocery shopping quick and effortless. She also gives you a helping hand in the kitchen with shortcuts that take the stress out of cooking, and suggests menu variations for children and family members who choose not to go the low-carb route.
The result? These dinners are not only balanced and healthy but truly varied and delectably good to eat. Main dishes like Low-Carb Beef Stroganoff, Crustless Quiche Lorraine, Crock-Pot Pork Jambalaya, Skillet Salmon with Horseradish Cream, and nearly 150 other entrees (plus recommendations for great side dishes) make dinnertime special in more ways than one.
Certified nutritionist Leanne Ely loves delicious food and is dedicated to enticing today’s busy families back to the dinner table with home cooking that cannot be beat. In Saving Dinner the Low-Carb Way, she integrates low-carb requirements into her mélange of dining pleasures for every season–providing easy-to-follow menus and highlighting per-serving measurements of calories, fat, protein, carbohydrates, cholesterol, and sodium for each dish.
Itemizing ingredients by product in convenient lists, Ely makes your grocery shopping quick and effortless. She also gives you a helping hand in the kitchen with shortcuts that take the stress out of cooking, and suggests menu variations for children and family members who choose not to go the low-carb route.
The result? These dinners are not only balanced and healthy but truly varied and delectably good to eat. Main dishes like Low-Carb Beef Stroganoff, Crustless Quiche Lorraine, Crock-Pot Pork Jambalaya, Skillet Salmon with Horseradish Cream, and nearly 150 other entrees (plus recommendations for great side dishes) make dinnertime special in more ways than one.
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I love the convenience of this book, with the seasons broken down into weekly menus. Each menu features a shopping list which is helpful if you like all of the planned meals. Our family's not fond of several of the dinners (we don't like pork chops, for instance, no matter how they're made), so it still takes me a while to make out a shopping list. Also, the author uses whole wheat flour and cornstarch in the majority of recipes when other, carb-free options are available (e.g., ground pork rinds in place of flour for breading, guar gum for thickener, etc) so I still wind up adapting quite a bit to make it even more low-carb. On the plus side, there are suggestions for side dishes with each meal, both low-carb and regular, so once I find a recipe I want to try it's easy enough to make a meal that pleases everyone.
reviewed by vern on November 26, 2006 10:08 PM
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I bought this book along with Saving Dinner and Saving Dinner for the Holidays last year.
I LOVE the concept of having the weekly menu planned out as well as the grocery list put together and ready for shopping. We went through the entire book and I have to say, it really broadened our food horizons as we had been stuck in a rut for a long time with our regular foods. Also, the books really did eliminate a lot of stress by allowing me to know in advance "What's for dinner" and be ready to prepare it.
The only cons I can think of would be that the food is not exactly kid friendly, and you will need to be an open minded eater. If you have a lot of people with finicky preferences in your household, this may not be the book for you. Also, our grocery bill for two went up from about $75 a week to $125 because of the veggies and meats. Good, healthy quality food ingredients, but unfortunately, painful to the wallet.
That said, I have NEVER seen a low carb book out there that compares to this one, the food is good, the variety is there, and it takes the low carb lifestyle above and beyond "bunless burgers" and eggs and bacon.
Overall, I would recommend Leanne's Saving Dinner books. For the open minded foodie. Or for those weeks that you just want to not worry about dinner and the grocery list. These books are great to have and do offer a good variety of recipes to broaden horizons while removing some stress.
I LOVE the concept of having the weekly menu planned out as well as the grocery list put together and ready for shopping. We went through the entire book and I have to say, it really broadened our food horizons as we had been stuck in a rut for a long time with our regular foods. Also, the books really did eliminate a lot of stress by allowing me to know in advance "What's for dinner" and be ready to prepare it.
The only cons I can think of would be that the food is not exactly kid friendly, and you will need to be an open minded eater. If you have a lot of people with finicky preferences in your household, this may not be the book for you. Also, our grocery bill for two went up from about $75 a week to $125 because of the veggies and meats. Good, healthy quality food ingredients, but unfortunately, painful to the wallet.
That said, I have NEVER seen a low carb book out there that compares to this one, the food is good, the variety is there, and it takes the low carb lifestyle above and beyond "bunless burgers" and eggs and bacon.
Overall, I would recommend Leanne's Saving Dinner books. For the open minded foodie. Or for those weeks that you just want to not worry about dinner and the grocery list. These books are great to have and do offer a good variety of recipes to broaden horizons while removing some stress.
reviewed by markymark on November 29, 2006 4:35 AM
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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.
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.
reviewed by janmueller on November 29, 2006 5:53 PM