The Busy Mom's Cookbook


Book Description

Bravo’s Top Chef All-Star and Los Angeles executive chef serves up more than 100 quick and easy family recipes that she developed as a hardworking single mom. Many busy moms dread the challenge of getting a delicious and healthy home-cooked meal on the table. For single mom Antonia Lofaso, the issue hits especially close to home as she continues to do appearances for Bravo while working as an executive chef. Showcasing Lofaso’s top picks for quick and satisfying meals, The Busy Mom’s Cookbook includes breakfast favorites ranging from pancakes to the world’s best blueberry muffins, and easy but satisfying dinners such as Beef Stroganoff with Creamy Pappardelle and Fish Tacos with Corn Tomatillo Salad. She even tackles the brown-bag lunch with choices that the other kids will envy, including BBQ Chicken Pita Pocket and Turkey-and-Swiss Panini. The Busy Mom’s Cookbook is the first book to bring star-quality culinary expertise to the specific needs of busy parents. Laced with memories and lessons from Lofaso’s own experience as a working mom, this cookbook speaks from the heart with inspiring, real-world wisdom and plenty of lighthearted humor to encourage every reader to savor the rewards of making mealtime memorable.




Girlfriends on the Go


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Busy moms know that time is a precious commodity. Are you always looking for ways to increase the amount of time in a day? Is getting dinner on the table a nightly battle? Plenty of cookbooks claim to have recipes that take half the time that traditional dinners take to make. But author Suzie Roberts goes one step further: inexpensive, homemade meals in minutes that you don't have to make! Girlfriends on the Go: a Busy Mom's Guide to Make-Ahead Meals shows you how to round up other busy moms and organize your own Make-Ahead Meal Group. You each spend one night cooking a large batch of your favorite recipe, and then you get together and swap! Or, you can take advantage of the recipes and shopping lists and make and freeze your own Make-Ahead Meals. Having those pre-made ready-to-cook-and-serve meals in your freezer will save you from those panic trips to the nearest fast food restaurant. Cooking one large meal only once or twice a month also means that you don't have those hurried trips to the grocery store every other day. No more weekly menu planning, because a variety of home-cooked meals are already in your freezer. Let the simplicity and ease of Make-Ahead Meals untangle your life by allowing Girlfriends on the Go: a Busy Mom's Guide to Make-Ahead Meals show you how it's done. How to get started, frequently asked questions, and forms to start your own group are included, along with testimonials from those who love their Make-Ahead Meals Groups!




The Busy Mom's Guide to Homecooked Meals


Book Description

Looking for easy home-cooked meal ideas? This book includes monthly meal plans, as well as customizable meal plans. It's also full of recipes to help you create delicious, home-cooked meals for your family!




Healthy Made Easy


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A self-help book for busy moms who want assistance and inspiration prioritizing fitness through better food selections, work out tips and healthy living.




The Mom 100 Cookbook


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Introducing the lifesaving cookbook for every mother with kids at home—the book that solves the 20 most common cooking dilemmas. What’s your predicament: breakfast on a harried school morning? The Mom 100’s got it—Personalized Pizzas are not only fast but are nutritious, and hey, it doesn’t get any better than pizza for breakfast. Kids making noise about the same old lunch? The Mom 100’s got it—three different Turkey Wraps, plus a Wrap Blueprint delivers enough variety to last for years. Katie Workman, founding editor in chief of Cookstr.com and mother of two school-age kids, offers recipes, tips, techniques, attitude, and wisdom for staying happy in the kitchen while proudly keeping it homemade—because homemade not only tastes best, but is also better (and most economical) for you. The Mom 100 is 20 dilemmas every mom faces, with 5 solutions for each: including terrific recipes for the vegetable-averse, the salad-rejector, for the fish-o-phobe, or the overnight vegetarian convert. “Fork-in-the-Road” variations make it easy to adjust a recipe to appeal to different eaters (i.e., the kids who want bland and the adults who don’t). “What the Kids Can Do” sidebars suggest ways for kids to help make each dish.




Busy Mom's Cheat Sheet


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Who could use a 'cheat sheet' to raising happy healthy kids?! * Do you have the desire to feed your kids healthy food but don't know where to begin? * Are you a modern parent struggling to find balance for your children in a busy lifestyle? * Do you worry that your kids may not have all the necessary tools to reach their full potential? Then this book is for you! "Busy Mom's Cheat Sheet: Raising Happy Healthy Kids" teaches busy moms & all caregivers the tools to teach your children how to have a healthy body and a healthy mind, including 45 easy, quick and delicious healthy recipes your entire family will enjoy.




Family Freezer Meals


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FAMILY FREEZER MEALS is the ultimate cookbook to help you and your family eat healthy all year long. The book is packed with freezer cooker basics, best assembly methods, and the motivation to make freezer meals a staple in your life. With family-friendly recipes such as Cool Ranch Shredded Tacos, BBQ Maple Ribs, and Lentil Sloppy Joes, this book shows you how to stock your freezer with slow cooker meals that extend beyond slow cooker soups and stews. Plus, you'll get more for your money, less stress, and precious time back that you can spend with your family. Kelly is the wife, mother of five, and slow cooker addict behind Family Freezer Meals. She is committed to sharing healthy, simple, and budget-friendly recipes through the website's blog and freezer eCookbooks. Besides cooking and eating, Kelly loves spending time with her family, reading fiction, and running outside.




The Busy Mom's Guide to Bible Study


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A Bible Study Plan for the Busiest Mom! The Busy Mom's Guide to Bible Study is an amazing Bible study tool specifically aimed at moms. What makes it so remarkable is the way author Lisa Whelchel has packed twenty solid Bible study tools into a five-day-a-week, fifteen-minute-a-day, anybody-can-do-it plan. Not only is this plan doable, it's satisfying. As a busy mom, you give of yourself all day long - often with no way to refresh and replenish the cravings of your own soul. But this simple three-month, come-along-beside-you guide will take you deep into the Word, nourishing your heart and soul. And in just three months, you will be a changed woman - changed by the power of God's word in you.




The Busy Mom's Guide to Simple Living


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A busy home schooling mother of six offers creative and practical ways to determine priorities, blend responsibilities and simplify life. This trusty guide will encourage moms as they take simple steps to free their time and resources, and learn to both identify and keep family priorities.




A Busy Mom's Guide to Family Pleasing Meals


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Are you tired of trying to keep up in an Alpha Mom world? Are you searching for new recipes to spice up your family meals? Hannah Butler understands what it's like to try to keep up with Alpha Moms. She threw herself into every child's birthday party and looked for ways to make the most of her time while satisfying her palate and her kids' taste buds. You will find simple, delicious recipes in A Busy Mom's Guide to Family Pleasing Meals, which provides quick ideas for everything from everyday suppers to party foods to holiday treats. Interspersed with thoughtful and humorous quotes and ideas for pampering moms and keeping kids busy, A Busy Mom's Guide to Family Pleasing Meals gives Beta Moms an easy way to keep up without taxing your time. Awaken your appetite to a flavorful feast of dishes.