Semi-Homemade: Money Saving Meals

by Sandra Lee

Savory suppers and budget-minded meals that taste like they're made from scratch

Genres: Cookbooks

237 pages, Paperback

First published September 2, 2008

About the author

Sandra Lee Christiansen, known professionally as Sandra Lee, is an American television chef and author. She is known for her "Semi-Homemade" cooking concept, which Lee describes as using 70 percent packaged and 30 percent fresh products. She received the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lifestyle/Culinary Show Host in 2012 for her work and her show. As the partner of former New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, she served as the de facto First Lady Of New York from 2011 to 2019, when the couple ended their relationship.

Librarian's note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

Reviews

[(Mellifluous Grant)]

Sandra Lee isn't one of my favorite Food Network Stars, but she got me when I saw the title of Money Saving Meals. Inside she had a few good points on how to "dress up" pre made meals, but overall was disappointed at the lack of money saving tips. Oh well.

[Kristen]

Some of the recipes in here are good, but as a cheapskate extraordinaire, I would NOT consider any of these recipes money-saving at all. I honestly don't know where she's coming from, using that subtitle for her book. Still, the recipes are fast and simple, and when prepared, rather impressive. Healthwise, I really have to make adjustments to her recipes because I am watching my weight since most of the recipes are rather rich.

[Melissa Lee-Tammeus]

If anyone doesn't know what to get me for Christmas, this is the list. Any Semi-Homemade book will do. A lot of people claim Sandra Lee isn't a "real" cook, but anything or anyone that can inspire me to put something new on the table works for me. Love this book, as I do all of her books, due to the ease in which these recipes are mastered and how the pictures show you exactly what you are getting every time.

[Kristin]

There was quite a few good recipes in here that I will save! This book is right up there with Semi-Homemade II.