The $7 a Meal Slow Cooker Cookbook

Gone are the days of TV and microwaveable meals as more and more families choose to return to the dinner table. Yet as food costs continue to rise, and parents are always strapped for time, they need new ways to cook easy and affordable meals for their kids - and fast. With The $7 Meals Slow Cooker Cookbook, families will find 301 great recipes that almost cook themselves, including: Spicy Turkey Meatballs. Hearty Root Vegetable Soup. Pizza Fondue. Crock-Pot Fajitas. Black Bean Lasagna. This comprehensive, all-purpose cookbook is packed with simple instructions, nutritioanl information, and the amount of money needed fro each recipe. The $7 Meals Slow Cooker Cookbook makes preparing delicious, healthy, and cheap meals easier than ever before. AUTHOR: Lindsa Larsen is a professional home economist and the author od=f several Everything cookbooks. She has a degree in food science and nutrition from the University of Minnesota. Mrs Larsen has been the About.com Guide for Busy Cooks since January 2002. SELLING POINTS: 43 per cent of families eat together almost every night and the number is rising! Family togetherness at the dinner table promotes academic pereformance, emotional health, and dietary quality. A family of four with two children between the ages of 2 and 5 spends an average of $767 per month on groceries; families with two children between the ages of 6 and 11 shell out $911.10 on groceries.