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What’s For Dinner Mom? {A Gabby Mom Review}

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About the Book:

  • A revolutionary bulk-cooking plan that won’t kill you
  • Tightwad shopping tips
  • Resourceful storage ideas
  • Freezer know-how
  • What kitchen tools are worth the investment
  • Time saving suggestions
  • Ideas on how to include the children
  • And of course, scrumptious family recipes, each one tested and the results listed for you to see
  • Tips and directions for a month’s worth of meals in a few afternoons

My Thoughts:

Lorrie Flem is a life saver! Hearing “What’s for dinner Mom?” can be the worst words a mom can hear. I always hate hearing them. However in  What’s For Dinner Mom?  Lorrie addresses so many issues that I have struggled with such as concerning bulk food preparation. I would love to cook once and then not really cook the rest of the week but I have never really been able to master it. Lorrie has developed a system that breaks the process of filling up your freezer with meals into smaller more doable tasks. This has helped me so much! I now have a little more time with my children!

I am also ready to look at our snacking area. I am trying to get away from buying processed snacks  I do not want my children eating prepackaged foods that are full of chemicals and preservatives. I know I need to prepare more of these but am having such a hard time with it. It is my goal to develop healthier snacks during this summer break.  There are three practical  ideas Lorrie suggested that I think are going to really help me in the snack department.

What’s For Dinner, Mom? is not available as an e-book, but is an actual print copy book that can be shipped right to your home and reside on the shelf along with your other cookbooks for easy access and reference.   Be sure to also check out all the resources at Eternal Encouragement as I am sure that Lorrie has something with practical, real help in the areas you struggle as a wife, mother, and Christian woman.

One of the readers who comments on one of the Gabby Moms reviews will receive a free print copy of What’s For Dinner, Mom?  So make sure when you read this review you leave a comment along with your e-mail address because you just might receive this awesome book. Giveaway Ends June 23, 2012

Disclaimer:  I received What’s For Dinner, Mom as an official member of the Gabby Moms blogging program in exchange for my honest review.

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Comments

  1. I, too, like Lorrie’s bulk cooking ideas. I’ve done a variation of this for a few years now. Or should I say, DID..haven’t done it in a while.

  2. I’d love to have had some of these ideas when I had teenage boys in the house! Still, now that it’s just Hubz and me, I’m finding that it takes just about as much time to cook for two as for a family and that there is more waste. I don’t like wasting food. I’m also finding that, packing just Hubz’ lunch daily, I’m tending to buy more easy snacks than I like to do. I think I could modify some of these bulk cooking ideas to fit our “smaller” lifestyle.

  3. I would love to know more about the freezer meals. How easy it would be to just pull something out. The only thing that intimidates me is if the meal would be just as tasty if it were made fresh. I love this. yellow_patricia at hotmail dot com.

  4. Wow, I think I need this! There are so many things I had never learned when I moved into my first apartment, and I never did ‘officially’ learn them. It has only been through trial and creative solutions to my many errors that I have developed the kitchen know-how I have, as little as that may be. I think a book like this could save me a lot of time and grief! 🙂

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  6. I like the idea of including the kids in the cooking process. It’s a lot of fun for everyone. Also, as she says, when dinner is planned, Mom can relax
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  7. This sounds like a great book. I collect cookbooks and also use them. I like this book particularly for the idea of making a months meals in only a few afternoons because our children are adults now and, although, we do make dinner every night, they are usually awake and upstairs looking for something to eat.
    This book would be a lifesaver for me because the kids tend to get grouchy if there isn’t anything in the fridge or freezer for them to eat in the middle of the night.