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Delicious dinner ideas for every night of the week that taste like they're made from scratch.

In each chapter, Semi-Homemade Weeknight Wonders provides entrees and side dishes that can be combined for a complete meal in minutes. Plus, the book includes recipes for appetizers, daytime snacks, and delicious desserts that will satisfy any sweet tooth.

• A comfort food section offers quick and easy recipes for hearty classics
• Celebrates America's melting pot with new Italian, Asian, Mexican, and other international recipes
• Sassy Southern-style cuisine and Midwest classics
• Fresh seafood recipes that anyone can make from coast to coast
• TV tray snacks and finger foods

Semi-Homemade Weeknight Wonders continues to make mealtimes quick and easy-and will have the family asking for more.

Saving time and money never tasted so good! Why slave over a hot stove when slow cookers are a great way to cut your kitchen time-and meal budget-without sacrificing taste. Fill your slow cooker with simple ingredients, turn it on, and relax as it does the work for you and fills your home with mouthwatering aromas.

Slow cooking is a great way to turn inexpensive, overlooked cuts of meat into tender, juicy main courses with minimal effort. You will be amazed to learn what you can create in a slow cooker. There is traditional slow cooker fare like chilis, soups, and stews, but the book also includes party foods like Adobo Wings and Red Hot Curry Ribs, before moving on to desserts like Red Velvet and Chocolate Coconut Cake and Caramel Marshmallow Brownies. Plus, there are tons of creative ideas inside, including Crocked Penne with Black Olives and Mushrooms or Beefy Baked Ziti.

Fans of Sandra hit show "Semi-Homemade Cooking" love hearing Sandra say, "It's cocktail time!" The regularly featured segment on her Food Network television show has created a cult following, and for the first time, Sandra is answering her fans' prayers with a new book dedicated to Cocktail Time. The book mixes a selection of Sandra's most popular cocktails and canap?s. Whether you're entertaining for your significant other, hosting a few friends, or throwing a big party, this slim, fun guide provides great ideas for mixed drinks that anyone can make at home.

• “It's cocktail time" in book form -- cocktails for every season or celebration
• Great for holiday entertaining
• Perfect for bringing happy hour home
• How to build your bar
• Cocktailing for a Cause

Semi-Homemade Cocktail Time presents perfect cocktails for any and all occasions to go with appetizers and treats of every kind.

Each chapter focuses on a unique timesaving shortcut, with irresistible recipes that use Sandra's approach of 70% prepared foods and 30% homemade.
• Pantry Shortcut Solutions-easy meals made from a Semi-Homemade pantry.
• Dolled-Up Deli Dishes-a stop at the deli and a few fresh flourishes make extra-easy meals.
• Fix N' Freeze-the freezer is the ticket to a stash of ready-to-savor meals.
• Real Quick Rotisserie Chicken-a dozen quick recipe ideas that start with purchased rotisserie chicken.
• Cook Once, Eat Thrice-one main recipe makes three leftover creations.
• Quick Fix Holiday-easy main dishes perfect for those folks who don't want to cook an entire turkey as well as sides for stove top, microwave, and oven.
• Bakery Embellishments-bakery fix-ups for those days when time is short but a sweet treat is a must!

• A compilation of Sandra's all-time favorites.

• Chapters include Sandra's top 20-Minute Weeknight Meals, One-Dish Wonders, Light & Healthy dishes, Comfort Food, Grilling Greats, and Desserts & Treats.

• Around the world chapter features America's favorite ethnic cuisines-Italian, Mexican and Asian.

• More than 200 beautiful photos.

Entertaining made easy… straight from her Food Network show, Sandra shares dozens of quick, creative themes, Tablescapes, even her “Cocktail Time,” perfect for pairing with friends, food and fun. In one go-to guide, she’ll show you how to bring a concept to life with clever themes, creative Tablescapes and decorative details that make a merry mood. She’ll share stress-free secrets for fabulous food, drinks and décor and give you dozens of quick and easy ideas to replicate at home. You’ll find everything you need at craft stores, mass merchandisers or online, so pick your party and let Sandra help you host the toast of the town. Fun, festive and fashionable!

In the third book of her Semi-Homemade® Cooking trilogy, Sandra takes us on a culinary trip around the world, ladling up 150 cross-cultural favorites, from comfort foods we crave to restaurant recipes we can recreate at home. Each chapter is a fusion of flavor where you will find all of your favorites: Italian, Mexican, Pan-Asian, Comfort Food, Soul Food and French Fares, all created to streamline busy American lifestyles. As a special treat, Sandra and her friends and family share some of their own secret recipes in the largest chapter ever created. She then puts her Semi-Homemade® spin on gourmet recipes from today’s hottest chefs – Wolfgang Puck, Emeril Lagasse, Bobby Flay and Mario Batali simplifying their signature specialties for the home kitchen. The book is the must have this season.

It’s more 20-Minute Meals, with six new chapters of inventive anytime recipes that get dinner on the table in less time than it takes for take-out. Main courses and sides are conveniently paired to make dozens of full-menu meals that pull together quickly and easily any night of the week, whether you’re feeding the family or planning a get together. You’ll find all the courses, from savory starters, soups and salads to delicious desserts and the coolest quick cocktail ideas ever. It’s more recipes, more ideas and more ways to cook complete from-scratch-tasting meals in just 20 minutes – or less!

Slow down and savor the spices. Sandra and her best food friend are at it again, power cooking dinner, lunch and popular party foods at the flip of a switch. Every dish is an adventure, an inspired one-pot pairing of meat, vegetables and seasonings, simmered to perfection. Sandra shares her savviest shortcuts, deftly blending big-flavor ingredients and multi-spice packets to create complex layers of taste in everything from American classics to international cuisine. It’s only minutes to create maximum flavor. With minimum fuss. That’s slow cooking the Semi-Homemade way.

Time – it’s today’s hottest commodity. We all want more of it, and nobody has enough. Sandra makes every minute count, with months of mouthwatering meals that go from pantry to plate in just 20 minutes. Going out? Staying in? Company coming? Sandra plans the meal, companionably pairing entrees with sides for a fuss-free menu. Choose from spicy dishes, sweet dishes, heavy dishes, light dishes, even meatless dishes, then add appetizers, dessert and drinks for a start-to-finish meal.

Get cooking at the touch of a button, with Sandra’s hip new helper that makes mouthwatering meals faster than fast.  It’s the first book to make slow cooking practically prep-free, pairing easy-to-find foods with easy-to-make recipes, cooked and served hot in one pot.  Using pre-chopped vegetables and pre-packaged broths and seasonings – you don’t even have to pre-sear meats – lets you serve up nutritious meals without spending hours in the kitchen.  Just dump in a short list of ingredients, cover and go about your life… then come home to find dinner ready and waiting.

This best-seller just got better with three all-new bonus chapters for Slow Cooker Meals, Kids' Favorites and Restaurant Remakes (think Cinnabon's)! In addition, it's loaded with family favorites all prepared the Semi-Homemade way with 70 percent store-bought ingredients and 30 percent fresh foods. Sandra's smart, yet simple philosophy brings you mouthwatering, gourmet-tasting, stress-free meals in minutes. You'll find breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, kids' cooking, appetizers, cocktails, and much more!

More than 150 family-friendly recipes taste irresistibly fresh and completely homemade with Sandra's signature Semi-Homemade philosophy. Combining fresh ingredients with store-bought products, Sandra creates stress-free, smart, sensational dinners, complete with savory sides. You'll also find simple snacks, amazing appetizers and delicious desserts, all made Sandra's simple satisfying way. Each chapter celebrates diversity with cuisine from Italy, Mexico and even Asia! There are dishes for everyday, dishes for special days, food for comfort, and food that will keep you fit.

Enjoy the sweeter side of life - made the Semi-Homemade way - quick and easy but melt-in-your mouth delicious. From sensational chocolate delights to incredibly creative cakes and cupcakes, endless cookies, holiday treats and great gift goodies, Sandra's time-saving tips and techniques ensure super-simple, sweet and scrumptious desserts along with stunning tablescapes, decorative décor and entertaining success. Your favorite celebrities even lend their smart secret recipes for sweets.

Simply sizzlin' at the grill! In her all-new cookbook, due out April 2006, Sandra Lee goes grillside to bring you quick and easy, out-of-this-world recipes. Her 30-percent homemade, 70-percent store-bought philosophy partners perfectly with the grill letting you effortlessly create those barbecue all-time favorites. This book is for year-round grilling at its greatest. Each recipe comes with outdoor grilling instructions as well as indoor easy oven conversion directions, allowing sensational and simple grilling enjoyed year-round.

Like, who knew? Cooking is way fun the Semi-Homemade® way. Hook up with Sandra and her nieces and nephews and get creative in the kitchen – morning, noon and totally whenever. No more, “What’s for dinner?” Kids fix their faves. Pizza, spaghetti, dig-that dessert and sooo kewl smoothies – it’s all good… and all easy, with spot-on directions and "mix and fix" pix that help growing gourmets score incredible edibles. Later on the leftovers. This book cooks. And you can, too!

Lighten up! Let Sandra show you how, with a well-rounded repertoire of light and healthy dishes that fit effortlessly into your lifestyle. It’s one delicious dish after the other – more than 125 in all – plus tips on stocking your pantry with nutritious off-the-shelf meal-starters that get you cooking quick. You’ll find all your favorites – pizza, pasta, meats, snacks and desserts – slimmed down to be lower in fat and calories, yet stay satisfyingly high in flavor. Eat well. Live better. Be better… with Semi-Homemade®.