Busy People's Super Simple 30-Minute Menus: 137 Complete Meals Timed for Success [Paperback]

Dawn Hall (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 4, 2007

Easy step-by-step instructions for entire meals that you can make in 30 minutes or less.

After a busy day at home or in the workplace, the best answer to "What's for dinner?" can be found in one of these delicious super-simple, low-fat, heart smart 30-minute menus.

The uniqueness of this can't-miss cookbook is that each menu has clear step-by-step instructions on how to put together the entire menu. Gone are the days of the vegetable being ready five minutes after the meal starts.

In addition, each menu has a pantry list of items you will need but probably already have, a list of cooking pans and bowls, and a grocery list arranged by supermarket department. Also included is a nutritional analysis of each recipe.

Busy People's Super Simple 30-Minute Menus ensures that all the elements of your busy-day dinner are ready to each when the family sits down.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson (September 4, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1401603165
• ISBN-13: 978-1401603168
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 8.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #735,745 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Our family's personal story of triumph over tragedy is used to give God all the praise and glory with the hope that readers will feel encouraged, inspired, refreshed; and that they too can overcome the unthinkable.

Points:
1) God can do far greater things through you than you have ever thought of, dreamed of, or imagined if you allow God and His will to be #1 in your life;
2) Thankfulness is an attitude you choose to have;
3) God still does miracles;
4) All things are possible - even what appears to be the impossible is possible;
5) Keep your eyes totally focused on God lest you become overwhelmed and depressed.

Sit back, laugh and relax while reading this amazing and true story behind the success of award winning author and inspirational speaker, Dawn Hall. With humor, energy and insight she shares her most intimate and personal details of how she triumphed over such tragedies as her husband's brain cancer, two house fires, financial bondage, depression, fighting the government, and the loss of her loving 38 year old husband. "I am an ordinary woman whom God has done extraordinary things through, far greater than I have ever hoped of, dreamed of or imagined! If God can do it through me, He can do it through you, too!"

Without knowing how to type, use a computer or anything about publishing Dawn Hall sold over 650,000 of her self-published cookbooks and won three national awards including 1996, 1998 Best Cookbooks of the Year award by North American Book Dealers exchange, 2000 Pinnacle award. Her amazing story of triumphing over tragedies such as cancer, financial bondage, two house fires and her young husband's death is proof that God is still doing miracles. Her faith, and persistence not to give up trying, is a source of hope, strength and encouragement to anyone who has ever felt down, discouraged, in financial bondage or has been fighting cancer and struggling in life.

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Party Planning Made Easy!, February 29, 2008

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D. Frendt (Waterville, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Busy People's Super Simple 30-Minute Menus: 137 Complete Meals Timed for Success (Paperback)

I hosted a bridal shower luncheon for my soon-to-be sister-in-law and wanted to make a great impression. I'm pretty good at planning events, but I'm lousy at making food, so was in a quandary until the 30-Minute-Menu cookbook saved me! In it I found the perfect menu for my luncheon, start to finish, and it was a huge hit! With the timings spelled out, I was able to coordinate the entire event seamlessly. No waiting, no soggy sandwiches, no missing ingredients or last-minute dashes to the store. And Dawn has a great knack for finding flavors that combine well together. What a great tool!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What others are saying, November 9, 2007

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Dawn C. Hall - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Busy People's Super Simple 30-Minute Menus: 137 Complete Meals Timed for Success (Paperback)

As the author of Busy People's Super Simple Menus Cookbook, I wanted to submit the e-mails I have recieved from two people who have purchased this new book. Here is what two busy people have to say...

I bought a few of Dawn Hall's cookbook about three weeks ago and they changed my life. That may sound a bit dramatic but it's true.

I don't really "like" to cook and I'm very busy so planning meals was a real challenge for me. As a result we used to eat a lot of frozen dinners, fast food and expensive restaurant food. Now we eat cost-effective, good, nutricious meals. The way this cookbook is laid out with minute by minute preparation instructions and grocery lists I can do it. Each member of my family picks one meal, I plan the other 2-3, go to www.dawnhallcookbooks.com to print the grocery lists and I'm set for the week.

There used to be nights, just three short weeks ago, when I would go to bed feeling like a bad mother and wife because I couldn't be super mom ... work, get the kids everywhere, help with homework and fix supper. With the help of this (and other Dawn Hall cookbooks) I can do it all now without as much effort as I used to put into waiting for "fast" food.

Tonight, I had a dinner party. One of my guests is a very well-known caterer in our town and he loved it.

I served:
Taco Vegetable Soup
Sweet and Spicy Tossed Salad
Southwestern Chicken Pasta Casserole and
Taco Biscuit Buttons.

I asked my mom to take my kids out for dinner to make it easier for me while I prepared for the party and my daughter was upset! That cracked me up ... when is a teenager upset about going out to eat. I'll tell you when ... when her mom uses Dawn Hall cookbooks. Anyhow, the meal was a hit.

We eat together as a family more. My daughter and I spend more time together in the kitchen. And everyone looks forward to supper time!

Dawn's biggest fan,
Nichole Coleman, Findlay, Ohio




Dear Dawn,
I am writing to give you some feedback on your menus
:)

The first one I made was the Tilapia. I'm not much of a fish person, but I would like to be! This recipe will help, because I thought it was delicious!! Very mild and moist and tasty. And I loved the idea of using pickle juice, I always feel like I am wasting it when I just pour it over our compost pile!! I was just wondering if you used Kosher or Polish, or what kind of dill juice? Also, did you just use the juice, or also the spices in the juice? This menu was also great because we have an asparagus patch in our back yard, and we had lots of asparagus to use. The kids and my husband also liked this recipe alot, and said they would definitely want it again. The cranberry salad was very refreshing.

The second menu we made was the the Hawaiian Chicken Salad Sandwich. The kids called it the "Giant Sandwich". They all loved it, along with the fruit
kabobs. I made the chicken salad using crushed
pinapple, because the kids were helping me mix it, and I didn't want them to use a knife. I've also made the kiwi tea very often since then.

The next menu we had was the Beans-R-Boss with corn dog dumplings. It was very good, but the day we had it, it ended up being very hot outside! But, we will definitely have it again this fall or winter! And the peppers were very festive.

The next menu we had was the Caesar Chicken Pasta
Stove Tope menu. The kids aren't into mushrooms, and
I was glad they aren't, because there were plenty of left overs the next day for lunch! This was very very good!

The next menu I made was the Beefy Ranch Stroganoff menu. I was not able to find the roast beef with gravy in my grocery store. I looked by the canned meats, and the gravy. So, instead I used a can of gravy, and 1/2 pound roast beef from the deli. This menu was great! We absolutely loved this recipe, it was so good, and easy!

We saved the best for last! At last we had the Steak Tips with Onions/Gravy. Those potatoes were DELICIOUS!! And so easy to make! And of course the steak was great as well. And the kids love broccoli.
We have a large garden, so we'll have lots of broccoli this summer to use in these side dishes!

I set the timer (just for fun) to check on my progress, and I was very close, especially for making them all the first time. The instructions were very good, and most importantly, the food was all very good and very healthy. I have told several people about your cookbook, and they are very interested in seeing it!

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to try these recipes, and give you feedback. Hopefully this will help you!

Leigh Flick

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love those recipies!, January 30, 2008

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J. Romanowicz (Toledo, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Busy People's Super Simple 30-Minute Menus: 137 Complete Meals Timed for Success (Paperback)

I am a busy man with not much time to cook, but I love to eat good food. So I gave Dawn's Hall book a chance and I love those recipes! I'm usually not much of a recipe-following man, always improvising and having to do with what's at hand, however I followed her recipes and the meals were delicious. Her way for presentation, with every step clearly spelled out and to the minute is ingenious, and the final results, the meals are very tasty and satisfying. I loved in particular her Savory Pork Tenderloin. Yummy!!
This cookbook is so cool!