The Weekly Feeder : A Revolutionary Shopping, Cooking and Meal Planning System [Paperback]

Cori Kirkpatrick (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2000

More than just a cookbook, The Weekly Feeder is an efficient meal planning system that will revolutionize the way you shop for and plan meals!

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Starburst Publishers; 1st edition (January 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1892016095
• ISBN-13: 978-1892016096
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #884,736 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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62 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good layout, but 30-40-30 breakdown not suitable for us., June 22, 2001

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This review is from: The Weekly Feeder : A Revolutionary Shopping, Cooking and Meal Planning System (Paperback)

I gave this both 3 stars because while it is laid out well, it doesn't suit my family's style of eating. The "system" it employs is probably already used by many homemakers. Don't expect anything outstanding despite the "revolutionary" title. It is simply planning dinners ahead, taking the recipes to find the quantities needed, making your shopping list from there, and keeping copies of them, so they can be reused. A common sense approach.

The book heavily favors pasta combinations with some potato, rice and breads. Don't expect much brown rice, barley, millet, or other whole grains here. Of the meats, chicken features the most. There are no vegetarian entrees, and no nutritional information or exchanges. There is a rough proportional break down, but since they more or less follow a 30% protein, 40% carbs, 30% fat scheme, I didn't find it suitable for our eating style. We don't do high protein diets and we have vegetarians in the family. It would have been nicer in a binder style format so after you started making up your own menus you could add them to the ones already in the book so you could have them all in one place.

For those who DO follow a rough 30-40-30 scheme, there is good news: The side of the book has marks so you can quickly turn to any week's menu plans. There are tear-out grocery sheet checklists in the back of the book if you follow the menus exactly. The recipes themselves appear tasty, but since I returned my copy I can't say for sure how they'd turn out. With 8 weeks of dinner menus, it could save you some time and hassles if these menus do suit your style. There is a small dessert chapter for treats. There are charts in back for you to Xerox in making up your own menus. The homey sidebars provide tidbit info in a sort of fun way. The bottom margins are roomy enough for some notes, and there are several lined pages in back for expanded notes.

Basically, the book's usefulness will largely depend on your current eating habits more than the layout. The layout was actually one of the better ones I've seen. Those looking for more "menu oriented" cookbooks might want to look at the "Month of Meals" series by the American Diabetes Association even if you are not diabetic. The "mix and match" layout might be more useful even if it does not provide custom grocery lists like this one does. For the vegetarians, the _Month of Meals: Vegetarian Pleasures_ edition would be particularly helpful.

32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars CONVENIENCE OR FRUSTRATION?, September 5, 2000

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Lisa (Maryville, TN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Weekly Feeder : A Revolutionary Shopping, Cooking and Meal Planning System (Paperback)

The premise behind this book is ease and simplification of meal preparation, planning, and grocery buying. I bought the book, excited by the prospect of help in the kitchen and help with menu planning! However, in the 3 days since purchase, I have tried two recipes, "Cashew Chicken" and "Turkey Sausage Risotto", and both times I was left hanging!

The cashew chicken mentions salt and sugar in the ingredient list, to be used in the marinade. However, in the middle of the recipe, it asks that you "sprinkle the vegetables for the stir-fry with some of the salt and sugar". ...What salt and sugar?! I already used that in the marinade! No more is mantioned in the ingredients list!

The Turkey Sausage Risotto we attempted last night, and disaster struck again... After the recipe instructed me to "process in a food processor the sun-dried tomatoes and parsley til finely chopped, then set aside", it never mentions those ingredients again! (Was it just a decoration for my kitchen counter?) I had never cooked this before, and so only guessed at when I was supposed to add those ingredients, so did the recipe turn out as intended? Who knows?!

I am not a chef, and so must place my complete trust in a cookbook! If I use this book again, it will be with great trepidation. The idea and intent behind this book is wonderful, but I wish more time had been put into testing the recipes before publication! I would only recommend it to experienced cooks.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book will change your life!, April 8, 2000

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Justin Piasecki (San Diego, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Weekly Feeder : A Revolutionary Shopping, Cooking and Meal Planning System (Paperback)

My wife and I bought the Weekly Feeder and now healthy, well-balanced, colorful, delicious meals have replaced microwave dinners and cereal. This book has taken the effort out of being organized! With two working parents, it's hard to have dinners together. Now we do. Family dinners bring families together. Kirkpatrick writes in a conversational, non-threatening and often humorous style that opens up her house to inspire change. If she can do it with three busy kids, anyone can. Bonus: the book is filled with wonderful parenting/family tips.