Since the first edition of Once-a-Month Cooking was published in 1986, its proven, practical method has helped hundreds of thousands of families reduce their cooking time and still enjoy nightly home-cooked meals. You dont have to be a super savvy chef to pull your family together each week for these light and simple, easy-to-prepare meals. Revised to reflect todays healthier diet, this revised edition explains how to: plan ahead, spend less time at the supermarket, cut down on prep time, group similar kitchen tasks together to get them all done at once, make kitchen clean-up more manageable, and use the freezer, computer, and your head to create a month full of delicious meals Contains many easy, prepare-ahead recipes for dinner time success such as: --Baked JambalayaMexican--Chicken Lasagna--Chicken Taco Salad--Slow Cooker Cranberry Pork--Veal Scaloppini--And more Whether you are a busy parent on the go or you just want a quick dinner to warm your spirit, youll be instantly hooked on this cookbook classic and its fool-proof Once-a-Month Cooking method About the Author:Mimi Wilson is author of Holy Habits: a Womans Guide to Intentional Living, and an internationally-known speaker who has lived in Congo, Ecuador, and Jordan. She and her husband Calvin, a physician, currently live in Denver, Colorado. Mary Beth Lagerborg is Director of Media at MOPS International (Mothers of Preschoolers). She is a speaker, the author of Dwelling: Living Fully from the Space You Call Home, and editor with Karen J. Parks of Beyond Macaroni and Cheese. She and her husband Alex live in Littleton, Colorado.