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Sandra Lee's favorite cocktails, just in time for holiday soirees and at-home happy hours.

Fans of Sandra Lee's 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 canapes. 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.

Like all Sandra Lee's bestselling books, the appetizer recipes showcase her signature Semi-Homemade philosophy, combining seventy percent ready-made products with thirty percent fresh ingredients and creative touches.

• 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.

Recipe Excerpts from Semi-Homemade Cocktail Time

Rio Rum Punch

Hot Dates

Cranberry Margarita

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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. Sandra Lee, host of the Emmy-nominated "Semi-Homemade Cooking" on Food Network has added "Sandra's Money Saving Meals" to her television line-up, and her new book, Sandra Lee's Semi-Homemade Money Saving Slow Cooking provides plenty of affordable options that taste like they were made from scratch.

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.

• Offers quick, easy, and affordable dinner options for every taste
• As always, these recipes follow Sandra Lee's popular Semi-Homemade philosophy using seventy percent ready-made products and thirty percent fresh ingredients

Semi-Homemade Money Saving Slow Cooking lets you use the ingredients you have at hand and turn them into creative, unforgettable meals the whole family will love.

Recipe Excerpts from Semi-Homemade Money-Saving Slow-Cooking

Turkey-Chicken Chili

Burgundy Lamb Shanks

Strawberry Cream Cake

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

If you have a family or a full-time job, you know what a chore it can be to come up with new ideas for family dinners five nights a week. In Semi-Homemade Weeknight Wonders, Food Network star and New York Times bestselling author Sandra Lee helps solve the question of what to cook from Monday through Friday with a wealth of ideas that save time using her patented Semi-Homemade combination of fresh and ready-made ingredients.

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

Family dinners should be fun and relaxing, not stressful. Sandra Lee has revolutionized how people think of "homemade." Semi-Homemade Weeknight Wonders continues to make mealtimes quick and easy-and will have the family asking for more.

Recipe Excerpts from Semi-Homemade Weeknight Wonders

Oven-Fried Party Drummettes

Summer Squash Bake

Pomegranate-Glazed Duck

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• New York Times best-selling author Sandra Lee is back with more fast and fabulous family-friendly recipe.
• Sandra brings her Semi-Homemade cooking approach of 70 percent store-bought, 30 percent homemade to create super-quick meals in 20-minutes or less--from start to finish.
• Irresistible recipes for main dishes, sides, appetizers, desserts and more are included along with a foolproof list of at-the-ready convenience foods to make dinners in a dash.

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• More than 120 easy, out-of-this world recipes for any type of grill--all accompanied by beautiful color photos.
• Grilled main dishes, simple sides, amazing desserts, and cooling cocktails.
• Outdoor grilling instructions and indoor easy oven conversion directions allow sensational and simple grilling year-around.
• Sandra's signature BBQ sauce and all-purpose spice rub are also included with a special chapter on pizzas, quesadillas, and flatbreads for the grill.

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• New York Times best-selling author Sandra Lee brings her approach to entertaining.
• More than 40 party themes featuring easy to duplicate, beautifully decorated and artfully arranged tabletop settings for every celebratory occasion imaginable.
• Sandra offers 100 sensational Semi-Homemade recipes for quick and delicious appetizers, desserts, and signature cocktails-perfectly suited for each specific party theme.

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Enjoying great-tasting home-cooked food that's also good for you has never been so simple. For less than the cost of a dinner out, this new cookbook from Food Network star and best-selling author Sandra Lee will inspire you to re-think the way you cook. Her unique Semi-Homemade^(r) cooking formula combines 70 percent ready-made and 30 percent fresh ingredients for fast, delicious results. Learn how to make the most of heart-healthy foods and smart ingredients like lean turkey, salmon, whole grain couscous, vitamin-packed sweet potatoes, and other “power foods.” Includes more than 140 quick, easy and healthful recipes, plus gorgeous color photos of every recipe....

Incredible meals and extra easy dishes that taste like they're made from scratch

• 120 recipes including chili, hearty soups and stews, one-pot meals, five-ingredient dishes, and slow-cooked desserts
• Tips and hints on how to reinvent slow cooker leftovers and cut fat and calories from comfort food favorites
• Deliciously simple recipes and suggestions for entertaining groups while taking it easy on the cook

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Wouldn't it be nice if dinner could be ready when you are? It can be with a slow cooker and one of the 120 delicious recipes from Semi-Homemade Slow Cooking 2. Keeping to her formula of simple and quick, Sandra Lee presents recipes that taste like you spent hours in the kitchen. From traditional slow cooker menus that cover hearty soups, stews and chilis, Sandra introduces One-Pot Meals, 5-Ingredient Dishes, Poultry, Meat, and Desserts that all can be slow cooked to perfection....

Savory suppers and budget-minded meals that taste like they're made from scratch

• More than 130 budget-friendly recipes, including main courses, side dishes, snacks, and starters
• Simple weeknight timesaving strategies, such as cook-once-eat-thrice and fix-and-freeze recipes
• Sensational tips and hints to save you time and money with supermarket convenience foods

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Simple scrumptiously delicious desserts that taste like they're made from scratch

• Dozens of helpful hints for perfectly frosted favorites along with glorious goodies and gifts
• More than 125 satisfying shortcut sweets from creative cakes and confections to cookies New "quick-scratch" receipts for so-easy cupcakes, crisps, cobblers, pies, and pastries

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Sandra is back with more recipes for success. Using the same winning ingredients - food, family and fun - as in her other books, Sandra shares her latest gourmet-tasting, out-of-this-world recipes for any grill in her new must-have cookbook where nothing is made from scratch but everything tastes homemade....

• Now, Semi-Homemade Cooking made perfect for kids!
• With Sandra's guidance throughout the book, kids learn to have fun and succeed at cooking in the kitchen – with nothing made from scratch!
• Cool kid cuisine includes recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, after-school, snacking, desserts and drinks. Chapters speak directly to kids with Bright Breakfasts, Movie Munchies, Smart Snacks, Sleepover Sensations and more.
• Plus, each chapter is filled with lively illustrations to draw kids into the book and into the kitchen.

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Internationally acclaimed lifestyle and food expert Sandra Lee creates gourmet-tasting meals perfectly suited for today's busy lifestyle. Using 70% store bought ingredients and 30% “fresh” or homemade, Semi-Homemade Cooking 3 is an exciting collection of more than 120 recipes embracing all types of popular cuisine: Comfort Food, Italian, French, Mexican, Soul Food, and Pan-Asian flavors. As a bonus, Sandra offers a chapter that showcases recipes from her closest friends and family as well as a chapter featuring recipes inspired by some of her fellow Food Network celebrity chefs, such as Bobby Flay, Wolfgang Puck, and Emeril Lagasse. And back by popular demand, Sandra shares another batch of Restaurant Remakes, making it easier than ever to recreate those dine-out favorites in the comfort of your own kitchen....

In Semi-Homemade 20-Minute Meals 2, Sandra Lee delivers another delicious collection of timesaving, shortcut meals that use the 70% store bought and 30% “fresh” or homemade formula. The cookbook features 60 perfect meal pairs, so there is no time wasted guessing which main dish will go with which side dish. And, if the occasion calls for it, there are chapters on tempting Treats and Starters, all designed to maximize flavor and minimize your time in the kitchen....

Family-friendly meals and flavorful fix-ups that taste like they're made from scratch

Here you'll find Sandra's all-time favorite quick and easy dinners, lunches, sides, and desserts-breakfast, too.

• Timesaving tips, tricks, and hints for simple serve-alongs, easy entertaining, and quick cleanup
• Comfort food classics, all-American cuisine, ethnic flavors, one-pot wonders, and more

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Contains text and photographs that describe the appearance, characteristics, behaviors, and habitat of lions; and includes a glossary, index, and list of related Web sites....