The Frantic Woman's Guide to Feeding Family and Friends is a cookbook and handbook in one that save you oodles of time in the kitchen, lots of money at the grocery store and provides you with the quick-fix recipes you'll need to feed your family and entertain your friends.   

This unique cooking system plans out dinners two weeks at a time for you. And it offers detailed shopping lists so you don't have to spend time planning your meals and writing your shopping list. That's right!  The Frantic Woman's Guide to Feeding Family and Friends does the thinking and planning for you!  

  Inside the book, you'll find:  

• Two 14-day menu plans for each season of the year
• One-week menu plans that-once and for all-address what to do with all that extra turkey and ham from the big holiday dinners.
• Grocery lists outlining all the ingredients needed for upcoming dishes
• Recipes for quick and family-friendly meals
• Instructions on how to make one trip to the grocery store every two weeks and helpful tips on food storage (You'll save on gas, too.)
• Ideas for side dishes and jazzing up or dressing down recipes

  The nitty gritty you need to know:  

• 320 entrees (with 505 variations) that can be made in 30 minutes or less
• 320 side dishes
• 37 portable recipes for potluck dinners, banquets, picnics or parties
• 12 appetizer recipes for parties
• 12 dessert recipes for picnics, parties or classroom treats
• 249 money and time-saving tips
• 33 easy ways to include family fun
• 25 food-related resources from toll-free numbers to websites
• A rundown on herbs
• A food and wine guide
• A stain-removal chart
• A cooking glossary 

  Mary Jo Rulnick is the author of The Frantic Woman's Guide to Feeding Family and Friends and coauthor of The Frantic Woman's Guide to Life (Grand Central, formerly Warner Books). Contact Mary Jo for more information at . Mary Jo is available for book signings, speaking engagements, conferences, or book club meetings.

THE FRANTIC WOMAN'S GUIDE TO FEEDING FAMILY AND FRIENDS by Mary Jo Rulnick Publisher: Grand Central ISBN-10: 0446696234 ISBN-13: 978-0446696234 Click here to purchase an autographed copy from MJ's store! Also available at: Amazon.com

• Jam-packed with 1,130 tips.
• Filled with 130 resources, including websites, books, and toll-free numbers.
• Ten copy-ready lists to use year round.
• Twelve monthly step-by-step checklists to keep you on track year round.
• Suggested advice from 90 experts that will make your life easier.
• Recipes for grab-n-go meals
• Tips to take the franticness out of the holidays.

Why buy a Frantic Woman book?
Pick any one of these reasons to buy
The Frantic Woman's Guide to Feeding Family and Friends
or The Frantic Woman's Guide to Life
for one of your friends, relatives or neighbors

1. Cheer Her Up: Know someone who has hit a string of rotten luck? Let her know you're thinking good thoughts for her.
2. Get Well: Do you know someone feeling under the weather? Perk her up with humorous anecdotes from Frantic.
3. Feeling Frantic? Is your neighbor the spitting image of the frantic woman? She'll appreciate the tips for organizing the kitchen.
4. Just Had A Baby: Keep the new mom in your social circle away from the baby blues with shopping lists, recipes and tips for every dinner of the year.
5. Co-worker Gift Swap: Are you swapping gifts with other gals in the office? Frantic takes the guesswork out of what to get your colleagues.
6. Grab Bag: Whether your grab bag gift is to a neighbor, cousin, or fellow church member, this is a one-size-fits-all present.
7. New Home: What a perfect housewarming gift for the new homeowner. The stocking the pantry and kitchen efficiency tips will come in handy.
8. Just Married: The newlywed might need the tips for entertaining during the holidays…now that she'll have two families.
9. Sports Mom: You name a sport and there's a mom that's sitting in a car waiting for the kids to finish with practice, sitting at a field waiting for the game to start, or sitting in the concession stand waiting for the next customer. She needs dinner on the table…fast! Need I say more?
10. Coaches' wife: Think about the woman beside the man. She's answering the phone, making calls, washing uniforms, emailing messages, copying schedules, organizing fundraisers, and the list goes on.

THE FRANTIC WOMAN'S GUIDE TO LIFE by Mary Jo Rulnick Publisher: Grand Central ISBN-10: 0446690597 ISBN-13: 978-0446690591 Click here to purchase an autographed copy from MJ's store! Also available at: Amazon.com