Sandra Lee, Star of Semi-Homemade Cooking on the Food Network Hits the Book Tour Trail

Sandra Lee, Star of Semi-Homemade Cooking on the Food Network Hits the Book Tour Trail

Home & Food Expert, Sandra Lee, Cooks Up Three New Titles to Simplify Living: Semi-Homemade Money Saving Meals, Semi-Homemade Desserts 2 and Semi-Homemade Fast-Fix Family Favorites

NEW YORK, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- National bestselling author Sandra Lee will help busy professionals and homemakers everywhere save money and time to create smart, great-tasting meals in minutes.

Aligned with her Semi-Homemade(R) philosophy, Food Network star, Sandra Lee will visit over a dozen cities this fall to meet with communities and address the top issues that plague the nation, such as the rising cost of groceries and feeding a family on a budget. The home & food expert will give money-saving shortcuts for family-friendly meals and simple solutions to make life easier.

"Everyone loves a home-cooked meal, but who has the time to prepare one from scratch?" explains Sandra Lee. "I look forward to sharing my new books with everyone across the country, discussing the time and economic challenges we all face, and most importantly, offering money-saving solutions to make everyday more meaningful and special, regardless of unavoidable income and time constraints."

The Sandra Lee "Semi-Homemade Sweet & Simple" book tour features afternoon bake sale events to benefit Share Our Strength, a national non-profit organization dedicated to feeding the 12.6 million food insecure children in the United States and evening soiries for savvy, over-worked professionals and homemakers. A portion of the proceeds from the tour and book sales from Semi- Homemade Desserts 2 will be donated to Share Our Strength.

The following book titles add to the popular Semi-Homemade series and are available in stores now. Each book boasts a mix of go-to dishes that includes hundreds of full-color how-to recipe photos to ensure budget cooking and time- saving success:

   *  Semi-Homemade Money Saving Meals -- More than 130 budget-friendly      recipes and tips to save time & money with supermarket selections and      solutions for everyday dilemmas.   *  Semi-Homemade Desserts 2 -- A mix of old favorites and updated      classics -- ten do-able, brilliant baking chapters, all filled with      easy incredible indulgences, including cakes, cupcakes, cookies, pies,      brownies, bars and more. There is even a new quick-scratch chapter and      heirloom recipes made modern.   *  Semi-Homemade Fast-Fix Family Favorites -- Sandra's all-time favorite      time-saving recipes, with over 300 shortcut meal solutions and comfort      food classics throughout 12 packed chapters -- all-American cuisine,      ethnic flavors, one-dish dinners, slow cooker made simple and grilling      greats. This collection includes nearly three times as many recipes and      photos as the other books in her series.  

For the complete Sandra Lee "Sweet & Simple" book tour schedule visit: http://www.sandraleeonline.com/book_tour.htm

Sandra Lee Semi-Homemade

Sandra Lee is an internationally-acclaimed home & food expert with an Emmy-nominated television show, Semi-Homemade Cooking with Sandra Lee, which airs on the Food Network. With 17 books to her credit, she is a New York Times and Amazon.com bestselling author. Semi-Homemade revolutionizes the way people think about creating from scratch. With its trademark 70/30 philosophy, which combines 70% ready-made products with 30% fresh and creative touches, Sandra Lee's Semi-Homemade has become the advocate for over-extended people. Semi-Homemade allows anyone to take 100% of the credit for something that looks, feels or tastes as if it were made completely from scratch.

The Sandra Lee "Semi-Homemade Sweet & Simple" book tour events are in partnership with Share Our Strength and the ConAgra's Food Foundation and sponsored by Domino Sugar, Betty Crocker and Diageo.

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