Between sports practices, work schedules and after-school activities, what's a busy mom to do? In Simple Shortcut Recipes, we've sped up all of our favorite dishes for you by using grocery-store convenience products such as refrigerated bread dough, frozen pasta and other prepared items from the deli and bakery...guaranteed to save time, money and your sanity!

There's also nearly 200 helpful tips for shopping, cooking, serving, cleaning and organization, plus lots of no-stress fun ideas for sharing food with family & friends. Special sections include an updated listing of common kitchen substitutions and a second easy-to-use index of recipes organized by type of convenience food used. And, as always, our signature hand-drawn illustrations and plenty of Gooseberry Patch charm are sprinkled on every page.

For all those hurry-up times that demand dinner in a dash, last-minute bake sale goodies or quick snacks for drop-in guests, Simple Shortcut Recipes is sure to become your go-to cookbook! Hardcover, 224 pages. (9-1/4" x 6-1/2")