With her clever wit and wisdom, certified nutritional consultant (CNC), Leanne Ely, is bringing people back to the dinner tables each evening. Leanne has a simple philosophy, “Make it and they will come.”

As a mom, Leanne knows and understands the dinner dilemmas facing families day in and day out. Now, tens of thousands of kitchens across the world are busy creating simple, delicious meals with her weekly Menu-Mailers, freezer dinner kits, and best-selling cookbooks, Saving Dinner: The Menus, Recipes and Shopping Lists to Bring Your Family Back to the Table, Saving Dinner the Low Carb Way, Saving Dinner for the Holidays, Saving Dinner the Vegetarian Way and Saving Dinner Basics: How to Cook Even if You Don't Know How.

Leanne also dishes out recipes and advice across America with her syndicated newspaper column, The Dinner Diva. Teaming up with Marla Cilley, AKA the FlyLady, this dynamic duo is set on changing homes across the country and around the world. Woman’s Day magazine has called Leanne “the expert on family dinners.”Her advice has been published in Real Simple, Parenting, Child, Parent & Child among many others.

Timely tips and techniques are shared with readers in her weekly newsletter, Healthy-Foods, and in several print and online publications. Leanne currently serves as the family columnist for Diet.com. Her “Top Ten” lists have proved to be some of eDiets' most popular articles with their millions of readers. Leanne also pens the weekly “Food for Thought” at the popular web site, Flylady.net. It is amongst these 415,000 “flybabies” that Menu-Mailer was born in January 2001.

Demonstrating her secrets to dinner success, Leanne has been seen cooking in Bloomingdale's stores nationwide, on QVC, HGTV’s Simple Solutions, ABC Family’s Living the Life, Nashville's Talk of the Town on CBS, Chicago’s Small Talk for Parents, an Ivanhoe Broadcasting’s Smart Woman Television news segment nationwide.

In 2002, Leanne’s radio show, The Heart of a Woman, showcased her diversity as she brought more than just dinner saving ideas to her listeners. She discussed issues that challenge women from all walks of life during drive time rush hour in the LA and San Diego, California markets. The FLY (FlyLady, Leanne and You) Show is a double team effort by Leanne and Marla Cilley and the number one talk show on BlogTalk Radio.

Leanne’s ability to personally relate to families is of great interest to major organizations. She served as a nutrition expert for the National Frozen and Refrigerated Foods Association (NFRFA) Back to School satellite media tour garnering several million impressions nationwide. Leanne recently completed a national media tour as a spokesperson for Jell-o, Jennie-O, Starbucks and Del-Monte brands.

Additionally, Leanne is a sought after speaker and has spoken all over the country, to a multitude of different corporate, non profit and religious gatherings.

Ms. Ely currently lives in North Carolina with her family.

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