Sandra Lee Quotes
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My years of living the jet-set life were fun, but they weren't fulfilling. The perks and benefits were lovely, but all of the fabulous furs, fancy jewelry and fun fetes simply weren't enough to fill my soul.
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How do I cope with stress? I clean and organize.
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Lack of sleep makes me less productive. I need a good seven or eight hours a night.
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Seventy percent store-bought, ready-made plus 30 percent fresh allows you to take 100 percent of the credit.
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Instead of doing cinnamon, nutmeg, and all those baking spices I'll have one spice that's for sweets, and that's pumpkin pie spice.
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Baking cookies is comforting, and cookies are the sweetest little bit of comfort food. They are very bite-sized and personal.
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I think women today are so overwhelmed and overtaxed.
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One of the things I do in my cookbooks is I will do a conversion from outdoor to indoor grilling so you can do it year-round.
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I didn’t even cry, I was stunned. You know, and that’s just how fast life turns. It turns on a dime.
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I'm the only girl on The Food Network who grills - I have two bestselling grilling books. I try to really focus on what men and women can do outside together out on the grill. I think it's really fun to have men and women out there together, having fun, working and enjoying themselves.
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When I'm really stressed out, I go to church. I light candles and sit and pray. And I'll ask myself, What's the lesson? Why am I going through this? There's got to be a reason I'm here. What am I supposed to learn?
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I had to be frugal, thoughtful, resourceful. I didn't have anyone to tell me, 'You can't.' When you're young, you think you can do anything, and that was really a gift. That's why I can never understand someone telling me 'no' today. 'No' just isn't an option.
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I like doing food as a focal point on my table. It is not like going out and buying flowers or candles, which are expensive.
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Different types of chicken come at different price points. Filets are going to be more expensive. If it's bone-in and skin-on it's going to be less expensive.
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My audience knows me, and I wear beautiful clothes as a badge of honor. They remember where I came from.
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Why I have had such a huge career and why I have sold over four million books, is that people can do what I share with them to do.
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Give yourself permission to get the most out of your life. If you're spending all your time scrubbing corners with a toothbrush, you're kind of missing the point. Taking shortcuts doesn't mean shortcutting the end result.
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My most cherished possessions are my grandma's letters and my vintage Martha Washington cookbook.
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If you've attended the Cordon Bleu, you would know that no woman is supposed to be a chef - only men.
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Sure, you can mix the flour, baking soda, salt, shortening, and the whole nine yards, but why wouldn't you just pull out a box of Bisquick?
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Baking is how you start kids at cooking in the kitchen.
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If we want to truly live, at some point, we find the dark facts of psychic life demand our full attention.
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The issue I have always felt most strongly about is hunger in America, in particular the children.
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I can certainly be part of the socialite group and walk those carpets every day, but I choose not to because I prefer to be grounded. You can't be at home and on the red carpet.
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My brand is a demography-breaker. It speaks to all homemakers and women from all walks of life and all across society.
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I like to create what I call 'tablescapes.' It's so much more fun when you organize your table around a theme, don't you think?
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Yes, I love white, and I'd wear it all the time if I could. Some people think I have an issue with cleanliness, but to me it's just so pretty.
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I'm an activist for gay marriage equality and children's rights. I'm the face of Share Our Strength.
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Christmas is more stressful with present buying and making sure everyone gets included, but Thanksgiving is really not that. I don't ever really get stressed out about the food.
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I don't think there are any footsteps to be walked in. No one else has taken things that you can buy at the grocery store and put them together. I hope that I have a career as long as Julia Child.
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