>>> BlackFriday Rachael Ray's Big Orange Book: Her Biggest Ever Collection of All-New 30-Minute Meals Plus Kosher Meals Meals for One Veggie Dinners Holiday Favorites and Much More!
Why the title? Ray herself says (Page 8): "It's orange simply because orange is my favorite color." Simple enough! This has the normal complement of 30 minute meals. However there are some features to this volume that attracted me to order it: vegetarian meals holiday menus some recipes longer than 30 minutes (breaking out of one's mold is a plus to me) Kosher meals. The vegetarian is especially important for me now since my family is asking me to develop some more vegetarian meals (more on this below). The recipes here are doable by amateur/wannabe chefs. From an earlier cookbook of hers I found that I could make some tasty meals without a lot of heart palpitations.
This cookbook is well over 300 pages long so I don't aim to give a comprehensive detailed review (would take too many words). What I'd like to do here is focus on a few recipes and use these as examples of what this cookbook provides. The contents:
30-minute meals
Entree burgers
Vegetarian meals
Kosher meals
Meals for one
A little more than 30 minutes--but worth it
From my family to yours
Starters and snacks
Holiday menus
30-minute meals: "That's Shallota Flavor Spaghetti" (ugh for the bad pun!). A meatless pasta dish (consistent with my family's wishes). Extra virgin olive oil (what Ray calls EVOO) butter garlic shallots salt and pepper spaghetti (she calls for wheat but that would not be necessary) parsley and Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese. Very simple to make. I have not yet tried this but looking at the recipe this is a "can't miss" recipe.
"Roasted Pork Tenderloins with Escalloped Apples." My family wants me to lay off pork tenderloin. But this recipe might change their minds! Lemon zest Montreal steak seasoning thyme EVOO pork tenderloins butter apples salt flour lemon juice and sugar. Another pretty straightforward recipe and one that I hope can get my family to give pork tenderloin another chance!
The section on burgers is pretty cool. Beside the standard beef-based recipes there are turkey burgers and salmon burgers etc. Some imaginative recipes here.
As mentioned before I have been empowered to develop more vegetarian recipes. One of those mentioned here is on next week's schedule of menus--"Popeye Risotto with Beefy Balsamic Mushrooms." Portabella mushrooms are at the heart of this recipe along with balsamic vinegar. Another that is easy to make and by the description a can't miss dish (I don't need to cook something to know that the recipe will work)--"Jaw-Droppingly Delicious Asparagus Penne." Very tempting and a sure winner. Asparagus penne pasta (whole wheat) EVOO garlic flour vegetable stock half-and-half Dijon mustard lemon zest pepper lemon and Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese. As Ray would say "Yum-O."
I cook a lot of chicken dishes (lower cholesterol and fat). Here's a goodie. "Chicken cutlets and spaghetti with pepper and onions." Some pasta dishes that take more than 30 minutes. . . . "Elsa's Baked Ziti." And "Basil Cream Sauce with Pasta."
So this is a fine cookbook accessible to ordinary folks who want to try some different dishes. I am very much looking forward to trying out some of the recipes already mentioned. As cookbooks go this is a nice addition to the literature.
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