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Cookbook Review: Rachael Ray 30-Minute Meals

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Rachael Ray 30 Minute Meals Cookbook

Rachael Ray’s First Cookbook: 30-Minute Meals

Given the fact that I collect cookbooks and all things Rachael Ray, you’d better believe I have a Rachael Ray cookbook collection I wouldn’t take anything for! The cookbook pictured here, Rachael Ray 30-Minute Meals is her first. You could say it’s the book that launched a mega Food Network star.

Rachael Ray 30-Minute Meals has Rachael Ray’s trademark personality and originality and is filled with quick and easy recipes you’ll make over and over again.

If (like me) you are a cookbook collector, this is one I know you’ll want to add to your collection. What cookbook collection would be complete without every Rachael Ray cookbook, after all?? Even if you aren’t a collector, you’ll enjoy the simplistic recipes in this one.

Recipes Include:

  • Greek Dinner Salad
  • Enchinada Enchilada Red Sauce
  • Blue Moon Burgers
  • Zesty Chicken Cutlets Parmigiana
  • Quick Marinara Sauce
  • Big Belly Beef Stew
  • Greek Wraps with White Bean Hummus
  • Linguine with Red Clam Sauce
  • Linguine with White Clam Sauce
  • Fajitas
  • Spinach with Nutmeg and Garlic
  • Pizza Recipes
  • Roasted Red Pepper Sauce
  • Tomato and Onion Salad
  • Spicy Beef Balls
  • Mini Meatball Soup
  • White Lightning Chili
  • Quick Jambalaya
  • And a lot more…

Rachael Ray 30-Minute Meals doesn’t have any pictures of the recipes, but the recipes make up for it. The best thing about this book, in my opinion, is the fact that it’s a solid addition to any cookbook collection.

Buying Used Cookbooks on Amazon

Normally, when I buy cookbooks, I’ll buy them new – whether it’s on Amazon or elsewhere. However, if I’m ordering an older cookbook, I’ll buy them off of Amazon used. I’ve done this dozens of times and have not had a single bad experience. A lot of the used book dealers do this for a living and they greatly depend on positive feedback. So, if they say the book is “like new,” they mean it. You can find used cookbooks on Amazon for PENNIES.

With the money saved, you can buy kitchen gadgets, dishes, and new cookbooks. Make no mistake about it, it’s a wonderful system – and one I highly recommend!

Outside-In Bacon Cheeseburgers with Green Onion Mayo

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Rachael Ray Cookbook: Top 30 Guy Foods

I have quite a few Rachael Ray Cookbooks in my cookbook collection.  She’s a favorite TV Personality and cookbook author, so if her name’s on it, I’m not just “in,” I’m “all in.”

The cookbook pictured above is just one of my favorites.

Guy Food: Rachael Ray’s Top 30 30-Minute Meals is filled with recipes you’ll use again and again – the Outside-In Bacon Cheeseburgers (with HEAVENLY Green Onion Mayo) are a classic example of what this cookbook’s personality.

Outside-In Bacon Cheeseburgers with Green Onion Mayo – by Rachael Ray

5 slices bacon, chopped
4 scallions, cleaned and trimmed
Extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling
1 1/3 pounds ground beef sirloin
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce, eyeball it
1 tablespoon steak seasoning blend or coarse salt and black pepper
1/2 pound extra sharp white cheddar cheese, crumbled
1 cup mayonnaise or reduced fat mayonnaise
1 teaspoon ground cumin
Salt and pepper
4 crusty Kaiser rolls, split
4 leaves crisp romaine lettuce

Preheat grill pan over high heat.

In a medium pan brown bacon over medium high heat and drain on paper towel lined plate.

Brush scallions with a little oil and grill on hot grill pan 2 or 3 minutes on each side. Remove from heat to cool.

Combine ground beef with Worcestershire and steak seasoning or salt and pepper. Divide meat into 4 equal parts. Combine cheese crumbles and cooked bacon. Take 1/4 of the meat in your hand and make a well in the center of it. Pile in cheese and bacon, then carefully form the burger around the cheese and bacon filling. Make sure the fillings are completely covered with meat. When all 4 patties are formed, drizzle burgers with oil and place on hot grill pan. Cook 2 minutes on each side over high heat, reduce heat to medium low and cook burgers 7 or 8 minutes longer, turning occasionally. Do not press down on burgers as they cook. Transfer burgers to a plate and let them rest 5 minutes before serving.

Chop cooled, grilled green onions and add to a food processor. Add mayonnaise and cumin to the food processor and pulse the onions and mayonnaise. Season with salt and pepper, to your taste.

Pile burgers on crusty buns and top with crisp lettuce leaves and a slather of green onion mayonnaise. As you bite into the burgers, you will find a smoky, cheesy surprise at the center.

Below are just a few of the other recipes in this great little cookbook:

  • There’s a very manly chili recipe with some surprising ingredients that will be tried in this very kitchen this week!
  • Blackened Chicken Pizza
  • A recipe for Mahi-Mahi Fillets, grilled
  • Tenderloin Steaks with Gorgonzola and Roasted Potatoes with Rosemary
  • If you or your guy (or kids! – they always love them) have a thing for chicken tenders, there’s a recipe for pecan-crusted chicken tenders you’ll flip for
  • Cheddar and Chive Bread
  • Corn on the Cob with Chili and Lime
  • Grilled Halibut Tacos with Guacamole Sauce
  • A lot more!

If you love great food, and especially if you have a guy you love to cook for, you’ll want to grab a copy of Guy Food: Rachael Ray’s Top 30 30-Minute Meals right away. It’s just a little over $10 and these are recipes you’ll use all year long.