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30-Minute Meals
Rachael Ray's fans can't seem to get enough of the wonderful recipes featured on her television show, 30-Minute Meals.
Paperback, 191 pages
Published
July 20th 1999
by Lake Isle Press
(first published 1998)
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While I mostly learned how to cook by watching/reading Alton Brown, Rachel Ray's very easy recipes got me going in the right direction.
If you are a foodie, chances are you will not like this. If you spend hours making your own stock and like doing everything by hand, you will not like this.
If you are a novice cook, feeling overwhelmed at the grocery store, but the idea of reheating a frozen entree has lost its appeal, then this is a good book for you. The recipes are pretty forgiving if you don'...more
If you are a foodie, chances are you will not like this. If you spend hours making your own stock and like doing everything by hand, you will not like this.
If you are a novice cook, feeling overwhelmed at the grocery store, but the idea of reheating a frozen entree has lost its appeal, then this is a good book for you. The recipes are pretty forgiving if you don'...more
I bought this book before I had even seen an episode of her shows. I feared getting into the kitchen and creating a meal from scratch, but the hands-on approach made it so easy for me. Years later I turn to this book at least once a week for something my husband and I will enjoy, and he does, without fail.
My only qualm is that 30 minutes is an estimated completion time, IF you have your prep work done and don't count that. Otherwise, it is my go-to book in the kitchen. It's got the stained pages...more
My only qualm is that 30 minutes is an estimated completion time, IF you have your prep work done and don't count that. Otherwise, it is my go-to book in the kitchen. It's got the stained pages...more
I love the format of this book. It is clear and concise and it is very easy to follow. She has a glossary of the terms she has created and uses herself so you can follow her recipes closely. I have enjoyed every meal I have tried from this book so far.
What a joke of a person trying to act as a Chef. She is the wrost chef, I have ever seen execpt for the America Worst Cook. Why is she not on that show as a contestant?
Sure, she's a bit too much but this book, her first, is quite good. Lots of great, uncomplicated recipes and tips. I've cooked a lot of this book and have yet to be disappointed.
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Jan 10, 2009
Amy
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Beginner Cook
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Got it as a gift.
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I gave this three stars cause out of all of RR cookbooks this one is the best. It is her first one and should have been her only one.
My daughter loves the show and recipes. I find them basic. The cookbook is well written for what it is- a beginner cookbook.
Love Rachael, and this was well put together. It needs some color pictures! (but I understand it was her first...)
I believe this may have been Rachael's first cookbook with the Food Network - published in 1998 and its very good.
Nothing real special. Some dishes are worth it but I am glad I did not spend more then a quarter on it.
I LOVE Racheal Ray, but this was not my favorite book!
May 26, 2011
Lisa Yvonne
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5 of 5 stars
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Great.....I believe this was her first cookbook.
we still use this to make chili
They take a lot longer than 30 minutes.
I'm not a fan of RR's TV persona at all. But there is the odd meal she's does that sounds interesting, so I'm glad to have it all in print. Not every recipe is a winner, but I've yet to find a flawless cookbook. And I would agree that some probably will take longer than 30 minutes given your prepping speed. Another positive was I found many of these meals fairly low on the "mess factor" so clean up was easy.
This is set up kind of neat - she groups recipes together into meal menus. She groups meals as "fast food at home," ethnic meals, etc. I've made a few individual recipes from here and they simple and good. Nothing fancy. The setup of the book does make it hard to search for recipes if you are looking for something in particular.
This was my first RR book, and I have really enjoyed it. I especially love her wonderful pasta sauces and chicken dishes. My only complaint is purely personal: I cannot eat fish or seafood, and a lot of the recipes are indeed fish or seafood. But--that did not detract from my enjoyment of the book.
Wow! I would have liked this so much more if most of the recipes....weren't the same as in her second book, which I already have. Clever recipes - just distressingly similar. Seriously, the woman has a crapload of books out - do they ALL have the same recipes in them?
I hate how many of her recipes call for new "foodie" ingredients
30-Minute Meals, eh? Many of these have taken closer to 60 minutes with the prep time. Most of the meals have been good but not great. The book itself is organized pretty well but the lack of pictures puts this one way down my list of favorites.
Some recipes I find easy to make and is great because you can make any meal in a small amount of time. Great but it was not challenging like others book or did not have recipes that I was interest in making,but still it was a good book.
i love this book because who wouldn't love to eat something so wonderful i less than 30 minutes and you can so it your self
Feb 19, 2009
Katherine
marked it as no-for-now
Tried to love it (30-minute cooking? What's not to love?) but was very not inspired. Sad but true.
Not as good as 30 Minute Meals 2, but still good.
another one from my database, I use it all the time!
So handy...
May 17, 2013
Danielle
marked it as to-read
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Rachael Domenica Ray is a two-time Emmy-nominated television personality and author. She hosts the syndicated talk/lifestyle program Rachael Ray and two Food Network series, 30 Minute Meals and Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels. Ray has also written a series of cookbooks based on the 30 Minute Meals concept, and launched a magazine, Every Day with Rachael Ray, in 2006.
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