This Rachael Ray recipe has more to it then I made. There is a goat cheese and beet salad, but I passed on that part of the recipe. I specifically made these for 2 reasons: 1- I wanted a burger, 2- I needed to use up more of my $3.00 spent on fresh thyme. This one accomplished both of those things. I was very happy with the outcome. I really enjoyed the burger overall. I didn’t add anything else to it, not even another dressing on the bun. Really, it didn’t need it!

Recipe: Bistro Burger

Bistro Burger with Carmelized Shallots

Cookbook: 356 Days: No Repeats

Total Time: 25 minutes

Husband Says: “Did you put any dressing on it? (Me-”No”) Well, I’ll try it without, it’s good. I liked it.”

Notes: Other then not putting the goat cheese and beet salad, I followed the rest of the instructions. My buns weren’t as grilled as I would’ve like, but it was just taking too long, and I was starving. Sometimes a girl’s got to eat!

Here is another fried chicken Rachael Ray recipe. I love everything bagels and cream cheese. I first fell in love with them in high school. During yearbook we’d always make an “illegal” trip to New York Bagel and Co. That’s what I would always get, an everything bagel. I thought I’d give this Everything Chicken a try, and it tasted like a chicken rolled in an everything bagel with cream cheese. It was delicious. I debated about baking this chicken, but I had to make these quick so frying it was. Again, this is something that I think you could bake on high heat and sprinkle with a little EVOO and get the same effect. Sometime I will try that over frying.

Recipe: Everything Chicken Roll Ups (recipe coming soon)

Everything Chicken Roll Ups

Cookbook: 365 Days: No Repeats

Total Time: 15 minutes

Notes:I am really bad at rolling things in chicken. There wasn’t as much cream cheese in these as I would like, but maybe Rachael Ray needs to have me on her show and teach me how to roll these up. They did alright, like I said not enough cream cheese. I also made these without poppy seeds because I didn’t have any, and $4 for a little jar was a little too much for my taste. Also, some how I ran out of eggs, so I just dipped them in milk.