This Rachael Ray recipe is an inexpensive option to a large turkey or chicken. Cornish hens are filled with great flavors and they cook up in half the time. She says to serve 1 per person, but I think you could do half per person if you had enough sides. I made 2 for the 3 of us, the husband eats a lot, and the baby and I can share! So if you want a freshly cooked bird in less time, make a cornish hen!

Recipe: Cornish Hens- slather EVOO, rosemary, thyme, salt and pepper and roast in oven at 500 degrees for 15 minutes and 10 more minutes at 400 degrees

Cornish Hens

Cookbook:Get Togethers

Total Time: 50 minutes

Husband Says: “Taste like chicken. I’ve had them before. ”

Notes: I didn’t have any rosemary, they didn’t have it at the store, so I used parsley. I also had to roast mine longer then the 15 minutes and 10 minutes Rachael suggest. I cut into 1 after the amount of time and it was still pretty raw. These you want to make sure you cook all the way through, so just put a little water in the pan so they don’t dry out!

Ingredients

roast breast down in oven

after roasted in Oven

You need to make this Rachael Ray salad, tonight, seriously, you’ll be sorry if you don’t. I had an old friend over for dinner, she took one bite of this salad and fell in love. I fell in love as well, it really was very tasty. I enjoyed it so much. The flavor is so different, and refreshing. You could easily serve this salad for lunch or as a side dish. I think it would be perfect with some grilled chicken. However you want to serve it, make it tonight! It is funny to me how much I don’t like cooked spinach, but I would eat a spinach salad over other lettuce any day! You get so many healthy benefits from eating spinach! I did let the baby try it, and he ate 2 pieces of lettuce, so your kids might even like it as well!

Recipe: Spinach Salad with Warm Dijon Dressing

Spinach Salad with warm dijon dressing

Cookbook:Get Togethers

Total Time: 10 minutes

Husband Says: “It was good, had lots of flavor. Tangy.”

Notes: I forgot to buy a shallot at the store, so I used a pearl onion I had. I know they have different flavor but sometimes you gotta use what you’ve got. I also just poured the soy sauce, mustard, and red wine vinegar in the skillet with the onion and EVOO, then streamed more EVOO in. You know me, the less dishes I have to do the happier woman I am!

Ingredients

heat onion in EVOO

add in mustard, soy, and vinegar

add the dressing to spinach

toss all together