This last recipe for the week out of Rachael Ray’s Open House cookbook is very kid friendly. If your kids are older she gives suggestions on things that they can do to help. I highly recommend having your kids help you, helping them realize what all goes into cooking with eventually make a good impact on them. This was a very simple recipe, I ate it with some oven fries, but it would be great with just about any veggie.

Rachael Ray’s Pasta all Norma is okay, it wasn’t the best pasta I’ve ever had, however I did try eggplant and I liked it. So if nothing else, if you are like me and were a little weary of trying eggplant, go on a limb, if you like squash, you’ll like it! The recipe out of the book is different then the one that is linked here, so if you bought the groceries for this week, substitute, whole tomatoes and crushed tomatoes for the cherry tomatoes. It’ll be the same. Also, if you couldn’t find it, don’t use your money on the ricotta salata, I had to get it from the Gourmet Store, and it was a little expensive, the linked recipe suggest substituting 1 cup of whole milk ricotta cheese, go for that, or crumble up some other kind of cheese.