Michelle Cooks Everyday» Rachael Ray’s Open House Cookbook

Chicken Recipe

Michelle — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 18:00:10 +0000

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.
Recipe: Chicken Stick-ens

Chicken Stick-ens

Cookbook: Rachael Ray’s Open House

Total Time: 35 minutes

Husband Says: “It wasn’t bad, maybe could’ve used some more sauce, or the honey, could’ve been a little sweeter.”

Notes: I thought about grilling these because it was nice, but my grill wouldn’t turn on. All my skillets were dirty so I stuck these in the oven for 20 minutes at 450. They turned out great. Since I do have a child under 1, I made this sans the honey, which I think would’ve added a lot of great flavor, so if you make it with honey let me know what you think! Also I used metal skewers over wood ones, you don’t have to keep buying those!

Ingredientssauceready to cook

All baked

Eggplant Pasta Recipe

Michelle — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:00:15 +0000

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.

Recipe: Pasta All Norma

Pasta All Norma

Cookbook: Rachael Ray’s Open House

Total Time: 35 minutes

Husband Says: “It was decent, don’t like the cheese. Just like regular pasta.”

Notes:In the book it says to fry the eggplant, I started doing that, then decided to forget it and roast it in the oven. I should’ve diced my eggplant up, instead of sliced it. I just put the slices on top of the pasta, because the eggplant was falling apart. Also I didn’t chop and seed the whole tomatoes, I just boiled them; then mashed them up with a potato masher.

Ingredients

Roast the Eggplant

Boil Tomatoes

Add Basil

Ready to eat!

Hamburger Recipe: But taste like a meatball

Michelle — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:00:09 +0000

This Rachael Ray recipe is really good. All in all it is like a hamburger, but it taste completely different. It was very good, it did taste like a meatball. Another great thing about it is it’s easy to clean up! So this is a double bonus recipe for me. I loved it because it combined two of my favorite things, meat balls and hamburgers, life doesn’t get much better! Be ready for a burst of flavor, you’re about to get it!

Recipe: Meatball Patty Melts

Meatball Patty Melt

Cookbook: Rachael Ray’s Open House

Total Time: 20 minutes

Husband Says: ” These are really good, I added mustard and mayo to mine because that’s how I like it. I ate 2, I liked them.” (Obviously he ate after me, left before I got home, but he was nice enough to call and give his opinion.)

Notes: I left out the onions, why you might ask, well I was lazy tonight and my husband was getting tired of having onions in every meal. I also changed my mind last minute and used some mozzarella cheese instead of provolone, but I’m sure it’s good either way.

Ingredients

meat, parsley, egg, breadcrumbs, and cheese

Formed Patties cooking

meat and pizza sauce

meat, sauce and cheese and eat!

Chicken Recipe

Michelle — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:00:02 +0000

I really wanted to love Rachael Ray’s Tuscan Chipecken recipe, but maybe my sauce was to thick, or maybe the rosemary was to strong. I’m not saying it was bad, but definitely wouldn’t make my top 10 Rachael Ray dinners, sorry Rach! I do find it interesting, chicken, I don’t recall there being a lot of chicken in Italy, maybe I just missed it. Well, if you make this let me know what you and your family thought. The baby like it, but again, he eats anything! The recipe on her website is a little bit different then the one in the book, so if the ingredients weren’t in your shopping list, just leave them out!

Recipe: Tuscan Chicken

Tuscan Chicken

Cookbook: Rachael Ray’s Open House

Total Time: 28 minutes

Husband Says: “It’s good, but it’s not my favorite, it’s okay.”

Notes: If you don’t want to use wine in your cooking, don’t, I like to use it because the flavors are usually so good. I’m not sure I would’ve missed it in this dish, and don’t worry about your little ones, the alcohol cooks out, so it is mostly just very intense flavors. Also, maybe tone back the rosemary a little bit, and I would just leave out the sauce, or don’t make it thick like I did. I served this with some white cheddar mac and cheese.

Ingredients

Heat oil and garlic

Sear up the chickenadd vinegar, wine, and rosemary

French Toast Recipe

Michelle — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:00:49 +0000

This “Lost Bread” recipe from Rachael Ray is one you’re going to love! Every now and then I like to cooke breakfast for dinner, it’s light, it’s easy, easy to clean up, and most importantly my husband enjoys it. I have never been a big French Toast fan, the cafe I worked at in college had this amazing stuffed french toast with strawberries and cream cheese, seriously, it’s to die for! I love this French Toast, I made this before I went to a dinner and left it for the husband when he got home from practice. I decided even though I was going to dinner a little snack wouldn’t hurt, it was so good I didn’t want to stop eating it. It may rot my teeth, because I’m sure its not good for you, but everything in moderation right?

Recipe: Pain Perdu: Lost Bread a/k/a French Toast

Pain Perdu

Cookbook: Rachael Ray’s Open House

Total Time: 15 minutes (this is a fast one)

Husband Says: “It tasted like French toast, nothing reall profound, it was toast.” (Wow, now I feel stupid for raving about it….I promise this stuff is good.)

Notes: There is really nothing, absolutely nothing I did different in this recipe, except put a strawberry on top for the picture!

Ingredients

Assembly Line

soak the bread

toast it up

Burrito Recipe

Michelle — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:00:17 +0000

This is Rachael Ray’s Philly Steak Burrito recipe. I’m going to go out on a limb and say, it doesn’t taste like a Philly to me, but it was still good. I first fell in love with Philly Cheese steaks while working at a deli after college. Now I try them at different places I go. Charlie’s in the mall food court has a decent one, but honestly I haven’t found a Philly to match what I made at the deli. I think this burrito would’ve tasted more like a Philly if I would’ve used the actual Philly Steak meat instead of skirt steak.

Recipe: Philly Steak Burrito

Philly Steak Burritos

Cookbook: Rachael Ray’s Open House

Total Time: 25 minutes

Husband Says: “Too much steak sauce, it tasted like a fajita to me, it was good, wasn’t anything out of the ordinary.”

Notes:I don’t think I put steak sauce on your grocery list, and if you have it don’t use it, and if you don’t have it you’re not missing anything. I really agree with everything that the Husband said about this burrito. I used just cheddar cheese, and like I said in the opening, it was good, but if you’re expecting a Philly taste, you’re not going to get it here. Also I pretty much cooked the steak and onions and peppers in the same pan. You know me, the less to clean up, the better!

IngredientsSteak, Onions, and PeppersTortilla and steak

add onions and peppers

add cheese and roll up

Pork Chop Recipe

Michelle — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:00:12 +0000

All of the recipes for this week are out of Rachael Ray’s Open House Cookbook, which is newly acquired via the husband! He was iced out of school, so he took the baby to the mall one day and came home with this. Check out the cookbook page for more info! Back to the cooking! So next week I promise not to have pork on Sunday, I didn’t do this on purpose. I just pick out recipes and write them down in the order I find them, but I always try to make sure that there isn’t any back to back things. I really liked this pork chop a lot, I love that you can put just about any fruit with pork chops. Most of the time I don’t eat all of my pork, I don’t know why, I just don’t, however this time, I loved it. It may have something to do with that it is doused in steak seasoning…

Recipe: Pork Chop with macerated Strawberries

Pork Chops with Strawberries

Cookbook: Rachael Ray’s Open House

Total Time: 20 minutes

Husband Says: “I liked the flavor, the strawberries gave the meat a sweet taste, but it wasn’t my favorite.”

Notes: The store was out of basil, and when I went to another store to get a few other items, I forgot I needed basil, therefore, I did not use it. Let me assure you, basil and strawberries together are amazing! Also if you’re worried about using Balsamic Vinegar, don’t be, you’ll love the flavor that it brings out. I learned a lot about Balsamic Vinegar when we took a trip to Italy, they use it for everything over there, it is a great ingredient! Also, I didn’t do the tent thing while cooking, that seemed unnecessary to me, plus I was out of foil! I didn’t use figs in this one either.

Ingredients

Chops cooking

Add sugar to strawberries

and balsamic

Chops are done!