Product Description

How can you get a wholesome, delicious dinner on the table without spending time on long lines at the supermarket? Rachael knows how!

Her secret weapon is keeping plenty of versatile, flavorful ingredients in the cupboard, fridge, and freezer, combining these staples with just a few fresh items—never more then ten—to create delicious meals for every night of the week. In Express Lane Meals, Rachael provides her personal go-to list of must-have items—so you can do a big shop every week then simply zip through the Express Lane to make any of these 30-minute meals.

She divides the recipes into three categories: “Meals for the Exhausted,” “ Meals for the Not Too Tired,” and “Bring It On! (But, Be Gentle).” No matter which you choose you’ll learn handy tricks and shortcuts to get the most impressive-looking meals on the table in 30 minutes or less.

These are Rachael’s quickest and easiest recipes yet and a breeze to shop for—because you shouldn’t have to spend all of the time Rachael saves you in the kitchen standing in line at the grocery store!

RACHAEL RAY IS A VERY BUSY LADY . . .

And she knows you’re busy, too. But that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy a delicious, healthy, and home-cooked meal every night of the week. Not when cooking is as simple as this!

In Express Lane Meals, Rachael Ray is back and faster than ever! With her latest batch of recipes this beloved Food Network phenomenon takes her 30-Minute Meal concept to the next level, creating recipes based on staples from a well-stocked pantry and just a few fresh items—so few you’ll never be stuck on a long grocery line again.

YUMMO!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15143 in Books
• Published on: 2006-04-18
• Released on: 2006-04-18
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

From Publishers Weekly
Ray has made quite a name for herself on The Food Network, where she hosts four shows, and in a baker's dozen of cookbooks mostly dedicated to easy-to-prepare cuisine. To love this book is to love the author's quirks, like calling extra virgin olive oil "EVOO" and hearty soups "stoups." But her recipes are tasty, simple and often sophisticated enough to turn even doubters into fans. This cookbook, the author's 11th, is dedicated to quick after-work meals and is separated into chapters called "Meals for the Exhausted," "Meals for the Not Too Tired" and "Bring it On! (But Be Gentle)." A meal for the pretty much awake, Smoked Paprika Chicken with Egg Noodles and Buttered Warm Radishes, is the sort of thick, nourishing plate a person craves when the thermometer drops. Pasta in a Creamy Artichoke and Saffron Sauce is luxurious with its sauce of saffron, heavy cream and parmigiano. The chicken and chorizo burritos called Dinner, Wrapped Up are cheesy, filling kid-pleasers, even if the accompanying text can be wince-inducing ("it's a way-cool mega-rrito, dude!"). But what's most remarkable about these dishes is that they take less than an hour to prepare-often a lot less-but they taste like they took all day. For busy, exhausted cooks, that's worth all the quirkiness in the world.
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About the Author
Rachael Ray appears daily on Food Network as the host of 30-Minute Meals, $40 a Day, Inside Dish, and Tasty Travels. She is the creator of her own lifestyle magazine, Every Day with Rachael Ray, as well as the author of ten bestselling cookbooks. Rachael lives in the Adirondacks.

Customer Reviews

Tv show yes, cook book NO
Like another review I read her, I really like Rachel Ray but the cookbook I can live without. First of all, the meals take over 30 minutes(which would be fine, if this wasn't touted as 30 minute meals), secondly I don't like to spend money on one ingredient I will only use once because to be honest the recipes were not all that great. But maybe I'll give it try again and break it out as it's been a few years since I used it!

Love Rachel, Her Cookbooks -- Not So Much
I think Rachel is much more entertaining to watch than she is a cookbook author. I think other Food Network hosts have better books -- Ina Garten (Barefoot Contessa) and Giada DeLaurentis (Everyday Italian) are much better.

Pretty good, but takes me longer then 30 minutes
I have tried 7 recipes so far out of this book, it is nice because a lot of the ingredients are easy to find for me, like EVOO and garlic. Some though were a little hard for me to find and I had to ask my Mother in law were to find them. 6 of the meals I made out of the 7 were a hit, but they all took over 30 minutes to prep and prepare. This is a good book if you do not mind having to look for occasional ingredients that you are not use too, and also if you have about 45 minutes to prepare and cook- with no interruptions. I should add that I have a baby in the home, so for me it takes an hour!