The Rush Hour Cook Presents One-Pot Wonders

Brook has helped me save time and money with her cookbook. This is my favorite cookbook which I was given as a gift. I love the shopping lists and the size of the book. I too am a Rush Hour Cook and now I have the source to help me. So pick this cookbook up and buy one for a friend too.

"I found that I could drastically reduce time spent in the kitchen by unearthing recipes that could be prepared in a single pot." ~Brook Noel Most of the recipes in this book are quick to fix and cook themselves. Well, at least the recipes that use a crockpot basically cook themselves. My favorite recipe in this tiny book is on pg. 26 and is called: "Brown Gravy Beef Roast with Vegetables." It is a spin on the pot roast and uses two packets of brown gravy mix. Once you assemble all the ingredients and close the lid, you cook it for 5 hours on high and you are done. The recipe says 7-9 hours, but magically this dish was done two hours early. The beef, carrots and potatoes were all covered with a delicious gravy and the entire dish was ready to serve. It did take 20 minutes to assemble the dish, but think of all the time you have while you are not standing watching something cook. Once you discover crockpot cooking, there is no looking back. You will love it. Especially in the winter. This book contains recipes for appetizers, main meals, delectable desserts and etcetera. All the recipes are sized for 6 servings unless otherwise noted. At the end of the book, you will find sections that include pre-planned menus and grocery lists. Some of the recipes you might want to try include: Baked Mozzarella Sticks, Grecian Style Potatoes, Chicken Pot Pie, Taco Pizza, Cream Cheese Dream Bars and Fruit Pizza. Brook Noel has a few rules for rush hour recipes. 1. All the ingredients must be pronounced through the phonetic use of the English Language 2. Each ingredient can be located in the market without engaging in a full scale scavenger hunt. 3. No list of ingredients shall be longer than the instructions. 4. Each recipe has to be durable enough to survive me, the Queen-of-Incapable-Cooking, and elicit a compliment. 5. The Rush Hour Cook's finicky child will eat it-or some portion of it. Brook Noel's cookbooks are cute, fun and easy to read. Keep this one handy for the Pot Roast recipe, it is a real winner. You might also find some of her other books rather entertaining: Effortless Entertaining Pasta Presto Family Favorites One-Pot Wonders Very-Tasty Vegetarian Healthy at Home Impressive Italian Make-Mine-Mexican The Rush Hour Cook: Weekly Wonders ~The Rebecca Review

The Rush Hour Cook series is a collection of small books that are designed to easily fit into a purse or briefcase without taking up much room. In the "One Pot Wonders" book you can expect the usual categories of appetizers, main meals, and desserts. One of the requirements for a recipe to make it into the Rush Hour Cook series is that the ingredients must be easy to find in just about any grocery store. So if you plan on preparing something from the book you can drop it into your purse or carry it along and pick up the ingredients on the spot. Various tips are also scattered throughout the book. At the end there are five days of suggested meals as an example of meal planning and the shopping list that would be needed to prepare all of these meals. These are practical, easy to prepare, and quick recipes that are prepared in one pot. Ergo, cleanup is not a major task. This is a great gift for the novice cook, the person who just wants to make a quick meal and get on to other things, or a nutritious meal for college students with minimal cleanup.

There's a child in all of us ... that certain someone who yearns for things that taste good and are quick to bring smiles to our faces and bellies. And that child ain't Julia. We have finally discovered a woman who understands the way most Americans eat: fast and faster. Brook Noel has penned a series of ultra-slim cookbook (think of them as gastronomic guides) that offer recipes, and serve up tasty tricks and tips. There's even a sprinkling of savory trivia --- who knew the pretzel was invented in 600 AD by a monk who crossed the dough to form hands in prayer? The meals in minutes (Noel insists "no list of ingredients shall be longer than the instructions") are easy to make. She proves that anyone can conquer kitchen chaos, win the battle of rush hour without rushing, and still come out smelling like a cinnamon bun.

I heard about this book on the radio and can see why this book has gotten so much press coverage. I love it! You can fit it in your purse and it includes complete grocery lists so you can grab all the groceries you need for a week quickly and easily. I bought the set of 4 and also bought a bunch to use as Chrsitmas presents and they received rave reviews! I think this book is a relief from those huge cookbooks with tons of useless recipes. My family has loved everything I have made so far!