Yum-O! the Family Cookbook

I received this book as a gift, and I love it! The pictures look so yummy, and I like how it's divided into sections of breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I especially like her cook once eat twice recipes, where you spend a little time to make a meal, and then by adding a few different ingredients, you can have a meal for the next day, or two! The only drawback is, where's dessert? I would love to see some dessert recipes, and maybe some tabs to separate the breakfast/lunch/dinner sections.

This cookbook has so many great recipes, and great tip for helpful kids in the kitchen too! My kids enjoy this as much as I do!

I bought this cookbook for my daughter-in-law for Christmas because she loves Rachel Ray. I get a call every couple days from my son or grand kids telling me how great the food is that she is cooking out of this cookbook. How much better recommendation could you give? Shirley

Through the recipes in this book I have "gotten" my kids to expand their appetites beyond pizza and chicken nuggets. The soups are especially good and very simple to prepare.

In the introduction, Rachael Ray writes: "The goal of Yum-o! The Family Cookbook is to make eating healthier as a family easier, more affordable, and fun." And it IS a fun and colorful cookbook that is also loaded with practical advice. Full color photographs abound, with kids and food as the centerpiece. The cookbook is designed to get young kids to look at it and get into healthy eating. Very well done. The book is divided into three parts: healthy breakfasts, lunches & snacks, and dinners. Many of the recipes are classics that have been embellished to make them more nutritious. For example, a peanut butter and jelly sandwich adds banana, honey and turkey bacon slices on whole wheat. There are sections called Great Ideas. One is to designate a shelf in the kitchen and a shelf or drawer in the refrigerator for easy to grab snacks. Ray provides a list of healthy snacks, too. There is a list showing how greens differ in nutrition. Dinners look great and are appealing to both kids and adults. For example, cornflake-crusted tilapia with sweet and spicy watermelon salsa and mega turkey nacho dinner. This is a terrific cookbook for families with young kids who want to eat nutritional, tasty and easy to make meals. From the author of the award winning book, Harmonious Environment: Beautify, Detoxify and Energize Your Life, Your Home and Your Planet.