The Ultimate Rush Hour Recipe Collection: Effortless Entertaining, Family Favorites, One-Pot Wonders and Presto Pasta... All in One Cookbook! (Rush Hour Cook) [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Noel Brook (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 2005 | Series: Rush Hour Cook

Now, for the first time, Brook Noel's four pocket-sized books--"Effortless Entertaining, Family Favorites, One-Pot Wonders," and "Presto Pasta!"--come together in one indispensable guide.

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Simply outstanding, 'kitchen frienldy,'...ideal for fast-paced, time-limited, dinner hour preparations. -- Midwest Book Review

From the Back Cover

If she can do it anyone can! "It's 5:00 do you know where your dinner is?" Praise for the Rush Hour Cook Series "Simply outstanding, 'kitchen friendly', The Rush Hour Cook four volume series of cookbooks features accessible compendiums of advice and recipes that are ideal for fast-paced, time-limited, dinner hour preparations." -The Midwest Book Review Once known as the Queen-of-Incapable Cooking, Brook has been spotted securing saran wrap with sailor knots, baking a cherry pie without pitting the cherries and coloring unboiled Easter eggs. Frustrated with the lack of a family dinner hour in her home (her husband had opted for large lunches at work), she set out to create a cooking system (much to her husband's dismay) that would allow her to put great meals on the table quickly. A CEO, mom, wife, daughter, volunteer, church-goer, author and speaker, Brook's time is at a premium. Her hunt for the perfect dinner focused on recipes that met the following five Rush Hour Rules All ingredients are pronounceable through the phonetic use of the English language. Each ingredient can be found in the market without engaging in a full-scale scavenger hunt. No list of ingredients shall be longer than the instructions. Each recipe has to be durable enough to survive the Queen-of-Incapable-Cooking. The Rush Hour Cook's finicky child will eat it-or some portion of it. The result? Brook created simply stellar meals and menus for everyday enjoyment. Now, for the first time, Brooks first four "Rush Hour Pocket Series" cookbooks are available all in one volume. Within these pages you'll find Presto Pasta, Effortless Entertaining, One-Pot Wonders, and Family Favorites. Enjoy over 200 simple, quick and easy dishes.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Champion Press, Ltd. (February 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932783997
• ISBN-13: 978-1932783995
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 6.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,281,812 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I am the author of many books on the topic of grief, parenting, cooking and self-improvement. My goal is to transform problems into possibilities through creative and practical ideas. I believe that we can find balance in an unbalanced world if we work at it diligently and with an open mind.

I maintain three free e-newsletters, Good Morning (a daily service), The Daily Rush (a recipe Monday-Friday) and The Challenge Weekly (a weekly personal challenge to improve your life.)

I have appeared on CNN, Fox Friends, ABC World News, and hundreds of other shows and stations as well as being named one of the 40 Most Influential Business People under age 40 by the Business Journal.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Mostly American casseroles and kiddy fare, August 21, 2005

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This review is from: The Ultimate Rush Hour Recipe Collection: Effortless Entertaining, Family Favorites, One-Pot Wonders and Presto Pasta... All in One Cookbook! (Rush Hour Cook) (Paperback)

This is a book of fast recipes, many depending on canned soups and convenience foods like frozen hash browns. They are "kid tested" meaning if your offspring are tending to dine on chicken fingers and hamburgers as the exclusive source of their nourishment, they probably will spoon up some of these dishes, too.

Recipes include Noodle Bake, Strogonoff Supper, Pizza Pockets and Mexican Casserole This last I had to check out because at work, we have a war-word for bad food at the headquarters and it's (whisper it) Mexican Lasagna. This atrocity was perpetrated on us last April and consists of tortillas and taco meat posing as lasagna, Wrong, wrong wrong. Mexi-Casserole here, however, is elbow mac and taco-seasoned hamburger. In other words, Chili Mac. You are safe serving this to anyone, probably, except gourmands and vegetarians. Desserts are cinnamon baked apples, banana cream pie, no bake peanut butter choco squares and the alluringly if bad-for-you-sounding Snickers Salad

The organization of ths book leaves a lot to be desired, but if you know a young mom who is overwhelmed by the kitchen or someone who inherited the job of cooking for a herd, this is a great book gift.