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Cooking Around the Clock - 30-Minute Meals
by Rachael Ray
Lake Isle Press, Inc.
ISBN 1-891105-16-7
Published November 2004 - Softcover - 239 pages - $16.95

Rachael Ray is everyone's favorite food celebrity, and for good reason.  This book is loaded with 3-minute meals you can put together for yourself and/or your family.  With so little time nowadays, spending a lot of time preparing meals is becoming stressful - and it needn't be.  So, here you have time-saving meals, and best of all, Rachael's given us dishes for any time of the day or night, which would suit people who work weird shifts and need to eat at different times.  For exmaple, 7-11 morning meals (Rise & Shiners); 11-4 lunch; 4-7 Early-bird Specials; 7-9 Sit-down Suppers; 7-12 TV Dinners & Snacks; 9-12 Bistro Meals, and 12-7 Late-nite Bites.  And she's given menus so you don't only have one dish, but a salad/vegetable and/or dessert!  So, if you like to (or can only) eat supper around 11 p.m., you could opt for Gorgonzola and Walnut Spaghetti and Three Greens Salads with Oil and Vinegar.  Or, for an early morning meal or breakfast, you can can opt for Cowboy Hash and Eggs, Texas Toast and Salsa with Breakfast Polenta and Italian Hash, and Greek Hash.  Other interesting meals include Pasta Frittata with Peas and Carrots Spring Salad; Smoked Turkey Waldorf Salad and Curried Cashew-Chicken Salad; and Pepper Steak and Rice Pilaf with Mushrooms and Mixed Salad with 'House Dressing'.  This book makes searching for that "just right" recipe so much easier and you won't be in the kitchen any longer than necessary.  I haven't seen Rachael's television shows but I have seen her as a guest on other people's shows.  There aren't any nutritional guides for these recipes and very few illustrations.
Conclusion - Sounds yummy and quick to make - sure makes sense.