Rush Hour Cook Effortless Entertaining

by Brook Noel

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 189140086X
• ISBN13: 9781891400865
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Champion Press (WI)
• Length: 68 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.0" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Thank-you Rush Hour Cook!

Thanks to Brook and her cookbook I am saving time when I entertain using the shopping list in the book and the very tasty recipes. My guests are wanting more of the foods I am serving them. They think I spent hours in the kitchen when I didn't but shhhh don't tell.

Corporate Woman Tackles Entertaining

"Truth be told -I'd love to have friends over more often - whether it be formal or informal. In order to do that I would need an arsenal of realistic recipes for the person who wants to entertain-but doesn't have 100 hours (or a staff of 12) to execute the preparation." ~Brook Noel Brook Noel has appeared on ABC World News, Fox Friends, CNN Headline News, AM Northwest, The Parent's Journal and hundreds of other shows. She has also been featured or mentioned in The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Woman's World, Salon and Town & Country to name a few. If you think you don't have time to cook, just ask Brook Noel where she finds the time to write cookbooks, let alone getting dinner on the table fast. She also has formed a E-Club that sends out cute assignments in order to conquer clutter and get organized for good. At the end of 70 days, you get a "Certificate of Sanity." Brook Noel has a wonderful sense of humor, is willing to look at her lifestyle realistically and really wants to help families find their way back to the dinner table. With cookbooks in hand, she offers families solutions to kitchen chaos. If you are rushed for time, these tiny cookbooks can help you get organized fast. Brook Noel used to make pies without pitting the cherries, color unboiled Easter Eggs and make lasagna out of pizza. But fear not, she has officially learned how to cook appetizing meals. In this cookbook, you will find recipes for: Lemon-Garlic Vinaigrette, Beef Roast with Onion-Mushroom Gravy, Summer Melon a la Mode, Pan Fried Bananas, Sloppy Joes, Caribbean Chicken, Guacamole and Perfect Parmesan Chicken. Her ideas about making your own croutons will make you salads much more tasty but I use butter instead of oil to fry the bread cutouts. You can also use rum flavoring in her Pan Fried Banana recipe, just a drop or two will do. A cute little book that will encourage you to invite people over more often. Most of these recipes serve eight. ~The Rebecca Review

Convenient format for the hurried

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 "Effortless Entertaining" 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 sure to please at any entertainment function. Not just for entertaining adult friends with things like Chicken with Mushroom-Sherry Sauce but also for entertaining a group of children with recipes like Kids-love-it Casserole. This is a great gift for the novice cook or the person who just wants to make a quick meal and get on to other things.

Great book for the busy mom!

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!