Great recipes cant wait to get the next cookbook.

Originally, I gave this book 2 stars. While I go to Rachael's book for ideas, it's been at least a year since I really followed her recipes. However, upon reflection, I realized that is her point. Her books serve as guides for putting a little variety on your table. Additionally, I used her book extensively when I was first learning to cook. I wasn't confident in my decisions, and her book of simple recipes gave me a basis to work from.

This didn't work well for me, the idea being having a master recipe, with adapted recipes listed nearby. The adapted recipes required you to go back and forth to the main recipe, confusing. She tells you what to Omit, Swap, and Add. I get her intent, but I can't imagine it is as easy as she thinks to try to find where to swap in the main recipe.

Then, her cuteness just got to me, the words "delish", "yummo", the constant abbreviations, "B,L,D! that's Breakfast Lunch and Dinner to you!" and "EVOO! Extra-virgin olive oil." And every time she uses an abbreviation, she spells it out!! What's the point of using abbreviations if you are going to spell it out every time?

Didn't find any recipes I wanted to try.....not even "Boo-sotto".

A cookbook with no pictures! Booooo!

There are a lot of great recipes in this book, but a lot with things my family would not eat so I would need to substitute a lot or simply not use the ingredient such as mushrooms. It was set up more like a journel with notations on the side of each recipe saying "Loved it" or "Try Later" and there are exactly 365 recipes.

Even though there are "no repeats" there are variations on some of the recipes. There is a shrimp and crab fritter with chopped salad recipe for one day, the next day is "Now try Veggie fritters with Asian Salad" which is the same as the previous on but you omit some ingredients, add a few others to make it slightly different. This is a good way to use left overs and make them something new for families who don't eat left overs (i know there are a few my family being one of them!)

I enjoyed reading the recipes and seeing different ways to cook things. For those who like seeing what the meal would look like completed, there are no pictures in this cookbook showing what it would look like. Sometimes I like showing my youngest a couple of pictures for her to decide what to have for dinner (while reminding her mom's might not look the same). I can't do that with this cookbook.

I did enjoy the book and will be using it for future meals, but I don't see using it every single day for a year.

For when I'm feeling fancy but not too fancy. I mostly use this book to liven up meals that are already part of my regular rotation -like using sheep milk cheese to top a hamburger instead of the usual cheddar.

I really like this cookbook. It's got great, super-tasty recipes, and they're diverse enough that it's fun to cook your way through.

That said, few of these took me less than 30 minutes to make (more like an hour) and the ingredients for most are expensive enough that it's just not feasible to actually make one of these every night for a year.

But if you just want to make one every couple of weeks...highly recommend it. (especially the cumin and lime pork tenderloin)

One of my most favourite cook books!!!

ive found a lot of great meals out of this book!!

We use this one all the time.

Who doesn't love Rachel Ray and her cooking shows! This book is filled with her wonderful, creative dishes that are easy to follow and taste great.

sometimes gets a little too fancy with ingredients.