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Summary: Relief for the home cook with very little time
Review: "Weekly Wonders" is the newest in Brook Noel's Rush Hour Cook series of specialty cookbooks designed for the time-constrained cook. In this book she has put together nineteen weeks worth of complete menus. Each of these weeks is a standard five-day working week, so it actually contains recipes for five balanced, easy-to-make dinners. At the end of the recipe section for the week is a grocery list that has all the items required to prepare that week's recipes. So instead of spending your time figuring out that you need a half-pound of hamburger for one meal and a pound for another there is a total of a pound and a half already listed in the grocery list. Grab the list, head to the store, and know that you have all the ingredients for dinner for the whole week. In addition to the weekly recipes, the first part of the book includes information and recipes for bulk cooking. For example, how to prepare a base beef mix that can be used to prepare meatloaf, Salisbury steak, or meatballs in a flash. It also contains some quick last-minute meal and dessert recipes. Brook Noel continues to follow her philosophy of only using ingredients that are easy to find at the neighborhood grocery store, the list of ingredients being shorter than the instructions, recipes are easy to prepare by even the most inept cook, and tasty enough that even the most finicky child will at least eat a portion of it. This is a recommended book and is just the ticket for those crazy weeks that sometimes come up where there is just not going to be enough time to cook for the family and you don't want to do fast food every evening.
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Summary: Great help for a clueless-cooking Dad!
Review: A friend of mine saw Brook featured at the Taste of Home Expo teaching her genious (and humorous) approach to dinner-making to a packed audience. Knowing I was clueless in the kitchen, he bought me a signed copy. I work first shift, so I am in charge of dinner preparations--much to my wife's utter dismay. However, she has now given me two thumbs up on numerous nights as I have woven my way through rush hour with the help of Brook Noel's book. I have actually prepared 15 of the weekly menus so far and our family has 8 favorites. I just rotate these, so we don't have repeat meals for two months. The shopping list is ready to go (my wife does the shopping on the weekend) and it frees up time for playing with the kids, talking with my wife, and even RELAXING during dinner! If you are a gourmet cook, I wouldn't recommend this book--because it isn't about gourmet cooking. It is about meals that anyone can prepare, that are cost-effective, easy-to-make and enjoyed by the whole family. They taste great--the leave plenty of room for improvisation and adding your own spice. My only complaint is that I have been living without this book during dinner duties for way too many years! Write another cookbook Brook, you have devoted fans in this household.
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Summary: at best an okay cookbook. . . .
Review: At the top of my list this year was to re-create the family dinner in our home. I ordered a bunch of cookbooks in November with that goal in mind. Over the past couple of months I have tried 5-6 different approaches--and finally found my solution in Brook Noel's Weekly Wonders! This is not like any other cookbook. It is funny. There is tips and ideas and trivia and humor. She provides many avenues and ways to get dinner on the table, so instead of just a one-size-fits-all-follow-my-mehtod (which is what most of the other cookbooks offered) she shows you how to make the plan work for YOUR NEEDS. It's like having a coach in the kitchen as well as a fun cooking friend. Try it... I think you will be pleasantly surprised that great cookbooks do still exist!
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Summary: We are finally having family dinner's again!
Review: I am a member of Brook Noel's DAILY RUSH free e-mail list and it just brightens my day! I love to read her tip and recipe and weekly challenge. Her passion to truly help busy women shows from her commitment to this daily way to keep in touch with customers. When we heard about her new book from the list, we all clamored to get copies! Anyone familiar with Brook's work would undoubtedly know why! This is for the REALY FAMILY with REAL NEEDS for REAL FOOD. You won't find odd ingredients and everything prepared with soy or whole grain. This is food that everyone will eat--kids, husband-- no need to fear disgruntled comments at the dinner table any longer! As one reviewer said, "froget the rasberry salsa, real food is here."
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Summary: at best an okay cookbook. . . .
Review: I expected more from this cookbook. The idea of having menus planned and shopping lists prepared intrigued me but when I actually got my copy I was disappointed to see what the actual menus were. I can't imagine serving a meal with both rice and pasta. I suppose this would be a good cookbook for beginners or newlyweds but I feel as if I wasted my money ...
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Summary: This book has it ALL!
Review: This is the most incredible book. I felt like Brook was in my kitchen and knew what a real family would eat--and how much a time the average person has! Her recipes are totally kid-friendly and her meals SOOO quick, easy and tasty. I also loved the shopping lists for each week--out of the 19 menu plans, I could only find one that my family wouldn't rave over and there were instructions on how to substitute my own favorites and also on how to make my own weekly meal plans. My family is actually sitting down again at the table! I love it!! And the book has loads of tips, hints and humor--not to mention a chapter on smoothies, desserts, dressings, marinades, snacks, breakfasts--to sum it up--this book has it ALL!
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