Summer Favorites

Serve this tasty pasta dish with Orange and Arugula Salad with Marmalade Dressing.

Serve this tangy salad with California Pasta with Artichokes and Almond-Citrus Pesto.

Serve with Thai-licious Turkey Sliders.

Sushi gets a whole new look with these easy roll-ups. They’re an energizing snack and work well in your lunch box, too.

This sweet breakfast tastes delicious all year round, but it’s easy enough for kids to make (with just a little help from a grown-up helper!) for a special breakfast-in-bed treat for Mom or Dad.

Serve with Super-sized Eggrolls.

Rachael says, “This one is an updated version of shake and bake style chicken. The ranch dressing is made with buttermilk, which I always thought of as rich and fattening – not so! Buttermilk is very low in fat, as it is made from skim milk. This is one feel-good-about-it down-home supper.” Serve with Rachael’s Peeler Salad, included in the recipe below.

Rachael says, "One sunny afternoon at the Central Park Zoo, I went head-to-head with a zoologist in a polar bear cook off. The bears loved my meal and I won the throw down! If the polar bears like it, I bet the kids will, too! I did modify it a bit. Their fish was whole – head and all. Otherwise, the ingredients are pretty much the same: watermelon, peppers, cereal and fish. Sounds weird, but it’s YUM-O!" This recipe is featured in the 40th Anniversary edition of Sesame Street’s C is for Cooking cookbook!

This delish pasta salad can even go to the beach with you because it has no mayo (mayo can spoil out in the sun if it’s not kept really cold all the time). It also makes a fun and easy cold supper on a warm summer evening.

Rachael says, "A friend was having a baby at work and she LOVES eggplant, so I wrote these three easy meals using eggplant steaks for her. I love you, Mommel Hommel, as much as you love eggplant. Enjoy!" Check out the other two delicious eggplant recipes Rachael wrote for her friend, Meat and Mushroom Eggplant Roll-ups with Tomato Gravy and Eggplant Steak Lasagna Stacks.