Unless there’s a particularly compelling show on television, each time I begin my dinner preparations in the kitchen, I hear the pitter patter of little feet as four-year-old Kyle comes in to ask, “Can I help you?” He doesn’t even wait for an answer as he heads over to pull the step stool up to the kitchen island.
Having the kids help me in the kitchen is fun for them, and it’s a character-builder for me. I have to slow down and remain calm, and be willing to take a little more time to clean up the bigger mess that it creates. It’s absolutely worth it. In the short run it encourages them to try new food, because they see where it comes from, but in the long run maybe I will be able to kick back and watch my favorite television show while my kids are cooking my dinner.
Just last night, my nine-and-a-half year old daughter told me that she would like to cook more dinners (by herself) this summer. I told her that she could, but she had to plan ahead, and pick out some recipes so that we could shop and be prepared. Children’s cookbooks are great, because they have recipes that can be prepared with a minimum amount of adult supervision with great pictures so that she knows what it’s supposed to look like.
If she’s armed with a good step-by-step cookbook, the right ingredients, and a willing Mommy standing by, she does a pretty good job of putting a meal together.
Yum-O: The Family Cookbook is Rachael Ray’s newest cookbook. This book has so many positive features:
- As Rachael Ray says in the introduction, one goal of the book is to “make eating healthier as a family easier, more affordable, and fun.” I tested out a recipe for Penne-Wise Pumpkin Pasta which uses canned pumpkin and whole grain pasta. My family didn’t love it, but they ate it, and it was an easy and healthy recipe. I might tweak it and try it again soon.
- Each recipe has a sidebar which guides you towards how “The Itty-Bitties” can help (by beating eggs, squeezing spinach dry, mixing dry ingredients etc.), which can encourage you to let even the youngest of children join you preparing dinner.
- One section is devoted to “rollover dinners” which allow you to cook once and eat twice (or more) with some quick variations.
- Other sections are devoted to breakfasts and lunches and snacks, which are helpful in trying to break out of the same old menus that could be replaced with better alternatives.
More Ways To Get Cooking with Your Kids
Here are some recipe ideas and inspiration to help you cook with your children…
- Cooking with Preschoolers
- Vegetables with Kids
- No-Fail Creamy Macaroni and Cheese Recipe
- Lollipop Pancakes
big rachel ray fan here. i love to cook and I love watching shows that rejoice in the art of the meal
I love her show and would love to win this cookbook. Thanks!
I love Rachel Ray!
yay. i emailed some friends!! thanks
I’d love to win and try new recipes
Rachael Ray is cool and has great recipes.
Please pray that this book contains simple easy to follow with no hassle receipes; many thanks SW
Love Rachel Ray and her show!!!!!
we’d love this!
Rachael Rocks! Her ideas are fantastic and yummy.
I would be happy to own her cook book.
i could sooooo use some new reciepes that please me and my kids
I think Yum-O sounds so funny! Great giveaway!
YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM would I love a cookbook!
I’d like to have this too!
Rachel Ray is such a sweetheart
my 4 y/o loves rachel ray!
Love Rachel’s recipes, and so does my family. Thanks for the great giveaway!
I have all of her books but this one!! Thanks for the contest!
my wife needs this
I would love to win this! I can use all of the help that I can get in the kitchen!
Good prize!
Oooh, fun! We’d really enjoy this cook book!
Rachel Ray fan here!
Love Rachel Ray’s show.winning her cookbook would be a bonus.
Turn on the stove !
she makes the best stuff
I love her recipes.
I love to watch Rachel Ray. I don’t have any of her cookbooks yet. I’d love to win. Enter me too please.
I really like her cookbooks and my kids really enjoy cooking with me!
Defiantly need this to help me with cooking…lol
lookin good add me please!
Yum-o! Love Rachel Ray and would love one of these cookbooks!
I am always looking for ideas to keep the grandkids busy when they come over. This is such a great way to get them involved!
I am emailing my friends to let them know about the book.
Thanks for the contest.
It would be great to win this! Thanks for the contest. 🙂
roses are red
violets are blue
please pick me to win!
My 6 year old son loves to help me cook. This would be perfect for us!
I have two preschoolers who LOVE to help in the kitchen, so this Rachael Ray book sounds great! Thanks!
I am so hoping a book like this will finally convince my son that he’ll truly benefit from learning to cook (as opposed to assuming mom will make everything forever!)
Yum, yum!
This sounds like a very creative and fun cookbook. I’d love to have it.
need new recipes. we eat like the sam ething every week. i am picky
i could use this cookbook.
I would love to win this cookbook.
Rachael seems to make cooking easier.
This would be a great cookbook to have for my husband of 45 years, he loves Rachaels cooking
I’d love to try out these recipes!!
we love cookbooks, and i like the sections showing how kids can help.
My kids love to help me cook. Measuring & following directions are great skills for them to learn. Cooking together also helps to stengthen our relationship. Thanks for the contest.
My family and I love cookbooks and trying new recipes. Thanks for the chance to win!!
Love to cook and love getting new ideas that are easy, fun, and good for my family.
please enter me thank you
Great Giveaway!! We just love Rachael Ray!!
count me in please 🙂
Great giveaway! I want to win! Thanks so much for the giveaway!
Rachael ROCKS!
I’m a big RR fan, I would love this!
Sounds like a wonderful cookbook!
this sounds great!
i love rachael ray
It would be good to get some new recipes that the kids might be willing to try.
Would love to have a cookbook that is geared for families, so that I might get some new ideas on things to cook that all of my kids will like! Some nights my husband and I feel like short order cooks! Rachel Ray is fun and has great recipes so that makes it even better!
I love the idea of roll-over dinners! hope I win!
Rachel Ray rocks!!
Her recipes are easy enough to actually follow unlike lots of other tv personalities!
Thanks for the chance.
Getting hungry just thinking about it! Thanks!
Love Rachael Ray!
I need some new creative ideas for meals for my kids.
My daughter loves to cook. she would love this.
I’d love to win this. I just e-mailed my friends to enter too.
I heart Rachel Ray!
Thanks for making a great site!!
Please enter me into the contest!!
I would love to have this cookbook!!
This looks so fun!
We need some new recipes.
Yummy to my tummy and four little tummies as well!
Mske me a winner!!!!!
I love Rachael Ray and her recipes make cooking for the family much easier.
enter me please
Yum-o is correct…great prize!!
This would be a wonderful cookbook to have!
I would love a copy of Yum-O! Thanks!
I have to admit, Rachael Ray drives me crazy, but every one of her recipes that I’ve tried has turned out great.
I love rachel ray. she is a great cook
Sweet niblets!
My daughter loves Rachael
I really like Rachel Ray’s recipes. I have 3 of her cookbooks and her dishes have never failed to please my family.
What a great cookbook and just the thing I was looking for this summer for family fun!
Love love Rach! Would love to win this!
This would be a fun way to beat the summer time blues and try some new recipes.
Rach Rocks!
I would love this!
Great cookbook, she also has a great kids section on her website to encourage little ones to try new foods…
sounds great!looks great!Yum-O!
I love nearly every recipe of Rachel Ray’s that I have tried. I would love to win a free cookbook.
Summer fun with Rachael and my Nathan? Sign me up!
My daughter loves to help cook also. At 7 y/o she has become quite the pancake/french toast turned on the griddle.
Just love her, I have some of her other books.
Love Rachael Ray!
This looks like a fun cookbook!
Nothing says lovin’ like cooking with your kids!!!
Thank you for the chance to win this AWESOME cookbook!!
Rachel Ray rules— I love me some EVOO!!! 😉
I watch her show daily and try her recipes often.
Awesome cookbook
Rachel Ray is my favorite. I made 3 of her recipes just this week..
I am a cookbook collector and would love to have this one
I love cookbooks and this would be a great addition to my collection.
I love her books and recipes and would like some ideas to help get my daughter involved in cooking with me.
Rachael Ray is my favorite cooking show. I get her maagzine, too, and love her recipes!
I love Rachael Ray! Thanks!
I love Rachael Ray and would love this cookbook!
Would love this cookbook! Always looking for ways to get my family to eat healthier.
I love Rachel Ray and her recipes and would really love to have this book.
I love watching Rachael Ray on TV-I’d like one of her cookbooks!
We just love Rachael Ray in this house. It would bring my two children and I closer together while cooking an evening meal. Thank-you for the wonderful contest.
I love Rachel Ray. Let me win!
I’m in!!!!
enter me
I’m always looking for new recipes to try – especially ones that are fast, easy, AND healthy! This cookbook looks like it offers recipes that fit that criteria.
P.S. I blogged about this contest in my Tuesday Tours column this past Tuesday: http://metropolitanmama.net/2008/06/tuesday-tours-whats-happening-on-the-web-30/.
I love Rachel Ray!
This would be a great cookbook to have! I love Rachel Ray!
Oh YUM-O! Our kitchen could use this cookbook! I’m in. You can find my post at Make Our Kitchen Yum-O 5 Minutes for Mom!
This cookbook looks wonderful! I would love to win this and use it with my kids this summer!
tfisher83 AT myexcel DOT com
She’s the best! Only she could give us hundreds of recipes that take only minutes and taste great!
will this help my kids eat their vegetables?
Rachel’s recipes are the bomb! I’d love to win this cookbook. Yum-O!!!
If I win, my family will stop saying my food taste like cardboard : )
I love cooking and could use some new recipes.
Yum-O looks Yummy! My kids love cooking together as a family. This would be a great addition to our collection.
Love cooking with my kids and seeing them start to do things on their own.
I love cookbooks!!!
I know Iwould enjoy her recipes.
Great for the cookbook collector….ME!!
I love Rachel Ray!I am not a big reader but when it comes to cook books I can’t get enough.Thank you for the contest.
Passed along your link to my mommy group, we ALL love Rachel Ray’s recipes after a long day.
Could definitely use some new recipes!
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Rachel Ray
She has a hamburger recipe that we love. Her show is my 14-year-old daughter’s favorite.
This looks like a fun cookbook
I love her show, the cookbook would be great.
i am a truly picky eater and i have to say that i just love her recipes. just good eats and i say yummy.please include me in this wonderful giveaway. rachael ray is the best.
she is just to cool
I really hope I win this one!
This looks great!
The kids and I intend to do a lot of cooking together this summer, so a new cookbook would be perfect.
My daughter and I love to cook together. This would be fun to have some new ideas and recipes.
Sounds yummy!!!
I love cooking with my kids! And quick, easy meal recipes that are family-friendly are always welcome!
I would love to win this. We have other Rachael Ray cookbooks. My kids love to cook from her just for kids cookbook. They would love to have new recipes to try. I have emailed all my friends and they are hoping they can win too.
enter me
I would love this! I have a 4 year old who loves to cook.
wow
I really never cared for Rachael Ray until I actually sat down and started watching her talk show. I paid attention to the types of things she cooked and I was shocked to find that eighty percent of what she made was appealing to me. Now I’m a fan. Thanks for the chance to win one of her cookbooks!
I collect cookbooks :). Please count me in. Thanks!
We love Rachel Ray and would love another one of her cookbooks!! Woo hoo! Great contest! chrisandamyward at comcast dot net
Rachael is a real cutie pie.
I like cookbooks.
Love RR, her recipes and cooking! Would love to win this!
The kids & I would have a blast trying out the recipes in Rachel’s book.
My daughter just turned 4 and she loves Rachel Ray. She got an easy bake oven for her birthday (along with her own cooking utinsils and apron) and calls it her Rachel Ray oven! She loves to help me in the kitchen and this would be perfect! Thanks for the chance (she thanks you too~)!
This looks like so much fun! Please enter me. 😀
Rachael is my kitchen hero. The recipes on her show are usually a big hit in my house and I have a feeling the ones in this book would be no different. 🙂
I love her recipes! It would be great to win a cookbook full of them! THanks for the contest and the chance to win!
Yummo! I love to watch Rachael Ray.
I love cookbooks! Always looking for new things to try. Count me in!
I would love to win a copy of this cookbook! I love trying new recipes!
My stay-at-home Mom always had me help her in the kitchen. I was 14 (and the oldest of 5 kids) when she went back to work. I got a “job” making menus and grocery list and preparing dinner for the family several nights each week. It was adventageous for both of us, and I felt a lot more prepared to take care of myself when I went away to college.
I would love to win a copy of this! I too, stuggle with kitchen control issues and would love to give this a try.
owatz (at) telus (dot) net
Cooking with my kids is something I love as an ideal… but in practice, I really struggle with some control issues. I’m always hoping to find more easy recipes, and the way this book is laid out sounds great for me! I’ve blogged about it now, so here’s hoping some luck comes my way!
I would love to try this cookbook out! thanks
I love Rachael Ray. She’s got some awesome recipes too and my husband has enjoyed those that I’ve made. It would be wonderful to win one of her cookbooks
Fabulous! We’d love to have this cookbook. Thanks!
I would love to win this cookbook!
Thanks!
This looks like just what I need to kick my butt into cooking more.
Yummy. Please accept my entry.
My wife is a cookbook fanatic
I really like RR. She is one of the only celebrity chefs that acknowledge the presence of vegetarians in the world. Her magazine often has substitutions you can make.
I borrowed this from the library and LOVED it!
I’d love to win this cookbook!!
Sounds like a great book
Rachel Ray Rocks. Thanks for the chance.
I love Rachel Ray and would love to own one of her cookbooks.
I’m a sucker for anything Rachel
Love you and your cooking show, I watch every week i would love to have your cookbook. Thank you
LOVE Rachael Ray! Would love to win this!
I would love some new recipes! I think DH is starting to get bored with my cooking…lol!
My sister is a Rachel Ray freak! I would love to get this for her.
I’d love to try some new recipes 🙂 *Thanks* for the giveaway!
I am a huge Rachael Ray fan and would love to win.
We could totally use this. My kids wont eat anything except mac and cheese or pizza!! Im at my wits end trying to get them to eat!! (not to mention husband doesnt eat anything worthwhile either!)
Love her cookbooks!
Would love to win this. My kids love to try out new things!
blah blah blah….. enter me please
If Rachael Ray say’s Yam-O,you can count me in.thanks.
I don’t have a blog, but my four year old granddaughter loves Rachel Ray so this would be great for us. She says she’s going to be a chef when she grows up and she’ll stop whatever she’s doing to watch cooking shows!
I love Rachel Ray and would love to own one of her cookbooks.
We’d love to have a copy!
I blogged your contest on Prize-A-Tron toO!
http://www.prizeatron.com
Forwarded this link to my sisters… They love to cook and watch the Food Network (esp. Rachel) as much as I do!!! 🙂
I blogged this giveaway at http://acontestblog.com/index.php/2008/5-minutes-for-mom-rachel-ray-yum-o-family-cookbook-giveaway/
Thanks
My daughter and I love to cook. This would be great. Thanks.
I love cookbooks and RR. What’s not to like about this contest?
I must admit my husband hates her voice, but does that stop me from watching regularly — heck, no. I adore her.
i really like Racheal Ray’s recipies they look so good
I’m putting this info on my myspace blog. Thanks!
i WOULD LOVE TO WIN THIS
I LOVE RACHEL RAY. SHES MY FAVORITE CHEF.
I love Rachael Ray’s recipes, would love to win this cookbook. Count me in.
thanks for the contest, nice prize
We love Rachel! and the kids love to help. Great combo!
Sounds Great! I enjoy Rachel Ray but have never tried one of her cookbooks. Thanks for the chance to win one!
This is a cookbook I will probably have to buy if I don’t win!
Who doesn’t love Rachael Ray? Yumm-o!
This would inspire me to cook more! Love RR!
Rachel Ray Rocks!
I love Rachael Rays cookbooks.
It is going to be a long summer because mom is already complaining about the fact that the boys are complaining. Thanks
please enter me in the drawing
Rachael Ray has such great recipes!
30-Minute Meals is my favorite cooking show and Rachel Ray is my favorite television chef! I would love to have her cookbook!
this looks great
Please enter me! 🙂
OK-both of my girls (ages 3 and 6) will sit and watch Rachel Ray with me! And BOTH are ALWAYS in the kitchen wanting to help. They’ll sit and watch the bread maker for 20 minutes! Yes, mine have been cracking eggs and mixing batters for years now! We would LOVE a chance at this book!
Looks great and I would love to try this one out.
I love watching Rachel Ray on Food Network. My husband is always wanting me to try something that she is fixing. with this I could actually do that.
I always watch her on the food network…and i love her…would love to win this cookbook!!
Would love to win this book! Good luck to all
This would be a wonderful book to win! I absolutely love Rachel Ray and her daytime talk show is one of my favorite shows!
me and the girls love rachel ray we watch her everymorning my girls just like to watch her cook she is great
I emailed some of my friends and family – we love Rachael!
How lucky to have children that want to help with dinner. I love it!…I hope this happens with my family.
Adam
http://adam-finch.eachday.com
looks yummy…count me in!!!! thanks :O)
I need some help with some new recipes.
I need some new ideas for recipes for my family!
Cookbooks and cooking together are a great way to spend time with your kids. 😉
I love cookbooks!
I love her simple recipes because they are simple and quick and use normal ingredients.
i need this!
Thanks for another great contest folks. Would love that cookbook.
Love this website and love this giveaway! Hope I win!
Very fun give away!!
Please enter me for this cookbook. I’m really looking for new recipes that my VERY picky eater will eat, and that are fast and easy to make. I’m weary of my regular meals…..
Just a great cookbook to win. Thank You.
Love RR!! I have been really interested in her new cookbook, too. Pick me! Pick me!:)
Love love love RAchel Ray and as her fellow italian sista I need this cookbook. Well really I need it because I have 3 kids and meals that can be ready in 30 minutes or less is perfect. I dont’ have time to cook in the evenings if it takes more than 30 minutes and my children living on hotdogs is not a good idea LOL
Love Rachel Ray’s shows, would love to own one of her cookbooks.
I love Rachael Ray’s recipes. We often watch her shows as a family.
I need some new recipies. The fam is gettin’ sick of the old ones!
great cookbook like to have it
YUM YUM!!! 😉 Thanks.
I love Rachael. I have two of her books!
great prize, great recipes!
We are big fans of rachel ray in my house, great giveaway
My daughter’s nickname is actually Chef-O because she loves to cook! We enjoy watching Rachel’s 30-minute-meals show and would love to win this cookbook! Thanks!
I came over from Summer’s site. Awesome giveaway. Wow.
This is perfect! Please enter me! Thanks!
I would love to win this!
Would really love to have this for our family.
I love to cook! Count me in! Thanks!
This looks like a great cookbook! Just love Rachael Ray! Watch her shows as often as possible and my kids love her, too! They are helping out more and more in the kitchen. Thanks for the great giveaway!
Got it on my blog! Both Kiddos love “helping” in the kitchen, so this would be great.
My Wife would love this!
I’ll have to email my friends about this. My DH and I love watching Rachel Ray!
Miranda
bleucowgirl at hotmail dot com
Rachael rocks!
I have been a Rachael Ray fan for EVER!
R.R. rules!
i love rachael, enter me please
We love to cook (and eat).
I’ve shared this on my blog. I enjoy Rachael’s show.
Please enter me for the cookbook. I’ll link on my blog!
Great idea! My 11-year-old daughter loves to cook and it would be fun to help her plan things she could cook over the Summer. Love Rachael Ray
I enjoy watching and listening to Rachel. She comes up with so many good recipes.
I blogged about this HERE!
I really love easy and tasty recipes! This would be great to win! Thanks!
Great book of recipes to get everone busy in the kitchen together!
Coming up with dinner ideas is always a challenge. Maybe this cookbook can help me.
I really need some new meal ideas!
Sounds great. Yummy 🙂
I collect cookbooks! Thank you!
I’d like to win this book. I need recipes my teen son can do easily.
This quote is funny…I tested out a recipe for Penne-Wise Pumpkin Pasta which uses canned pumpkin and whole grain pasta. My family didn’t love it, but they ate it, and it was an easy and healthy recipe. I might tweak it and try it again soon.
I make up my own recipes, and sometimes they don’t come out the way you would think. I tried to do a pumpkin lasagna using canned pumpkin and lasagna noodles. My family didn’t love it either, but they did finish it. My kids will taste anything, as long as I don’t try pumpkin lasagna again.
Yummmo, I love Rachael Ray!!!
Ohhhh YUM!! (couldn’t resist) :oP
I NEEEEEED this cookbook.
Gotta Love Rachel! She rocks!
Please enter me!
We love cooking and I love what I’ve seen on the Rachael Ray show, would definately put this cookbook to use!
Here’s my bloggy post on the give away:
http://kristiniac.blogspot.com/2008/06/thursdays-tantallizing-finds.html
I love this!
Sign me up! This looks like a great book!
Please enter me — this looks great!
Enter me please. Thanks!
this does sound Yum-O!
I love her!! Im sure this is a great cookbook, we have 2 of hers. 🙂
I bet this cookbook has great recipes.
Sounds like a great book! The kiddos are just getting interested in helping me cook; it would be nice to have it broken down this way.
would love to win a copy of this–sounds like it would be helpful for involving the little ones! thanks for the chance to win! -beth
I love Rachel’s recipes. Would love to win this!
Thanks.
my 12 year old loves cooking with me and this will help alot.two guys in the kitchen!!!!!
Wow, what a cool prize.
Thanks. Count me in!
I was just perusing this tonight at B&N….I’d love to win a copy.
Thanks!
love to play in the kitchen
My three year old daughter loves Rachel Ray and so do I! We also love to cook together so I’d just love to win this one. I will post about it on my blog!
Love Rachel Ray and her shows. My son loves to be in the kitchen with me. This cookbook would give me some great ideas.
ok, we LOVE RR!! the kids love to watch food on TV lol. we are constantly trying to come up with new things to cook so this would be great to win!
Great prize…thank you for the contest.
we would love to win!!
thanks so much!!
moore.g at insideconnect.net
Rachael Ray has a great show, though I doubt I’d ever be able to finish the meals she cooks in 30 minutes.
this would be great!
thanks for the giveaway
I would love to win this book. I am always looking for more easy, kids friendly recipes and a bonus, ideas to have the kids help. Yea!
What a great idea! My daughter loves to help cook! 🙂
like to win this
lol to all
I would love to use this!!
My post is here:
http://www.livinwithme.com/2008/06/fabulous-giveaways/
Wooo Hooo Make me a winner!
I would love to have this for my daughter, who is just starting her family this year
HELP!!! I need HELP cooking and I am CERTAIN that Rachael Ray can teach me something simple yet delicious!
What could be better than putting together a healthy, great tasting meal in less than 30 minutes? Winning a Rachel Ray cookbook!
I dig the Rachel Ray!
I have yet to be disappointed yet.
These are the only recipes I cook,
’cause I need all the help I can get!
Sounds yummy!
Sounds great!
I love new cookbooks!
I want to win
Yummo!!! I would love to win this 🙂
Anything to help me in the kitchen!
Thank you for having this contest. I really appreciate it.
Rachael Ray’s recipes are always huge hits at our house.
This would be great when I start cooking soon!
Not only do I LOVE Rachael Ray, but my DAUGHTER loves her, too! How great would this cook-book be for the both of us?! Thanks!
Yumm-O!
Sign me up!
🙂
Yum-o is right 🙂
I blogged you 🙂
I could use some new ideas for lunch/dinner.
I would love to win this! My daughters (ages 5 & 6) have really begun to take an interest in cooking. We always watch RR and since they love to be in the kitchen with me, this would be something we could really, really use!
Thanx for the awesome contest!!!
My daughter would love this!!! She hopes to be a chef one day.
I love RR recipes and am always trying her meals.
i love her! would love to try this…
Rachael is great.
I’d love to win this for my wife, she loves Rachael. Thanks!
I love Rachel.
I’d love that cookbook!
I love Rachael Ray’s recipes. They’re usually right up my family’s alley.
please enter me in this greta contest thanks
Please count me in!
We love Rachael Ray!!! I would love to own this cookbook. I am not much of a cook so I need all the help I can get.
tiffy2two@gmail.com
Nice contest
Great prize!
This would be great! And I am linked to your contest!!
I sure hope I win thanks
Great prize. i really like Racheal Ray’s recipies.
I love RR – I have two of her cookbooks already and would love to add this to the collection
I am a huge fan of Rachel Ray, she is always smiling and just so excited about whipping up new and cool recipes.
I’m a fan of Rachael, she makes everything look so easy!
My mom and I were just looking at Rachael Ray stuff the other day!
This would be so great to win. Thanks for the contest!
My daughter and I both love Rachael Ray (She is only 6) and she goes around saying YUM-O all the time!
THANK YOU GOD BLESS
My daughter loves to cook with me, this would be great!
I’ve been wanting to check out this cookbook forever! Thanks for the chance to win.
I love Rachael Ray!!! I would love to win this so my daughter and I could cook together.
I’d love this for my parents they love her show
ooh – that would be great for us as I always struggle with dinner…thanks for the great giveaway…I’ll have my button up momentarily!
I am always at a loss for dinner ideas, so new inspiration would be fabulous! 🙂
I just saw this book advertised in my book club catalog (along with all the other books I’d love to read, but can’t find the time). This would be perfect for getting my 3 and 5 year old involved in the kitchen so hopefully they’d eat someting at dinner time.
love her
My husband collects cookbooks, I would love to win this one for him.
Please enter me and thanks!
enter me!
I’d love to win this -it’d keep me from referring to my PC for recipes while I’m cooking! LOL
I’m letting my friends know about this contest; if one of them wins, maybe s/he’ll invite me over for dinner!
I am not great in the kitchen which leads to many PB&J sandwiches – I would love to win! Rachel Ray makes yummy looking food!
(Your button is in my sidebar)
I love Rachel Ray and would love to win this cookbook. Thanks for the giveaway.
This would be a nice addition to my cookbook collection.
Sounds like a great book to check out and winning it here would be the perfect opportunity to do so 🙂
Thanks,
Maureen
I’d let her cook for me.
This book sounds great!
My 12 year old loves cookin and cook books
My daughter is a beginning cook-I would love to win this cookbook for her.
What a great prize! It’s always fun to try something new in the kitchen. 🙂
Sounds great
Great cookbook…thanks for the contest!
always up for another cookbook – plug me in
I love Rachel!
Great contest! We would love to have a new cookbook for the summer!
Here’s the link to my post about your contest:
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Tami/546022/
Yummmm…. I love to watch her… who doesn’t like quick meals
thanks for the cookbook
I love cookbooks But I love Rahcel Ray even more Smile
Great prize! Love Rachael’s shows.
I could really use this cookbook!
I would love the cookbook.
I love her 30 minute meal cookbooks. I’m sure this one is just as great!
sweet prize, like it…
RAchel Ray…..Yumm-o
I just saw this book on Amazon today and put it on my Wishlist. I sure hope I win it, though!
I blogged you here:
http://carolsbloggys.blogspot.com/2008/06/5-minutes-for-mom-win-copy-of-rachael.html
I’m clueless in the kitchen. But, now that I have a baby… it’s time to figure it out.
Yum-O is right! Sounds great!!
You can never have enough cook books!
Just love her.
I would love to have a copy of her cookbook.
Rachel Ray is such a bundle of energy. Sometimes, o her show, she talks so quickly that I can’t stay up with her! She has wonderful cookbooks and I like the fact that this one is for family meals and eating healthier with less cost. Please enter me in your wonderful contest. I always appreciate it! Many thanks, Cindi
That sounds wonderful – my kids would love it! I’m writing the post on my blog now.
I need this something awful
include me too
I have yet to try out any of Rachel’s recipes but they sound delicious! What a great way to involve the kids too. Thanks.
most of my kids want to help when I’m cooking and my 12 yo wants to be a chef 🙂 so this book would be great for our family!
My daughters love helping in the kitchen and we all love Rachael Ray!
This cookbook sounds right up my ally!!! Thanks for the chance to win.
Yummy OOOO, how I would love to win this!
I have always wanted to try her recipes! I’ll keep my fingers crossed!
A wonderful idea, my 3 year old boy like to help in the kitchen.
I am always looking for easy recipes that my kids will think are “Yum-O” ! Sometimes it’s hard to get them to eat anything except noodles! 🙂
I’ll put the word out on Twitter.
This looks like a good one!
I have looked at this book at work. I love almost all of the recipes in it!!1 I will spread the word to some friends about it too
I posted the button in my sidebar last night. Please enter me. We love RR at our house!
Love Rachael’s recipes. Would love to win this cookbook!
I love Rachael Ray! I wanna win. Thanks for this fun giveaway!
My 2 yr old loves watching Rachel Ray. I think it’s helped him in the kitchen already 🙂
RR is my favorite!!!
Wow this sounds like a good one!
my girls always want to help too, I have another cookbook of Rachel rays and love the turkey corn chowered recipe in it
love rachael ray
Always looking for new easy cookbooks. Thank you for this giveaway!
Sounds good, I could use some good easy recipes.
I don’t have a blog, but I would love this cookbook.
Daughter would love!!
My kids love to help me cook!
Oh, boy, would I! This would be a fun addition to my cookbook shelf. Thanks!
Count me in!
Yum is right!! Count me in.
Ya know, if I could fit all six of my kids in the kitchen at once it might be fun to try some of these recipes. Or would that be too many chefs in the kitchen?
Still I need some ideas – The spagetti thing is getting old.
I love all the recipes of RR I have made and I would love to have her book.
I love her recipes that I’ve tried, and this looks like a great book!
I’ve never tried her recipes but this looks like a good way to start.
I agree that getting a toddler or child to help in the kitchen at a young age will help them later on in life. I love Rachael Ray and am a big fan and would love this book.
Thanks!
Oh! Random number thing please pick me! I never win anything!
i love achel ray. this sounds so, well so yummy oh
Oh, I’d love to win this! I love cookbooks and I love Rachel Ray!
Love her 30 min meals show
This looks like a very fun cookbook! and I love Rachael !
Yummy! 🙂
I love Rachael and her recipes and would be thrilled to win this book! Thank you!
We’re fans of the Rachael Ray travel shows.
I love Rachel Ray and her recipes are so yummy!!
WOW great prize. I emailed my sister about this. Please enter me. Thanks so much.
all linked up over at DesignHER. My do I need some new dinner choices over here….
I love Rachael Ray! This would be great as my son loves to help me cook. Thanks!
Would like to own this book.
I’d like to win this ~ I need some new ideas, as I’m in a “cooking rut!”
I love RR
Wow! Your contests are getting more and more competitive.. LOVE IT!! Count me in!
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Thanks so much have a great week!
Angie
I need this I do….I need help….
I really enjoy Rachael Ray,yet I don’t have any of her cookbooks. I’d love to win this! Great giveaway – thanks for offering it!
~Tanya
the4moyers(at)msn(dot)com
Love Rachael Ray! Thanks for the giveaway!
I would love to have that cookbook!
You’ve been blogged:
http://lyricandariasmom.blogspot.com/2008/06/creative-days-of-summer-cook.html
I’d love to win this book, I can’t cook worth a darn and I’m trying to find easier recipes and great ways to cook some great meals, the girls always love to help.
Thanks.
Her recipes are perfect for my on the go family.
I love her recipes and I don’t have one of her cookbooks, yet. Thanks for the contest!
I love Rachel! She’s great!! And, I’d love to have her book. Thanks.
This is the perfect cookbook for our family!!
Ooh, we’d love to have this! I posted about it on my blog! Thanks 😀
I’m so thankful I found your website! I’ll put this up on my blog. I have a 13 and 10 year old daughter who are in the kitchen already and, a three year old son who loves to help me cook. And my one year old son is following in his footsteps. God bless you and thank you for this blog!
Everyone else wants one of these cookbooks and I do too! I was just thinking of preparing a recipe I saw her make last week on her show. Yum!
My daughter loves to watch Rachael Ray whenever we’re somewhere with cable. I so need to find something to get us cooking *together* too! I made sure to blog this one. 🙂
http://momnmore.blogspot.com/2008/06/win-new-rachael-ray-cookbook.html
I’d love to win this. 🙂
Enter Me !!
I would love to win!!!! I would watch her show all the time when I had cable!
Sounds like a great book!
Count me in.
Rachel Ray is my fave on the Food Network and I have many of her cookbooks. This cookbook would be great to use with the kids though and I don’t have any family cookbooks. Thanks for a super fun give-a-way!
Great idea to get kids to help in the kitchen – I do it all the time (although it doesn’t make my daughter any more interested in trying new foods!).
Fabulous! I love her cookbooks!
This looks like a great new cookbook! Thanks for the contest… and your banner’s on my sidebar. 🙂
Oooooo! I love Rachael and would love to win this! I emailed all of my friends and told them about this site. 🙂
i would love one of these books, i’m forever trying to figure out ways my little ‘uns could help!
What a great sounding cookbook! I sure hope I win! I’ve posted all about the contest, the Creative Days and the cookbook on my blog:
http://theten0clockscholar.blogspot.com/2008/06/yum-o-new-book-to-help-family-cook.html
I would love to win this! Please enter me
love to cook
Looks great! I need all the help that I can get in the kitchen.
Love her!! and love the site!
Love Rachel Ray! Me and the kiddos watch her show on Food network and then try and make some of the food she does. I have one of her cookbooks, and love it! Spreading the word now!
Rachael put the fun back in cooking.
My husband got me watching Rachael Ray! He loves cooking shows & would love it if we won this.
I like Rachel Ray and her cooking. What a cool prize to give away!
I’m not exactly sure what a Yum O is, but I am certain it’s NEVEr been said about something I cooked. Please enter me in your giveaway as I need all the help I can get! thanks.
her recipes are great and easy
Sounds like a great cookbook
It’s my nieces birthday today and whenever we are together she always wants to bake or cook something with me. I love to cook myself and cooking with her is a lot of fun – count me in!!!!!
All linked up to the giveaways here.
This cookbook looks wonderful 🙂
I love Rachael Ray and watch her program every day. I would love to win her cookbook.
Love Rachel Ray!!
My daughter loves to cook, and loves Rachael Ray! We would love to add this to our collection!
I would love to add this to my cookbook collection!
This sounds like a neat family cookbook. Rachael Ray really does have great, practical recipes. My ‘itty bitty’ toddler isn’t quite at the helper stage, but she does her best and she loves mixing it up with her little baking set while Mama’s cookin’!
I enjoy the recipes Rachael has on her show and in her books. I would love to add this book to my cookbook collection. Thansk for the goveaway!
This looks like a great cookbook!
The button is on my blog! I love Rachael Ray!
This sounds like a fun cookbook. Would love to win!
I would love to win! I have a little girl who loves to “help” in the kitchen!
Yummo! Would love to try out her recipes.
My kids (ages 3 and 4) love cooking, but it would be great to expand their repertoire beyond green eggs and ham 😉
Love her stuff….sign me up!
i love her recipes
When it comes to cooking, I need all the help I cab get!!!
I have her first 2 books and am a huge fan! I have the button up on my blog to share the fun!
I *heart* Rachel Ray! 🙂
I would love to have this cookbook. Thanks,Anne
I love her cookbooks! Thank you for the giveaway!
I would love to win this! Rachel Ray is adorable!
I love all of RR cookbooks.
YUM-O
i am all for something that will bring more nutrition into my childens eating habits.
I don’t have this Rachael book yet. Her recipes are simple and delicious. Thanks for the chance.
I have spread the word about your blog!
Rose are red
Violets are green.
Pick me, please
And I’ll make the Yum-O scene! 🙂
i remember the lazy saturdays my father spent with me and me sister cooking something. i remember thinking he actually let me do that when i got the chance to crack an egg. it would be nice to be able to have the children in my life help me cook and get the same joy from it i did. thanks for the chance
I love her recipes! They are definately YUM-O!
Would love to win….
love Rachel Ray have some of her books and use them often
Love her recipes!
I love most of RR recipes and I would love to win this book!
I love Rachael Ray. I watch her every day and subscribe to her magazine.
I’d love to win this cookbook. This entire event is a great idea since I’m already scrambling to think up ways to entertain the kids. And summer has only begun…
Thanks! 🙂
What a great idea… sign me up
I’d love this cookbook! Her show is great, and I love her ideas for simplifying and letting the kids help!
Rachael Ray is so inventive & her show’s great, she always inspires me! Thank you for a really great giveaway!
I’d love one of these!!! Yah!
Oh I love Rachael Ray and My 8 year old daughter is into cooking as well so this would be great! I have alos bloged about it and put your button in my sidebar! Thanks
This would be great! We are in need of some new recipes; we keep eating the SAME things over and over and over again.
Love her show. Love her recipes. Would love to win a cookbook!
I would love this!
Looks like a great cookbook. Count me in!
i like it.
i love to cook. i need this book.
cool book
this cookbook sounds great!
My daughter would love this. She’s 6 and totally obsessed with Rachel Ray.
Oh Goody, my youngin’s are just getting going in the kitchen.
I’m always trying to come up with new meals and something called Yum-O? I’m all for that!
We love RR, and I’m sure my daughter would have a blast with this cookbook. Thanks!!
RR is my favorite Food Network girl! Thanks for the chance!
I would love to win this cook book thanks for the chance
I love Rachael Ray and have been wanting to get this so winning it would be even better!
Nice
I would love to win one of her Cookbooks, I am sure they are great! Thanks!
I’ve never had one of her books before, so I’d love to get one and give it a try! Thanks for the opportunity!
I could use a new cookbook!!
laura_licious101(at)hotmail(dot)com
This is something that I know I need to improve in as mom. My boys really love to help but I have been so hesitant to allow them to help me much in the kitchen. Just reading your post was an “aha” for me. I’m like – oh yeah, they could squeeze out the spinach. Never thought of something like that.
I wrote a post and will put the button in my sidebar but the button isn’t working right now.
Thank you for always providing such excellent ideas and resources!
OH wow, this is a great idea!!! Your button is up on my sidebar….yay, for summer fun!!! 😀 Thanks girls!
I’ve told my friends that I would love to win this cookbook! I’m a big fan of getting kids involved with everything I do in the kitchen.
Would love this, thanks for the great giveaway!
I’ve been really working on learning to cook more things this past year. My daughter is always under foot and wanting to help. This would be perfect!
Oh…and your button is in my sidebar. 🙂
I love cookbooks
Would love to win this for my older brother who loves cooking with Rachael Ray. 😉 Thanks.
Sounds Yummy!….I mean, Yum-O! Please, count me in!:)
Yes! Please enter me. I have also linked to you in my sidebar!
I’ve seen this cookbook in Barnes and Noble and it looks great!
I would love to have this cook book!! Rachel Ray is one of my favorites!!!
My 16 year old is learning to cook. This would surely help us both. Thanks!!
gkstratos @yahoo.com
I love to cook, and my children are always trying to help too! I’d love this book!
Love Rachel Ray!
I love her cookbooks! I’m going to put this site on my sidebar!!
This would be awesome to win. One of my kids is anemic and it would be great to have a new cookbook to use to try to get him to eat new things …
I would love to win this cookbook! THanks
Love Rachel Ray. Thanks for the giveaway!
Yum-o, indeed! I’ve got the button up!
You can never have too many cook books!
You are on the right track when it comes to teaching your children to navigate the kitchen. All of my children help out in the kitchen and my oldest two can prepare meals.
Patience and perseverence builds memories now and reaps benefits later on.
Please include me in the drawing.
Fabulous! I love it!
i would love to win this ,yum-o
I’m always looking for things my 3yr old can help me cook…and who doesnt love Rachel Ray??
Love her cookbooks
Rachael Ray is one of my favorites! Thank you for offering this giveaway.
I love Rachel Ray. Thanks for the chance.
Wow this sounds great and I am not quite sure how to have my “itty-bitties help me at 3 and almost 2!
Count me in!
I could really use this, as my toddler is getting more and more interested in cooking!
Rachel Ray just happens to be one of our favorite people to watch. The girls go crazy when I turn her on. It’s because of her, that I’ve been letting the girls help a little more, in the kitchen.
I want to win!
I would love this cookbook, I’m e-mailing my friends right now about it to see if any of them have it! Thanks for posting this!
I’d LOVE to win! cdziuba@aol.com
I am always looking for new recipes! Would love to win. The button is on my sidebar!
My kids adore her.
This looks like a wonderful cookbook!
She is so funny to watch~ I love her comments!
This would be fun for my kids!
I’d love this cookbook. We are always looking for new things to cook!
Looks great! I have it up on my blog!
Looks like fun!!! 🙂
Great site – I love relaxing over my coffee here!
I love cookbooks!!! Sure, I’d like to win 🙂
OOOOOO, I love her recipes. I’ll have to email some friends and blog about it:)