I Love Rachel Ray

She is a genius. I have tried several of her recipes and loved every single dish. That's amazing. How often do you love every new recipe? Hardly ever. At least not in our house. Plus, I've bought these weird ingredients that I have never before used or even heard of. One of them being fish sauce. I had to look it up on the Internet so I had some clue as to where to look for it in the grocery store. It's down the Asian food aisle in case your wondering. Anyway, I was horrified the first time using it, because being as it's "fish" sauce, it actually smells a lot like fish. A lot. I was worried that perhaps it tasted a lot like fish. Strong tasting, icky fish. It doesn't. But every recipe that has had fish sauce has also had sugar. I'm not sure if maybe that's what makes it good, but the two recipes I've tried where I've added fish sauce-Yummy.

My favorites so far are a Turkey Club sandwich, which is made with ground turkey, and Cowboy Spaghetti. I have always been against using ground turkey because when I was younger my friend's parents would use ground turkey to make tacos and I remember thinking it was disgusting. This recipe using ground turkey-Delicious. And I love Cowboy Spaghetti. It calls for about 2 tsp of hot sauce, plus fire roasted tomatoes and a few other spicy ingredients. Our family isn't so much into the spiciness so I cut back on most of that, but there is a cheese sauce you pour on top that is amazingly good. And basically, it's just spaghetti. But it's the best spaghetti I have ever had.

Now my only problem with using her recipes is my presentation. I can't get those darn dishes to look anything like hers. What the heck?