Rachael Ray Roundup

We have a very set meal schedule in our house based on my work schedule: take out on Fridays, Rachael Ray meals on Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Wednesday, and entrees I have pre-made and frozen on Tuesday and Thursday (I get the recipes for those from Fix, Freeze, Feast). On the days I work, the prepared meals are great, but I don't premake side dishes. I make a bunch of differnent entrees, so we have lots of variety there, but I have been in a major rut for side dishes - it's always veggies and rice.

After searching through my pantry for some inspiration, I found orzo, searched the Food Network website, and came across this Cheesy Orzo recipe. It can be made with stuff you probably have lying around and it will create a little variety for you, too!

• Melanie of My Kitchen Cafe adapted a Rachael Ray recipe to make Moo Shu Noodles.
• Cheap Healthy Good compares Rachael Ray to J-Lo and gives her Chickpea Salad a great review.
• Elizabeth Passarella of The Kitchn thought of a bunch of uses for the flat brownies used in the Brownie Ice Cream Sandwich recipe from Everyday With Rachael Ray.
• Enrico of Hotel Tuesday made Rachael's recipe for Chicken Catch-a-tory Ravioli Stew.
• Laura Flowers of The Cooking Photographer made Rachael's Super Sloppy Joes.
• Lauren of Food for Living might not be a fan of Rachael Ray, but she is a fan of her recipe for Chicken Parm Meatball Subs.
• Jennie of Adam's Brag Book made Spring Chicken Roll-Ups with Lemon Dijon Pan Sauce.
• April of The Fragrant Hand made a recipe I tried recently and loved - Pesto Chicken Grill Packets.
• Rachael gives a hint to Newsweek that she doesn't appreciate being lumped in with Sandra Lee. Gotta say I agree with Rach on this one - her recipes don't rely on prepared foods like Lee's do.
• Diana Bauman of the Des Moines Cooking Examiner tweaked Rachael's recipe to create Pissaladière with crème fraîche.
• No Meat Athlete made Racahel's Portobello Mushroom Burgers.
• Krystal of Recipes of a Cheapskate made New England Pasta Bake.
• Laura of Real Mom Kitchen made Pork Kebabs from Every Day with Rachael Ray.