more new rachael ray recipes and its a comfort food dinner night

Tonight was a 2 RR recipe night from the new Rachael Ray cookbook:  Spring Chicken cure a cold Soup (page 90) and  Marsala Burgers (pg 190).  I didn't have all the ingredients for these recipes (of course) but used what I had and both turned out delish!  I added sauted green beans (cuz I had them) and baked some banana bread to end with a sweet note. 

I chose the soup recipe since I roasted a chicken for dinner last night, and had some chicken left over.  Didn't feel like having chicken as the entree, so soup it is!  I usually don't have burgers but I had some marsala wine in the fridge and wanted to use it up.  Saw the recipe in RR's cookbook so thought It was another way to use up the marsala wine,, besides making chicken marsala.  Never would have thought of that one but it really made the burger taste abit fancier.

a tasket a tisket, yes its a brisket

So tonight's dinner is Brisket!!  I LOVE this dinner because it is a great crockpot meal.  The crockpot does all the work and we enjoy all the pleasure.  Basically brisket is an inexpensive cut of meat, which translates it has to be hermetically sealed in a pot in order to cook properly.  And thus, I believe that is why a crock pot works so great.  Leave it in the morning and when you come home at night, your house smells amazing the brisket will fall apart and practically melt in your mouth.  I like to use a rub with it and liquid smoke so it has a bbq/smokey flavor.  Alittle on the unusual side, but delish!!  Can be served as a sandwich or as is.