Your youngest has homework, the puppy needs to go out, you have to pick up Billy from soccer practice in 20 minutes and your husband will be home soon for DINNER. Stop the madness!

A busy mom herself, Robin Miller, New York Times bestselling author and beloved Food Network star of “Quick Fix Meals with Robin Miller,” knows that every day is busy in a different way. For that reason, she has created ROBIN TO THE RESCUE: Quick & Simple Ideas for Delicious Home Cooking (The Taunton Press; March 18, 2008; $18.95), an essential guide for getting weeknight meals to the table without fussing, stressing, or spending a lot of time doing it.

Using four fool-proof strategies, Robin’s approach is simple, but the results are sensational. ROBIN TO THE RESCUE shows you how to:

• MAKE A MEAL KIT: Robin will show you how to start a meal when you’ve got a little extra time and then package it so that it lasts until you are ready to complete it (usually in about 20 minutes or less – sometimes in just 5 minutes!). And we are not talking about Macaroni & Cheese. How about Seared Almond-Crusted Chicken with Baby Corn & Tomatoes…or Beef & Mushroom Tart…or Clams Rockefeller?
• BANK A BATCH: Twice is always nice! When you are making a dish, double the recipe and pop the extra in the fridge or freezer for another day when you are really time crunched. Yes, lasagna is an outstanding freezer staple, but imagine stocking your ice box with Thai Chicken & Noodles or Chipotle Pork Soft Tacos?
• SLOW COOK IT: Robin will show you how to take a stovetop meal and transform it into a slow-cooked one. Your family will never know you were out playing tennis all day when you serve Parmesan-Sage Pork Loin or Sesame Chicken with Bok Choy.
• MORPH IT: Learn how to turn boring leftovers into extravagant seconds. Serve Cereal-Crusted Chicken with Curry Cream one night, then wow your family the next with Warm Chicken-Cherry Waldorf in Romaine.

There are no hard and fast rules with Robin’s Quick Fix strategies. Many allow you to take a recipe you love and enjoy it in a new way by switching up the ingredients. Robin also shows you how to create vegetarian meals out of many of the dishes, such as replacing chicken with tofu in Chicken with Eggplant, Capers & Black Olives. And by following Robin’s pantry list, you’ll be able to put most of her recipes together in minutes with little or no pre-planning.

Organized by course and main ingredients: snacks, soups, salads, pastas, chicken, fish, meats, sides, and desserts, ROBIN TO THE RESCUE is easy to navigate and offers something for everyone, especially the little ones who can often be the biggest critics.

Your family will be dazzled by her Beef Bourguignon, comforted by her Chicken Gumbo, and sent to sweet heaven with her Banana Cream Pie Parfaits.

Best of all, Robin’s background as a nutritionist means that the recipes are as healthy as they are delicious. So, what are you waiting for? Let Robin Miller save your day!

About Robin Miller:
Robin has fifteen years of experience as a food writer and nutritionist and is the author of the bestselling cookbook “Quick Fix Meals”. Her popular show, Quick Fix Meals with Robin Miller currently airs on Food Network.

Robin’s recipes and nutrition features can be seen regularly in Cooking Light, Health, Shape, Men’s Fitness, and Toddler magazines. She also provides recipes to the American Heart Association, The American Institute for Cancer Research, and Weight Watchers.

Robin has been a guest on hundreds of local and national television and radio programs. She has hosted home videos (for Jane Fonda), cable television vignettes (for Food Network and a variety of food companies) and spoken at media events in various markets nationwide. Currently, she appears on local, network and cable television. Programs of particular interest include: The Early Show (CBS), Regis & Kelly, The View, The Today Show (NBC), Good Morning America (ABC), CNN, ABC Eyewitness News, CBS Evening News, Fox News Channel, Food Network, Discovery Channel, Health Network, and Joan Lunden’s Women’s Supermarket Network.

She has written seven books: Robin to the Rescue (Taunton, 2008), Quick Fix Meals with Robin Miller (Taunton, 2007), Picnics (Clarkson Potter, 2005), Verdure (Clarkson Potter, June 2001), The Daily Soup (Hyperion, 1999), Jane Fonda, Cooking for Healthy Living (Turner, 1996), and The Newlywed Cookbook (R&E Publishers, 1991).
Robin has a master’s degree in Food and Nutrition from New York University, 1998.