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World Food Cafe
By Chris Caldicott, Carolyn Caldicott, Carolyn Caldicott, Chris Caldicott, James Merrell
Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd - 1999
This is one of those recipes that you make once and never stop making. This dish has a great kick to it from the black pepper, it also survives substitutions very well. Always retaining the origional feel of the dish. I just cant recommend this enough, and your veggy friends will be chuffed that you made the effort to serve them something different.
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this was another winner, thi is used in a few of the other recipes in the book. Keeps well in the fridge and is well worth the effort. You do need at least a handblender to make this.
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I really liked this, it had nice spicing to it. for non veggies it would go well with fish.
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this recipe looks very complicated due to the long list of ingredients. But once youve got everthing together its actually very easy. This is well worth any effort that may be involved.
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Tender: v. 1: A Cook and His Vegetable Patch
By Nigel Slater
Fourth Estate Ltd - 2009
classic combination that always works. perfect with some nice bread to dip into it.
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Roast Chicken and Other Stories (Ebury Paperback Cookery)
By Simon Hopkinson, Lindsey Bareham
Ebury Press - 1999
this was a good side dish but i did have a couple of niggles. the first being that if id left the aubergines in the oven to roast for as long as i was told i would have been left with ash. My oven is a brute though so it might work for others. the second thing i might change is that if you want to eat the aubergines on the same day id roast the garlic before adding as it was just too imposing a flavour on the first day although a night in the fridge did wonders for the flavour. It was very nice with lamb like he suggested.
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Real Food
By Nigel Slater
Fourth Estate Ltd - 2000
First of all this recipe uses double cream, so be warned. this dish is amazing and uses one of my fave cheap ingredients wich is good for you, smoked mackeral. If youve got a good fishmonger near you, use them as from my experience their mackeral tends to be subtler and more melt in the mouth wich works perfectly in here.
This is very easy and undemanding for the cook to make, pretty much consisting of mixing all the ingredients together and then bunging in the oven till its creamy and soothing.
I would serve this with a good green salad without a dressing to wipe the plate with and keep telling myself that the oily fish is good for me.
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This was gorgeous. salty pancetta and cream is such a winning combination. I made this for a couple of hungry boys and they loved it, nuff said really.
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this was so much easier to make than i thought it would be, and it turned out of my oven looking like the picture in the book. The only thing i would say about this recipe is that it needs to be eaten straight away as it was horrible cold.
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This is one of those things that you cook when your on your own and its cold and dark outside. This was pure moreish comfort food, easy to make and easy to consume great amounts of.
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Real Fast Food
By Nigel Slater
Penguin UK - 1993
this is one of nigels suggestions rather than a recipe but i thought id give it a go. I used a homemade aubrgine puree wich blasted the fast food ethos but tasted blomming good. A really nice snack though i couldnt eat too much of it in one go.
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My lamb didnt cook properly but ill blaim that on me rather than him. I used a griddle pan to cook the lamb and i just ended up with the sauce separating on the lamb. IT still tasted good but it didnt look very pretty at all. The leftover sauce was tastey on a baked potato the next day, just like he suggested.
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Rachel's Favourite Food at Home
By Rachel Allen
Collins - 2008
this was great for being made with things i normaly have in the house somewhere. yummy and quick, nothing spectacular. but not every meal can be. Id say it would benifit from a splash of lemon juice.
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Rachel's Favourite Food
By Rachel Allen
Gill & Macmillan Ltd - 2004
these are amazingly quick to make and tasty to eat. Ive only recently started to bake properly and these are a real confidence booster. Who knew that almonds, egg whites and sugar could be this tasty? Use the leftover yolk for scrambled eggs in the mornig.
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Rachel's Favourite Food for Living
By Rachel Allen
HarperCollins UK - 2007
very moist and chocolatey. it would be a bit of a pain to make without a food processor, but an absolute doddle otherwise.
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great recipe that can be made with things that are mostly from the store cupboard. Wonderfully filling, a lovely winter warmer wich was loved by my bloke and my landlord.
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this was a great idea that i just had to try. Leek and potato soup generaly needs quite a bit of salt to taste really good anyway, just do away with that step and add blue cheese instead.
The result is a salty savory taste wich comes through the soup mellowed with a bit of cream. mmmmm, a perfect variation to a staple cheap and easy soup.
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does just what it says on the tin, a lovely cake to have with tea. I used dried apricots in mine and the whiskey marinade was a nice touch. Best eaten on the day of being made.
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this worked perfectly and i had muffins suitable for a flashy cooking program wich tasted as good as they looked! the only problem may be finding buttermilk for the recipe.
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this was another winner from this book for me. These biscuits turned out gooey in the middle but lovely and crunchy on the outside. My only gripe was that the dough is very stickey and hard to shape and handle. Apart from that they were great and good keepers in the biscuit tin.
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a really nice midweek meal, with big flavours. This is the sort of easy going meal that youl never need to look at the recipe for ever again.
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Nigella Express: Good Food, Fast
By Nigella Lawson
Hyperion - 2007
this was great, and i couldnt beleive how easy it was. As nigella suggests gnocci is lovely with this, but i would add a green veg or salad on the side as otherwise its too rich.
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this was super quick and has real zing to it. just serve with nice bread and youve got a great snack or starter.
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I have mixed feelings about this dish, my boyf loved it wheres i thought it was a bit bland. If like my man you like subtle comforting food, you`ll love it. If however your like me and can eat spicy and strong tasting foods till they come out of your ears try something else. Super easy to make and a nice enough meal.
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I loved the flavour of this salad! sweet, tangy and substantial. The only things i changed was that i bought a different cut of meat and cooked mine in the oven as i can never pan fry to perfection. I also used less fish sauce, but as brands vary so much its down to personal preference. delicious.
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Nigella Bites
By Nigella Lawson
Chatto & Windus - 2001
this was really easy to make, with a nice spongey texture. Id recommend not just frying in butter as it made the kitchen very smokey, just add a little oil to stop the butter burning. Very yummy though.
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Website: Nigel Slater Columns, The Observer
www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/series/nigelslaterrecipes
ok, mine didnt set properly but i changed the quantitys to half, so ill blame it on that. A really good flavour if you like grapefruit. id serve with icecream as its quite tart, but in a grapefruity way. If not up the sugar a little maybe.
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Nice N Easy
(January, 1981)
a nice recipe, you want to use some better quality ingredients then where available in the 80s. This can be frozen wich is very useful.
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Miss Dahl's Voluptuous Delights: Guilt-free Eating with Abandon
By Sophie Dahl
Harper - 2008
this was pretty easy to make and the boyf loved it. If im honest though this is something that you can find in other better cookbooks. I had to bumb the flavorings up for my palate and used butter instead of olive oil in the mash. It just felt to darn saintly for me otherwise.
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this ws a fair meal, nice but it didnt stand out.
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The Kitchen Diaries: A Year in the Kitchen
By Nigel Slater
Fourth Estate Ltd - 2007
this is a lovely soup for the winter. Inexspensive to make with a nice kick to it. I served mine with yoghurt to negate the kick a bit when it got too hot.
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Jamie's Dinners
By Jamie Oliver
Michael Joseph - 2004
my bloke and i have a obbsession with bangers and mash, and are therefore willing to try a new variation on the theme. This was nice, but not spectacular. my boyfriend wasnt blown away by the addition of the horseradich sauce. i liked it but to be honest i think the strongly flavoured components of this meal should be good sausages and gravy. Ill stick to the bill granger recipe for gravy from everyday for now i think.
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How to be a Domestic Goddess: Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking
By Nigella Lawson
Chatto & Windus - 2003
this is a proper homestyle cake, it comes out all cracley on top and is great with a cup of tea. The only problem i have with it is that its a bit too buttery for my taste which is why it got 4 instead of 5 stars.
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these turned out exactly how i thought they would. I did stray from her advice about using shredded instead of dessicated as i could only find the latter and they were still lovely. An absolute pain to make by hand though.
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How It All Vegan! 10th Anniversary Edition: Irresistible Recipes for an Animal-Free Diet
By Tanya Barnard, Sarah Kramer
Arsenal Pulp Press - 2009
this is a nice easy breakfast dish. Its at its best if you have homemade salsa on hand. Not a fave but definatly worth a try.
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Nothing like a commercial hash brown, but incredibly tasty none the less. I adored this with ketchup and veggy sausages.
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I loved this! Its got a really good savory meaty taste. I used brown rice miso to get that savoryness but experimenting with the misos would make it suitable for all types of dishes.
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i made this for a friend who cant eat the cheese stuff, and made a cauliflower cheese with it. It actually works quite well. Not the same but a very good substitute. The mustard is essential, as i found out by forgetting it once.
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Home Cooking
By Rachel Allen
Collins - 2009
I happened to have a savoy cabbage in the house so i decided to try this out. I normaly avoid steak recipes due to the cost but this one made it so that one steak easily served two of us.
I found this a really nice change after the heavy christmas season, being light whilst still using winter produce wich can be a chore sometimes.
The book specifies egg noodles, but i used rice and it still tasted good. It will probably work with whatever you have kicking about.
A good un that i shall try and cook again.
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Forgotten Skills of Cooking: The time-honoured ways are the best - over 700 recipes show you why
By Darina Allen
Kyle Cathie - 2009
i couldnt find buttermilk anywhere, when looking for some for making muffins. This was both a lifesaver and easy to make.
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Every Day
By Bill Granger
Murdoch Books - 2009
This was a brilliant meal, although I will admit to a few changes. My balsamic vinegar started to burn in the corners of my roasting dish, so the whole lot (minus the burnt bits) got poured into the pan with the sausages. Then I added a stock cube and enough water to come halfway up the sausages and shoved the lid on. What I ended up with was the best gravy ever right there in the pan. All the flavours were the same, and the chili made the gravy pop. Also with the flavour of the gravy you don't need to add parmesan to the mash. I'll make this again in the same way to save putting the oven on. Lush!
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Delia's Complete How to Cook: Both a Guide for Beginners and a Tried and Tested Recipe Collection for Life
By Delia Smith
BBC Books - 2009
this was far too sour for my personal taste. easy to make.
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This is a lovely easy dish to make. Its a great lunch dish with strong flavours, perfect for when you need something quick to eat.
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This is exactly how a hash should taste, just pure comfort food.
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Cupcakes: Over 80 Delicious Recipes for All Occasions and Tastes
By Sue McMahon
New Holland Publishers Ltd - 2007
these were quick and easy to make, taking me no more than 45 minuits to complete and they tasted great. squidgey and appley and made from easy to find ingredients. yum.
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Theres no denying that these were tasty, but i feel that the recipe left too much out. There wasnt enough bottom with the amounts given and came out of the oven looking great and then promptly sunk in the middle on cooling. Looking back, its probably due to the fact that you have to take these out halfway through cooking to add a sour cream topping wich probably should have been at room temp. I dont mind when things go wrong but i do like a warning so that i know when to be careful!
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super easy and super tastey. it took about 30min to do from start to finish and they were all devoured there and then. try these!
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Cupboard Love: How to Get the Most Out of Your Kitchen
By Tom Norrington-Davies
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd - 2006
I made this for a small group of us, when i needed something quick easy and tastey. It really hit the spot. One thing that i loved about this was that when you bit into a tomato you got a nice taste of the wine, but without the alcohol, so make sure you buy a nice bit of plonk.
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this is hes basic recipe that you can add variations to, wich is why it works so well. Its my new fave spartan tomato sauce for pasta, very quick to make. I added feta to the sauce recently as i had some that needed using up. lovely.
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The Credit Crunch Cookbook
By Hamlyn
Hamlyn - 2009
the base didnt come out too well, a bit too doughey even though i followed the recipe to the letter. the tomatoes were lovely though, i used a mixture of tinned and fresh. very nice overal.
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