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Editorial Review:
`The author is a total expert at creating delicious food from very meagre shopping lists. Her tips and brilliant, simple recipes have been compiled into this great little book. Everyone can learn from this book - it's brilliant resource, especially if you are trying to stick to a budget or are still finding your feet in the kitchen.'
`Buy this, bye stress. With this fantastic book, full of simple and nutritious recipes for family meals - ideal for those with a busy lifestyle.'
'It is an EXCELLENT book and I have recommended it to several of my friends.'
'My daughter made the Tuna Pasta Bake from the Feed your whole family book in cookery this week and got 10 out of 10 and 2 merits for it.'
We like to tell ourselves we're far too busy to cook these days...Less than forty years ago people had jobs and families to look after, but still managed to prepare and cook meals from scratch every day of the week - without the modern conveniences of supermarkets and fast food; or a fridge, food processor or microwave. But it is possible to feed your family a healthy, balanced diet (without depriving them of the things they like) even if you work full-time and don't have a lot of money. This book provides simple, wholesome and nutritious recipes for family meals; quick lunches, tasty puddings and cakes - and you don't have to spend hours slaving over a hot stove, or spend a fortune at the supermarket. There are menu plans, recipes, shortcuts and dozens of ideas for every meal, together with tried and tested tips to help you save your valuable time and money. Now everyone can be a yummy mummy or daddy in the kitchen.
They say you don't necessarily live longer if you have a healthy lifestyle, it just seems longer, but when we have more available, affordable fresh foods to choose from than ever before, how can you NOT find something both healthy AND tasty to feed your family, whether your kids are fussy eaters or not? One of the food myths that often gets repeated is that the unhealthiest foods are the cheapest and families on low incomes only resort to eating them because they have no choice. I heard this argument again last week when JAMIE OLIVER was interviewed about his latest campaign to revolutionise poultry farming with the Channel 4 programme JAMIE'S FOWL DINNERS. The implication was that Jamie was wrong to suggest that free range chicken is affordable for everyone, but it's true - and I speak as someone whose weekly grocery budget is sometimes limited to around £40 per week. Of course it's tempting to ignore the downside of cheap chicken, ie. appalling conditions, the lousy quality of the meat, struggling British farmers, health and hygiene issues etc, when you can get 2 factory-farmed chickens for a fiver, but by spending around £8 you can have a good-size free range chicken without worrying about any of the above problems. The trick is to eat better quality meat in smaller quantities, and it's easy enough to save money on own-brand toiletries and buy the cheapest crisps, biscuits, bin liners, washing-up liquid, etc, so you can spend more where it matters; on good quality meat, organic milk, free range chicken and eggs. It seems to me that some parents care more about what their children WEAR than what they EAT, and too many mums are hung up on the idea that they're too busy to cook, or they constantly give in to their children's demands for junk food and fizzy drinks, which is like avoiding a tantrum now and risking a heart attack later on. Miracle foods come and go, but whether the current flavour of the month is wheat grass, alfalfa sprouts or goji berries, the secret of feeding good food to your family without chaining yourself to the kitchen and depriving your kids of the things they like to eat is that really, there is no secret. The answer was here all along.
Gill Holcombe is passionate about feeding her kids good food. She grew up before the culture of convenience food took hold - and knows how to cook. Having brought up three children on her own for over ten years, she says the proof of the pudding is in the eating, and has three fit, healthy teenagers with loads of energy - and no fillings in their teeth.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0
The BEST cookery book EVER I just received my new book (above title) and am positively drooling at the mouth. The recipes seem extremely easy and very tasty and I cant wait to try it, especially the meal planner bit.
Extremely useful book This is a great book for people who need to feed a family and are running low on inspiration. There are lots of dinner recipes in here (including a veggie section) and a selection of "quick fix meals" for when you are in a hurry. The book would be useful to a beginning cook because the recipes are very simple and not at all intimidating, but would also be useful to an experienced cook because of the sheer number of ideas. A more experienced cook could easily adapt the basic recipes with herbs and spices to... more info
AMAZING this is an incredibly good book for everyone; I'm a vegetarian but there were plenty of recipes for me anyway.
A very good buy which I highly recommend.
I can cook!!! I have very little money, a tiny kitchen, a few saucepans (that have lost all their non-stick!) and no fancy gadgets, I don't even have a garlic press! So this book could have been written for my family. Its excellant, plenty of fantastic tips and no nonsence recipes that my boys loved and didn't leave behind a mountain of washing up! This is great book for anyone who already loves cooking, but especially for those who think its easier to shove some turkey twizzlers in the oven!
