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BBC Good Food |
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17/06/07 (126 review reads) |
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Advantages: Lot's of delicious recepies
Disadvantages: none yet
When the other half and I first moved in together I decided to become a domestic goddess, now in theory this was a good idea but the reality was a bit different you see my mum gave up teaching me to cook after the 3rd time I set fire to the frying pan! She basically told me it would be kinder to the human race if I just bought a microwave and nuked everything! But seeing I am a stubborn little so and so I decided to teach myself to cook and use the other half as a guinea pig (he was so happy NOT!). This lasted until my eldest was born and then the stress of working full time and looking after a baby made me forget the domestic goddess bit and just concentrate on keeping us fed as quick, easy and healthy as possible. I did learn the basics of cooking and actually began to enjoy it, especially for my boys but I started to find that I seemed to be cooking the same old things and got bored. I found recipe books patronising and half the ingredients you can never find and then a while back a friend recommended this magazine so I decided to give it a go and have never looked back.
The magazine comes out monthly and is £2.99; you get a nice glossy cover with guess what no stupid celebs on the front! Just a nice plate of food, the magazine is quite heavy and good quality and you always seem to get an extra separate little booklet for free, this month is great food for kids. This has 50 recipes for children including zesty chicken pasta, macaroni cheese with mushrooms & speedy shepherds pie. All these recipes seem to be quick and easy to cook.
REGULAR FEATURES
We start with the usual editors letter, which is always quite short, and to the point,
Then the magazines contents and this is colourful and well laid out with lovely pictures. The next bit is the recipe index, which is really handy as it is split into food groups and you can quickly see which recipe you want to check out instead of trawling all the way through to find it.
You then go onto the cook’s notes, which give you a run down of food festivals for the month and lots of other tit bits including the newest gizmos and gadgets for the kitchen, this month includes a new salad spinner that looks like a piece of art! And Jamie Oliver’s new dry rub for meat.
It’s then on to the you tell us section where readers send in their ideas and recipes, the star letter wins 2 cases of wine worth £120!! Like that would last 5 minutes in my house!!
You also get the peoples cookbook, which is a recipe from a reader this is a competition that is running on UKTV food.
Then it is on to the recipes this month they all have a summer theme and can be used for the BBQ or grill. These include the easy suppers that are ready in 20 minutes or less (great for me!) This month includes Italian tuna balls with spaghetti and red curry kebabs. The recipes are very easy to follow and are not full of stupid obscure
ingredients and of course the pictures look amazing not like my attempts but hey at least it is edible! Each recipe comes with handy tips and the taste teams comments. The taste team are a group of people who get to taste the finished food.
There is also a take 5 ingredients bit that gives you ideas with 5 basic ingredients this is another good bit as it shows what you can do with only a few ingredients.
You then have the make it tonight section which gives you interesting ideas for an evening meal this month is creamy prawn pasta, the instructions are really simple to follow and they give you tips for serving as well.
Then onto my favourite Puddings!!!
These are also easy but look and taste delicious; this month we have peach & almond crunch which I have actually made and was lovely and also a sorbet fizz. This month the main pud is a summer pudding and they go into great detail on how to make it.
We then go onto the 10 ways with bit; this takes an ingredient and gives you 10 ways to use it, this month it’s avocados and it gives you some great tips and recipes for dips and salads.
It’s then off to the kids section and this month is suggestion for kids parties, these include sausage roll twists and smoothie jellies. These always look interesting and fun to make, i have made some of these bits from the kids section and they have gone down really well. The favourite one was a sausage and leek hash served in wraps and the boys loved it.
Then moving on to the In season part of the mag, this is the bit where they tell you all the veg that is in season now and give you good tips and advice on looking for the best and ripest. This month is tomatoes, beans, cherries & strawberries, then you get some fabulous recipes for all the in season veg. This includes tarts, salads, and of
course puddings! Then onto the in season fish section which gives loads of advice on buying and preparing fish and of course cooking it!
We then come to the weekend section, which gives some lovely recipes. For this month the BBQ which is the part I give to the other half as he does all our barbequing. They have a gorgeous looking steak sandwich and a hot & sour BBQ chicken that I think I will have to get him to make. Through this bit you have various famous chefs
turn up including Gordon Ramsey and James Martin. Also a whole spread on Indian summer cooking with Sara Buenfield which again looks stunning.
Obviously for this type of mag there is a dinner party section so you can wow your guests with beautiful and well prepared food.
Through the mag you also get a few test features including cookbooks and kitchen utensils and of course different food products, these are given ratings and gives you a good idea of what to look for.
There is also a section on TV cooks and gives you a run down on a few cookery programmes and their chefs and when they are on.
Running through the mag are a lot of adverts as you can imagine and at the end there about 6 pages dedicated to them but its not as bad as some magazines.
If you like this mag and want to subscribe then it works out cheaper and currently you can get your first 3 issues for £3 and then £15 for 6 issues which saves you about £3.
There are lots of other bits and pieces in this mag that I haven’t mentioned but if i went through the lot I would be here forever and wouldn’t be doing any cooking!
So basically you get a good quality magazine packed with recipes and ideas that are easy to follow and lots of additional info all for £2.99 can’t be bad really.
As for me yes I can cook now and have even had friends round and not ordered takeaway! I do like this magazine though as it gives me lots of different ideas to feed my lot without cooking becoming boring and I have even had my mum around for Christmas dinner and she couldn’t believe that her little girl didn’t burn a thing!
( well not that she saw anyway!!)
Property of madmum71 & lisa8871
Summary: A good monthly food magazine
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