Good Food: 101 Cheap Eats

**INTRODUCTION Good Food books are found in every bookshop usually on their own shelf with their massive extensive range. From 'One-Pot Dishes' to 'Best Ever Chicken Recipes' to this '101 Cheap Eats edition. All books are priced up at £4.99 but WH Smith often have special buy one, get one half price deals if your lucky enough to find them. The intro to the book by the editor of good food books states its not how expensive your ingredients are, its how you use them and this book follows that principle to the letter with a exhaustive list of different meals that can be cooked on a budget. **LAYOUT** The book is laid out in a ...  Read the complete review

Cooking is a science I always say, and one that before I moved into my own houe, I didn't really understand. This cheap eats book by Good Food Magazine was one of the first cookery books my Mom got me when I moved house and I have to say this initial one inspired me to get the whole series of them. Here is why. They are quite small books and cost around £5 each but you can usually get a deal on some at Amazon where they cost £3 each. This book is called 101 Cheap eats and it does have delicious recipes for starters, mains and desserts. It has a picture of some tuna, broccolli pasta on the front and because of its size is a very compact little book which ...  Read the complete review

I'm not really a big fan of cooking. I'm not very good at it, and I don't really have the patience for it. So when it comes to recipes I like simple foods with easy to follow instructions, and preferably a nice picture to show me how it's supposed to look, so I know if it's turned out more or less right or not. The Good Food 101 books are perfect for me. The 101 Cheap Eats book is a collection of recipes which are, obviously, fairly cheap to make. The way the book is set out is very simple. At the front you have the contents page which tells you what types of recipes are where in the book. then you have a quick introduction, only a page long (and the pages are ...  Read the complete review

101 Cheap Eats is a handy sized recipe book (ISBN 0-563-48841-7) that was first published by the BBC's Good Food Magazine, in June 2003, that I highly recommend. Whether you are a meat eater or vegetarian, looking for a snack or a main meal or cooking for yourself or a group of friends there is something in this book that will satisfy all but the most finicky eaters. The back cover boasts this book contains "..... a collection of inexpensive dishes.....", hence the Cheap Eats title, but given that some of the dishes require chicken, lamb or pork, all of which are quite expensive unless you buy the almost out of date, fatty and nasty cuts (and who ...  Read the complete review

After having a good look at this in Waterstones, I saw some good recipes that I fancied trying and for £4.99 rrp decided to give it a try. This book is very small at around 15cmx15cm which makes it easy to carry round, as well as store in a small kitchen. There are blatantly 101 recipes, and on each double spread page is a lovely photo of the cooked dish on one side and the recipe on the other. The recipe is really well set out with the details, cooking time, how many the recipe serves (usually 4), nutritional information including calories and a tip to alter and add a different twist. Around half of the recipes I wouldn't make, but that's the ...  Read the complete review