Great easy recipes (Good Food: 101 Cheap Eats)

Member Name: londongirl

Product:	Good Food: 101 Cheap Eats
Date:	04/04/09 (159 review reads)
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Advantages: delicious deserts, nice clear pictures

Disadvantages: not all recipies are really cheap to make

I bought this book as my friend has it and when i went round to dinner at hers recently I made the Pecan Tart from it, while at her house. It was so easy and delicious that i had to buy the book for myself!

I got the book for £3.99 from Amazon rather than the £4.99 RRP. It is well worth it. The book itself is chunky and square and has a nice feel to it when flicking through the recipies.

I like the fact that as you open up each page there is the recipe on the left hand page and a big picture of what you are making on the right hand page. I can't stand recipie books that do not show you a picture of what you are making! I am not the greatest cook in the world so at least a picture of what I am making gives me something to aim for (even if it doesn't always look identical when i'm finished!).

The premise of the book is that it is cheap eats - creating meals and snacks on a budget. I agree that you won't find steak or expensive items that you have to buy and only need a little of, it uses a lot of staples or things that you may not have but are more everyday items. However i can't say that the recipes are entirely cheap to make - the Pecan tart that I made, although utterly delicious - the Pecan's weren't particularly cheap, and it required 2 table spoons of double cream for the filling. Fine if you are going to then have the pie with the rest of the cream but a bit annoying otherwise to have to buy a carton of double cream just for 2 table spoons.

The book contains recipies for starters, main courses, deserts and also some more snacky type food.

I haven't had the book long but of the recipes i have made all have turned out well and i have enjoyed cooking different things. Though the meals are not particularly fancy as the idea is budget meals - there are some recipes that i would defiantely serve up at a dinner party of my friends. The chicken with sweet onions in particular was a great success and the lemon and honey chicken was also very nice.

I think i prefer the deserts in this book on the whole but there are definately a few more of the starter and main courses that I intend to make.

The recipes are short and as well as not using very expensive ingredients are therefore also easy to cook and usually quite quick.

I'd definately recommend this book to just keep in the kitchen for when you fancy something different and definatley to try the Pecan Tart!!

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