Help with a cookbook please

Spendthrifty_2

I'm asking in old-style as I'm sure someone here has the knowledge I need,please help me if you can
My son is leaving home ,he is moving into his first ever flat and has asked for a cookbook.
He is going to be on a tight budget and it needs to be very basic cooking,the sort of things that are easy to cook and not using lots of expensive ingredients.
Can anyone recommend a cook book for him please:T

lizzyb1812

Hi

Grub on a Grant and the sequel More Grub on Less Grant by Cas Clarke are a bit old but are perfect for hard up beginner cooks with less than perfect facilities. Both get good write ups on Amazon and both should be available either discounted new or secondhand. There's a veggie version too if required.

Happy cooking

culpepper

My son loves my 'Feed your family for £5 a day' by Bernadine Lawrence.
Im going to be looking for another copy of that once he is off to uni,to take with him.

Toxic_Lemon

I think Jamie Oliver's latest cook book called 'Cook' is his best book yet. It has everything and aims to 'teach' people to cook. I'm already a proficient cook, but I bought it as there are always things you can learn. I highly, HIGHLY recommend it.

henhog

lizzyb1812 wrote:

Hi

Grub on a Grant and the sequel More Grub on Less Grant by Cas Clarke are a bit old but are perfect for hard up beginner cooks with less than perfect facilities. Both get good write ups on Amazon and both should be available either discounted new or secondhand. There's a veggie version too if required.

Happy cooking

That is exactly the book I would recommend - I have one I got when I went to college in 1988 and it is still in regular use. Also, Cooking in a Bedsitter by Katherine Whitehorn. At the beginning she has a guide as to what to do with most foods that is just brill for a beginner - even things like how to cook carrots etc. Ainsley Harriot's books are all simple too -and the recipes work.

lizzyb1812

Culpepper

Bernadine Lawrence's book was the first thing that got me thinking about doing things in a more frugal way. I seem to remember that it was a bit heavy on the wholefoods - which at the time were not seen as good as they are today. I still remember it very fondly. Thanks for reminding me.

CLARABEL

frugal food by delia is great, but....

I would say go for the delia complete collection, I bought mine as a student, and still turn to it often for basic, easy to follow advice.

also like the cas clarke books, they are really good too.

for a good all rounder, stick with delia's complete..


:beer:
clara:p

Spendthrifty_2

Thank you everyone ,I will be looking for all the books recommended,might not buy them all straight off but I will let you know which I get first:T

LJM

why not make him one put all his fav recipes in a folder and ask him what type of foods he would most like and find recipes for those and add to file,the personal touch