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recipe book recommendations please

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  • fruityslh
    fruityslh Posts: 123 Forumite
    My Nan, (who very kindly sent me her copy of Sainsbury's book of home baking it's from the 1980's)
    I love the Jamie Oliver books
    The recipe indexes on here are also great, especially when I bought some brisket and didn't know what to do with it!!!
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  • beachbeth
    beachbeth Posts: 3,862 Forumite
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    When I was about 11 or 12 my mum collected a series called Supercook and when it was reissued not long after she collected it all over again for me. I still have it at aged 40 and it is 8 volumes long, in alphabetical order and easy to follow index. I think every recipe in the whole world is in these volumes and every recipe I try really works. Quantities are spot on and there is even a conversion table for american weights into English as well as temperature conversions.

    Apart from these my most used cook book is one I bought when I did O Level Cookery (I failed - got E! Passed the practical and failed the theory so who cares?!) called Family Meals from M&S. Ive made so many recipes from this book and it is well worn and falling apart!
  • lifesachallenge
    lifesachallenge Posts: 91 Forumite
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    Go to https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes.

    You can put in an ingredient/s and find recipes or do it by TV prog. ie ready steady cook - for a quick dish, or Madhur Jaffrey for top curries. or Jamie Oliver recipes.

    It has a recipe binder so you can save the recipes you like.

    I bought a 20p plastic binder folder, print the recipes off at work - and hey presto the Best recipes by the best chefs -for free!!

    Happy cooking
  • lucylou
    lucylou Posts: 1,036 Forumite
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    I love the bbc recipes from Ready Steady Cook and I have a notebook as well (I have a French cookery notebook my sister got me in Paris for my birthday it's lovely) and I write recipes I find that work all the time in there
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  • Lucie_2
    Lucie_2 Posts: 1,482 Forumite
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    The only one I refer to regularly is my Good Housekeeping step by step cook book. I got it for my 18th birthday. I'm looking forward to trying out some be-ro recipes too from my newly acquired book which arrived this week.
    I print off quite a lot of recipes from the bbc website - usually things I've seen on TV & want to try.
  • culpepper
    culpepper Posts: 4,076 Forumite
    Good housekeeping step by step from 1950.
    Its very tatty but so useful I especially like the biscuit section :D
  • squeaky
    squeaky Posts: 14,129 Forumite
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    Then you'd LOVE the Be-Ro book too! :D
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  • lucylou
    lucylou Posts: 1,036 Forumite
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    I've ordered the Be-Ro book and hope it will be coming soon!:j
    half scottish half italian :100%moneysaver
  • squeaky
    squeaky Posts: 14,129 Forumite
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    They say allow 28 days... but it will get to you in the end :)
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  • lucylou
    lucylou Posts: 1,036 Forumite
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    thanks Squeaky

    Yours hopefully
    Lucylou ;)
    p.s. are the recipes similar to the ones on their website?
    half scottish half italian :100%moneysaver
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