Anyone ever tried cooking through a whole cookbook?

Elsewhere

If you want to try that, can I recommend "The Cookery Year"? I have loads of cookbooks and I have used this one by far the most. It also has suggested menues month-by-month, and recipes for left-overs.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Cookery-Year-Readers-Digest/dp/0276001362

(I prefer the original edition, not the updated one - the recipes are simpler)

VfM4meplse

HeadAboveWater wrote: »

I like your thinking! Haven't done it but great idea!

What kinda cook book you going for? A general book or a more specific indian/thai/potatoes sorta thing?

A specific book is a great idea! My choice would be Mary Berry: 100 Cakes and Bakes, followed by 1001 things to do with chocolate.

By the time I get through that I will have expired of a diabetes-related complication but will have died happy

notjustlaura

jap200 wrote: »

In reality I would not be aiming to do a book recipe every day as that would just be too stressful, and kind of defeat the object, but just to 'tick them off' when I did them.

Gigervamp wrote: »

The problem I find with cookbooks is that there will be loads of recipes I can't use because they contain ingredients that are not liked, eg, although some of us like brocolli, cauliflower, swede etc, others in the family don't. It's not a problem when they're used as an accompaniment, but I can't make a cauliflower curry.

I really do like this idea so thanks to the OP (sorry, can't remember who you are!) I shall have a think about books and rules and start when I write my next menu plan ...

MrsE_2

Brilliant challenge, I have thought about doing it, but never actually done it.
I might try it with the hairy bikers diet books.

glitterkitty

Elsewhere wrote: »

If you want to try that, can I recommend "The Cookery Year"? I have loads of cookbooks and I have used this one by far the most. It also has suggested menues month-by-month, and recipes for left-overs.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Cookery-Year-Readers-Digest/dp/0276001362

(I prefer the original edition, not the updated one - the recipes are simpler)

My mum has a copy of this, I remember it very well from when I was little. It does have some very nice recipes in it!

emg

MrsE wrote: »

Brilliant challenge, I have thought about doing it, but never actually done it.
I might try it with the hairy bikers diet books.

I was thinking about those books too. The first one is actually my most used cookery book and everything I have made from it so far (about 5 things) was delicious although obviously I only made the things I liked the look of!

There are about 75 recipes in there and there are definitely ones that would take me out of my comfort zone (mainly the fish/seafood - prawns, whole fish, mussels). One a week for 18mths would cover it nicely. I'm quite tempted....

Gigervamp

VfM4meplse wrote: »

A specific book is a great idea! My choice would be Mary Berry: 100 Cakes and Bakes, followed by 1001 things to do with chocolate.

By the time I get through that I will have expired of a diabetes-related complication but will have died happy

Haha, I like your thinking! :rotfl:

I received my copy of the new Jamie Oliver book that I won, and also got Nigel Slater's new book yesterday, so whilst I won't be using all the recipes in them, I have earmarked a few to try out.

MrsE_2

emg wrote: »

I was thinking about those books too. The first one is actually my most used cookery book and everything I have made from it so far (about 5 things) was delicious although obviously I only made the things I liked the look of!

There are about 75 recipes in there and there are definitely ones that would take me out of my comfort zone (mainly the fish/seafood - prawns, whole fish, mussels). One a week for 18mths would cover it nicely. I'm quite tempted....

Shall we??

aliwali

I might join in with this. I recently bought the Hairy Bikers Great Curries book. I've made a couple and they are really good. I would like to try more of them so think I will do it with DH as date night on Saturdays. Look forward to hear what other books are good.

Callie22

I've always thought it would be fun/interesting to follow Nigel Slater's Kitchen Diaries for a year - if nothing else you'd eat well!