2015 Cookbook challenge

theresamum2

hi everyone i have far too many cookbooks. I would like to join just posting so can find thread again so i can read though it

theresamum2

Hi everyone have had a look though the thread i have around 40 cookbooks im not really into cooking my partner is a trained chef so been easier to let him cook but now he has changed jobs and with his hours changed i really need to start cooking i love cookbooks always after more i have the hairybikers mums know best cookbooks and baking one am a bit obsessed with river cottage at moment after the fruit and veg book for my birthday next month. Anyway about about me i live with my partner of 11 years and we have 2 daughters chloe 9 and lily-rose 3, me and lily-rose are a bit fussy eaters chloe and my partner bob will eat anything. Im going to try and start with 1 new recipe a week and introduce new foods in aswell. Looking forward to seeing different recipes

abby1234519

I could do with doing this just so I can justify why I have so many cookbooks! I mean I have everything from Yottam Ottolenghi to the Hairy Bikers. I've not even used a recipe out of the Yottam book. I'll have to flick through one book till I find a recipe I have 90% of the ingredients for.

I also need to tie this in with clearing out the freezer and store cupboards. I reckon I have about £1000 of food packed away. Like 10kg of red lentils........

Lizling

abby1234519 wrote: »

I've not even used a recipe out of the Yottam book. ... I reckon I have about £1000 of food packed away. Like 10kg of red lentils........

If the Yotam book you've got is Plenty, there's an excellent recipe for spiced red lentils in it.

theresamum2

Well went into sainsburys today and there was a sainsbury's cookbook volume one recipe book my fiance bought me it another one to add to the collection was only 5 pound

abby1234519

Lizling wrote: »

If the Yotam book you've got is Plenty, there's an excellent recipe for spiced red lentils in it.

Yes!!!

I shall go read it this evening, I haven't actually read it properly :S

cat4772

Now that I have moved house and unpacked my (rather large) collection of cookbooks, I would like to join this challenge. I wouldn't mind, but before I moved house, I donated a lot of cookbooks to charity that I new I'd never use but somehow I still have three shelves of cookery books to inspire me.

My aim will be to try one new meal from a cookery book every fortnight. by the end of the year, we should have tried 21 new meals; some keepers and some gakkers!

Cat.x

Lizling

I made Fava, which isn't the bean in this case, it's apparently a Greek dip made with yellow split peas. It was another Ottolenghi one and as usual I made loads... and I don't like it.

First thing I've made in a long time that I've outright disliked rather than just not particularly enjoyed. I don't know why. I like all the individual ingredients and I followed the recipe to the letter.

I've fried the rest of it up with chillies, cumin, ginger and mustard seeds to mask the flavour and now it's nice

LoveTheCoast

Decided to post having read this post a few times. I've roughly counted my cookbooks, I currently have ~70 and that was a after a cull not so long ago. Each time I cook a new recipe I put a little index tab on the page. Some books have loads of tabs, some have none.

Today I made a new recipe but off the allrecipe website, honey Garlic Chicken thighs cooked in the slow cooker. It got a mixed reaction from the kids. It was very easy to make but probably contains a lot of salt and sugar so not the end of the world it's not a new family favourite.

I also started a new recipe today Parker's Beef Stew from Barefoot Contessa's back to basics. It has a promising start, marinading diced chuck steak overnight in a bottle of red wine with garlic and bay leaves......

theresamum2

We are trying a new recipe today called sausage traybake its from Sainsbury's Cookbook Volume 1