The All New Bang on Trend Cookbook Challenge 2018

Nelski

caronc wrote: »

Thanks for the feedback - despite being another carnivore I do like a good veggie burger and my nephew's gf is pesce so I'm always looking for ideas for gatherings that don't end up being a piece of salmon or something with mushrooms :rotfl:. I suspect they might also work well turned into balls with toms sauce/pasta or in a sub sandwich. Might also get me over my quinoa aversion:cool:

yes caronc i came across this when I was looking for a recipe for a gluten free vegetarian acquaintance that didn't cost the earth ...think the only difference is making sure you use GF oats.

Good idea on the non meat balls

Nelski

Mrs_Cheshire wrote: »

Had a couple of new meals recently, chicken with tomato and mascarpone sauce and cheese melted. Today had a sw cauliflower, gammon and macaroni cheese, was ok but wouldn't rush to make it again.
I'm planning on making a sw chicken tikka masala tomorrow, so hopefully that turns out well.

I love chicken tikka masala so let us know how it goes

Nelski

Florence_J wrote: »

So I meant to make the peppers stuffed with cauliflower rice from Tom Kerridge's cook book. Instead I made a dish that had all of the main ingredients (peppers, cauliflower rice, tomatoe puree, mozzarella) but I went renegade and made it myself without following the recipe or even looking at it (not sure why).

I liked it and it was perfectly edible but OH said the peppers weren't roasted enough, the cauliflower rice was bland, the tomato puree was weird, but the cheese was nice.

I think next time I will follow the recipe, I am sure the recipe is nice.

What do you think about the Tom Kerridge book Florence J ? I am feeling the need to buy it

caronc

Mrs_Cheshire wrote: »

I'm planning on making a sw chicken tikka masala tomorrow, so hopefully that turns out well.

I've made this and it's just fine - benefits (for me anyway) from some mango chutney added to the sauce mix just before serving. If you like their "fakeaways" I really like the donner kebabs though made with very lean lamb mince is better though that's much harder to find https://www.slimmingworld.co.uk/recipes/doner-kebab.aspx

Florence_J

Nelski wrote: »

What do you think about the Tom Kerridge book Florence J ? I am feeling the need to buy it

I do like the book, but the difficulty with me and any cook book is I don't eat meat, so unless the cook book is a specific veggie/pescetarian cook book I find most of it seems to be off limits to me because the meat recipes are so meaty that it is not really a case you can subtract the meat for a veggie product.

To be clear, that is a problem I have with all cook books for the most part, so it is no direct criticism of Tom Kerridge.

To be honest I think I like the cook book because I like the TV series. I don't think I would have bought it otherwise. What I mean by that is the TV series makes the recipes come alive in a way I don't feel they do in the book, I bought the cookbook last Saturday and looked through it but didn't feel particularly inspired by any recipe I hadn't already seen on TV, but then this weeks episode naturally showed recipes from the book that were 'new' to TV, and suddenly I liked it again.

I am going to try and make 5 recipes from it before I know whether it is for me. But I do think it is a good cook book and would be worth buying.

Nelski

Florence_J wrote: »

I do like the book, but the difficulty with me and any cook book is I don't eat meat, so unless the cook book is a specific veggie/pescetarian cook book I find most of it seems to be off limits to me because the meat recipes are so meaty that it is not really a case you can subtract the meat for a veggie product.

To be clear, that is a problem I have with all cook books for the most part, so it is no direct criticism of Tom Kerridge.

To be honest I think I like the cook book because I like the TV series. I don't think I would have bought it otherwise. What I mean by that is the TV series makes the recipes come alive in a way I don't feel they do in the book, I bought the cookbook last Saturday and looked through it but didn't feel particularly inspired by any recipe I hadn't already seen on TV, but then this weeks episode naturally showed recipes from the book that were 'new' to TV, and suddenly I liked it again.

I am going to try and make 5 recipes from it before I know whether it is for me. But I do think it is a good cook book and would be worth buying.

Thank you great critique FlorenceJ look forward to seeing the others you try. Im not a veggie but do love veggie days and its a good way for me to delve into new recipes and new ingredients.

joedenise

I've just ordered the Tom Kerridge book from Ama*on. Much cheaper than in the shops at £8.99 but a delay of a couple of weeks but happy with that for the much cheaper price - :money:.

I've made one recipe which was published in a magazine I get from Beneden - Thai Green Curry with chicken. Makes huge portions. I only made half the recipe for DH & I but there was enough for both of us last night with rice and for lunch today with a Jacket potato. Will definitely be making it again. Think it would work well with prawns as well.

Denise

caronc

I don't think I'm going to manage any new recipes this week as I need to use up various bits and don't want to add anything else to stocks. So far I've not seen anything new to make that I fancy where I'm not short of a least one essential ingredient.

downshifted

Caronc it is hard at this time of year, what with using up Christmas things and watching the lbs and £££s. I’m hoping to try some new recipes on Friday as I’m having friends over... will report back

Nelski

Agree downshifted and I may be the same this week but caronc but thinking about it I could do something on Saturday so I will hit the cook books and decide