Delia - How To Cheat At Cooking

SALOPMAN

Anyone been watching the new delia series? I have been most impressed with the recipes and as a dabbler in the kitchen thought some of them looked very easy, especially the frozen episode last week, would also like to know if anyone has the new cheating book yet??

Telute

I've been watching it - although i tend to cook from scratch so haven't been that impressed. I'd agree that what she's doing looks easy though - there was a thread on here discussing it a while back.

I'd be interested to know how the recipies taste if you give any a go.

Bargain_Rzl

There's been extensive discussion on this already, but it's been quiet for a few days so you're forgiven for not having found it

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=735089

Although I have nothing inherently against being a lazy cook, my personal opinion is that you either eat proper cooked-from-scratch food or you have prepared food (tinned meal/ready meal/takeaway). I don't get why people would want to spend most of the time you'd need to prepare something "properly" in order to prepare something that's half-processed and probably quite expensive.

sealady

I bought the book today! About 99% of my meals are cooked from scratch and what I have gathered from her program and the book is that it's not a matter of using ready meals but rather using ingredients that are already prepared. I actually cooked one of her recipes today for our tea and I cooked it from scratch the only difference from a usual meal is perhaps the lemon grass came out of a jar and I did not have to go out and buy fresh lemon grass. Her book is mainly about having things already in the freezer store cupboard etc to hand and being able to cook from tasty meals very quickly.

Telute

The book sounds better than the TV show - although i thought the curry program better than the first two shows. Will have a look at it once the reservations fall off it at the library - only probably with being staff, we can't swipe the popular stuff.

Alison1604

I've seen one of the episodes and read about the new book. Seems a bit pointless to me, I mean how is shepherd's pie made with tinned mince and frozen mash any different/better than just buying a shepherd's pie? The frozen mushroom risotto with added porcini mushroom was no easier than making one in my opinion! I believe that the cost of the ingredients for her cup cakes came to £11!

Nah, I'll stick to Nigella with her express recipes thanks -I never liked Delia's approach to food. She doesn't teach people to cook, only to follow recipes. "a quarter of a teaspoon of salt" -What's that all about for goodness sake?! LOL

chappers

Watched the first episode, what bolloxxxx if you don't even have time to make mashed potato and have to use frozen then god help us.
If it had been cooking for those that can't then It might have been a bit more acceptable and it was hardly very MSE

maytaurus

If anyone would like to buy the book from Tesco.com,
here is the code for 200 extra tesco points that I received
e coupon code XX-KQGM
valid till 11 th may

ifonlyitwaseasier

the curry show made sense but the shepherds pie looked awful!

LandyAndy

Alison1604 wrote: »

I've seen one of the episodes and read about the new book. Seems a bit pointless to me, I mean how is shepherd's pie made with tinned mince and frozen mash any different/better than just buying a shepherd's pie? The frozen mushroom risotto with added porcini mushroom was no easier than making one in my opinion! I believe that the cost of the ingredients for her cup cakes came to £11!

Nah, I'll stick to Nigella with her express recipes thanks -I never liked Delia's approach to food. She doesn't teach people to cook, only to follow recipes. "a quarter of a teaspoon of salt" -What's that all about for goodness sake?! LOL

How strange. I always thought exactly the opposite.

Butterfly_Brain

Hi all, just to let you know that Delia has a new show on BBC2 tonight at 7pm
In the first episode she is making various things from Instant Mash
:j