101 One-pot Dishes: Tried-and-tested Recipes (Good Food 101) - B.B.C. Good Food Magazine""

My husband, bless his cotton socks, is not much of a cook. Don't get me wrong, he can make a mean jacket potato or pasta bake (and he's also been known to heat up MY homemade chilli, stick some rice in the microwave and claim all the praise for "making" dinner himself!), but try getting him to cook something from scratch, or something that requires using more than one pan at a time and something in his (highly scientific, engineer mind) just can't cope with it! I know men aren't meant to be able to multi-task (why, oh why, does it not occur to them to wash the dishes whilst they're waiting for ... more

I do always try to cook my boys and hubby meals from scratch but as this leads to a whole load of washing up, which in my house is Mommy’s job, I was thrilled when I came across this book as it has 101 recipes for one pot meals and I though it would reduce the time I spend at the sink. The book has been made by the BBC so I thought it would be a good and relatively healthy recipe book. I can say that I was not disappointed in any way when the book finally arrived. It is a small book and only measure approximately 12 by 12cm. It has a glossy cover and the inside also contains bright colourful ... more

It’s strange that when a son first moves out of home the mother’s main concern is how he will manage to feed himself. Forget about paying the bills on time and keeping the place clean, as long as the son can keep his stomach full every thing will be OK. When I first moved out of home my leaving gift was a slow cooker with the idea being I could set the timer as I left for work in the morning and when I returned home there would be a steaming meal ready to devour. A fantastic idea but in practice it was a different story and I soon left the slow cooker alone. Whilst watching a cookery programme ... more

I have never really been much of a cook. To be honest I don’t really enjoy it and find cooking very stressful. So when I got with my fiancé and he enjoyed cooking I was happy. Every night I got home from work (he finished before I did) and tea would be done, all home cooked and lovely. But then three years ago I had my son and decided I couldn’t leave him so decided to be a stay at home mum. Then the arguments began my fiancé found it unfair he had to work all day then come home and cook. I did tend to agree but I hated it. My dad lent me (and he has never seen since!) Good Food 101 one pot ... more

BBC books has published a whole host of these GoodFood magazine 101 recipe books. I have several but my favourite is this 101 one-pot dishes. When my husband and I both worked full time this was our bible for quick easy meals to do when we got home from work. Since the arrival of our first baby it is still used every week as my husband (who stays at home with our daughter) can prepare of these recipes while I'm at work without slaving over a hot stove for hours and means he can cook and keep one eye on our now very mobile daughter. They say each recipe is written with simple step by step ... more