I bought this book with high expectations, having found many of Delia's other recipes so successful. However, I was abit disappointed: many of the 'recipes' are just a combination of convenience foods - you're not really cooking at all, just mixing things together and heating them up. It also makes shopping for the recipes very expensive and often the specified ingredients are only available at certain supermarkets, with two or three specified supermarkets in one recipe; any time saved by using a jar of Waitrose roasted peppers is offset by the time trekking over to tesco to find some 'tomato frito' or similar. Having said all of that, the few recipes I have tried were very tasty and certainly quick and easy - although now I come to think of it, I did 'cheat' by not using the specified ingredients (Aunt Bessie's frozen mashed potato discs anyone?) and using the cheaper and better for you fresh alternative.
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HotBabes 02.05.2008 12:33
Maybe you could add what sort of recipes are included and if they turn out the same etc. x
loki23 02.05.2008 09:17
Good review. Agree with you that this is not really cooking. Also the salt levels in convenience foods can be alarmingly high especially if you go mixing and matching.
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