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The Ultimate Curry Bible?

Advantages: Very comprehensive, interesting background facts, tasty recipes
Disadvantages: Large amount of ingredients can be off-putting, a lot of reading, quite expensive.

...enjoyable to make my own. Madhur Jaffrey is one of the most succesful Indian cooks and is a best selling cookery author so I thought this book would be the place to start. First of all this book is very visually appealing - the cover is quite pleasing and not over the top. The real pleasure begins when you open the book however, as it has beautiful pictures and illustrations in the introductory chapter and at the beginning of each section. Madhur ...
...with a small anecdote from Madhur on how she has used the recipe or where she has gotten it from. Sometimes she also has tips on how to serve the curry or different ingredients to try. The recipes themselves can be quite difficult to follow as there is so much writing and you have to refer back to the book a lot. Many of the dishes have huge ingredient lists which can also be a bit off-putting at times. There is an immense variety and I have only ...

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Review of Madhur Jaffrey's Ultimate Curry Bible - Madhur Jaffrey

Slimming World Curry Feast

Advantages: Easy to follow instructions
Disadvantages: Pictures look great - mine turn out looking different

...nerve racking...however being on the slimming world diet I thought it can't be any worse than the other concoctions I have taken to eating in a bid to lose weight. I have only made 2 things from the book so far,a chicken curry which was even nicer when it had been frozen and reheated and the onion bhaji's which were really, really good but for those in the know quite high in syn value. However, a lot of the curries can be made syn free comparred ...
...explains the basic's of the slimming world diet in case you have not read your food optimising book! The receipe's are one to a page, with every other one having a full page picture of the finished product. The different sections of the book are well defined: starters, salads, meat, poultry, fish, rice and lentils and pulses, vegetables and accompaniments. The book cost me (I think) £8 from my slimming world consultant which I think is great value ...

mum2boys82 10.03.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Slimming World's Curry Feast: 120 Mouth-watering Indian Recipes to Make at Home (Slimming World)

I learnt to cook in 24 hours

Advantages: Easy to follow, bullet points, pictures useful and informative
Disadvantages: The random rubbish bits about pledges

...trying different reciepes I found Jamie's Ministry of Food- Anyone can learn to cook in 24 hours. I have never watched any of Jamie Oliver's TV series and apparently the book is based on a trip "Up-North" where Jamie Oliver teaches people how to cook??? Correct me if I'm wrong here. So the book itself....... --CONTENT-- Well there's some strange bit in the introduction about Jamie wanting you to pass on a reciepe when you've tried it out. Well ...
...is all about and what Jamie's plan is. The final page of the introduction there is a "pass it on pledge" where for some reason they want you to de-face your book by signing it to say you will pass a reciepe on. Well let's face it how many people are going to scribble in a book??? According to Jamie there are approximately 30 items that are deemed essential for your kitchen kit but when you read throught these things they do seem pretty reasonable. ...

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Review of Jamie's Ministry of Food: Anyone Can Learn to Cook in 24 Hours - Jamie Oliver

Delia's Vegetarian Collection

Advantages: Reliable recipes, straightforward to follow, nice for entertaining.
Disadvantages: Most recipes already included in other Delia books.

...cook at least one from Delia's Vegetarian Collection. It has been one of the most used cookbooks I own. Delia has gathered her veggie recipes into one book, along with some new ones. Therefore if you are a fan of hers and own her other books you will find you already have most of these recipes. However, if you are new to Delia Smith and want to try some of her veggie dishes, or cook for veggie friends, I would recommend this book. So, onto the ...
...Watercress soup. Delia's recipe serves 8 so I either halve the quantities or make the whole amount and freeze some. Roasted Mediterranean Vegetable Lasagne. This is yummy, though does take time to do. It's worth the effort, especially if you're cooking it for a meal with friends. It's a dish you can put together in advance then pop it into the oven about 30 minutes before you want to eat. Winter Vegetable Pie. This is a very hearty, warming recipe. ...

JoannaPiano 01.05.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Delia's Vegetarian Collection - Delia Smith

A cook book for slow cooks!

Advantages: tasty, graet pictures
Disadvantages: lots of prep

The slow cooker We bought a slow cooker as had heard some brilliant reviews on them and Mrs B was desperate to try anything which made healthy, home-cooking easier and less time-consuming since Baby B came along. At first we were both dubious about leaving on an electric cooker all day whilst we went off to work or Mrs B took Baby B out to various baby groups, we had images of a huge electricity bill or a burnt out kitchen or maybe even ...
...The idea of a slow cooker is to reduce time of cooking, so you just throw your veg in, cover it in stock and add whatever else you need, leave it on a low heat all day and then it's ready! It always tastes so much better too as it's been cooked for a long time enabling all the flavours to come out. The cook book We bought this book as we decided we wanted to get the most out of our new appliance and we are so glad we did! This book really ...

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Review of Slow Cooker Cookbook - Catherine Atkinson