Real Fast Food (350 Recipes Ready-to-Get in 30 Minutes) - Nigel Slater

Just how busy are you? Are you too busy to slice the odd courgette? Do you have time, once in a while, to peel a potato or open a can of tuna? And just how good a cook are you? Can you scramble an egg or smash a clove of garlic or cut open a lemon? Can you make a bacon sandwich? If you can do any of the above, or even if you are willing to try doing any of the above, then you can cook fabulous fast food. The premise of this book is tremendously appealing. ...
...find good quality food, then you can have it – and fast. You can eat well by simply putting good quality ingredients together so that they complement each other. By ‘fast food’ Nigel Slater means dishes that take around 30 minutes to prepare. He does not use complicated techniques, often the actual cooking involved in these recipes is minimal or even non-existant. The aim of this book is largely to guide the reader towards combinations that work ...

minigrile 30.11.2003 · Read full review
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Ok, so let's get the confession out of the way first - I'm not a big fan of cooking. It's not that I can't cook, every time I do force myself to make something a little more creative than scrambled eggs it comes out great. It's just that I can't be bothered spending the time, especially when it's only me on the receiving end. If you're cooking for someone else, or for a group of mates it's one thing, but when it's just little old me the microwave ...
...approached Nigel Slater's book with such interest. 350 recipes it says (I've not counted them, so that may not be true) and all can be cooked in under 30 minutes. Although about 2 paragraphs through his introduction, Nigel admits that most of them can be cooked in this time, some a little longer. But who's counting?! From someone put off by the regimented approach of other "celebrity chefs" such as Jamie, Nigella and Delia, it was refreshing to ...

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Review of Real Fast Food (350 Recipes Ready-to-Get in 30 Minutes) - Nigel Slater

Nigel Slater's book is designed to provide you with recipes for good food you can cook in under 30 minutes. The quantities given tend to be for either 'two as a main course or four as an accompaniment' and are laid out with a description, the ingredients and then the recipe. It is a good idea, but sadly it is badly executed. I am a whole-hearted supported of the slow food campaign but there are some nights after work when you just want to eat like, ...
...or things you would have to hunt down in advance. This is not a book of meals to make from your store cupboard but a book to keep the local delis in business. A lot of these recipes are impossible outside of London, and I speak as foodie who used to live in London and now resides in Cardiff. My local tescos may be 24 hours but it does not sell goat's cheese, however lovely it may be with broad beans. Secondly, vegetarians are not well catered for. ...

anna_mcnally 11.07.2003 · Read full review
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Review of Real Fast Food (350 Recipes Ready-to-Get in 30 Minutes) - Nigel Slater

This was the first Nigel Slater Book I bought, and judging by the state of the pages today it's proved its worth. This book is organised into chapters based on the main ingredient (the classic chapter being Garlic). And all the recipes are interspersed with Nigel's comments on the ingredients and what else you can do with them. I've never read a cookery book where the author has had such enthusiasm for simple things. He conjures up images in your ...
...some meat for a meal you can already taste. The best things about the book is that most of the recipes contain around five ingredients, they serve two people, they take around half an hour, the methods are simple and clear, you aren't expected to have every utensil under the sun, and the food is always amazing. Two classics are chicken with garlic, cider and cream, and croissants with hot apples and creme fraiche. The only downside is that most ...

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Review of Real Fast Food (350 Recipes Ready-to-Get in 30 Minutes) - Nigel Slater

This soup recipe is my favorite and ive been making it for many years. My children always ask for 'mummys soup',so I keep some in the freezer ready. INGREDIANTS.. 1 onion chopped 5oz mushrooms chopped 14oz carrots chopped 8oz potatoes diced 1 clove garlic crushed 2pt chicken stock(I use oxo,but any make will do) 1/2 tsp sugar 1/2 tsp thyme salt and pepper Saute the onions until soft, then add the carrots and potatoes,saute for a further ...
...and thyme. Bring upto the boil, then simmer for 50 mins(covered). When done,blend to a liquid in a food processer. Thats it,very easy and I normaly make double and freeze half of it for another day. Its alot nicer than tinned soup and a lot cheaper!!! Also its alot healther for the kids. ...

beth74 01.05.2001 · Read full review
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Review of Real Fast Food (350 Recipes Ready-to-Get in 30 Minutes) - Nigel Slater

No its not junk food or a takaway. Heres how to cook your healthy filling Indian curry meal in just under 20 minutes. INSTANT CHICKEN CURRY Serves 2 10-12oz (300-350g) boned chicken breasts skinned 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 2 tspns of bottled minced garlic 2 tbspns of Tandoori curry powder 2 tbspns of tomato puree 1/2 tspn salt 1. cut the chicken into bitesize pieces 2. mix all the remaining ingredients together in a large bowl, then add ...
...Heat a wok or a large frying pan. Add the contents of the bowl and stir fry on medium heat until the chicken is cooked(between ten and fifteen minutes). Uf it begins to dry up, causing sticking and smoking add a tspn or two of water or red wine from time to time. Serve with salads,bread and a chutney or two. ...

laura 23.10.2000 · Read full review
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