womens weekly ones are good

oops, "strongly"

oh no what am i doing wrong? Got MOF but the couple of things i've made have been horrid (am generally a good cook!) the mince beef pie thing was grey & watery and the tikka salmon was just odd. What's going wrong?!? (sorry to hijack with my inadequacies!!)

this is the one cookbook I would rescue in a house fire.
Stronly recommend it.

My sister has asked for the Fay Ripley book ('Fays Family Food') as a pressie for her birthday. I had a quick scan through when it arrived and it looked fab, really I'm tempted to get it for myself. Easy recipes, designed for whole family, from babies up.

I agree about MOF, it's good & user friendly.

One thing about Nigel Slater. Much as I love reading his books (they make wonderful bedtime reading IMO ) for some strange reason I don't much cook from them. Don't know why. I cook all the time from Jamie's / Nigella's books (especially Nigella's whose recipes just seem to work every time) but not Nigel's... Wonder why that is.

Jamie's MOF and Nigel Slater are good (although Nigel goes for taste over health a lot of the time IMO)

I also like Fay's Family Food She has good suggestions on how to make one recipe that will feed the whole family from babies to adults with just a bit of mashing/seasoning at the table which makes life a lot easier!

I'm afraid I have to agree with Earthstar. I also didn't like 'How to feed your whole family etc'. It mainly contains very basic family meals e.g. shepherd's pie etc, so for someone who is already used to cooking regularly it's not that inspiring. It doesn't have photos & the writing is ok but not great. I suppose for someone though whose cooking skills are very basic it might be OK. I guess what I'm trying to say is that in its category there are much better books.

I second what LittleSarah said btw, Nigel Slater is fantastic. His Appetite & his Kitchen diaries are my favourites.

How to Feed Your Whole Family a Healthy Balanced Diet, with Very Little Money and Hardly Any Time, Even If You Have a Tiny Kitchen, Only Three Saucepans ... - Unless You Count the Garlic Crusher...,

I have this book - it is utter crap imo and FFP to anyone if I haven't already sent it to the charity shop

i think the bbc good food The Family Meal Planner: Thrifty Recipes and 7-day Meal Plans to Help You Save Time and Money is ab fab! I have it and use it all the time....
Product Description from amazon
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