To ask you to recommend a realistic recipe book......

[jwbsgjones]

that contains easy to make recipes using everyday ingredients that will satisfy a very fussy 6 year old, a 9 year old and two adults, preferably with lots of recipes using chicken, eggs, fish, pasta, potatoes. Really like the kind of recipes on the tasty/really tasty Facebook pages - can anyone recommend anything??

[Gardencentregroupie]

Jamies Ministry of Food is good for realistic recipes

[BookHunter]

Jamie's ministry of food.

[ChardonnayKnickertonSmythe]

Nigella's How to eat

[Wolfiefan]

MN one naturally!

[treaclesoda]

Nosh for Busy Mums and Dads.

Crap title, but loads of recipes that go down well with everyone I've made them for, young and old.

[IHaveBrilloHair]

Another vote for Jamie's Ministry of food, my cleaner bought it for her DD on my reccommendation and she loves it.

[TeenyW123]

Delia.

[TitaniasCloset]

The home cook book by Monty and Sarah Don. Bought it on sale and have found it very useful for everyday dinners, like fish pie.

[lastqueenofscotland]

Any Delia Smith

[LittleWingSoul]

I really like a book called 'Comfort Food' by Bridget Jones (not that Bridget Jones - a real non-fiction contributing editor of the same name!) Not a single duff recipe in there so far and I've been using it for years.

[Cakescakescakes]

This one by a million miles...

www.amazon.co.uk/Busy-Mums-Cookbook-Mary-Gwynn/dp/0857203533?tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21

I have dozens of cookbooks and I use this more than any other for simple uncomplicated family recipes. Designed to be quick and easy yet interesting and tasty. I bought it after flicking through it in a waiting room and have now bought several as presents for friends who have also raved about it.

[Cakescakescakes]

I adore Nigella but I don't honestly think it's what you're looking for here. Jamie's ministry of food is a good option too but Mary Gwynn (above) is my number one recommendation.

[IvorHughJarrs]

You can't go wrong with Delia Smith or Mary Berry. Every recipe works well and tastes good

[kitnkaboodle]

Delia's Complete Cookery Course

[GlitterGlue]

Piggy backing onto the this, I would like a book with weekly meal plans and a shopping list. And none of the meals can take hours to prep/cook and fancy ingredients should be kept to a minimum. Does such a thing exist?

[Autumnsunshinebaby]

Mary Berry - amazing!

[missyB1]

Mary Berry Foolproof cooking.

[BIgBagofJelly]

BBC Good Food website is amazing (sorry I know it's not a book as you asked for but it's totally reliable and it's great to have the comments to read too).

[crickeycrumbsblimey]

Jane Hornby wrote lots of the little good food books and has her own called fresh and easy which is good

[StripyHorse]

Ministry of Food is great. Also a book called "My Daddy Cooks" bought as a slightly jokey present for DH from the DCs. I recommend looking in your local library at a few books and trying out some of the recipes before buying.

[Itrynotto]

www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B01FJ5WB4S/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1482946980&sr=8-2&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=dinner%20lady%20book%20cook&tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21

This is brilliant if you want a very simple cook book. My kids are fussy and this was good to get them to eat stuff.

[jwbsgjones]

Thank you guys, lots of fantastic suggestions here - off to check them out on Amazon :-)

[00100001]

jack monroe's book

[sj257]

I like Jack Monroe's book too