could you please recommend a cookbook that has everyday family food recipes and not poncy stuff that I don't have ingredients or time for!

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Would love to learn to cook but some of the cookbooks I've glanced through just isnt what I will eat. I want good wholesome everyday normal family food that doesn't require travelling to some far fetched land.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Hands down the best recipe books for what you're after is the Nosh ones. They started off with a student cookbook but have since done a couple of family ones, they are fab. Simple, easy, tasty.

My favourite for really good basic but tasty recipes is an old Sainsburys one called Classic Recipe Collection. Their carbonara and also tomato soup are favourites in this house. Everything is just really good. You can get them second hand www.amazon.co.uk/Classic-Recipe-Collection-Sainsburys/dp/0956630340?tag=mumsnetforu03-21

Another reccomendation for Jamie's Ministry of food, brilliant book.

Hairy bikers are my favourites

Yes. Jamie's Ministry of Food

I get a lot from the Eat Well For Less range of books

Definitely the Jack Monroe books!
Really easy to follow, budget friendly/very cheap ingredients needed, and lots of family recipes.
The Hairy Bikers Mum Knows Best series is great too, lovely recipes and no faffy nonsense.

I've just got Feed your family for £20 a week and wrote just that on my review. I didn't want a book with poncy recipes or a list of ingredients I'd never heard of. Theres a facebook page too. I've asked a few questions and people are very quick to reply.

Fay Ripley's books are really accessible. And some cracking recipes, easy to do. I especially use her 'What's for Dinner' book.

Try this website you just put in ingredients you have and it gives you a recipe you can make

www.supercook.com/#/recipes

The Hairy Dieters is a great book with lots of traditional recipes, tweaked towards healthy.

Thanks everyone. Looks like the Jamie ministry of food is a definite. The nosh books look great fun.

I'm not sure about hairy bikers. I once borrowed a book from the library and I didnt like it.

The chubby cubs one - what type of food is it? Is it filling or more light healthy dinners?

+1 for Ministry of Food. I use it loads. Has a basic version of everything you might want to make: bolognaise, roasts, fish pie, Chinese, curries, casseroles etc. With step by step pictures.

There are always loads in charity shops. Prob some of mine as I’ve had so many over the years. But the one I always go back to if I need to remind myself about eg quantities for pancake batter, fruit cake, I always use my vintage 1975 version of good housekeeping cookery book
If you can find old copies of The Dairy Cookbook , they were good basic books

This is what I've had for years.

Delia smiths complete cookery course is my go to for basic recipes. Lots of detail on very standard stuff. My copy is from the 80's but is still my most used book.

Another one coming on to say the BBC good food website, rather than a cookbook.
I use it all the time.

If I could only have one book I'd have Nigella's Express. I don't really enjoy cooking but every recipe I've tried has been quick and easy and very tasty.

All the Fay Ripley books are great, family friendly and non-poncey.

That said, the book I've cooked most from ever is Diana Henry's From Oven to Table. It is a wee bit fancy, but the methods are so simple that I go back to it again and again.

Have a look in your local library, they always have a lot of cookery books and you could borrow a few to try before committing any money...

I was about to say go to
The library and see what you like and then take photos of the recipes, or download them online.

Mumsnet did a cookbook a few years ago which I find really good.

Four books have survived the coming and goings of food fashion in this house. All four are Delia, the complete cookery course and the three books in the how to cook set.

Yet another Ministry of Food fan here

Yes the Dairy cookbook! Mine is held together with tape. Made the Vichyssoise at the weekend.