Would you like to help us test recipes for the Mumsnet Cookbook?

[CatherineHMumsnet]

Shhh .. don't tell everyone but we're working on a top secret new project in the form of The Mumsnet Cookbook and we need your help.

We'd like to get together a Mumsnet Cookbook cookery group to stop us from piling on the pounds help us test these shortlisted recipes.

Each volunteer will be allocated a recipe which they'll then cook for their family and give us some feedback on how easy, hard, good, bad, expensive etc they are and whether they'd make it again. All the recipes chosen were submitted over the years by Mumsnetters, so there shouldn't be any outlandish or particularly difficult to source ingredients - and they should all be pretty easy to make (we hope!).

As a thank-you, we'll be putting everyone who helps out into a prize draw to win a Bloomsbury cookbook.

And if that's not enough of an incentive, everyone who helps will have their *Mumsnetter nickname featured in the cookbook's acknowledgements.

Thanks Melty for offering to do the lamb shanks. We may have some choccie biscuits if anyone else wants a try.

oh cahterine i didnt mean to make you sad.

imagine me stroking your hair now in a slightly predatory way

Catherine I'll go for the choccie biscuits if you like ?? - I need to stock up my treats jar for DHs packed lunches - I can also tweak recipes to improve them if needed

rockinhippy - will PM you the recipe.

MaureenCognito -

Got it :)

I wouldn't mind the choccie biscuits either

But will do lamb shanks if I must.

Morning everyone - we're still waiting for around 90 people to give us their feedback.

I've just heard from the authors that the way they're approaching the book means that you actually still have a week or so to get your feedback in. So if you've been sitting on your recipe, or thought you wouldn't have time, it would be great if you'd make it over this week or the coming weekend and get any comments back to us next week.

And we may have some new recipes to test - anyone like to try another one?

I would like to try another one, preferably one that doesn't contain condensed milk please!

I'm up for doing more, meat free ones only though.

I'll do another one too if there's any going :)

I'll do another one too.

I'll do another.

Happy to do another one or 2

go on then, I'm game.

For info, I have an awful sweet tooth at the moment, so you can bring on anything very chocolatey, sweet, fattening. I will be delighted to get fat in the name of research....
If you send me few possibles, I might even be able to do 2. I can let you know which two on the same day.

I'm happy to try another one...

I'd like to do another, preferably savoury as I don't have a sweet tooth.

Please can we try another one? Pasta crisps was an awfully disappointing allocation!

I'm game too, as long as there's no lamb or corned beef involved!

I'd do another

I'm happy to try another one but prefer baking x

All those of you who've offered to do another recipe - do you have any food allergies/intolerances/veggie requirements (saves me having to cross reference with the original recipe testing spreadsheet!)

Would prefer to do either a meaty or veggie main dish, no offal or fish if possible please.

Or biscuits/cake - ds1 has suddenly become a big fan of wanting to bake since spotting the Great British Bake Off

We're not very good at having puddings here or at any breakfast recipes (mad panic in the morning, just about got it sussed with what we currently have, dread the thought of trying to introduce something new).

Hope that's not too fussy!