i wondered if you have some simple cookbooks to give to me?

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was thinking about doing some proper cooking. with dh. therapy we can eat. har de har.

i thought i'd give you lot a try. i dont want recepies per se - i know i could use the internet. i wanted a cook book if you were thinnking of getting rid.

if not i shall trot down to book shop

TIA

Try the library Custy, at least if you realise you cant boil an egg without burning it you can take the book back and order a take away.

Hope that is helpful advice.

it is something i will certainly consider WB. just frightened of covering cook book in stuff

nigel slater's real fast food turned my dh from a 'yellow meal' man into a reasonably confident cook.

but still need the book to help me!

Why don't you buy a copy of Good Food magazine or Delicious or Fresh or one of those. They have seasonal easy dishes and it is not a huge outlay and it doesn't matter if you get it dirty. alternatively I have found some good cookbooks in charity shops

Custy I have a Nigel Slater paperback one you are welcome to. It came free with some mag and we have Nigel's other books which I use all the time so it is a bit redundant in our house.

Sort of collection of ideas for simple meals, bit camp, but imaginative.

CAT me if you want it and I will send.

strange town. that would be wonderful

could i trouble yu to e-mail me at creamycustardo at hotmaildot com

thanks ever so much

Custard - wasn't it you that completely changed the way your family eat a year back or so? Hows it going? - are you managing to stick with it and just looking for new inspiration? The problem I find with cook books is I would only cook maybe 4/5 recipes form each one. I now use Delia Online and BBC food site and it's quite good fun typing in whats in the larder/fridge and being giving ideas on what to do with it.

yes twas me a couple of years ago flung out the chip pan and bought fancy pasta. used pesto for the first time and olive oil became a staple.

and i am bored. so bored and ready meals are so easy.

this along with - dh and i are desperatley trying to get along better. his suggestion that we do cooking classes. i think sensibly we can't afford that but we could do something at home.

so maybe if instead of it being a chore - it became an adventure. the whole thing would be different.

i knwo i can type stuff into internet, but thought i would ask you lot for a cook book going spare.

am quite willing to go buy - its just - if you don't ask you dont get

thanks xx

I also lack inspiration and seem to buy the same stuff everyweek and get stuck in a rut. I really enjoy reading the 'whats for tea' threads to get a few ideas - maybe we should have a 'ready steady cook' type thread where you say a few weird items you may have hanging around your cupboard and someone says - yep potatoes, sausages and a tin of beans? - why don't you do sausage, beans and mash

Custardo

I use the recipes from this book again and again and again. Buy it from Amazon market place for a 1p plus & P&P and you will not regret it. It is one of the best cook books in my collection and the pages are now sticking together because I have used it so many times.

No probs Custy - will email tomorrow from work.

muchio grassyarse

strangetown, thank you i recieved your book and its cracking, ta v. much and ty for taking the time

xxxx