Cooking an entire cookbook challenge.

[HairsprayBabe]

I want a cookbook that I can go through and cook every single recipe. I am stuck in a cooking rut of quorn chilli and lentil curry.

Has anyone ever done this? What book did you use?

I would ideally like a classic veggie cookbook that covers breakfast, lunch, dinner desserts and snacks with enough recipes to keep me going the whole year 150ish? So I have a few recipes a week to do.

I will decide on the recipe book by the end of the week and I can post my efforts here if anyone is interested... Feel free to join in if you like the sound of this!

[Wildernesstips]

I have one of those old Cranks paperbacks - some great recipes in there. I used to have a couple of Rose Elliott veggie books which were really nice.

[sophiaheulwen]

Don't confuse it with the New Cranks recipe book which I didn't like at all.

[sophiaheulwen]

I would highly recommend Cranks Recipe book. I've been using it for 35 years and it's still a staple in my kitchen. I've got so many recipe books but we love this because the recipes are easy, the ingredients can always be sourced locally and there is always something in there that I want to eat. You'll be able to buy it cheaply in paperback. I make Cranks' celery and cashew nut soup weekly in the winter - just wonderful. There is also an Entertaining with Cranks which I use a great deal too. My first veggie cookbooks and still the best, I think.

[IHeartKingThistle]

Slow cooked chilli is amazing

[Cookingongas]

King- I have that book and haven't made much (excluding the lasagne- best lasagne in the world)
Have you any particular recommendations?

[IHeartKingThistle]

I don't have any veggie suggestions though, sorry!

[IHeartKingThistle]

BTW it averaged out as a recipe every 3 days for a year.

[IHeartKingThistle]

Ooh I did this!

I cooked every single thing in Lisa Faulkner's Recipes from my Mother for my Daughter in 2014. The book is divided into seasons so I gave myself 3 months per section. I finished on New years Eve.

I wish I wish I'd blogged about it. I absolutely loved doing it, tried things I never would have and we ate like kings although it probably cost me a lot over the year. There are a few things in there that have become staples (I now make huge amounts of her piccalilli every Christmas, by popular demand!).

I loved loved it. Please let us know what you choose and how you get on! I liked doing this one because of the seasonal thing and also because there's a good mix of family food, fancy food, baking etc. Good luck!

[hanbee]

Madhur Jaffrey World Vegetarian. I'll be impressed if you cook the entire thing but it would give you a huge variety of things to cook and is arranged by type of ingredient.

[Angelil]

I was also going to suggest Hugh's Veg Every Day.
Failing that, try Nigel Slater - Tender has 2 volumes, 1 for fruit and 1 for veg.

[Sukitakeitoff]

If you like Indian food, Madhur Jaffrey's Vegetarian Curry Easy is brilliant. The recipes are so well tested - everything turns out perfect.

[user1467125853]

I would absolutely recommend Martha Steward's One Pot for this... Every recipe is a winner, easy, quick & made in a single pot!

[Cookingongas]

I love hfw veg everyday and have cooked most of the book and very much enjoyed the recipes (excluding the raw chapter really)

• but whenever we have covered it in cookbook club it always go down well meat eaters but the vegetarians are always under whelmed.

[HelenDenver]

Delia has a complete vegetarian cookbook, I doubt you'd want to do it all but there's loads of choice!

[BirdyArms]

I am very impressed by anyone who's cooked 80%+ of a recipe book, I tend to get bored after 6-8 recipes, so I've got loads of recipe books with only 2-3 recipes in each that I cook regularly.

But I do second the suggestions to cook from the Anna Jones and Huw F-W veg every day, they are my 2 most used books at the moment. Veg every day is probably my number one, I've cooked at least 1/3 recipes, they are mostly quick and easy for a weeknight supper and very reliable. We are trying to lose weight by eating soup for supper and have cooked a couple of delicious soups from it this week.

[Cakescakescakes]

Everyone seems to be loving Fresh India at the minute and it's veggie. I'm not vegetarian but want to eat less meat for lots of reasons so am going to buy this for inspiration as DH is a total carnivore.

[beela]

The meat free Monday book has a good variety of recipes.

[puffinpants]

Obviously not a veggie book - but assuming you want to do a veggie book at the same time iyswim

[puffinpants]

I'll join if you're still thinking of doing this! I'm currently 36 recipes in to Jamie Oliver's family superfood and planning to make c. 80 per cent at least. I want to challenge myself not just to cook all the same things all the time - what motivated me to start was that I realized I was buying new cookbooks just for the curry recipes and never really expanding my repertoire to other meals

[RemusLupinsChristmasMovie]

Nigella generally not great for veggies though, other than pudding.

[BlueClearSkies]

Nigella Express is good for quick after work recipes. Lots of variety.

[clairethewitch70]

I have this Quorn cookbook. It is very good.
www.amazon.co.uk/Quorn-Kitchen-Cooked-Recipes-Yours/dp/0956608809/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1483723650&sr=1-1&keywords=quorn%20cookbook&tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21

[RemusLupinsChristmasMovie]

Sylvia What are the best veggie things you cooked from Feast? I like the veggie chilli in there and the chocolate Guinness cake is bloody gorgeous.

[jmszel]

Thug kitchen books are good as is plant powered families.

[HairsprayBabe]

Ooh sorry missed that! Will check it out now.