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!

[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.

[user1467125853]

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

[Sukitakeitoff]

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

[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.

[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.

[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!

[IHeartKingThistle]

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

[IHeartKingThistle]

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

[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]

Slow cooked chilli is amazing

[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.

[sophiaheulwen]

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

[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.