Cookbook for simple meals

[HighburyLass]

My dad, in his 80s, has had to take on the majority of the cooking responsibilities and is actually relishing the new challenge. Can anyone recommend a cookbook for him?
They prefer one pot type things that are served with pasta or rice. Nothing too fiddly (his arthritic hands mean chopping is not easy but can do), nor with loads of weird and wonderful ingredients.

Thank you

Slow cooker is what you need for some of the days.
Easiest meal I do is Bean chilli.
Kidney beans etc
Can of baked beans
Can of chopped tomatoes or pasatta
Dash paprika
Slug of maple syrup
Fresh or jarred chillis to taste
Slug of pesto

You can add some peeled quartered potatoes on the top with a bit of butter over them and then serve them with the chilli. Or microwave packet rice. Or add French stick.

You can buy chopped veg even diced chicken so I don’t see the issue what about fish pie

James May (the nice one from Top Gear) wrote a book called "Oh, Cook" aimed at people who can't cook.
And Mary Berry has got a new book based on her "Foolproof Dinners" current TV series.

Frozen, chopped onions & shallots are good.

Thanks for the replies.
Just to reiterate its cookbook ideas I'm after not individual recipes. Just so he can get the book out and find something nice to cook for a bit if variation from his current repertoire. But nothing too complicated.

We had a look at the Mary Berry one as I thought it might be good but really not quite right.
Thanks for other suggestion. Will check it out

What about a visual one

accessiblechef.com

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10223667-quick-and-easy-a-visual-step-by-step-cookbook I don’t know how good this one is I don’t have it there are print outs you can get for visual cookbooks or you can make buy one

I really like Rukmini Iyer's Roasting Tin books for easy recipes. There may be too much chopping but might be worth investigating? (And pre-chopped, frozen onions etc might also help)

Thanks again. Great recommendations

It’s probably old fashioned now, but the original Delia Smith ones are fool proof in my experience

Bbcgoodfood do a series of small books called 101, I have a few, 101 Cheap eats, 101 meals for two. They're really good.
Also try rukmini iyers cookbooks all designed for one pan only. I assume you've got all the gadgets like electric tin opener, for arthritic hands etc.

Oh and the marks and Spencer frozen section, soffrito already done and frozen chopped onion will start a lot of great dishes.

If he is on his own, the sainted Delia did something called One is Fun many years ago. Also student cookbooks are fairly straight forward , and frozen ingredients or tubes of garlic and ginger are great.
The roasting tin series is good and there are loads of crockpot cooking books around.

Sorry , just realised you referred to they. You might want to ignore me.

Delias How to Cheat book is worth a look!

If you want Delia books, and can’t find them in a charity shop, DS got a pristine copy of the Complete Cookery Course for a reasonable price earlier this year.

What's for Dinner in One Pot?: 100 Delicious Recipes, 10 Weekly Meal Plans, In One Pan or Slow Cooker! amzn.eu/d/dIhdJzR

This book is fab. Everything is easy and the recipes just work. Plenty of slow cooker recipes but always a one pot no slow cooker work around if you don't have one.

Roasting tin dishes are also good, I have the veg one which is great.

Your dad sounds fab, OP.

Nigel Slater’s Real Fast Food might be a possibility. He has some clever, easy things I never would have thought of that we really like.

I agree that for use in cooking, frozen onions, peppers, etc are fine.

My FIL embraced this challenge a while back, and I admired him for it also. FWIW, I remember he loved Waitrose frozen potatoes with goose fat, ready to pop in the oven, and they were very good! A small luxury. Just a thought.

Thanks again all! Loads of ideas so
I'm sure we'll find something perfect.

poetryandwine he is pretty fab 😊

https://www.amazon.co.uk/One-Pot-Wonders-Lindsey-Bareham/dp/0241381312

Jamie Oliver’s Ministry of Food is a good, basic cookbook for anyone wanting to cook simple meals from scratch. He also gives options such as in the mince section you can use the cooked mince as a bolognaise, a pie, with mashed potato for a cottage pie etc so it’s quite versatile.

Durrrr
From Abe books!