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`This book is a friend in the kitchen, choc-full of really practical advice and recipes to help you survive the stresses of family life. The food is quick to plan, shop for and prepare and is designed to fit an ever-tightening budget. These are great ideas whatever the make-up of your family from small children to the seemingly bottomless pit that is the hungry teenager' --BBC Good Food Magazine
`Mary Gwynn writes many of the Weekend Menu recipes. Her new book The Busy's Mum's Cookbook is published this week. Here she lets us in on a few tricks for balancing work and family life' --Waitrose Weekend
`Mary Gwynn writes many of the Weekend Menu recipes. Her new book The Busy's Mum's Cookbook is published this week. Here she lets us in on a few tricks for balancing work and family life' --Waitrose Weekend
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Provide food for breakfast, fill the children's lunchboxes, stock the fridge with after-school snacks, cook everyone's supper day in, day out...every week. Weekends mean more shopping, cooking, baking - and there are always teenagers, hungry partners and friends who might want a snack. Ready-meals, takeaways and fast food are fine on the odd occasion, but especially in these purse-stretched times families need tasty and healthy meals. In this practical cookbook, Mary Gwynn shows the working mum what foods to buy that will last the week and how to have delicious, easy-to-make and nutritious meals ready in a trice with no wastage.
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I finished university a year ago and WISH I had had this book to help me through those years of trying to avoid eating chicken kievs every night! The Busy Mum's Cookbook belongs on everyone's shelf... not only are the recipes easy and cost efficient but they are also utterly delicious. The chapter on meals that magic into packed lunches has reformed my working week - lentil salad with butternut squash and roasted red peppers today! Mary Gwynn shows us how easy it is to eat wonderful food cooked with high quality ingredients without costing a fortune or taking hours out of your day. But it isn't just about 30 minute meals... the lamb, cumin and aubergine stew sits in the oven for an hour and a half but makes the perfect dinner party meal - minimal preparation and plenty of time to chat with friends! This book hasn't been in my life for very long but I'm not sure how i ever got by without it... a cookbook which will inspire even the most reluctant chef to bin the frozen food and always keep a butternut squash to hand...
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
What a great cookbook. When I get in from work I want to eat now and not in 2 hours time after pouring over a cookbook and then hours in front of the oven. This brilliant book has given me inspiration to cook tasty, nutritious meals using local ingredients while I am busy leading a hectic life. Most of the ingredients are readily available and I dont need to plan too far ahead. Thankyou Mary for inspiring me, a definite must for all those busy people who love food but dont have time to slave over a hot stove.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I bought this book after reading about it in the Waitrose newspaper. Apparently the author writes their recipe cards which I use a lot. I've cooked three or four of the recipes already (we all really liked the blackberry and apple cake and the Spanish chicken casserole)and they all went down really well. I'm going to buy copies for my two kids who are at university as it's the sort of food they can cook for themselves without breaking the bank or using lots of complicated ingredients. The list of 25 useful storecupboard ingredients is really handy for them too and there's good advice for feeding the family generally. A really useful and good looking book which is going to get well used in my ktichen.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
You won't be disappointed!
I have quite a collection of cook books and wouldn't normally go to the touble to review one,but I was very impressed with this book. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Emer K
just the cookery book I needed
I am always on the go, helping to look after 3 grand children, I found this cookery book great and easy to follow the variety and choice in the book is brilliant and I refer to it... Read more
Published 2 months ago by groovy granny
The Best Family Cook Book
This is the first review I have written for a book. But felt it necessary to express what a wonderful cook book this is for a "Working Mum" who is keen to cook a variety of meals... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Melissa
Brilliant book
I brought this book for my daughter who is extremely busy and has not done a lot of cooking lately. She has done 4 recipes from it since xmas and every one is a winner. Read more
Published 4 months ago by sue
A great book for 'new' cooks
This is, as my title says, a great book for 'new' or inexperienced cooks. If you already cook and bake quite a bit and have a repertoire then the chances are you won't find so... Read more
Published 6 months ago by GinMummy
Best cookbook EVER - and not just for busy mums!
This is by far the best cookbook I own. All of the recipes are quick, easy and taste fantastic! And are very family friendly, but would also appeal to those who aren't busy, or a... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Julia
Practical and Innovative
Mary Gwynn's book gives good practical advice not just for busy mums but for all of us who like to cook but do not have much time.
Published 6 months ago by David Chamberlain
Good, realistic yet slightly different for the whole family
Since the birth of my first son I have acquired many books aimed at feeding children and families. A lot of them re-hash the same old thing - bolognaise, lasagne etc This book does... Read more
Published 6 months ago by katerina
Fantastic cook book- and I usually hate cooking!
I've always wanted to cook my own meals and eat well, but the reality is that you come back from work tired and the easiest thing to do is have a ready meal. Read more
Published 7 months ago by James R
Easy and DELICIOUS
I am at university and heard about this book through one of my friend's mums. We were on holiday and she cooked a sausage sauce pasta from the book for 20 people! Read more
Published 7 months ago by Foody student
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