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'This is a brilliant book for the unsure cook. Mrs Simkins gives precise directions for preparing anything from the full English breakfast to a proper Sunday lunch, via quick and easy options such as pasta with chilli and mozzarella, or curried beans. There are recipes for glorious puds, cosy cakes and slimming salads, and hints on how not to as well as how to. Never was there a better book to prove that home cooking is tastier and more satisfying than ringing for a takeaway. I'd give this to anyone setting out on the twin adventures of cooking and eating.' Simone Sekers. 'This is a cookbook to use, which deserves a place on your worktop or cookbook shelf. Mrs Simkins' recipes are straightforward, affordable and appealing. You don't need a Larousse Gastronomique or a Cordon Bleu certificate to understand the techniques needed to prepare these dishes. Before you get to the actual recipes, there is helpful advice on good kitchen practice, useful measurements, oven temperature conversions and lists of equipment. The recipes are set out in a clear, practical way and divided into meals, chronologically - from breakfast via light lunches to roast dinners and puddings, with further sections on quick light meals on toast, cakes, pastry, biscuits and making your own bread at home with a bread machine.' Fanny Charles, Blackmore Vale Magazine. 'Dorset's very own domestic goddess.' Dorset Magazine. Member Reviews from www.babyworld.co.uk 'A stylish note book of simple, wholesome, homemade meals for anyone who still shies away from making Sunday roasts, white sauce or baking their children's birthday cake.' '"Easy homemade meals" I absolutely love this book. I am a big fan of home cooking and this book has so many lovely recipes.' 'Loving it, I can cook good healthy meals for my family, and still have time to spend with them.' '"A great addition to your bookshelf" When the book arrived the first thing that struck me was the pretty cover! An attractive looking recipe book. There are a great selection of recipes from very basic (cheese on toast and alike) to the slightly more complex. Something for everyone!.' '"easy to read and really nicely presented" This book is presented in an old-style and it looks so pretty on my shelf... more importantly, it's got some great tasty recipes but also some good ideas for easy meals too so there's a great mix.' 'Delicious but economical recipes.' Best of British. 'A very straightforward and wholesome cookery book.' www.mygreenlifestyle.co.uk. 'The kind of recipes that novice and experienced cooks will enjoy: simple and delicious with helpful tips and explanations.' Country Gardener.
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In this book you'll find good wholesome recipes that you can make yourself whatever your level of expertise. For the novice cook it offers step by step guidance and encouragement by explaining the recipes in a straightforward and accessible way. For the more experienced cook it offers new recipes and fresh ways of doing things. Mrs Simkins understands the importance of good home cooking. In this book she shares some of the delicious but economical recipes that she has cooked over the years for her own family and friends: *hearty hot dinners and roasts *light lunches *simple soothing soups *plenty of baking (including pastry and sponge cakes) *perfect puddings *tempting toasty snacks *plus how to make your own bread with a bread maker.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Great Cookbook with a lot of helpful extras,
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This review is from: Cooking with Mrs Simkins: How to Cook Simple, Wholesome, Home-made Meals (Hardcover)
I was delighted when I received my copy of `Cooking with Mrs Simkins'. It is an attractive book with an appealing cover and layout. It's full of good, common sense advice with clearly marked tips.Inside the recipes are easy to follow and in addition to the normal sections you would find in a cookbook it has a 'Cake Surgery' to help you to identify the cause of your cake disasters, 'Easy Sunday Lunch for Guests when Time and Energy are Running Low' and an 'Action Plan for the Full English Breakfast'. It also contains tips on carving joints of meat, roast potatoes in a hurry and how to use your leftover meat. But don't think that these extras mean that the book is short on recipes. The book is full of easy to cook meals, from the traditional to the more unusual, and gives an interesting twist on the usual classics. There is an emphasis on how to use leftovers so there's no wastage and lots of ideas for children too. It is one of those books that I find myself constantly picking up and not one of those resigned to the bottom shelf. I hope we are going to hear more from Mrs Simkins in the future.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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What a helpful book!,
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This review is from: Cooking with Mrs Simkins: How to Cook Simple, Wholesome, Home-made Meals (Hardcover)
I got a copy of "Cooking with Mrs Simkins" just as soon as it came out. I've been reading her recipes in the Blackmore Vale Magazine every week for the past year and I just love the way she writes. She makes cooking seem possible even for scaredy-cats like me!I think Mrs Simkins is one of those writers who writes just how she speaks - as you read the instructions you can really imagine a warm, helpful aunty explaining things clearly as you go along. There are things I've never seen in a recipe book before - such as an Action Plan for a full English breakfast so it all comes together at the right moment. And there are surprising extra bits too, like teaching us how to grow our own baby leaf salad. So it's more than just a cookery book. I laughed aloud at the (fictional?) story of a friend not quite following the instructions for a chocolate cake! I must say I never knew that self-raising flour needed to be really fresh if it is going to rise properly. First on my list to make are the "Slightly Restrained Elevenses Brownie" and the "Lamb Hotpot". I recommend this book for people who can do a reasonable meal but who would like a bit more confidence and a few more ideas. I think it's also suitable for beginners - it's got a really good layout and is very straightforward. And it's a nice book to have in the kitchen! A great companion to Dirty Nails' book "How To Grown Your Own Food" which is by the same publisher. Five stars! Tamara Essex (organiser of Shaftesbury Local Food Festival but no good at cooking!)
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Thanks! Mrs Simkins,
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This review is from: Cooking with Mrs Simkins: How to Cook Simple, Wholesome, Home-made Meals (Hardcover)
This really useful book is a great addition to my kitchen bookshelf, and I find I'm using it a lot of the time.Loads of recipes of all sorts-I tried the strawberry buns, which were a big success with my family,and the red cabbage recipe, which was easy to do and delicious. It's a good reference for some of the more "straightforward" recipes (I've always struggled getting my sponge cakes right-this book gives you all the little tips to make it happen right first time).Also I really like the midweek suppers section, I need some new ideas for something tasty for the family, and they're here.Well recommended!
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