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Simple food, easily prepared, which is cheap to create and tastes good. That's what this book is all about. Understanding the real needs of the modern student, Carolyn offers her imaginative and fun ideas both for the communal kitchen and the single cook. 'This makes really good eating - and still I had enough grant left over to go down the pub...buy my books, I mean!'
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Carolyn started her career at the top working as Head Chef for a restaurant but eventually switched to journalism where, in 1977, she was able to combine her love of food with her flair for words when she became Deputy Cookery Editor for Woman magazine. Over the years she has freelanced for numerous women's, parenting, education, food and lifestyle magazines as well as for PR companies specialising in food, nutrition and health. She has written over 40 books and has taught both cookery and journalism at further education level. She has written many books for Foulsham and sold over 92,000 books in 2006 alone.
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I received this book as a present when I started uni and have found it indispensible, both as a source of meal ideas and for basic cooking advice. I'd been veggie for 6 years by the time I went away to study, so finding veggie versions of tradional meat based meals was never something that concerned me much (although there are a few tasty ones in the book), but as my mother doesn't like to cook much, I needed to learn how to cook and find some alternatives to pasta and tomato sauce and expensive frozen meals! The cooking advice is simple but effective and the recipes, whilst quick and simple, are interesting. From a budget point of view, the book is excellent as the recipes make use of a few basic (and mostly cheap) ingredients and can be easily altered to suit whatever vegetables or leftovers you may have. I have other veggie cookbooks with much fancier recipies and beautiful photos but this is the one I come back to for everyday meals. It's unpretentious and great for anyone, student or not, who needs to budget or who likes easy and yummy food!
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I got this book as a present before leaving to start Uni life last September! Since I'd never cooked anything more complicated than fairy cakes, my Mum was understandably a bit concerned that I'd live on pot noodles and baked beans on toast, so decided to get me this fantastic little book!
I can't praise this book enough! First off, it does actually tell you *how* to do certain things, like dice, shred, fold and whisk, and how to actually cook vegetables, rice and pasta. Pretty basic yes, but I have met people at Uni who've never so much as heated up a can of baked beans or made a bowl of pasta in their lives! So it's pretty good for complete beginners.
The recipes are yummy. They're divided into different sections; there's snacks, light meals, vegetable dishes, roast dishes, pasta dishes, rice dishes, pulse dishes, and desserts (of course!). There's serving suggestions, ideas of what else you can throw in, and even tips on how to keep the cost down. The instructions are fairly straightforward, unlike some this cookbook doesn't seem to be written in a totally foreign language!! The recipes themselves are very tasty, there's a lot of variety and there's pretty much something for everyone.
I would be totally lost without this book. Don't be fooled into thinking it's just for veggies, most of these recipes are pretty healthy (especially in comparison to most student diets!!) and incredibly tasty. Get this book, it's almost as essential to student life as a drinking fund and an overdraft (well they're the same thing really, and I did say 'almost!')
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this book after being a vegetarian for around 5 years, without doing a lot of cooking for myself. I found areas such as basic cooking skills absolutely invaluable for a relative new starter like myself. The book has all sorts of recipes from, really clever food to impress the parents with (the Mushroom Stroganoff went down particularly well), to quick and easy things with store cupboard ingredients. Brilliant for a nice easy introduction into meat free food.
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Fantastic all-rounder cookbook
This book got me through college, it has everything you need. Even if you've never cooked before, it takes you though all the basics and has some fantastic on-a-major-budget... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Rachel Riddle
Students' Veggie Cookbook.
I am by no stretch of the imagination a student but I just love this cook book. I had borrowed it previously from the library and liked it so much that I decided I would buy it. Read more
Published 13 months ago by grandma
kat
I personally don't like the book, I need pictures in order to want to eat what ever I am trying to cook, and as most students haven't got the first clue how to cook I really think... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Kathleen T. Montaigue
Great book
This is a great little book with lots of helpful hints. It assumes no prior knowledge so is perfect for cooks who are learning. Read more
Published on 22 Feb 2010 by Ms. Helen Anderson
Veggie Students.
The book is presented in an old fashioned way, the pages are boring to look at and there are no pictures of the meals to inspire you to give them a try. Read more
Published on 19 Oct 2008 by C. Boyes
FANTASTIC!
This is THE greatest veggy cook book I have got. I have bought quite a few and this is by far the best. Read more
Published on 18 Jun 2006 by A. Slater
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