276°
Posted 20 hours ago

One Pot: 120+ Easy Meals from Your Skillet, Slow Cooker, Stockpot, and More: A Cookbook

£9.995£19.99Clearance
ZTS2023's avatar
Shared by
ZTS2023
Joined in 2023
82
63

About this deal

As always, were a handful of recipes that were tested more than 10 times each ( One Pan Pancakesand Dutch BabyI AM LOOKING AT YOU) where I just knew they could be SO GOOD but they took a while to get there. If carbs and vegetables aren’t included in the main cooking dish, you should be able to serve with a no-cook side dish (a salad, a bread or, at a push, microwaveable rice!). Michelle’s second dish was the Steamed Chocolate Cardamom Pudding. As with the other dishes tested, this one also resulted in confusion and frustration. The recipe calls for the seeds from 8 cardamom pods, without clarification on if the seeds should be ground. It also indicates that there should be enough batter for six 3/4-cup ramekins, but she only had enough batter for three 3/4-cup ramekins. When it came to the final product, though, Michelle enjoyed the dark flavor of the chocolate mixed with the cardamom, despite the occasional crunch on a seed. Michelle put her sweet tooth to the test, making both the Pear-Ginger Crisp and Pour-Over Peach Cake. She appreciated the extra step of toasting the cornmeal in the latter, finding the flavor helped balance the sweetness of the peaches. Her only complaint was that it didn’t call for whipped cream as a topping, something she found only made the recipe better!

When we received the books to review, we were all drawn to her cookbook first. From the striking cover to the beautiful photographs, along with a well-organized and visually pleasing layout filled with helpful tips and techniques throughout, this cookbook received top marks for presentation, teachable moments, voice, and appearance/engagement.I wanted to write the book so that home cooks, and people who aren’t confident in the kitchen, could get good food on that table with relative ease, so a good time could be had by everyone, including the cook.” —Diana Henry Judith made the Curry-Roasted Carrots & Lentils With Orange-Yogurt Sauce, and despite being pleased with the amount of curry powder used, found Snyder was not clear on what size to cut the shallots, which burned before the carrots fully cooked. For her second recipe, the Roasted Broccoli With Peanuts & Brown Rice, she appreciated the idea of using peanut sauce to entice kids to eat their vegetables, but would execute it differently if she were to make it again (by following her instincts and cutting broccoli into florets instead of lengthwise into slices, the directions for which she found slightly unclear). The book includes 100 brand new recipes, each of those was tested at least 5 times. Then cooked again for the book photography.

Boasting 400 thoroughly tested and researched recipes by the staff of America’s Test Kitchen, this book gave us high expectations. While overwhelming at first glance, the organization helped ease us in when searching for recipes to test out in our kitchens. Divided up by types of meals, like soups, poultry, vegetarian, and pasta, each chapter was then further organized by the cooking vessel. Yes! There are 10 weeks of meal plans, with no repeat recipes. You don’t have to use the book in this way, but they are there if you fancy. Each meal (some when served with the suggested side dish recipe) is complete with carbs and veggies. We also felt that her recipes had the strongest flavors, with purposefully chosen ingredients strategically layered throughout the cooking process. We especially appreciated her relaxed approach to cooking, creating recipes that, as she notes, “leave the cook ample time to visit with dinner guests.” We aren’t having over any dinner guests just yet, but we still appreciate the sentiment. Needing to give her sheet pans a rest, Judith decided to try out two of the skillet recipes. Using only one pan to cook the Pan-Seared Paprika Salmon With Spicy Green Beans, the recipe came together in minutes—and left a mess-free kitchen. It was clear that the recipe had been tested, with specific notes to use smashed garlic instead of minced so it wouldn’t burn, and to sauté the green beans first before adding water to steam them (charring the beans and preventing them from getting too mushy from over-steaming). She also enjoyed the Crispy Tofu With Warm Cabbage Salad, which to her delight was easy to adapt to one serving. At a guess, between me, Anna, Debbie, Miranda, Hattie (my step-daughter) and our food stylist Pippa probably 650 dishes have been cooked for What’s for Dinner?All so we can be sure that they really do work for you! Who eats all of the food from the testing?!

Homemade Gifts to Post This Christmas

With recipes for batch cooking, easy dessert ideas, and a whole chapter dedicated to frying pan pasta, One is guaranteed to liven up your recipe repertoire, minimise time spent in the kitchen, and cut down on your washing up too. So, in each weekly meal plan, you’ll find two recipes that offer a no-cook side dish alongside the main. Jo-Anne made the Oven-Cooked Beet Risotto recipe, which promised to have a prep time of 10 minutes. It ended up taking much longer—and being a lot messier than expected, leaving the kitchen looking, as she put it, “like a crime scene.” While the risotto was visually pretty, it also was a quite bland dish, and the addition of raw hazelnuts didn’t add much. Her attempt at Fennel, Sausage & Cannellini Beans With Tomatoes & Conchigliette also resulted in her longing for a more descriptive ingredient list, like clarifying what size fennel bulb and onion to use.

Who’s the author? One of the most influential voices in the food industry, the much-loved Jamie Oliver is a bestselling author, chef, restaurateur, and campaigner. Jamie is a household name and is often credited with revolutionising home-cooking in Britain and beyond. While this cookbook was easily organized and had some interesting recipes, we all felt that Snyder was trying too hard to appeal to everyone. As a result, some of the final recipes tested were bland and, in general, not very exciting. However, we did appreciate her sidebar tips that offered suggestions to increase the flavor for adults (including some fun wine pairings) and ways to bulk up a dish for “extra-hungry kids.” Michelle made the Classic Pasta Carbonara and found the recipe easy to follow. When it came to the results, Michelle thought it was an easy-to-make dish that was “cheesy, eggy, porky, and herby.” She had equal success with the Spring Mushroom & Pea Risotto, and was pleased because this was her first time making risotto. She was initially worried that the process would be “labor-intensive,” but found Snyder’s instructions to be clear and simple to follow. Yes! There’s a limited number of signed copies available here from Waterstones. I have lovingly signed them all and I hope they’d make an extra special gift for someone or treat for yourself ❤️ Do I need to have a slow cooker to buy this book?Each meal plan includes 6 dinners, one weekend breakfast and one weekend treat recipe. Do the meal plans have shopping lists?

Taste & Execution: Did the recipe taste good? Were they something we’d want to make again? Were the directions easy to follow or did we have any missteps? Flexibility: We were all cooking for just ourselves (and, for one of us, a boyfriend, too), so we wanted to see if we could pare down these recipes, many of which made more than two portions, or if they would reheat well for leftovers. Was there any guidance on how to adapt these recipes based on personal preferences or ingredient substitutions? Nope! Every slow cooker recipe has an alternative cooking method included (apart from the Slow Cooker One Pan Lasagne, as the other version of that is in my first book, What’s for Dinner? In 30 Minutes!) This was the only book that truly encompassed all types of pots and pans, including recipes for a skillet, sheet pan, casserole dish, Dutch oven, slow-cooker, and Instant Pot. This was also the only book that included scaled-down versions of several recipes to serve two, which was greatly appreciated from our fridge full of cookbook-testing leftovers.

Asda Great Deal

Free UK shipping. 15 day free returns.
Community Updates
*So you can easily identify outgoing links on our site, we've marked them with an "*" symbol. Links on our site are monetised, but this never affects which deals get posted. Find more info in our FAQs and About Us page.
New Comment