How To Cook Your Favourite Takeaways At Home: The Food You Like To Eat When You Want To Eat It At Less Cost And With More Goodness

Description

When you fancy a curry, Chinese, pizza, or good old fish 'n' chips, nothing else will do. In this book you'll find easy to make, great-tasting versions of all your favourite fast foods. The recipes use simple, fresh ingredients to create tasty, well-balanced meals the whole family will enjoy. Many of the recipes are quick and easy enough to make as great after-work dinners; others take a little longer to prepare and may be better kept for weekends and special occasions. None of them are complicated, all of them taste delicious, and they are much healthier than what you buy on the street. There are plenty of great tips, too, on how to prepare in advance, what to look out for when shopping, how to cut corners to speed things up, and what to keep in your store cupboard. Most of the dishes are freezable, too, so with one lot of preparation you will always be ready to grab a takeaway whenever the mood takes you.
Make the easiest and the healthiest: - Tandoori Chicken with Bombay Potatoes Sushi Maki Pad Thai - Sweet and Sour Pork with Egg Fried Rice Cheeseburger and all the trimmings - Oven-baked Fish and Chips with minted Mushy Peas Pizza Napolitana with Italian Salad - Oven-fried Chicken with Corn Cobs and Potato Wedges - and many more.

Author description

Carolyn Humphries has been a journalist and food writer for over 30 years. She has written for many women's, health, lifestyle and education magazines and is the author of over 60 books. She is keen to encourage people to eat a healthy, balanced diet. This book reflects her belief that cookery is not a mystical science but something everyone can do, following sensible, straightforward instructions.

Table of contents

- Easy step-by-step instructions for recipes that are simple enough for novice cooks to handle. - Many of the recipes are quick and easy to make as great afterwork dinners; others take a little longer to prepare and may be better kept for weekends and special occasions. None of them are complicated, all of them taste delicious, and they are much healthier than what you buy on the street. - Plenty of great tips on how to prepare in advance, what to look out for when shopping, how to cut corners to speed things up, and what to keep in your store cupboard