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The recipes in this book are all for fuss-free midweek meals. Nothing fancy or unachievable, just real food for the way real people cook, every day.
When planning the food for this book, I put a post on my social media channels asking for my followers to share their weekly meal planners with me. What quickly became very clear was that people were looking for simple food that tasted great and could be prepared with minimum fuss. With that in mind, I planned the recipes in this book around family favourites that, with a little batching magic, can be on the table in a jiffy.
Each recipe is pared back to its basics – this will save you time and, I promise, I have only cut corners where it doesn’t impact on the final result.
If you are cooking for a special occasion or just want to dress up your dinner a bit, I’ve suggested some ways you can zhuzh (my favourite word!) up some of the recipes, and you’ll see these marked on the pages as you work your way through.
If a meal contains spices, I have erred on the side of caution and opted for delicate rather than ‘blow-your-head-off’ hot, as my meals are designed to be family friendly. If you like more spice, simply adjust the levels to your tastes. As a general rule, it’s good to remember that spice can always be added, but never removed!
WORKING IN PAIRS
All of the recipes in this book are paired-up with another. These are dishes that lend themselves to being prepared together, and throughout the recipe methods you will find tips on how to save time by jumping between the two. Sound complicated? I promise you it’s not! Each of the meals can also be made as a standalone dish, serving 4–6 people, so it’s up to you if you want to batch it with the other meal.
Once you’ve got the hang of batching two recipes together, you can start doubling up and making four full meals at once!
ODD ONES OUT
When pairing recipes, it sometimes makes sense to match a savoury dish with a sweet, or a meat dish with a veggie. If you take my Plait recipes as an example, you’ll see that both recipes use the same technique, which is why they are paired together, but this does mean that you’ll find a sweet recipe in the middle of the meat chapter! To help you identify this, all of the recipes are colour-coded and marked with a symbol in the top corner so that you know exactly what kind of recipe you are looking at. The symbols are:
POULTRY
MEAT
FISH
VEG
SIDES & SAUCES
DESSERTS
