The Easy Family Cookbook

My 16 mth old loves the recipes, as do we. We all eat the same now, so much easier than separate meals!

I like the illustrations and the way the book is set up but the majority of recipes are listed as “easy” but then the ingredients aren’t necessarily something that you keep on hand in your kitchen. For example: clear honey, self rising wholemeal flour, courgette (I don’t even know what this is!!!), and the list goes on! It also has a LOT of recipes for lamb, which I hate, and pork, which I eat very sparingly. I tried to return it so I could purchase the red book but they are charging me half of the cost of the book to return it. Needless to say, it will collect dust on my shelf…..maybe I can find someone to give it away to. Someone who loves lamb….

Honestly, I thought this would be one of those quick flick through to realise it was not for me. I can cook, and cook well, and LO eats everything he is given, including tofu and mushroom curry, spag bols, lentil casseroles, chicken and pasta bake etc. BUT, I am getting bored with the same old and did want some inspiration for colour and more interesting recipes for him and got this book. Like I say, thought it would be going back, but I appear to have brought the red and yellow ones today too, on the back of having had a quick look and then a more thorough look. There are some lovely recipes in here, with nice and unusual (but not so unusual you will be trekking across the country to find them) ingredients in them. I wasn't overly fond of the layout, but that is my adult brain being sensible, and when LO gets poking fingers in it, I will see it with different eyes for sure. It is definitely a family cookbook, and I really am looking forwards to getting the others as well as starting to create some more colourful meals. Sometimes you just need a wake up book, and this is my one, and I am glad of it.

Me ha encantado. El libro tiene muchas recetas interesante, pero ademas tiene actividades para hacer con tus hijos y calendarios para planificar comidas. Es super atractivo por dentro con fotos, colores vivos y tips. Comprare mas libros de Ella's Kitchen

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Great recipes in this book, but price could be lowered considerably by excluding all the many photos of carefully posed simpering children displaying the most appalling table manners (e.g reaching across the table for the largest crispest roast potato yelling 'that one's mine'), or spreading the food all over their faces, as we all know small children are prone to do - no need for a picture of it! I think there are other books on this subject offering better ideas and better value.