Notes about Recipes in this book

• Sweet potato and fennel soup with pumpernickel croutons

  • Genscooking on October 26, 2021

    Made without croutons, and was very bland. Don’t think the croutons would have helped. Needed much more salt, plus I added lime juice and pimenton to perk it up.

• Sausage and lentil soup

  • Zosia on October 20, 2019

    Hearty, full-flavoured soup made with just a few choice ingredients.

• Jerk spiced chicken legs with rice

  • Zosia on November 17, 2021

    The flavour was good and the rice was nicely cooked but the chicken was undercooked. A few minutes in the microwave finished cooking the chicken. It was delicious and had excellent texture in the end.

• Chicken paprikash

  • mamacrumbcake on July 13, 2020

    The sauce is pretty tasty, but it does not thicken very much. It’s good with wide egg noodles. One teaspoon of salt was needed to bring out the flavor. The problem is with the chicken. The cooking time (6 minutes) is far too long. The chicken is so dry, like sawdust. It was really unpleasant. I suspect this dish would be much better cooked on the stove, and would probably not take much longer.

• Beef Bolognese

  • Zosia on November 15, 2018

    This was disappointing. It was very soupy and didn't have much depth of flavour. I cooked it down a little in the instant pot after quick release of pressure and served it that way. Leftovers (this makes a big batch) I simmered stove top for an hour to improve texture and flavour before freezing.

• Lamb stew Provençal

  • Genscooking on September 27, 2021

    Very good flavor, tender meat and not too soupy. Even better reheated after a day in the refrigerator. I used boneless leg of lamb, well trimmed of fat and cubed; and oil-cured olives.

• Steamed artichokes with lemon aïoli

  • Foodiewife on August 18, 2019

    Perfection. I made a homemade lemon-garlic mayonnaise. Will add Worcestershire sauce next time.

• Marmalade bread and butter pudding

  • Foodiewife on August 18, 2019

    Absolutely amazing! Very easy to make. I substitute homemade apricot jam instead of orange jam. I also used golden raisins instead of dark raisins, and liked that a lot. I didn't cut triangles, since I used brioche rolls. This was so delicious and I made a homemade creme anglaise (vanilla sauce). Reheated very well, too.