Notes about Recipes in this book

• Quick-fried onion and cabbage with black pepper

  • wester on January 16, 2018

    A nice way of cooking (Savoy) cabbage. Next time: more onion, more pepper (the recipe is quite vague about this; it just tells you to add plenty of pepper, and then even more at a later point), butter instead of oil.

• Banana bread

  • alexthepink on February 23, 2021

    Delicious! Our favourite banana bread.

• Pear and almond pudding cake

  • eliza on September 14, 2014

    Fantastic cake that is easy to make too. I added some spelt flour for part of the white flour. Not too sweet. Recipe available on river cottage YouTube channel.

• Blueberry-banana milkshake

  • spharo00 on July 24, 2012

    A great frothy smoothie for breakfasts on the go. It was perfectly sweetened and is just the right amount for one person when the recipe is halved. I also added some oatmeal to the batch as the author suggests.

• Double chocolate brownies

  • joneshayley on May 13, 2018

    Moist, unctuous and delicious! Easy to make, a perfect recipe. Will use this as my go-to for brownies

• White winter soup

  • joneshayley on October 24, 2018

    Great soup, though the cream isn’t necessary.

• Real English custard (or crème anglaise)

  • Netty4 on May 17, 2015

    This should say "real English custard"

• Kedgeree

  • mjes on September 23, 2021

    The fish ingredient is smoked; another example of the EYB simplification of ingredients. This is a Indo-English classic for which I have no solid comparison as to how it should taste. But we all liked this recipe.

• Chocolate chip cookies

  • etcjm on October 07, 2020

    Brilliant. Works every time. Mix and match instead of dark chocolate, I use white chocolate or nuts as well. After a couple of times you'll know exactly when to get them out of the oven. In my opinion, baking paper works better than silicone sheets. They seem to make them oily. I haven't mastered doing them gluten free, they're just never quite right so I cook them normal and have to avoid the cookie tub!

• Lemon curd

  • etcjm on November 11, 2018

    Works. Easy all in one recipe. I sieved so it was smooth because I really struggle to keep a low heat even with a diffuser. Little bit left after filing one jar which I just ate, because it was so nice. Would be lovely over ice cream.

• Spanish omelette (tortilla)

  • etcjm on December 28, 2019

    Good instructions. I upped to a few more potatoes and 8 eggs. Finished in oven rather than grill because the oven was on for bread. As usual I made too much food and only a small amount of this got eaten. Hopefully good for lunch tomorrow.

• Easy flat breads

  • Didserella on December 05, 2023

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