Student Cookbook For Dummies

by Oliver Harrison

Overview

Are you a student who’s fed up with making do with greasy food and monotonous ingredients? A parent who worries about your son or daughter’s mounting tendency to nip to the fast-food van at all times of the day? Then look no further! Taking into account thepressures and stresses of university life – the work, the exams, the parties – this entertaining guide takes students through the essential skills, techniques and ingredients they need to make over 160 delicious, healthy meals on a budget and on the go. Packed with top tips on frugal shopping, diet maintenance and healthy-microwave cooking, as well as the low-down on hosting dinner parties, choosing wines and mixing cocktails, baked-bean-living will become a thing of the past!

Student Cookbook For Dummies includes:

Part 1:  Getting Started

• Chapter 1: Saying ‘Hello’ To Your Kitchen
• Chapter 2:  Going Shopping
• Chapter 3:  Knowing What You’re Eating    

Part 2:  Breakfast, Lunch & Snacks

• Chapter 4: Bigging up Breakfast
• Chapter 5:  Making great Lunches
• Chapter 6:  Snacks     

Part 3:  Bring On The Main Course

• Chapter 7:  Cooking For One
• Chapter 8:  Eating the Right Food To Get You Going
• Chapter 9:  Mastering Microwave Cooking
• Chapter 10:  Making the Most of Time and Money
• Chapter 11:  Decadent Desserts and Treats      

Part 4:  Entertaining

• Chapter 12:  Lads and Girls Nights’ In
• Chapter 13:  Pulling Together a Sunday Roast
• Chapter 14:  Food To Impress: Cooking for a Date
• Chapter 15:  Getting into the Party Spirit

Part 5:  The Part Of Tens

• Chapter 16:  Ten Tips For Cooking At Uni
• Chapter 17:  Ten Ways to Eat On The Cheap
• Chapter 18:  Ten Replacements for Expensive Ingredients

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781119996767
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	02/08/2011
Sold by:	JOHN WILEY & SONS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	352
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Oliver Harrison is the presenter of StudentCooking.tv, a video- and recipe-based website that shows students how to create tasty and nutritious meals on a budget.

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Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Part I: Getting Started 7

Chapter 1: Saying Hello to Your Kitchen 9

Chapter 2: Going Food Shopping 25

Chapter 3: Bring On the Balanced Diet 35

Part II: Breakfast, Lunch and Snacks 47

Chapter 4: Bigging Up Breakfast 49

Chapter 5: Making Great Lunches 67

Chapter 6: Serving Up Snacks 89

Part III: Bringing On the Main Course 115

Chapter 7: Cooking For One 117

Chapter 8: Eating the Right Food to Get You Going 151

Chapter 9: Mastering Microwave Cooking 173

Chapter 10: Making the Most of Time and Money 191

Chapter 11: Decadent Desserts and Treats 201

Part IV: Entertaining 221

Chapter 12: Lads’ and Girls’ Night In 223

Chapter 13: Pulling Together a Sunday Roast 245

Chapter 14: Food to Impress: Cooking for a Date 259

Chapter 15: Getting into the Party Spirit 279

Part V: The Part of Tens 297

Chapter 16: Ten Tips for Cooking at Uni 299

Chapter 17: Ten Ways to Eat on the Cheap 307

Chapter 18: Ten Replacements for Expensive Ingredients 313

Appendix: Cooking Terms (I’ve Got to Do What?!) 317

Index 321