Full Description
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
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
