Just So Stories

Easy Recipes From Meat-free Monday to Sunday Roasts

Hardie Grant Books

October 2023

ISBN: 9781743799765

RRP: $49.99

He had me at best-ever garlic bread! You know that meme about the hardest thing about adulting is trying to think what to have for dinner for the rest of your life? [by the way, watch this – even the Queen of Soul said the very same thing!] Well, this might just be your answer to that question.

Honestly, whether you are beginning your culinary journey or a seasoned cook in need of inspiration, this will give you fresh ideas and easy options – over 80 of them! These are recipes taken from Adam’s hugely popular TV show, The Cook Up, and encapsulate the wealth of cultural diversity in foods we enjoy in Australia, and I love the whole week broken up aspect. They are easy, and many also quick to prepare and cook for a family.

As a bonus to the recipes there is also a bunch of handy ‘how-to’ guides for such things as cooking awesome roast potatoes (IYKYK), sensational salads and stirfries and other goodies. I love cookbooks – and, sometimes, I even cook from them 😂 but after several house moves in a short period of time, I’ve had to severely cull my collection but I knew just who would love this beautiful book, and would make very good use of it. But I’m certainly going to make the several recipes I kept – especially that garlic bread!!

Get your teeth into it, and get cooking (well, if you have air-con that is – because seriously, cooking in 36 deg heat is not a fave activity here). Highly recommended for all cooks, novice or expert – or even those who just love to peruse the beautiful food photos.