Donna Hay (1)Reseñas

Most of the cookbooks that are produced every year are about what’s trending in the food world. It’s all about the latest diet, the latest kitchen device. Very occasionally one is blessed with a cookbook that will endure the test of time.

The New Classics By Donna Hay is just such a book. It is full of classic recipes from the Donna Hay Magazine created with their own signature twist.

Divided into two sections, Savory and Sweet, the book is a virtual encyclopedia. It is designed to enhance your cooking repertoire, taking old favorites and pairing them with modern flavors. I have no doubt that this will become the go-to cookbook on your kitchen shelf.

Recipe categories include:

Savory

Eggs + Cheese
Pasta, Noodles + Rice
Soups
Beef
Chicken + Duck
Pork
Lamp
Seafood
Pies + Tarts
Salads + Sides

Sweet

Cookies, biscuits + slices
Small cakes
Cakes
Putting
Pies + tarts
Desserts

Each and every recipe has a stunning full-page photo included. Many of the recipes have more than one component, so each of the components also has its own picture.

Throughout the book, all of the full-page photographs give the name of the recipe on the page. This is extremely helpful when you’re looking at something that you would like to try because it helps you find the right recipe.

As this book is designed to stretch your cooking repertoire, it also includes many step-by-step instructions for making basic dishes and then includes variations on that recipe. For instance, the “How To Cook Quiche” starts out with pictures of each step of the quiche’s crust. It then goes on to provide a basic filling. The subsequent pages include flavor variations on that recipe.

The “How To Cook” recipes include:

Quiche
Pasta
Polenta
Paella
Chicken Soup
Roasted Beef
Stir-Fry
Butterflied Chicken
Poached Chicken
Pork Roast
Meatloaf
Roast Lamb
Beer-Battered Fish
Sushi
Hot Water Pastry
Shortcrust Pastry
Shortbread
Macarons
Brioche
Banana bread
Baked Custard
Steamed Puddings
Tarte Tatin
Lemon Tart
Truffles
Marshmallow

The back of the book includes a lovely glossary of terms. After you find a Global Measurements Chart comparing metric and imperial, and an excellent Index by main ingredients and recipe name.

Beautiful And An Excellent Resource

This book is beautiful enough to be a coffee table book. It is full of excellent recipes but is, however, not a book of “30 minutes or less” recipes, or one full of recipes that use only five ingredients. This book is designed to stretch your cooking repertoire and expand it.

The instructions on each of the recipes seem very straightforward. The “How To Cook” recipes, provide very easy to follow instructions and the extra step-by-step pictures are helpful.

The recipes do include the Serving Size but do not include any overall cooking times, only those for the oven. With the recipes in this book, you will have to read it in advance to determine how long it will take.

Overall, this book is destined to be one I refer to many times. If you’re looking to become a better cook, this will be one of the books you will want to own.

See the full review and the recipe for Basic Meatloaf at The RecipesNow! Reviews And Recipes Magazine. This review is written in response to a complimentary hard copy of the book provided by the publisher in hopes of an honest review.

This has gorgeous photos and a few ideas, but bad recipes. Rare and expensive ingredients, precisely measured, but then four chicken breasts" - well, um, 4 breasts could total 3/4 pound or 3 pounds, which would of course imply a need for wildly different amounts of seasoning & sauce."

Back to basics, easy to cook favourites - sweet treats

Back to basics, easy to cook favourites

One star down for size.....

This book has it all, great recipes, easy to read print, and Great photographs! It is a tad bit too tall.

The food is interesting, innovative, and easy to make.... All the dishes look so clean and appetizing.

Miso soup w/ chicken & noodles; Kaffir lime leaf & chili lentils; Figs in vanilla port; Grilled honey mustard & smoked ham flatbread; White bean & tuna salad; Baked eggs; Coconut rice w/ lime syrup; Sugar roasted fruit, Grilled beef w/ sweet pumpkin.

I have one of each!

Haven't made anything from this book yet, so will review it later on

There is quite a variety of Donna Hay books in print and I am dabbling in several of them. The online cooking site I Heart Cooking Clubs features a different chef/cook every six months. The last vote for a female chef was won by Donna Hay. I must say, I am enjoying cooking with her recipes and so far it’s all been delicious (if I may say so myself).

So far, all the cookbooks I have perused display wonderful photos of the food and easy to follow recipes. Let me highlight a few of cookbooks here.

Fast, Fresh Simple offers a great collection of recipes. There is a fresh take on some tried and true recipes and some pretty good short cuts too. If you are in a hurry but don’t want to skimp on fresher ingredients, this is a good resource.

I have made the Garlic Prawn Pasta and Bacon lentil soup so far. The Instant Cook has beautiful yet simple photos of food. There is quite a bit of Asian and Mediterranean flavors and all recipes are, as the title implies, easy, quick with a minimal list of ingredients.
From this book I have made Lemon Marinated Artichoke salad.

Please check out my site for photos and a detailed review: http://novelmeals.wordpress.com/2013/12/31/donna-hay-cookbooks/

There is quite a variety of Donna Hay books in print and I am dabbling in several of them. The online cooking site I Heart Cooking Clubs features a different chef/cook every six months. The last vote for a female chef was won by Donna Hay. I must say, I am enjoying cooking with her recipes and so far it’s all been delicious (if I may say so myself).

So far, all the cookbooks I have perused display wonderful photos of the food and easy to follow recipes. Let me highlight a few of cookbooks here.

Fast, Fresh Simple offers a great collection of recipes. There is a fresh take on some tried and true recipes and some pretty good short cuts too. If you are in a hurry but don’t want to skimp on fresher ingredients, this is a good resource.

I have made the Garlic Prawn Pasta and Bacon lentil soup so far. The Instant Cook has beautiful yet simple photos of food. There is quite a bit of Asian and Mediterranean flavors and all recipes are, as the title implies, easy, quick with a minimal list of ingredients.
From this book I have made Lemon Marinated Artichoke salad.

Please check out my site for photos and a detailed review: http://novelmeals.wordpress.com/2013/12/31/donna-hay-cookbooks/

Manche Rezepte regen zwar zum sofortigen Nachkochen an - insgesamt hat die Auswahl, vor allem durch die verwendeten Zutaten, meinen Erwartungen an einfache schnell zu kochende Gerichte für den Alltag nicht entsprochen.

De vertaling van dit kookboek is abominabel. Het is nog wel enigszins te verdedigen om "golden syrup" te vertalen met "stroop" omdat het eerste nu eenmaal moeilijk te verkrijgen is in Nederland, maar "shortcrust pastry" (zanddeeg) vertalen met "croissantdeeg" is gewoon zonder meer stom. Het is ook bepaald niet handig om overal "kop" te laten staan als inhoudsmaat, en dan niet aan de lijst aan het eind toe te voegen dat een kop niet alleen equivalent is aan 60 g spinazie of 185 g couscous, maar ook gewoon gelijk is aan 240 ml.

Het kookboek zelf bespreek ik wel als ik er wat dingen uit gemaakt heb.

I adore cookbooks - the lush photos, the sensual ingredients, the exotic creations.

I really wanted to like this book - I saw it described as a book of upscale recipes created from items you might likely keep in your pantry.

The photography is exquisite. However, between the book's layout (lots of white space)and the resulting scant choice of recipes, I found nothing I'd be likely to want to cook.

Haven't cooked a lot from this one. I simply LOVE Donna Hay, but this book always scares me. It looks like posh food and I don't tend to have dinner parties. I need to try more of them anyway. I seem to find overall, that the scary meals/recipes are usually the most fun and easy to make.

Has some great recipes, but not into the dessert ones so much. Lamb shanks with lentils and the green chicken curry is a favourite!

A favourite of mine! Has some fantastically easy recipes for desserts and snacks. Some all time favourites are the orange and poppy seed cake, the lemon tart and the apple pie!!

Beautifully illustrated guide to bistro quality food you can whip up at home in minimal time