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THE CANNY COOK

Phil Vickery Paperback (3 February 2022)

Review by Librarian, Deborah Elliott

In the ‘The Canny Cook’, Phil Vickery shows how nutritious and convenient, canned and frozen food can be used for a wide range of value-for-money recipes. The aim of the book is to enable ‘a spend less, waste less’ approach.

Step by step instructions and pictures show how to cook fast, fuss-free, good-for-youmeals that are busting with flavour. Inside you will find a selection of dishes to make from vegan and vegetarian, to pasta, meat and fish, scrumptious desserts as well as healthy snacks.

The recipes I’ve tried out so far are delicious and varied and enough to keep my taste buds alert, whilst helping me to keep a close eye on the pennies! Why not try the ‘Banoffee Toastie’ for yourself!

Creative and inspiring recipes perfect for anyone looking to feed a family using everyday supermarket ingredients.

You can borrow a copy of ‘The Canny Cook’ from the ‘Health and Wellbeing’ collection available at the library.

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