The Sorted Crew - Beginners Get . . . Sorted: Over 140 Simple, Tasty Recipes That Take the Fuss out of Food

Praise for SORTED: At a time when fewer and fewer people have learned how to cook, yet theres more and more interest in food and exciting flavours, the SORTED boys have managed to communicate cooking in a new way. Their down-to-earth approach makes an everyday necessity simple, accessible and, most of all, pleasurable. Anyone can produce platefuls of wonderful food and anyone can enjoy it. KAREN BARNES, EDITOR OF DELICIOUS MAGAZINE Straightforward, wholesome, foolproof and includes cheats to satisfy even the laziest cook. THE TIMES The SORTED team have created a cooking bible its humorous and informative. THE GUARDIAN This cookbook is crammed full of beginners cooking thatll gear you up to create dozens of simple, cheap and tasty meals with, or for, your friends and family. THE GUARDIAN This cookbook is crammed full of beginners cooking thatll gear you up to create dozens of simple, cheap and tasty meals with, or for, your friends and family.

Whether youre a broke and starving student, a busy professional with a tight budget and even tighter time or a parent juggling a hundred and one daily tasks, then this book will definitely get you SORTED! The SORTED adventure began with mates around a pub table, chatting about real life, real people and real food. We dont mess around with fancy high-end dishes; instead we focus on proper grub to share with family and friends. From day one, Ben scribbled recipe ideas down on the back of beer mats for the lads to take back to uni, encouraging us to cook and eat as a group to have more fun and save some money. As word spread it was evident that more than just those around the pub table needed to try the SORTED approach to food. A cookbook supported by a bunch of online videos made perfect sense to us. So, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and now this book became the obvious route to help us prove how much fun can be had whilst cooking with mates.

This book is supported by a fully interactive website, food hub and community at www.sortedfood.com . This is constantly updated with loads of fresh food inspiration, personal conversation with like-minded folk and all the extra bits to take you on the journey from kitchen rookie to culinary pro. Never before has getting SORTED been so easy! SORTED recipes mostly offer a good bang for your buck. Within each chapter, some recipes are, of course, cheaper than others, so weve included the following symbols as a guide: Dirt cheap On budget Splashing out Based on a balanced diet, the nutritional symbols below help to guide you through whats good and whats just a little bit naughty for those special occasions: Fighting fit Everyday grub Occasional treat Preparation time in minutes Serves Follow the link to see an online clip of the recipe being prepared by the SORTED crew

Ben and Barry are the driving force behind the SORTED food community. Ben is a professionally trained chef with a first-class honours degree in Culinary Arts Management and eight years experience in a multitude of kitchen environments. He now focuses on what he loves cooking great food with his mates and helping others enjoy food as much as he does! Barry is always looking for an excuse to party around food.

As the creative director, with his passion for photography, design and style he ensures that SORTED is shared with friends around the world. Thanks to this cookbook and hours of playing around in the kitchen with Ben and the lads, hes becoming quite handy at cooking too. Together with Jamie, Mike and the rest of the crew, Ben and Barry are here to guide you through the book and their personal help is only ever a click away online.

SORTED will help you build basic kitchen skills, understand essential cooking principles and produce dishes to enjoy and be proud of. Arm yourself with the musketeer knife skills to murder that onion, learn how to sizzle the ultimate steak and how to fillet a fancy fish its easier than you think. Then put these skills to good use through our carefully selected recipes that enable any kitchen rookie to produce fantastic grub, begin to build confidence and to get the know-how.

While actors follow the script, builders the blueprints and newsreaders are restrained by the autocue, keen rookie cooks, accomplished amateurs and professional chefs should all have the freedom to experiment a little. As your confidence grows you can begin to express yourself through food, experiment with it and have FUN at the same time. (Obviously, were not talking about plugging carrot sticks up your nose, flicking mashed potato across the table or laughing at every curiously shaped root vegetable although they never cease to amaze us!) By spending time in the kitchen, trying out different things and developing your own skills, it wont be long before you are a completely capable cook. At SORTED we do it our way no frills, no nonsense, and no barriers and we hope to inspire you to have a go too. The possibilities are endless! To kick off let us take you through some breakfast fuel to get your motor running, wet and wild soups, mouth-watering wraps, quesadillas and sarnies. The humble lettuce leaf then strikes back with a vengeance in our salad chapter, before we up the ante and explain how to knock up the ultimate pasta or risotto and both quick and slow dishes to showcase the best meat and fish on offer! Theres grub inspired from all over the world, but there are good-old steak, fish, pies, curries and stew and dumplings too.