Lebus - MOB Kitchen: Feed 4 or more for under £10

Whats up MOB! Welcome to the first MOB Kitchen book, jammed full of big cheap meals packed with vibrant flavours, using the freshest ingredients with delicious results. Having provided the online space that was so desperately needed by students and young professionals, we are now bringing this into the real world. This book is the ultimate affordable cooking bible youre gonna absolutely love it! I have always adored food. It is the first thing I think about when I wake up, and the last thing I think about before I go to sleep. When I was much younger, I would often cook dinner for my brothers and my parents. I loved whacking a bunch of fresh ingredients in a bowl and creating a really simple, delicious salad.

I would always try out different pasta sauces or experiment with the Sunday roast while singing along to my favourite Van Morrison tunes. When I moved into my first house with my four best mates at university, I relished the opportunity to cook in my own kitchen. However, I quickly saw that this enthusiasm was not shared by my friends. The boys, Paddy and Chester, would cook bacon sarnies and pesto pasta five nights a week. The rest of the time they would buy a ready-made soup from the local shop. I didnt get it.

I didnt understand why they lacked the confidence in the kitchen to cook a proper meal. Something needed to be done. I wanted to prove that you didnt have to be rich or talented to cook a healthy, delicious meal. So I started to write a blog with a series of recipes that would feed us all for under a tenner. In my final year at university, I filmed 20 of the recipes to share online. I came up with the name MOB Kitchen and launched the channel in August 2016.

So, what exactly is MOB Kitchen? When I was at university, young people werent cooking. The phrases I cant be bothered or Its too expensive were commonplace in the student kitchen. Across the social media sites on which we spent all of our time, there were no relevant or accessible videos showing us that cooking healthy, delicious food is easy, fun and affordable. We needed a site to show us that by using simple, everyday ingredients in the right way, we could cook for our housemates, colleagues and friends without any fuss. Before MOB Kitchen, this simply did not exist. With real prices, real food, real imperfections and real music, MOB Kitchen provided the answer.

MOB Kitchen is a movement away from the take-away, away from processed food, and back into the kitchen. Thousands of students, young professionals and families across the country cook the recipes every week, which is why it is time to present to you the first MOB Kitchen cookbook. How is the book different? Well, firstly, we have a unique approach to our budgeting and pricing. All we assume is that you have salt, pepper and olive oil in your kitchen. As a student I hated it when recipes assumed I had certain things in my kitchen. In reality, all I had in my cupboards was some old electricity bills and lots of mouldy apples.

MOB Kitchen does not assume you have the odd dusting of cumin on one shelf and the perfect number of bay leaves on another. Most people shop day-to-day, thinking only one or two meals in advance. So, for every recipe in this book, all we expect is that you have these three kitchen staples. Nothing more. So call up your friends, pick whichever recipe you would like to cook and get on it. I have split the book into six chapters, starting with Brunch MOB, which brings fresh, unique recipes to the breakfast game.

Youll no longer be limited to scrambled eggs and baked beans these recipes are mind blowing. Second up is Fresh MOB, full of simple salads, soups and some banging veggie feasts bursting with flavour. Numero three is Speedy MOB. All the recipes take 30 minutes or less, no skill is needed and theyre perfect for lunches or quick suppers. Next we have Fuss-free MOB. At uni it was such a pain washing up loads of dishes after a big dinner, so ALL of these recipes are one-dish wonders.

Easy as 1, 2, 3. The fifth chapter is Flashy MOB. These recipes are a bit more involved, great for a weekend dinner party. So get your MOB over and show them your skills. The final chapter is Fakeaway MOB, featuring recipes for fast food that you thought you could only buy at the local babby, but you can actually do at home. AND, they are much fresher, much cheaper and much more delicious! The music side.

For me, music is a key part of cooking. I love blaring tunes in the kitchen and singing along while I cook. When I created the first series of videos, I decided to go against the usual food video trends and sacked off using boring lift music. I approached my friends in bands and asked them if they would let me use some of their tracks. They said yes, and it just worked. The videos were so much more upbeat and relatable.

I also created a series of playlists for people to follow and listen to while they were cooking the recipes at home. This book is the culmination of a MOB movement that has been building since we started. We are the MOB. We are the students and young professionals. The families. We dont have a lot of cash to spare.

But we want to cook good food. We want to eat delicious dinners. We dont want to be told that all we can cook is marmite spaghetti and baked beans on toast. We want restaurant-quality munch in our own homes. And MOB Kitchen is the answer.

SERVES 4
40 mins INGREDIENTS 4 sweet potatoes 11 eggs fresh parsley spring onions (scallions) dried chilli flakes 2 large avocados fresh chives 1 lemon salt and pepper olive oil THE SOFT EGG. SERVES 4
40 mins INGREDIENTS 4 sweet potatoes 11 eggs fresh parsley spring onions (scallions) dried chilli flakes 2 large avocados fresh chives 1 lemon salt and pepper olive oil THE SOFT EGG.

THE SOFT GUAC. THE CRISPY RSTI. A TEXTURE MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN. Preheat the oven to 180C fan (200C/400F/Gas Mark 6). Peel and grate the sweet potatoes with a normal box grater. Add the grated potato into a bowl.

Crack in 3 eggs. Add a handful of chopped parsley, a handful of chopped spring onions and 1 teaspoon of dried chilli flakes. Season with salt, pepper and olive oil. Mix everything together. Get a baking sheet. Line it with baking paper.