Loftus David - 5 Ingredients: Quick & Easy Food

Quick & Easy Food focuses unapologetically on genius combinations of just five ingredients that work together to deliver an utterly delicious result, giving maximum flavour, with minimum fuss. These are dishes you can get on the table in 30 minutes or less; or that are ridiculously quick to put together with just 10 minutes hands-on time, while the oven or hob then does the rest of the work.

I want everyone to enjoy cooking from scratch and, armed with this book, there are no excuses. Ive made it as simple as possible to cook amazing food, celebrating the joy of five ingredients, any day of the week, whatever the occasion everything from a quick weeknight supper to a weekend feast with friends.

The concept is straightforward, but behind the scenes its the structure, clever planning and spirit of the book as well as relentless recipe testing thats been the key to success. The creation of the recipes has ignited a real sense of excitement in me to wow people with brilliant combinations that are just crying out to be enjoyed. This is about empowerment and getting back to basics. The recipes are short, and Ive included a visual ingredients key on every page to take you from business on one side to gastronomic delight on the other, where you see those tempting, finished dishes.

Looking at the contents, youll see that Ive tried to cover all the bases: fabulous ways with proteins; bigging up brilliant veg; making salads exciting; creating stress-free, tasty fish dishes; celebrating humble pasta; and helping you kick your rice and noodle game into action. Plus, a bonus bumper chapter of delightful sweet treats, easy puds and simple biscuits you can enjoy with a good cup of tea. Im presuming you have a pantry store you can call on, but these lists are often too long, so Ive kept the pantry for this book super-simple at you guessed it just five key ingredients (see for details).

With the exception of the sweet treats chapter, 70% of the recipes are healthy and Ive included nutrition info on every page, should you wish to use it. Not every recipe gives you a balanced meal some are simply brilliant ways of cooking a piece of meat or fish that will blow your mind, combos that elevate veg to a whole new level, beautiful, bright salads that help you to up your veg and fruit intake, as well as elements you can mix, match and bolster however you like. The important thing to remember is to get your balance right across the week refresh your memory .

Food content is shared in such a variety of ways now, from Pinterest, BuzzFeed and YouTube to word of mouth and everything in between, all of it giving you great tricks, hacks and nuggets of info that are easy to digest, as well as enticing visual references. My intention with this book was to bottle all of that and make sense of it in one place, sharing solid, exciting recipes that by their very nature are based on clever tips, tricks and techniques. Ive got straight to the point and kept things super-simple, so that you can flick through these pages and get instant inspiration and bags of ideas. I hope you enjoy it, and that you feel its a book you want to share with friends, family, kids off to uni, you name it.

SO GUYS, HAPPY COOKING, AND PLEASE SHARE YOUR
FINISHED DISHES ON INSTAGRAM #QUICKANDEASYFOOD