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This looks amazing! We typically spend two weeks in France each summer (pre covid) and we have a hob to cook on for the two weeks, I was all out of ideas apart from the usual curry or spag bol, but this book is packed full of recipes that look amazing.
I will try some recipes over the next few months in the hope we get away next year

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What a great cookbook I am so glad I discovered this as I’m already about to try the deviled crumpets with poached egg who knew. I love the simplicity of the ideas but also the variety as I am really struggling especially with different lunch ideas now myself and my husband work from home but this book has filled my head with ideas and I can’t wait to start making some of these dishes plus I don’t even need my oven just the hob.

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The best thing about this book is all recipes can be cooked on a hob! Fantastic. Giving this book to my daughter who is buying her first house this month. Sure she will miss my home made cooking but with this book she can’t go wrong. So quick and easy to follow and a picture for each recipe.

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It is difficult to comment on the layout of this book when looking at it on a computer screen. The recipes are fairly standard and I did not see anything that I had not really seen before. A good general cookbook for everyday, just the audience it was aimed at.
Thank you to NetGalley and Bloomsbury Publishing for the advance copy of this book.

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This is a brilliant cook book. It is really straightforward and practical to use. I wasn’t much into cooking pre-lockdown but during lockdown I started to take more interest in cooking and have gradually learned to enjoy it, particularly one pot hob cooking, so this book is just perfect for me. I have found during the last year that many recipes are quite complicated requiring so many different elements that are expensive or I would probably only use the once but these recipes are fairly straightforward and include things that I already have in the cupboard or could easily get hold of and would use again. The recipes and cooking instructions are also really clear and easy to follow. Now I am off to bake some brownies...

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The best things about this book are:
- the photos - one for every recipe - great!
- the fact you cook it all on a hob - infact for most you only need one or two rings
- clear instructions and hints
- tasty ingredients

Great book for new cooks, students and holidays but .....
- not all ingredients are especially cheap
- you need quite a wide range of ingredients
- to me there was little new

A book I would buy as a gift for a young/new cook but not for myself.
Thanks for the opportunity to view it.

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Did you know you can make pizza in a frying pan in fifteen minutes? Nope, me either but thanks to Amy Sheppard this is now a thing in our house and with no yeast there is absolutely no faffing! There are both new and familiar sounding recipes in this book, all designed for ease and simplicity, and very few need more than one pan.

The choices included in the 80 different recipes are excellent, from brunch ideas which are speedy and satisfying through hearty main meals and on to puddings and cakes which may take the one pan a little too far for use on a regular basis but look fun to try at least once. There are very few ingredients which can't be picked up at the supermarket and even the fussiest eater is sure to find thing that appeals.

Home cooked meals are a treat in themselves but if shoving everything in a slow-cooker at the crack of dawn isn't quite your thing and you don't want to spend hours in the kitchen after a long day then this is definitely a book to try.  Most of the recipes take no longer than half an hour and there is a photo of each to keep you on the right track.

I was able to read an advanced copy of this book thanks to NetGalley and the publishers but the opinions expressed are my own. In our busy lives quick, healthy and hearty offerings are definite pluses in a cookbook and this has all that and more.

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Love, love, LOVE this book!

I actually had to stop reading it because my mouth was watering so much - each recipes has a picture too which is so helpful when you're cooking...but doesn't half make you hungry if you're browsing!

I love the premise of this book - all of the meals are made on the hob. Many of the recipes are one pot meals, and every recipes has a handy icon at the top of the page to tell you how many pans are required - genuis!

The ingredients are all things that are readily and easily available here in the UK and the steps are easy to follow. Each recipe is subheaded with servings and cooking time - I love this for when I'm meal planning as it makes it easy to consider how each meal will fit into our day. There is a great variety of dishes for all times of day and I can't wait to cook some of them!

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This is everything you need from a cookbook

Some amazing recipes that I cannot wait to try out.

I brought Amy's first book and loved it.

This is a kitchen must have.

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This book is amazing. It is full of simple easy to make recipes which are made up of very few ingredients. The pictures are stunning and make your mouth water. Most of these recipes can be done very quickly and I’m pretty certain children everywhere would enjoy talking into these recipes.

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This is the first online cookery book I have followed and it is quite easy to navigate except I forgot to remember the page number a few times, which was a bit of a pain scrolling back through, but that wasn’t the books fault. I have tried a couple of these recipe’s now and wasn’t disappointed, very easy to use. Looking forward to trying out the hob cookie dough next. Yum !!!

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This is the cookbook I wish I had had years ago.

Despite having been married for more than 45 years, cooking isn't one of my favourite things to do. (I like to eat - I just don't enjoy cooking). Some of the cookbooks on my bookshelf are in almost mint condition.

Having had a read through Hob today there are quite a lot of recipes I'm actually keen to try. They sound tasty and not too complicated. And you don't need an oven.

I like how the book is laid out. There are sections for quick meals, budget meals, crowd pleasers and more. The instructions seem clear and easy to follow with colour illustrations. Most of the required ingredients are easily available - nothing too extreme. I'm very tempted to buy some things that I've never considered adding to my shopping list so that I can try some of the recipes.

I reckon this recipe book has something for everyone, whether young and starting out or an older person (like me).

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I read through this very well put together cookery book in one afternoon and have noted the many recipes I will be trying over the next few days. I particularly like the way the recipes are broken into sections which will make looking them up much easier. The ingredients are all accessible and non pretentious, most of them will already be in people’s cupboards. A five star very useful book. I’m off now to prepare supper

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A very useful book in so many situations not just when one's oven is out of action, been there mid cake, four weeks later.....! Clear, easy recipes and enough general information at the beginning for even a novice cook to understand. Good photography accompanies each recipe to tempt the reader to try the dish. This book would be ideal for camping when restricted to a two burner camping stove or even with a caravan/motorhome/boat as most continental models don't have ovens. Invaluable in a bedsit situation where there is only a hob provided, been there but in the long and distant past and being young at the time would have loved this book! Personally, now being a lot more mature, most of the recipes I already do in one form or another but am intrigued to try the Brownies.

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As a busy mum of two I’m always looking for new recipes we can all eat and enjoy together. Bonus points if they are quick and easy! This has so many great ideas and most recipients don’t take too much time to prepare. Lots of variety and not too many dishes! Win win! I’m looking forward to trying them and will Update my review with my thoughts! Thank you NetGalley and the publishers.

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A great book of time-saving and practical recipes, without the fuss of endless lists of obscure ingredients. Suitable for anything from speedy midweek family meals to dinner parties, and packed with beautiful vibrant illustrations of every meal.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with a digital ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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Some very good looking recipes that I will definitely try. You can’t beat a quick mid-week meal!

The addition of the meal plans and shopping list will be useful to those who are great at planning ahead, personally I will probably only use the list.

Overall some tasty looking meals will be being made in the Oliver household.

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Loved this! Exactly what a cook book should be, and does exactly what it says on the tin!

The breakfast recipes just look amazing! I can't wait to try more of those. The recipe's are not your usual recipes - they seem really unique and original. The format of the book is great, and is so easy to dip in and out of. The chapters are broken up into meal times which is super useful! The recipe's look stunning, and sound stunning - but also super simple. It's not daunting at all.

Also the photography in the book is stunning too! There is a photo for every recipe - something that is a must for me with a recipe book!

So many new recipe ideas to try! Loved this!!

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This is the type of cookbook everyone needs! Real family friendly food that can be made using just your hob.

This book is laid out in easy to use chapters so you can easily find what you are looking for. Recipes are clearly laid out and the instructions are straight to the point.

I LOVE that each recipe includes a photograph showing the finished meal, it really helps bring the cookbook to life and I have several new recipes to try this week alone because of this.

I can see this becoming a staple cookbook in my home.

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OMG a cookbook that just lets you cook stuff on the hob!! Just what I need at times when you don't want the oven on making it far too hot in the kitchen.

The book is divided into 8 chapters and an introduction:
- lunch & brunch
- quick dinners
- weekend food
- budget wonders
- a low simmer
- midweek crowd pleasers
- sweet hob
- simple sides

The introduction provides details on the pans you will need to use and the ingredients you would have in your cupboards.

Each recipe is accompanied by a full-colour photograph, simple instructions that have metric measurements for the ingredients.

I love the recipes, they look so easy to make and very appetizing- there are plenty of recipes to chose from! It's also surprising to see in the sweet section that you can make brownies and in the midweek crowd-pleasers it shows you how to make lasagne(ish).

This is certainly a book that I would add to my cookery book collection.

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