Saturday, October 16, 2021

Weekend Cooking: National Cook Book Month

Did you know that October is National Cookbook month? Or at least it is in the US, and I am jumping on the band wagon. I stumbled across it recently when it wsa mentioned by Wendy from A Day in the Life of the Farm.

I thought that this week I would share my latest cookbook acquisitions over the last few months.





Air Fryer/Air Fryer Healthy

We recently acquired an Air Fryer which is exciting, but then we realised that we didn't have the first clue what to make in it, except for fried chicken. So based on some recommendations from an air fryer group on Facebook we rushed out and bought these two books. Ask me how many recipes we have made out of these books? That's right. None!!  We have been using it to cook our working-from-home lunches during the week, but we do need to explore more. I did attempt to do a medley of roast vegetables, which were really inedible. 

If you have any favourite air fryer recipes I would love to hear about them!






Keto BBQ by Myron Mixon - Back in May, I was lucky enough to win a copy of this book when BethFishReads did a giveaway. Now that we are coming into BBQ season, we have had a look through. My husband is very keen to try some of the spice rubs.





Time to Eat by Nadiya Hussain - After doing a joint review of Nadiya Hussain's Nadiya Bakes back in August, I knew that I was going to have to buy moreof her cookbooks. There are a number of recipes that I know I want to try. I also think that I might buy another one of her books soon.




Chocolate by Kirsten Tiballs

Kristen Tiballs is a very success chocolate and patisserie chef based here in Melbourne. She has appeared on Masterchef Australia many times, and won internations awards. I have borrowed this one from the library to see what I can find to try to make, or techniques to learn or just to look at the amazing looking baking all the way through it!

I have already put a holding post in place for the end of September next year, and maybe I will ask all of you to share about favourite, new, or old cookbooks!

Weekend Meals

Saturday - 
Sunday -  Pulled Pork
Monday - Pumpkin, Coconut & Chickpea Curry with Curry Leaf Tarka & Naan
Tuesday - Grilled Spiced Lanb with Cucumber & Tomato Salad & Bombay Potatoes
Wednesday- Southern Indian Roasted Chicken with Indian Slaw, Dill Rice & Toasted Almonds
Wednesday - Pumpkin, Coconut & Chickpea Curry with Curry Leaf Tarka & Naan
Thursday - Fried chicken
Friday - Pub meal at home






Weekend Cooking is open to anyone who has any kind of food-related post to share: Book reviews (novel, nonfiction), cookbook reviews, movie reviews, recipes, random thoughts, gadgets, quotations, photographs, restaurant reviews, travel information, or fun food facts. If your post is even vaguely foodie, feel free to grab the button and link up anytime over the weekend. You do not have to post on the weekend. Please link to your specific post, not your blog's home page

22 comments:

  1. I've purchased buttermilk twice - it isn't very appealing all lumpy but seemed to work ok. Cheers

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    1. We try to buy it but in an emergency we make our own

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  2. We've been toying with buying an air fryer for a couple of years. I got the air fryer lid for the instant pot and use it on an off, but I think we may use a dedicated air fryer more often. I too need to get more Nadiya cookbooks. :)

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    1. Maybe Nadiya has a air fryer cookbook! lol

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  3. I bought an air fryer last year and all I've made in it is wedged fried potatoes which are really good but I need to broaden my recipes as well. For some reason, I just don't get how it's that different than my oven except I don't have to heat up my kitchen.

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    1. It's good for small amounts of food for sure Judee!

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  4. I have bought way too many cookbooks this year! We also got an air fryer this year, but I have resisted buying a book. There are many air fryer blogs out there. We do many things in ours now. Steak, lamb chops, burgers, chicken, chicken wings (the best) and fries. I even baked a cake. I got rid of my grill and deep fryer once we started using it.

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    1. WOW I just went to the library to check out air fryer cookbooks and discovered there is an air fryer magazine. I am going to check it out.

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    2. oohhh -- I need to see if my library has that magazine!

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    3. I hadn't even thought about looking for an airfryer blog. Do you have any that you recommend?

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  5. When we had the kitchen remodeled the new oven came with an air fryer feature. It’s something I keep forgetting about as I’ve never had an air fryer before. We have a lot of good cookbooks!

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    1. I can't remember if my new oven is going to have any whizz bang features like that.

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  6. Slowly getting back in the kitchen, we got THE VIRUS here at our house, and I am so happy to feel better. We have a small air fryer for our trailer when on the road, I think I need to bring it into the apartment and get cracking.

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  7. Hi Marg,
    Can you delete #2 -it links back to you. I re-posted on #8. thanks

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  8. Nadiya's book sounds interesting, hopefully our library will have it.

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    1. I have liked both of the ones I have bought so far Claudia!

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  9. It's interesting to read the comments here about air fryers. I read somewhere (Choice?) that it's basically a smaller, quicker to heat version of an oven so unless you have lots of bench space it's not an essential appliance. I love the idea of the chips but I know I'd eat too many of them if I bought one.

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    1. We like using it for lunches. Heats up really quickly, cooks quickly and tastes good.

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  10. I'd like to stop by on Tuesday, please - that meal sounds wonderful!

    My Susanna Kearsley just arrived but I have some library books I need to read first, alas. Hope you enjoy!

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    1. I have other things to read too!But I can't help myself when it comes to Kearsley

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