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I was randomly browsing online last year and I came across a book called 'The More With Less Cookbook' on a blog; I got a second hand copy on ebay (there are usually quite a few) and I was instantly hooked. Its published by Mennonites which there are not many of in the UK; but its a Christian sect similar to the Amish. This particular book was published in 1976 originally; so there are certain recipes that you'd expect Tom and Barbara to cook up on the good life; plus I don't see myself making laundry soap or cottage cheese from scratch any time soon; but there are many excellent ones also and they are so foolproof plus you can add or substitute even 2 or 3 of the ingredients in most cases with still perfect results. The bread recipes work great and can be adapted for modern instant yeast as well. I especially love the desserts/sweet baking chapter, all the bakes and desserts are really really easy and use mainly storecupboard ingredients. Our shopping bill has gone down by 60%, honestly and mainly thanks to this book. It does use American cup measurements which were hard to get used to at first; but now they are all I use, my scale broke and I never bothered to replace it. This is the book on amazon; I'd recommend the spiral bound as the paperback copy is hard to keep open but do remember you can often get it more cheaply second hand.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/More-less-...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1290975626&sr=8-1
There are also two others in the series, Extending The Table which has more recipes from exotic cultures but adapted more to ingredients available in Western countries
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Extending-Table-World-Community-Cookbook/dp/083613561X/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b
and Simply In Season which was only published in 2005 and updated in 2009 and focuses on fruits and vegetables in season; I really like this one also but the seasons are a bit different in the UK regarding when certain fruits and vegetables are available and these recipes are quite a bit more complex and use quite a lot of ingredients unlike the previous two books
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Simply-Sea...=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1290976129&sr=1-1
I also have this Amish cookbook (Amish are an offshoot of Mennonites), this one is baking specific but I want to get the main one. The only thing is the recipes look to be very, very sugary
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Amish-Cooks-Baking-Book/dp/0740785478/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b
https://www.amazon.co.uk/More-less-...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1290975626&sr=8-1
There are also two others in the series, Extending The Table which has more recipes from exotic cultures but adapted more to ingredients available in Western countries
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Extending-Table-World-Community-Cookbook/dp/083613561X/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b
and Simply In Season which was only published in 2005 and updated in 2009 and focuses on fruits and vegetables in season; I really like this one also but the seasons are a bit different in the UK regarding when certain fruits and vegetables are available and these recipes are quite a bit more complex and use quite a lot of ingredients unlike the previous two books
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Simply-Sea...=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1290976129&sr=1-1
I also have this Amish cookbook (Amish are an offshoot of Mennonites), this one is baking specific but I want to get the main one. The only thing is the recipes look to be very, very sugary
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Amish-Cooks-Baking-Book/dp/0740785478/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b
