This title is a superb range of over 310 delicious and quick step-by-step recipes for the busy cook, featuring more than 1200 photographs. A delicious collection of easy-to-prepare recipes including breakfasts, appetizers, snacks, family meals, suppers, dinner parties, indulgent desserts and a range of meat, poultry, vegetarian and pasta main course dishes. It is an unbeatable selection of 10-minute, 20-minute and 30-minute recipes that combine convenience and speed with healthy foods and fresh tastes. It offers advice on utensils, stocking a store cupboard, baking ingredients and how to prepare stocks, marinades, dips, sauces, condiments and preserves. Nutritional information for every recipe detailing fats, carbohydrates and calorific content will enable the reader to incorporate these quick-fix meals into a balanced and healthy diet. This is the ultimate guide to healthy, home-cooked food that can be rustled up in a matter of minutes, with over 310 original recipes. Beginning with excellent ideas for breakfast and brunch, from real porridge to warm buttermilk pancakes, the book is also packed with ideas for mid-morning snacks and working lunches. A range of classic fish, chicken, pork, beef and lamb dishes prove that quick cooking and succulent meats are perfect partners, while vegetarian and pasta mains, side dishes and tasty salads burst with taste and texture. To finish, home-made puddings will leave supermarket desserts sitting on the shelf. With more than 1200 photographs to accompany step-by-step instructions, plus advice on preparation sequence and at-a-glance cooking times, this guide helps you keep fuss to a minimum, and spend more time eating and enjoying great-tasting food.