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Nosh for Students - A Fun Student Cookbook - Photo with Every Recipe Paperback – 7 Aug. 2013
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- ISBN-100956746470
- ISBN-13978-0956746474
- Edition4th Revised edition
- PublisherinTRADE(GB) Ltd
- Publication date7 Aug. 2013
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions17.4 x 1.4 x 21 cm
- Print length208 pages
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As a self confessed cookery dummy I found this book to be extremely useful. Its fun, easy to use, interesting and even my MUM uses it
...a bargain price. This book was a present just before leaving for uni. I have now finished my 2nd year and its my bible! ...the recipes are all really easy and inexpensive. A beautifully illustrated book
...It's easy to follow & you don't need tons of equipment - not even scales! This book is absolutely amazing. I started university not being able to cook and now I cook shepherd's pie, curry and full roast dinners just a year afterwards. This book has revolutionized my eating habits! A menu for a week and planning what to buy will revolutionize spending habits too. If your child is starting uni please buy them this book because I really do not know how I would have got through uni without it. What Mums and Others Say
... Beware! May reduce phone calls home...from what I can gather, this book has been in daily use in my daughter's new household for the last 6 weeks
... she's almost stopped phoning up to say ;How do I cook this? I sent my lad off to university with a variety of student cookery books alongside a slow cooker. The slow cooker remains unused as are the other books - apart from this one. He shares a house with 5 lads, they all use this book. My son never used to do any cooking, but now he cooks for himself every day! My daughter starts University in October so I got one for her too. I will definitely buy a few more as gifts for friends' sons and daughters - excellent value! --Amazon Reviews
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- Publisher : inTRADE(GB) Ltd; 4th Revised edition (7 Aug. 2013)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 208 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0956746470
- ISBN-13 : 978-0956746474
- Dimensions : 17.4 x 1.4 x 21 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: 60,716 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 786 in Quick & Easy Meals
- 1,407 in Diets & Healthy Eating
- 2,845 in Women's Health & Lifestyle
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No matter your skill level or dietary needs, Joy May’s recipes make cooking great-tasting meals simple and achievable.
With her signature no-fuss approach, Joy has created a bestselling series of cookbooks that have inspired hundreds of thousands to enjoy cooking again. From gluten-free and vegan to vegetarian, family, and student-friendly recipes, Joy's books cover a wide range of dietary needs with straightforward, affordable, and delicious meals. Her first book, NOSH for Students, was written to support her son as he started university with zero cooking experience, and her cookbooks have since become trusted companions in kitchens around the world.
Whether you’re cooking for one, feeding a family, or exploring new dietary choices, Joy’s books make home-cooking accessible, with photos for every recipe, budget-friendly ingredients, and easy-to-follow instructions designed to boost confidence and make mealtime enjoyable.
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Customers find the recipes in this book easy to follow and quick to prepare. They appreciate the helpful tips on shopping lists and basics. The meals are nutritious, delicious, and cost effective. The book provides a good introduction to cooking for students with little cooking experience. The layout is clear and the pictures give a good idea of what to make.
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Customers find the recipes in the book easy to follow and prepare. They appreciate the clear layout with pictures and explanations, even for beginners. The book helps them plan meals and cost ingredients.
"...The recipes themselves are in depth, each with their own finished picture for you to work towards...." Read more
"...It has nice and simple instructions and is also very practical by giving a list of all the cooking utensils you would need for all the recipes in..." Read more
"...was a little dated in its costings, but is a good collection of clearly written step by step recipes, with very good full colour photographs of each..." Read more
"...The instructions are easy to follow, put out in easy to understand terms, and accurate in their cook times etc...." Read more
Customers find the book helpful for students learning to cook. It provides easy recipes and tips on shopping lists and basics. The pictures make it practical for those without fancy measuring equipment. Readers say it's a good starting point and helps them gain confidence in their cooking abilities.
"...No complaints whatsoever, great for yourself or a gift to someone interested in getting into cooking" Read more
"...It has nice and simple instructions and is also very practical by giving a list of all the cooking utensils you would need for all the recipes in..." Read more
"...the book is full of handy tips and hints, and does not rely on a huge battery of seldom-used kitchen gadgets...." Read more
"...A great little book which is handy to have in the kitchen whoever you are!" Read more
Customers enjoy the recipes in the book. They find the meals nutritious, easy to prepare, and cost-effective. The recipes taste great and are suitable for fussy children. Many of the dishes are quick and simple to make.
"...The deserts section is also a great thing to look through, recipes for some lovely sweets to make yourself as little rewards...." Read more
"...There is a varied range of recipes for hungry teenagers but I noticed quite a lot of sausage recipes when I flicked through it, but that could have..." Read more
"...As well as the recipes (which are nutritious, delicious, economical and easy!),..." Read more
"...The recipes are imaginative, yet simple. Good, nutritious food and the cost of the ingredients will not break the bank...." Read more
Customers find the book provides good value for money. They appreciate the clear recipes that are nutritious and easy to follow, with an average cost per person that helps budgeting. The book includes meal plan examples with costings, which is a good starting point. Readers also mention that the recipes don't require expensive ingredients or equipment.
"...They decide your 7 meals, tell you how much it'll cost, and how much to buy for the week...." Read more
"...would need for all the recipes in the book, and also an estimated cost of each recipe, which is kept up to date every time the book is reprinted...." Read more
"...There is a focus on lower cost meats such as mince, turkey and chicken, with good nutritional pointers, along with sensible advice on shopping lists..." Read more
"...As well as the recipes (which are nutritious, delicious, economical and easy!),..." Read more
Customers find the book helpful for beginners. It provides clear instructions and advice on cooking inexpensive meals. They appreciate the simple, tasty recipes with clear photos. The book is ideal for learning to cook for themselves at uni.
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"...at least half a dozen recipes from it, for students it is a great way to start cooking...." Read more
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Customers appreciate the clear writing and layout of the book. They find the recipes easy to follow, with well-explained instructions. The book is accessible and has illustrations for each dish.
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"...Everything is laid out well and the pictures give a good idea of what your meal ought to look like (roughly)...." Read more
"...It is very easy to read. The recipes are imaginative, yet simple. Good, nutritious food and the cost of the ingredients will not break the bank...." Read more
"The layout of this book is perfect - one recipe per page, and a photo with each one: this is how all cookbooks should be set out, whether they're..." Read more
Customers like the pictures in the book. They say the pictures give a good idea of what meals should look like, with color illustrations to show what the dishes look like.
"...of clearly written step by step recipes, with very good full colour photographs of each dish. These are so important for novice cooks...." Read more
"...Everything is laid out well and the pictures give a good idea of what your meal ought to look like (roughly)...." Read more
"...off to college, the book is attractively presented with lots of colour illustrations to show what the dishes look like...." Read more
"...There's is a photograph of what every finished meal should look like (hopefully), which is great for a student with a limited cooking ability...." Read more
Customers find the book provides useful information for beginners. They appreciate the shopping lists and printed guides for measuring out quantities. The book also includes a list of basic utensils, equipment, and cupboard essentials.
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- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 December 2017A fantastic cookbook for a student looking to get into cooking.
The recipes themselves are in depth, each with their own finished picture for you to work towards. The ingredients list is common, and everything is done in easily measurable portions - no need to buy lots of scales, measuring jugs, etc.
The book also includes a weekly meal planner, with a shopping list for the week. I personally loved this as I didn't even have to think about budgeting for food. They decide your 7 meals, tell you how much it'll cost, and how much to buy for the week. Takes all the stress and effort out of food shopping, which is great for students such as myself.
The book itself is printed on high quality paper and feels like it'll last a very long time. It'll definitely survive being in the kitchen and having food spilt on it.
The deserts section is also a great thing to look through, recipes for some lovely sweets to make yourself as little rewards.
No complaints whatsoever, great for yourself or a gift to someone interested in getting into cooking
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 October 2015I bought this for my son who is living away from home for the first time. It has nice and simple instructions and is also very practical by giving a list of all the cooking utensils you would need for all the recipes in the book, and also an estimated cost of each recipe, which is kept up to date every time the book is reprinted. My son has tackled a few recipes and has sent me some lovely photos of the results. He said they were all delicious. It's given him a confidence in the kitchen which has encouraged him to adapt and experiment beyond the book. There is a varied range of recipes for hungry teenagers but I noticed quite a lot of sausage recipes when I flicked through it, but that could have just been the pages I came across. I'm sure they appear in equal measure with other meats. I loved the page showing just the size of an actual mug as a measuring guide! Clear and simple. He did follow the advice to plan meals and use ingredients for more than one recipe, but found that planning a weekly menu stressed him out!!
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 August 2016My copy of this book was a little dated in its costings, but is a good collection of clearly written step by step recipes, with very good full colour photographs of each dish.
These are so important for novice cooks. I learned to cook in the Seventies when very few cookbooks had more than a handful of illustrations, and inevitably, every dish looked absolutely perfect. It's no wonder that my cooking really became very adventurous when illustrated cookbooks became more the thing in the Nineties, and pictures became realistic.
The recipes are generally very affordable for hard pressed students; not in the Jack Monroe class, but nothing else is. There is a focus on lower cost meats such as mince, turkey and chicken, with good nutritional pointers, along with sensible advice on shopping lists/planned eating.
I no longer have students in the family, my motivation for getting this was to fill a gap whilst waiting for Jack Monroe's new book, and it does that nicely. The focus is on main meals, but there are some ideas for easy puddings too.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 March 2017So as I'm coming to the end of my first year at university, I thought it might be reasonable to leave a review for a book which I have used on nearly a daily basis. As someone who had not cooked more than scrambled eggs on toast, I was quite worried about having to feed myself in ways other than pot noodles (though a cheaper brand, of course - you can get more that way). It is because of this book that I actually have a varied diet and have tried many different meals that I wouldn't have before. The instructions are easy to follow, put out in easy to understand terms, and accurate in their cook times etc. Everything is laid out well and the pictures give a good idea of what your meal ought to look like (roughly). It's adapted for student kitchens - we don't have scales! Mugs are the measurements and actually surprisingly accurate. After only a few months at uni I was actually confident enough to single-handedly cook Christmas dinner for the whole flat! If you are about to go into your first year at university, or even just living on your own/moving out, I would highly recommend this book!
My only qualm would be the lack of vegetable suggestions to accompany many meals. Most of the meals are detailed as their core basics, but after a while vegetables were actually missed (madness, I know). If there were suggestions as to which veggies might go well with what meals, then that'd be the perfect book right here for any student.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 March 2015I bought this book for my daughter, to make sure she can feed herself at Uni. Written by a mum, primarily to help her own son when he went off to college, the book is attractively presented with lots of colour illustrations to show what the dishes look like. As well as the recipes (which are nutritious, delicious, economical and easy!), the book is full of handy tips and hints, and does not rely on a huge battery of seldom-used kitchen gadgets. In fact, you don't even need scales - everything is measured using only spoons or a mug! We have tried a lot of the recipes out already, and even my 14yo son enjoys using the book (and has already asked for his own copy!) I can honestly say that this is the most useful cookbook I have ever bought, and I'm going to have to buy myself another one when she leaves later this year.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 January 2015
5.0 out of 5 stars I wish such an imaginative and easy to follow book had been around when I was ...
I bought this book for my daughter just before she started university.
What can I say? I wish such an imaginative and easy to follow book had been around when I was starting out as a "green behind the ears" student in self-catering accommodation back in the 1980s. It would have saved me from so many pitfalls as the naive 18 year old I then was.
My daughter likes the book, and so do I. I admit that before she left I did use it myself occasionally to poach some ideas.
It is very easy to read. The recipes are imaginative, yet simple. Good, nutritious food and the cost of the ingredients will not break the bank. That is important for a student living on a loan.
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VerduretteReviewed in France on 14 December 2015
5.0 out of 5 stars excellent pour l'étudiant de base fauché
Très pratique (même pas besoin d'un verre doseur!) ce livre permet à l'étudiant de base pas forcément porter sur l'art culinaire de manger sainement et à moindre coût. Etudiant anglophone puisque le livre est anglais...
Les illustrations sont agréables, le livre est présenté avec humour...
Je le recommande
- NIEVES SAIZ-SAPENAReviewed in Spain on 9 July 2015
5.0 out of 5 stars Really convenient for 1-3 people
Nice pictures for every dish, easy well explained recipes, shows for how many people they are, with price per person, what is a plus for students. Most are for 2--3 people, so very easy to reduce for one. It also has some recipes for a group, as dips, cakes, o party treats, so it makes life much easier not only for students (living alone or together), but also for couples and social life.
I would have appreciated another type of bookbinding, as a spiral, as it is meant to be open while cooking, and with a regular bookbinding this is not always possible and binding could be easily damaged.
I recommend it for anyone living alone or with 1-3 partners.
One person found this helpfulReport - NicoleReviewed in France on 11 October 2014
5.0 out of 5 stars Great
Bought for my son for his first year at uni. The book is well laid out and the recipes and methods are practical. I doubt he will use more than a handful of the recipes but all in all a good book and would definitely recommend it.