ben wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Can anyone recommend a cookbook that caters for people who would on
> the
> one hand like to minimise their hours in the kitchen, but serve some
> nice and healthy (and calorie conscious) food for the family. I am
> only
> dealing with 2 adults and a child.
>
> Currently I cook a few recipes in the oven with the advantage being
> that
> I put everything together and leave it there for a while and its done
> and ready to eat, but I need variety so I am thinking that there must
> be
> a cookbook out there that caters for someone like myself needing quick
>
> and healthy recipes (quick in the sense that I don't need to devote
> lots
> of continual attention to it).
>
> Thanks for any advice and recommendations,
> Ben

Ben:You might try to find a copy of Jean Anderson's' "Processor cooking"
of 1988, originally published in 1979 shortly after the advent of the
Cuisinart food processor.

Its a classic cook book in that it proceeds from basics, stocks & sauces
through entrees of beef, veal, pork, chicken & fish & seafood to
veggies, salads, breads and desserts. It also includes a lot of
definitions of various food terminology and equipment. Most of the
recipes are for 4 - 6. IMO there's always a good reason for extras,
leftovers, a lot of food is better the next day than it is the day it is
cooked.

And the point of the book is making good healthy food quickly with a
food processor there are even a few old fashioned recipes like "brandade
de morue."

And an asparagus soup recipe is included that utilizes the hard stems
that usually get thrown away. A beer and cheddar cheese spread made
with mustard and horse radish.

To quote the author in reference to "roti de porc a la boulangere"
(roast pork in the manner of the baker's wife)

"Although this has long been a favourite dish of mine (and of my dinner
guests), I rarely served it more than once a year because of the
tedious hours of preparation required. Now i make it as often as I
like, grateful that I have a food processor to slice through those
mountains of potatoes and onions quick as a greased streak. Few recipes
demonstrate a food processor's prowess better."
--
JL