The Roasting Tin: Simple One Dish Dinners (Rukmini’s Roasting Tin)

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All that’s required from you is a little preparation while your oven heats up, then you chuck all the ingredients together and leave the oven to get on with cooking dinner. I found the Spicy Chipotle Chicken Wings recipe outrageously straightforward – just two ingredients in a tin covered in an easy chipotle mixture and shoved in the oven. I've had the time and energy to be able to actually do more cooking experiments over the last eightish months and largely because of this book. I got bought this book as a gift and it covers one of my favourite styles of cooking – ‘throw everything in a roasting tin and come back to it in a while’.

But this and its sister book have done just that and for the better with less food waste, less energy and a wider range of foods getting eaten by Other Half. Perhaps most seriously, this is a book labelled vegan and vegetarian and it would be great for anyone wanting to build a less meat based repertoire. Roasting is absolutely one of my favourite ways of cooking vegetables as there is something about the aroma and the texture of them that I just love (and even as I type this, I am thinking about my favourite soup which has roasted butternut squash, shallots, garlic and sweet potato as a base…. Oh, ik moet mijn best doen om niet te beginnen kwijlen bij de cover (en foto’s binnenin) van dit geweldige boek.THE SWEET ROASTING TIN One tin cakes, bakes and cookies, with options for gluten-free, diabetic and vegan bakers.

And if, like us, one of the things you love most about Rukmini’s recipes is her focus on layers of flavour and texture, you’ll be delighted to find the likes of chilli-spiked savoury muffins, saffron-scented banana bread and crunchy almond-studded brownies. Ze geeft ook tips die ik nog nergens las zoals het steeltje van tomaten op de rijst leggen als smaakmaker tijdens het bakken (niet om op te eten).

She has published several cookbooks including 'The Roasting Tin' Series (The Roasting Tin; The Green Roasting Tin and The Quick Roasting Tin) as well as 'The Middle Eastern Kitchen'. There are some good ideas in here, but also some really weird and off-putting flavour combinations, especially if like me you hate licorice as there's a lot of licorice flavours in this book (fennel, chicory, celeriac etc). When you don't have much time and don't want to do a lot of cleaning up later, these one pot recipes are great and I adapt the recipes to whatever is in my fridge. Her latest book, ‘India Express’, focuses on quick, easy weeknight dinners, inspired by her Bengali and South Indian heritage. I rarely cook *from* them; the contents just marinate away in my head and eventually form themselves into dishes all of their own accord.

When Rukmini isn’t revolutionising the way we cook with her simple one-dish dinners, you’ll find her on photo shoots across London making all of the food look even more delicious. Het is ook een eerlijk (bij sommige foto’s staat dat ze genomen zijn voor het gerecht de oven in ging) en no nonsens boek (met tips als: hete stoom als je de oven opent, oppassen). I love the way Rukmini encourages you to experiment with different combinations with the clever infographics at the start of each chapter, which gives confidence to even the most recipe-bound cook like me. Ik had als fantasievolle restjeskok al het één en ander samen gegooid maar in De groene bakplaat kwam ik geweldige combinaties tegen waar ik zelf nooit op zou komen.There’s also a section in the middle of the book for building meals based on ‘roasting combinations’ based on meal type. The structure of the book contains the recipes suitable for vegans at the front and the vegetarian ones at the back (so I helpfully could rip out and burn the back half of the book lol). This way it makes around five portions, which suits us as we’re happy to eat leftovers several days in a row. I am not a Vegan or vegetarian but I do enjoy eating vegetables, I like to eat at least 1-2 vegetarian dishes every week, it helps my Diet, saves money but Most all it can be tasty.