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4 Ingredients: Over 340 Quick, Easy Delicious Recipes Using 4 or Fewer Ingredients
In this practical 'every day' cook book there are fantastic recipes from breakfast to dinner, entrees to desserts, cocktail food to soups and salads and much more, using ingredients readily available in your local supermarket.
4 Ingredients is cooking made easy, the ingredients are familiar, the methodology simple and you won't need to spend a fortune on measuring utensils, to use 4 Ingredients you can use common kitchen implements such as teaspoons and tablespoons.
This cookbook takes the chore out of cooking and you will be thrilled at how 4 Ingredients will save you time and money in the kitchen.
If you are a busy person, are on a tight budget, have moved out of home, are fine tuning your culinary skills, going camping, or are on the move and haven't got a lot of room for a full pantry, or you simply haven't had time to do the groceries, then this is the book for you!
4 Ingredients is cooking made easy, the ingredients are familiar, the methodology simple and you won't need to spend a fortune on measuring utensils, to use 4 Ingredients you can use common kitchen implements such as teaspoons and tablespoons.
This cookbook takes the chore out of cooking and you will be thrilled at how 4 Ingredients will save you time and money in the kitchen.
If you are a busy person, are on a tight budget, have moved out of home, are fine tuning your culinary skills, going camping, or are on the move and haven't got a lot of room for a full pantry, or you simply haven't had time to do the groceries, then this is the book for you!
236 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 2007
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About the author
Kim McCosker
46 books8 followersKim McCosker was raised in Stanthorpe until moving to Mundubbera, Queensland where many of her family and friends still live.
Schooled on the Gold Coast, Kim attended Star of the Sea Catholic High School and Griffith University, completing a degree in International Finance in 1998. Kim trained with MLC as a Financial Planner completing her Diploma in Financial Planning through Deakin University in 2000. She became a successful financial adviser and later as the Queensland State Manager of MLC Private Client Services. Kim worked for 7 years in the finance industry before finally resigning to spend the time raising her boys. Kim currently contracts from home Paraplanning (someone who writes Financial plans) to a Brisbane based financial planning company.
Schooled on the Gold Coast, Kim attended Star of the Sea Catholic High School and Griffith University, completing a degree in International Finance in 1998. Kim trained with MLC as a Financial Planner completing her Diploma in Financial Planning through Deakin University in 2000. She became a successful financial adviser and later as the Queensland State Manager of MLC Private Client Services. Kim worked for 7 years in the finance industry before finally resigning to spend the time raising her boys. Kim currently contracts from home Paraplanning (someone who writes Financial plans) to a Brisbane based financial planning company.
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March 15, 2013
it's okay not to overly excited about it. The recipes are quite dull and boring not much taste. It gives me idea's of a start to a dish and Ij ust had other ingredients to it. Some of the recipes are good when I'm in a panic and have no idea what to make.
June 30, 2016
A fantastic cook book for people learning to cook, people who are on a budget, people who live a busy lifestyle or people just wanting to try something new. This book would complement my book Cut The Apron Strings :)
November 15, 2023
Easy recipes that require not many ingredients and are simple for beginners. It is also budget friendly.
July 1, 2009
4 Ingredients by Kim Mc Cosker
4 Ingredients is a new paperback cookery book by Kim Mc Cosker and Rachael Bermingham. Its ISBN is 0646470809 and it is published by 4 Ingredients. This cookery book contains 340 recipes using four ingredients or less. Its layout is clear and the recipes are simple. It uses basic ingredients that everyone has in their cupboards anyway. It promotes experimenting with food and offers some good cookery tips. It covers snacks and meals. It is a good introductionary book for students or beginners. I loved this book for cooking with my little nieces. It could also be called Cooking for Dummies. I didn't like the adding of jars of sauces to recipes and they cheated by listing a jar or some vegetables but still it is a good first cookery book.
4 Ingredients is a new paperback cookery book by Kim Mc Cosker and Rachael Bermingham. Its ISBN is 0646470809 and it is published by 4 Ingredients. This cookery book contains 340 recipes using four ingredients or less. Its layout is clear and the recipes are simple. It uses basic ingredients that everyone has in their cupboards anyway. It promotes experimenting with food and offers some good cookery tips. It covers snacks and meals. It is a good introductionary book for students or beginners. I loved this book for cooking with my little nieces. It could also be called Cooking for Dummies. I didn't like the adding of jars of sauces to recipes and they cheated by listing a jar or some vegetables but still it is a good first cookery book.
March 23, 2012
This is not a good cookbook.
The shortcuts most often require the reader to purchase pre-made ingredients for the recipes. It takes longer to stock up on pre-made products than it does to make something from scratch. Further to that the ingredients often contain additives such as preservatives and fillers that cannot be deemed as nutritious.
Then there is the added cost of buying all these so called fast ingredients - not cost effective at all.
If you want to cook fast build up a nice store cupboard of ingredients that can be whipped into nutritious meals at any time. There are hundreds of websites that give you such recipes.
This book is a waste of money.
The shortcuts most often require the reader to purchase pre-made ingredients for the recipes. It takes longer to stock up on pre-made products than it does to make something from scratch. Further to that the ingredients often contain additives such as preservatives and fillers that cannot be deemed as nutritious.
Then there is the added cost of buying all these so called fast ingredients - not cost effective at all.
If you want to cook fast build up a nice store cupboard of ingredients that can be whipped into nutritious meals at any time. There are hundreds of websites that give you such recipes.
This book is a waste of money.
December 27, 2010
I've made a few recipes out of this book and flicked through the pages dozens of times. The recipes that I have tried are not something I would bother repeating and I'm totally uninspired to try any more of the recipes. A lot are made up with a can of 'this' and a packet of 'that'. Just not my style of cooking. I prefer fresh ingredients.
February 1, 2012
We only tried the Chicken Enchilada recipe but I don't think it had nearly enough ingredients to make this dish enjoyable and flavorful. I ended up adding about four more ingredients to the recipe and invented my own Chicken Enchilada dish.
March 4, 2015
Some recipes called for unusual/uncommon ingredients (at least where I'm located). Don't care for cookbooks without pictures either, but it reminded me of a Church Cookbook. Relatively easy, simply displayed. Showed some promise.
January 25, 2016
Not as useful as I'd hoped. I didn't really like the format...
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