FOOD IN A MINUTE: EVERYDAY COOKBOOK

Everyday food with a tasty twist

Food in a Minute, the much-loved and well known New Zealand TV cooking show that appears before the TVOne News each night brings us a most appealing new cookbook, Food in a Minute: Everyday Cookbook.

Whether you’re new to the kitchen or have plenty of cooking experience, this collection of more than 100 of the best recipes from Food in a Minute will help you create easy, impressive and healthy weekday dinners or meals on special occasions.

In a recent poll of visitors to the Food in a Minute website the following statistics show that New Zealanders are looking for quick, easy, inexpensive, nutritional and inspirational ideas:

      •   over 40% are cooking for 1-2 people

      •   more than 60% admit to having limited cooking skills

     •    70% were the main household shoppers

The Food in a Minute: Everyday Cookbook uses easy-to-source ingredients and has handy cooking tips and helpful icons to indicate whether recipes are Healthy Picks, suitable for vegetarians or people on gluten-free diets. It includes chapters on brunch, lunch and soups, salads and vegetables, mains, slow-cooked meals,and desserts and baking, something for everyone.

Left - Lana Garland, Presenter, Food in a Minute.
And here is a sample, I made this over the weekend:

Seriously Good Potato Salad

There’s no need to wait for the weekend – with summer’s long evenings, a picnic for dinner is a nice way to break the midweek routine.

Prep 10 minutes | Cook 15 minutes | Serves 6

700g baby new potatoes, scrubbed

1 sprig mint

150g sliced salami

½ cup Heinz Seriously Good Mayonnaise

4 tsp wholegrain mustard

4–5 gherkins, sliced

4 radishes, sliced

3 spring onions, sliced handful Italian parsley leaves

1. Cook potatoes in boiling, lightly salted water with mint, for about 10–15 minutes, or until just tender. Drain. Set aside to cool in a large bowl.

2. In a non-stick frying pan, pan-fry salami until crisp. Remove from pan and add to potatoes.

3. In a small bowl, combine mayonnaise with mustard and gherkins.

4. Add radishes and spring onions to potatoes. Season with freshly ground black pepper. Mix through mayonnaise mixture. Turn on to a serving platter and garnish with Italian parsley.

Tip: The dressing makes a great spread for sandwiches and rolls, and will go with all

your favourite summer fillings.

Credit:

Reprinted with permission from Food in a minute Everyday Cookbook published by Penguin NZ, RRP $29.99.  Copyright © Heinz Wattie’s Ltd, 2012