24: Cookbook recipes

#23: Cook at least one recipe out of every cookbook I own.

Current status:  Completed 14 out of 131.

Here is the list of cookbooks I currently have here in Sydney (the others will have to be exempt, as I don’t have physical access to them as they’re in New Zealand!):

1. 100 Home-made Dips
2. 100 Mexican Dishes
3. 101 Creative Minced Meat Recipes (completed 19Jun11: Combo Casserole – not thrilled with this one, and definitely won’t be adding it to my favourite recipes folder any time soon!  I now need to cook another 4-9 recipes from this book to decide whether it should be ditched from the bookshelves)
4. 101 Mocktails
5. 101 Shooters
6. Allyson Gofton – Best Ever Muffins
7. AWW – Barbecue
8. AWW – Basic Cookbook
9. AWW – Beautiful Biscuits (completed 3Apr11: Caramel Walnut Slice)
10. AWW – Best Recipes from the Weekly
11. AWW – Cakes & Slices (completed 3Apr11: Cinnamon Ginger Cake)
12. AWW – Casseroles
13. AWW – Chicken Cookbook (completed 28Apr11: Chunky Chicken Pie with Cheese Topping … totally delicious!!!)
14. AWW – Cookbook for All Seasons
15. AWW – Cooking Class Cookbook
16. AWW – Cooking for Crowds
17. AWW – Cooking for Two
18. AWW – Cooking with Herbs
19. AWW – Creative Cooking on a Budget
20. AWW – Easy Curry Cookery
21. AWW – Easy Greek-Style Cookery
22. AWW – Easy Indian-Style Cookery
23. AWW – Easy Mexican-Style Cookery
24. AWW – Easy Thai-Style Cookery
25. AWW – Easy Vietnamese-Style Cookery
26. AWW – Finger Food (completed 17Dec10: Smoked Salmon, Caper and Dill Triangles” – this has just gone into my ‘favourite recipes’ folder!!  Taken to a shared morning tea at work and my plate of sandwiches was the first plate cleared by everyone, totally scrummy!!!)
27. AWW – Finger Food No 2 (completed 2Mar11: “Orange Liqueur Chocolate Tartlets” – another one moved into my ‘favourite recipes’ folder – these are “to die for” and the effort taken to make them is certainly worth it!)
28. AWW – French Cooking Made Easy
29. AWW – Fruit & Vegetables
30. AWW – Hot & Spicy
31. AWW – Light & Luscious Summertime Cookbook (completed 31Dec10: Scallop and Cucumber Salad with Lime Coriander dressing)
32. AWW – Low-Fat Cooking
33. AWW – Meals from the Freezer
34. AWW – Meals in Minutes
35. AWW – Middle Eastern Easy Style Cookery
36. AWW – Muffins, Scones and Breads (completed 12May13: Banana Maple Muffins)
37. AWW – New Cookbook
38. AWW – Not-So-Humble Vegetables
39. AWW – Original Cookbook
40. AWW – Pasta Cookbook
41. AWW – Potato Cookbook
42. AWW – Preserves
43. AWW – Quick-Mix Biscuits & Slices
44. AWW – Quick-Mix Cakes (completed 11May13: Family-Sized Banana Cake)
45. AWW – Rice Cookbook
46. AWW – Salads
47. AWW – Saucery
48. AWW – Sensational Stir-Fries
49. AWW – Slow Cooker (completed 30Apr11: “Osso Buco with Mixed Mushrooms” – delicious with a rich creamy mushroom and marsala sauce)
50. AWW – The Best Seafood Recipes
51. AWW – The Essential Soup Cookbook
52. AWW – The Great Beef Cookbook (completed 3Apr11: “Marinated Beef with Peanuts and Vegetables” – not bad, but nothing to write home about)
53. AWW – The Minced Meat Cookbook (completed 21Dec10: “Beef and Baked Bean Bake” – pretty bland for my taste, wouldn’t make again in the future)
54. Bay Books – Barbecues, Picnics and Salads
55. Bay Books – Dairy Food for all Seasons
56. Bay Books – Fruit for all Seasons
57. Bay Books – Indian Cookery
58. Bay Books – Seafood for all Seasons
59. Bay Books – Thai Cooking Class
60. Bay Books – The Amazing Tomato
61. Bay Books – The Complete Avocado Cookbook
62. Bay Books – Vegetables for all Seasons
63. Bay Books – Vegetarian Cuisine
64. Belinda Jeffery’s 100 Favourite Recipes
65. Be-Ro
66. Best-Ever Burgers
67. Cooking at a Glance – Chicken
68. Cooking at a Glance – Pasta
69. Cooking with Herbs & Spices
70. Digby Law’s Soup Cookbook (completed 18Jun11:  Cream of Cauliflower soup – totally divine, but next time I’d probably leave the cream out, as it’s smooth and rich enough as it is)
71. Edmonds Cookery Book
72. Edmonds Illustrated Cookbook (completed 25Apr13: ANZAC Biscuits)
73. Family Circle – Comfort Food (completed 18Jun11: Chocolate Self-Saucing Pudding – perfect for my chocolate-loving flatmate as a treat at the end of a cold winter’s day … not bad for me either!  Loads of scrummy chocolate sauce in this recipe!)
74. Family Circle – Curry & Chilli Cookbook
75. Family Circle – Delicious Noodles
76. Family Circle – Healthy Eating
77. Family Circle – New Asian Cooking
78. Family Circle – Sauces, Dips & Salsas
79. Family Circle – Soups and Breads
80. Family Circle – Soups and Stews
81. Family Circle – Tastes of the Mediterranean
82. Family Circle – The New Seafood Cookbook
83. Family Circle Fast Family Meals
84. Family Circle Indian Cooking
85. Family Circle Popular Potato Recipe
86. Family Circle Thai Cooking
87. Fresh Ways with Soups and Stews
88. Fresh Ways with Vegetables
89. Good Housekeeping – Quick and Easy Cooking
90. IHC Simply Salads
91. Jeni Pearce – Healthy Muffin Cookbook
92. Jeni Pearce – New Healthy Muffins (completed 12May13: Banana Date Muffins)
93. Jo Seager – Lip Smackin’ Fast Cookin’ Hunger Bustin’ Gr8 Tastin’ Cookbook
94. Margaret Fulton – Book of Casseroles
95. Margaret Fulton – Book of Cheese
96. Margaret Fulton – Book of Salads
97. Meals from the Mediterranean
98. Menu Planner – Series 2 #9
99. Menu Planner – Series 2 #10
100. Menu Planner – Series 3 #3
101. Menu Planner – Series 3 #4
102. Menu Planner – Series 3 #7
103. Menu Planner – Series 3 #8
104. Menu Planner – Series 3 #9
105. More Daley Bread
106. More Taste than Time
107. Non-Alcoholic Cocktails – Mixed Drink Collection
108. NZ Home & Country Style Cookery
109. Parent Teacher Association Recipe Collection
110. Pizzas Made Easy
111. Savoury Flan Fillings
112. Seasonal Freezer Cookbook
113. Shooters – Mixed Drink Collection
114. Simple Delights – Tea and Coffee (completed 19Dec10: “Bonoffee Coffee” – quite yummy, like an alcoholic coffee and banana smoothie!)
115. Taste of France
116. Taste of the Pacific
117. Thai Cooking
118. The Best of Chinese Cooking
119. The Book of Desserts
120. The Book of One-Pot Cooking
121. The Book of Soups
122. The Book of Sushi
123. The Bread Machine Book (completed 19 February 2011:  Oatmeal Walnut Bread)
124. The Complete Asian Cookbook
125. The Dairy Book of Family Cookery
126. The Family Circle Recipe Encyclopedia
127. The New Bread Machine Book
128. The Ultimate Chocolate Cookbook
129. The Ultimate Dessert Cookbook
130. The Ultimate Gourmet Cookbook
131. Traditional Daley Bread

The next challenge will include cooking 10 recipes from each book, and throwing out books that do not have an 80% positive response to all the recipes.