A little while ago I reviewed some of the books that are provided by Need2Know books. This is a lovely range of books, if there is a subject you want to know something about it is definitely worth having a look here. They have books about everything and they are really well laid out, factual and easy to read. The lovely people at Need2Know have kindly offered me 2 copies of The Student Cookbook to give away on my blog. This looks like a lovely book, it offers advice on healthy eating, cooking basics and store cupboard ideas as well as recipes for breakfast, lunch and dinner. There is even a section on that student essential, entertaining. It look s like a lovely book to have in the bookshelf, even if you are not a student.
So how can you win a copy? Just add a comment below to say if you were entertaining, what meal would you make?
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Hmmm what to make, hang on ask the cook, the hubby. He says that Pork Schnitzel with an Austrian Potato Salad is a great ‘sharing’ meal as the salad can be made way in advance as its served chilled. The meat can be also prepared in advance and just takes 10 minutes to cook. So gives plenty of time to entertain, rather than being stuck in the kitchen.
a great big pot of chilli:) as can have in the slowcooker ready for eating so can enjoy entertaining
@kikicomp
a big pork stir fry lovely
A warming Curry
everyone’s favourite – steak and chips (with garnish!)
I would make a big spaghetti bolognese with lots of cheese and chunks of crusty bread, yum
Tex Mex and Tapas…a favourite for everyone!!
Probably spaghetti in tomato sauce – the anchovies and capers make it special.
@00annabellee00
If I’m entertaining I’d probably do a cheesy fish pie because it’s warm and welcoming.
@maisietoo
My Butternut Squash and Sweet Potato Casserole – it’s always delicious, comforting and cooks by itself!
Just what my son needs!!
Loads of macaroni cheese
Lasagne with garlic bread
@littleboo_21
Slow cooked lamb shanks in rich red-wine & shallots, with roast potatoes and minted peas. Just made me hungry : (
Depending on who it was, if it was an informal meal i’d make lasagne & garlic bread, if it was formal do a nice steak with dauphinoise potatoes.
@baggiesbabe69
stuffed chicken breast with a risotto
Beautiful warm and filling Irish Stew
mushroom risotto with a fresh leaf salad – yum
Roast chicken and all the trimmings followed by an apple and raspberry crumble. Yum.
spag bol with garlic bread, with a choc roulade for dessert. nom
It would have to be something really basic, hence the need for cook books! I’m sure it would be a pleasant surprise to my partner if I could finally cook some nice meals!
I can make Pasta, with tuna,sweetcorn and mayonaise if this counts? I need to get out of the student meals now I’ve graduated.
home made pizza followed by cheese cake
I used to love cooking a roast when I had visitors but then realised I was spending too much time in kitchen getting timings just right so now I prefer things like spag bol, chilli, lasagne that everyone likes and can help themselves to. Add lots of salad and lovely bread with fruit for afters and you can have a lovely home cooked simple and healthy meal.
i would make a prawn and pineapple coctail, with lovely granary bread. a slowcooked beef with all the roast dinner trimmings including home made yorkshire puddings which would knock your socks off and then a lemon cheesecake with cream for afters x
I would like to make my friends a nice spag bol!! Yum!
I’d go for a Mushroom Risotto followed by bread and butter pud – happy days
definately tiramasu for dessert
THE CLASSIC ROAST BEEF YORKSHIRE PUD ROAST POTATOES CABBAGE CARROTS WITH A GOOD RED WINE YOU ARE ALL INVITED
pasta bake, I’m good at that!
Tuna Pasta Bake or Sausage and Mash!
Spagehetti Bolegnese
I would have to make something thats comforting and not to hard to make so I can concentrate on entertaining! Some griddled steak, sauteed potatoes and some asparagus on the side.
Spaghetti bolognese because you can make it in one big pan, you can make it as spicy as you like , you can add beans and mushrooms and very few people don’t like it!
Thai Green Curry
I would make something easy like lasagne so I could have it all prepared beforehand
Would make a proper Welsh roast dinner with all the trimmings
I would make cider braised pork belly with mustard cabbage and apple mash, followed by my gooey chocolate fudge cake with strawberries. Cheap, cheerful and very delicious!
I would make pan-fried scallops with parsnip puree, crispy pancetta and pistacio nuts to start followed by a nice beef wellington with a rich madeira sauce and green vegetables and a rhubarb syllabub to finish
im afraid im not a brilliant cook, so it would be nachos and a buffet !
It would definately have to be steak with diane sauce, chips and peas
roast beef and yorkshire pud
Boston baked beans,with homemade bread buns
I would make under roast it is absolutely yummy .
would prob try to make a chicken curry
Lamb tagine
I would make roasted Sea Bream with spaghetti
i would make spicy lamb meat balls with tagliatelle. magic.
I would make up a big curry or chilli.
minced beef and onions with mash.
Baked Spanish Risotto, so easy, but delicious and everyone loves it!
Pasta, quorn and veg… Hey i am a student and that is my diet!
I would make my speciality…mashed potato, grilled onions, vegetarian sausages and gravy.
Toad in the Hole, every time!
Spag bol – stretches easily, is tasty and most of the work is done in advance.
A big pot of Chilli made with turkey, in the slow cooker so nice and relaxed, healthy too!
I would (and have) cooked Mocha Steak with Miso Steak Sauce, homemade chips and onions and watercress garnish. We had this valentines day iand it was amazing!
@savvybunny
something easy like a spag bol or pasta dish
probably Hunters Chicken with barbecue sauce, roast spuds and garden peas
A twist on the classic spaghetti bolognaise – Creamy Carbonara Tagiatelli – made with cream cheese, ham and spring onion. Yum Yum!
Mini spring rolls
Breast of chicken with wild mushrooms and blue cheese sauce
Jerk Chicken with rice and peas. ((I’m hungry now)) LOL
moussaka and salad with chocolate fondants for pud
STARTER
my famous golden vegetable soup
MAIN MEAL
My classic dish of Spag bol using homegrown ingredients such as tomatoes, peppers and herbs.
Served with a salad where all the ingredients are homegrown.
and homemade tomatoe and mushroom garlic bread
DESSERT
Homemade lemon cheesecake.
CHOICE OF WINE
Homemade cherry wine
or
Homemade sparkling white wine.
Lasagne!!
home made shepherds pie following by lemon meringue pie
chicken wrapped in bacon with creamy mash
I’m a novice cook
but I would probably try my hand at homemade pizza with chunky herby wedges 
Definitely a pasta dish, the easier the better I’m not great in the kitchen! Spaghetti Bolognese probably I can cope with that, with fresh salad and garlic bread
my best meal is spaghetti bolognaise
I would make stew and dumplings , i have been making it for years and all my friends love it, they say i make the best dumplings
spaghetti bolognaise ( who dont like that?)
oooo some turkey and choriza fajita wraps always go down well!
Lasagne
A slow cooked stew with rustic granary bread
we dont entertain very often, but in the summer it will be a bbq, plenty of choice for fussy eaters, and in the winter its a good old fashioned roast dinner
A warming Curry
Lasagne and garlic bread!
Obviously Spag Bol, or anything with pasta – particularly keen on Tuna Pasta Bake, or Macaroni Cheese
Baked bean lasagne, cheap and gorgeous!
A huge vegetable casserole with a cheese scone topping.
A lamb roast dinner with all the trimmings
I would make Cottage pie (slow cooked with good quality mince).
I would go for nice big lasagna with a side salad and garlic bread. Would follow it up with a scrumptious Tiramissu or cheese and biscuits. There would also be free flowing red and white wine
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beans on toast
Lasagne
Braised pork belly with dauphinoise potatoes, minted pea puree and madeira jus, followed by tarte au citron. Yummy (but hard work!!)
If it me doing the cooking I woul be doing an Italian meal, possibly, lasagne, side salad, garlic bread and lots of red wine. If it was hubby we would get a typical british roast dinner with all the trimmings.
Probably a nice stir fry.
i;d make a beef stew in the slow cooker so it can cook over night, then as a special treat a few herby dumplings.
I’d probably make lamb tagine with couscous and then tiramisu for pudding
Mashed potato with grilled onions.
I’d most likely make a nice big smokin’ pot of chilli!
x
Either an Irish stew or Shepard’s pie for winter/cold nights.
spagetti bolognaise. most people like it so usually a winner!
Sausage cassarole with smooth fresh mash potatoe fresh vegetables of carrotts, brocolie and sweetcorn, followed by crumble either apple or rhubarb.
Carbonara! I make a great carbonara sauce
A big tomato/cheesy pasta bake with rigatoni pasta, chicken and chorizo. Ciabatta garlic bread on the side. Yummy.
When I’m entertaining it’s usually a spag bol! I’m lacking in kitchen know how I’m afraid. I’d love to learn new healthy recipes that are pretty simple to start me off – especially now I have a little one to think about
Lamb roast or quesadillas.
a good chilli
I’d make jambalaya – it’s my favourite meal for serving a group as I can just fill up my wok with ingredients and simmer it for a while (well, there’s a little more to it than that, but you get the idea!)
Lasagna or a roast dinner if my partner was cooking!
It depends who I was ‘entertaining’
I regulalry have friends round for a DVd evening and we either have a huge bowl of pasta and some garlic bread or we have pizza. Italian carbs seem to be the theme here! If I’m feeding my Mum & Dad it tends to be more formal and I usually do a gammon roast for them because it’s the only meat I know how to cook!
Probably lasange
chilli and cheese nachos x
honey roast ham with roast potatoes, pigs in blankets, mushrooms, carrots and onion gravy
I do a gorgeous sticky salmon with egg fried rice. I got the recipe from a book about cooking or kids but grown ups love it too
A Spanish-style one-pot dish of chorizo, tomatoes, garlic, green peppers, potato cubes and white beans, with lots of good crusty bread to mop up the juices…
plain n simple mince and dumplings followed by apple crumble with custard m m mmmm
A nice prawn stir fry!
Yum!
Chicken in a basil and tomato sauce with tagliatelle, followed by homemade chocolate cake with strawberries and cream
beer battered fish and chips is always a winner, as is my chilli concarne. but next time im entertaining i am doing a paella
I would make a vegetable curry with a few side dishes and some pickles.
stir fry!
Hi
I would make chicken kievs from scratch, my bf taught me a great recipe and they are amazing, especially with nice organic chicken