Mmmmh...

to me, the book is not about cooking the dishes in 15 minutes straight, it´s a way to make people see that it doesn´t take hours to prepare a meal when you´re organised and have a good recipy, in most cases you´re quicker cooking than you could order at a takeaway and have it delivered!

With some routine I am sure many of the dishes can be done in ABOUT 15 minutes. Five or even ten minutes more is still quite quick! And it´s homemade, with good products. I hope it does make many of the curious people realise how rewarding and satisfying it is to cook your own meal, and how much better it can taste than ready-made meals out of plastic containers. It could of course put people off when they are looking at the timeline too strictly and rush themselves.

Maybe it would be a good idea to let people know that if they´re too unsure about their cooking skills, they should take their time and do a bit more mise en place, and if so, what exactly? Not anyone is quick in chopping, weighing things and keeping an eye on different pots, the oven and who-knows-what.

All in all I still believe it will bring some people to cook more often, maybe use the recipes to bring up own ideas in the long run, which is what I do a lot. When I don´t have any ideas what to cook I am sitting down with a pile of cook books and let inspiration wash over me whilst looking through them, so to speak.

So far, the reactions I have seen are very mixed, but mostly positive about the taste of the meals tried, so that´s a good start.

Last edited by maddimouse (Fri 05 Oct 12 10:36pm)

Same here! can't wait to try this 15 minutes meals, this is what I want having a quick meals in an instant..

Not long now! 12 days left until I´ve got it!

Yesterday I made that lamb meatballs with salad and the crispy duck, I didn't get either of them into the 15 minutes but not far off.  They where both delicious and full of flavour can't wait to try out a few others!!  

I've made the fish stew already (got one of those recipe cards that were in the newspaper in the UK from a friend) and I've managed to watch the first 10 episodes.  There are so many different and interesting ideas, I want to try them all!  The fish stew was good and didn't take me long to make.

http://cookingjamie.blogspot.ca/2012/10/october.html