Non-Fiction Book Review - Simple: Effortless Food, Big Flavours

 Simple: effortless food, big flavours is Diana Henry’s tenth cookbook and offers practical ideas for how to get weekday meals on the table quickly and without too much fuss and preferably without too many dishes to wash up afterwards.

The emphasis of this cookbook is not so much on quick cooking but effortlessness. Diana Henry offers recipes that require minimal time preparing the ingredients and more time for the dish to cook. She has however also included a few weekend recipes that require a little more effort.

Simple is broken up into chapters dedicated to 12 every day ingredient groups. Many of the recipes are grain and vegetable focussed but the chicken and fish dishes are equally mouth-watering.

Diana Henry turns everyday ingredients into something special. The recipes are fresh, simple and inspired by flavourful dishes from around the world. Recipes include Turkish Pasta with Caramelized Onions, Yoghurt and Dill; Orange and Oregano Roast Chicken; Parmesan Roasted Cauliflower with Garlic and Thyme; and sweet treats such as Bitter Flourless Chocolate Cake.

Simple is pure joy from the stylishly-photographed front cover to the very last mouth-watering recipe. Diana Henry’s writing style simmers with an irrepressible enthusiasm and passion for food. Her book is a visual feast that will have you inspired to create midweek meals that are less of a chore and more of a pleasure.

Diana Henry is the Sunday Telegraph’s food writer. She has been the recipient of a number of cookery writing awards including the 2016 James Beard Award for her cookbook of chicken recipes, A Bird in the Hand.