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A mother’s recipes and her daughter’s first kitchen adventures away from home.Dear Grace is a warm and wise cookbook written by chef and award-winning food writer Claire Thomson for her daughter as she leaves home for university – one for parents to read, and their soon to be adult children to cook from. Claire began addressing Instagram posts to Grace, each pairing heartfelt advice and reminiscences with a recipe to cook and why it would fit the bill, hundreds of miles away from home. This struck a chord with parents everywhere experiencing similar emotional highs and lows as they sent their children off into adult life.Including the chapters: Legacy Recipes, Cooking on a Budget, All Back to Mine – Late Night Food, Flatshare Feasts, Faster than Fast Food and Sweet Tooth – these are simple, accessible recipes for cooking nutritious food on a budget. Through memories and stories of family and food, Claire perfectly captures the bittersweet moment of watching your child begin their independent life – and the comfort of knowing they can feed themselves and their friends with confidence and creativity.

Best-selling author and professional chef Claire Thomson offers up her best 70 recipes with pulses as star of the show, revealing just how simple it is to create delicious one-pan meals that all of the family will love.Beans, chickpeas and lentils are so versatile – you can roast, bake, fry, stew them, or make salads, soups, dips and snacks from them and reap the rewards of their nutritious goodness. They are full to bursting with protein and fibre, iron, potassium and folate and are loved the world over. Drawing inspiration from across the globe, Claire showcases recipes that will inspire you to choose pulses as your budget-friendly midweek go-to ingredient. From Turkish Lentil Tomato Soup and Pasta e Fagioli to Pork Belly with Butter Beans and Sage, One Pan Beans is a practical and dynamic source of kitchen inspiration.

A staple of every kitchen, this is the ultimate guide to cooking chicken in just one pan.Providing solutions for if you’re cooking in the oven, on the stovetop, or need to use up leftovers, best-selling author and professional chef Claire Thomson offers up her best 70 recipes with chicken as star of the show, revealing just how simple it is to create delicious one-pan meals that all of the family will love. Whether you’re using a casserole dish, roasting pan, baking tray, frying pan, or stockpot, you’ll find delicious and inventive recipes using all your favourite and most popular cuts, including Chicken Piccata, Miso Butter Chicken and Chicken Wrapped with Ham and fried with Sage and Grapes, to Caesar Salad, ‘Get Better Soon’ Chicken Soup and Peri Peri Chicken. There are even whole bird recipes, to gather everyone around the table, like Chicken Roasted with Fennel and Bay, Roast Chicken with Porcini and Truffle Stuffing to wow friends, and Whole Poached Chicken with Tarragon. An essential cookbook for easy mealtime solutions, or simply if you want to explore new flavours and techniques, One Pan Chicken is a practical and dynamic source of kitchen inspiration.

Every parent's dream - proper, nutritious recipes for the whole family that will get even the fussiest kids eating up. With delicious recipes and mouth-watering photography, this cookbook from popular blogger and Guardian columnist will revolutionise family supper times...'One of the best family cookbooks I've seen in years' -- Diana Henry'The best family cookbook EVER' -- ***** Reader review'My new favourite cookbook for sure' -- ***** Reader review'Really love this book - it's on heavy rotation in my kitchen' -- ***** Reader review'Awesome' -- ***** Reader review'Good for the soul and for the stomach' -- ***** Reader review'A real winner' -- ***** Reader review****************************************************************************************************Faced with the daily challenge of what to cook for her three young children, chef and mum Claire Thomson made it her mission to inspire parents stuck in a teatime rut. Every day she makes a 'proper' tea, tweeting it at 5pm - and from that her blog '5 O'Clock Apron' was born and a popular Guardian column on cooking for children followed.Claire wants to inspire other parents and invigorate the concept of family cookery. Cooking shouldn't be a chore, one meal for the grown-ups and another for the children. Claire's fresh, exciting meals are versatile and flavourful enough to please everyone around the table, encouraging parents to view food differently, to refresh their culinary imaginations and find real joy in cooking for their children.Featuring sections on milk, bread, grains, pulses, rice, vegetables, fruit and fish, 5 O'clock Apron will engage and empower parents. Why not try...Green Pea PestoAranciniBean & Broccoli SoupSpring Onion FarinataSlow Roast Carrots with Brown RiceSpanish Baked RiceWhole Chicken roasted over Rice with CinnamonMeatballsRatatouilleAnd much more...Not just a recipe book, but a way of thinking about how to shop, cook, eat and celebrate as a family, Claire provides a unique insight, as both a mother and a chef, into what really makes food appealing for children.

Exam Board: CCEALevel: GCSESubject: Home EconomicsFirst Teaching: September 2017First Exam: June 2019Fully updated to cover the 2017 CCEA Home Economics: Food and Nutrition GCSE specification, this new edition of the market-leading textbook will guide your students through the content, prepare them for assessment and help you deliver an engaging, cost-effective Home Economics: Food and Nutrition course.- Ensures your students understand even the most challenging topics such as nutrition and consumer law with clear, accessible explanations of all subject content and simple definitions of key words- Helps students apply their understanding of food and nutrition with engaging and cost-effective practical food preparation and cooking activities - Differentiates with stretch and challenge activities to ensure progression and to challenge more able learners- Prepares students for Controlled Assessment with guidance on the Practical Food and Nutrition task- Supports exam preparation with advice on preparing for the written paper and practice exam-style questions throughout

Exam board: CCEALevel: GCSESubject: Home EconomicsFirst teaching: September 2017First exams: Summer 2019Target success in CCEA GCSE Home Economics: Food and Nutrition with this proven formula for effective, structured revision. Key content coverage is combined with exam-style tasks and practical tips to create a revision guide that students can rely on to review, strengthen and test their knowledge.With My Revision Notes, every student can:- plan and manage a successful revision programme using the topic-by-topic planner- consolidate subject knowledge by working through clear and focused content coverage- test understanding and identify areas for improvement with regular 'Now Test Yourself' tasks and answers- improve exam technique through practice questions, expert tips and examples of typical mistakes to avoid- get exam ready with extra quick quizzes and answers to the practice questions available online.

Every parent's dream - proper, nutritious recipes for the whole family that will get even the fussiest kids eating up. With delicious recipes and mouth-watering photography, this cookbook from popular blogger and Guardian columnist will revolutionise family supper times...'One of the best family cookbooks I've seen in years' -- Diana Henry'The best family cookbook EVER' -- ***** Reader review'My new favourite cookbook for sure' -- ***** Reader review'Really love this book - it's on heavy rotation in my kitchen' -- ***** Reader review'Awesome' -- ***** Reader review'Good for the soul and for the stomach' -- ***** Reader review'A real winner' -- ***** Reader review****************************************************************************************************Faced with the daily challenge of what to cook for her three young children, chef and mum Claire Thomson made it her mission to inspire parents stuck in a teatime rut. Every day she makes a 'proper' tea, tweeting it at 5pm - and from that her blog '5 O'Clock Apron' was born and a popular Guardian column on cooking for children followed.Claire wants to inspire other parents and invigorate the concept of family cookery. Cooking shouldn't be a chore, one meal for the grown-ups and another for the children. Claire's fresh, exciting meals are versatile and flavourful enough to please everyone around the table, encouraging parents to view food differently, to refresh their culinary imaginations and find real joy in cooking for their children.Featuring sections on milk, bread, grains, pulses, rice, vegetables, fruit and fish, 5 O'clock Apron will engage and empower parents. Why not try...Green Pea PestoAranciniBean & Broccoli SoupSpring Onion FarinataSlow Roast Carrots with Brown RiceSpanish Baked RiceWhole Chicken roasted over Rice with CinnamonMeatballsRatatouilleAnd much more...Not just a recipe book, but a way of thinking about how to shop, cook, eat and celebrate as a family, Claire provides a unique insight, as both a mother and a chef, into what really makes food appealing for children.

Winner of Delicious magazine’s Book of the Year award (2022)Vibrant, bright and bursting with flavour, this is the definitive guide to the much-loved tomato.Where would we be without the tomato? From South America, on through much of Europe, Northern Africa and Southern Asia, almost every culture and cuisine has found ways of making tomatoes their own. Fresh and also tinned, tomatoes have proved themselves to be an endlessly versatile ingredient, much loved by all. In Tomato, best-selling author and professional chef Claire Thomson offers up her best 80 recipes with tomatoes as star of the show. From Burnt tomato salsa and Peach, tomato & feta salad, to Tomato beignets, Crab & tomato tart, and Lamb, tomato & black olive ragu, the gorgeous recipes will satisfy and delight. Celebrating juicy, seasonal produce at the height of tomato season, there are also dishes that work just as well (or better) with tinned tomatoes during the colder months, ensuring year-round feasting. A fascinating cookbook for when you’re stuck with a glut, or simply if you want to explore new flavours and techniques, Tomato is a colourful and dynamic source of kitchen inspiration.

The Veggie Family Cookbook is the new essential kitchen bible for year-round family cooking.Claire Thomson writes foolproof, delicious recipes that will please everyone around the table – as a professional chef and mum of three (two of which are vegetarian), she understands the challenge of whipping up tasty, crowd-pleasing dishes with vegetables centre stage, and all with minimum fuss at the end of a busy working day.With an emphasis on practicality and flavour, The Veggie Family Cookbook provides you with every veg-forward recipe you will ever need, whether you're a vegetarian family or simply looking for easy ways to get everyone eating more veg. Including Broad Bean Falafels and Spring Rolls for lunchbox heroes, Fried Rice with Tofu and loaded veg traybakes for speedy suppers, ideas for veggie feasts for celebrations and weekends, and fruity desserts that can be rustled up in no time, this book is jam-packed with inspirational ideas for the curious home cook.

Best-selling author and professional chef Claire Thomson presents 80 nourishing recipes with mushrooms as the star of the show.Mushrooms are so versatile and packed with nutritional goodness. With so many different varieties to choose from, all with their own unique taste, they add umami and a depth of flavour to every dish. In the companion cookbook to Claire's award-winning Tomato, she draws inspiration from across the globe, showcasing recipes that will give you the confidence to cook with mushrooms time and time again. From a tasty Mushroom, Feta & Mint Gozleme and a warming Mushroom Biriyani to an elegant Mushroom & Asparagus Galette and an oozing Mushroom Gorgonzola Burger, in Mushroom there are recipes for every occasion and every mood.

Over 100 delicious recipes perfect for a busy family life. Make family meals fun again with this approachable guide to adventurous cooking. Claire Thomson wants to revitalise cooking for the family – making it less of a chore, with separate meals for children and adults, and more of an enjoyable way to refresh your culinary imagination and make cooking for the family something to look forward to.The book is divided into timescale sections: quick lunches and suppers that take around 10 minutes, 20 minute reliable recipes, savvy family stalwarts that take 40 minutes at most and unhurried and imaginative recipes that take between 45 minutes and an hour. National Trust Family Cookbook is packed with delicious and colourful recipes for lunches and suppers as well as healthy (and indulgent) breakfast ideas, lunchbox alternatives and food for Sunday roasts and summer barbecues. The dishes include yoghurt, lemon and cardamom chicken wraps, cold Vietnamese noodle salad, quick fish stew and pea and halloumi fritters, as well as smashed tomato toast and coconut, raspberry and lemon syrup loaf. Claire suggests alternative twists and substitutes so you can suit the ingredients to your family’s tastes and what you have in the cupboard – and suggests ways that the kids can get involved in the cooking.As a mother and a chef, Claire gives real insight into what makes food appealing to all the family and how to shop, cook and eat as a family so that meal times are something for all the family to look forward to.