Think cooking is complicated and takes way too much time? A innovative new cookbook #RecipeShorts aims to show those who think they don’t have enough time to cook how quick and simple it can be – faster and easier than filtering your latest Instagram post, actually!
Author Andrea Stewart has reduced all recipes to only 140 characters or less that will inspire Instagram lovers and Snapchat connoisseurs to get into the kitchen and cook.
With chapters including Breakfast & Brunch, Soups & Salads, Superfast Suppers and Easy Entertaining, this book is full of simple yet tasty ideas.
To give you a flavour we’ve sharing six recipes from #RecipeShorts including speedy scones, mexi burgers and grownup ice cream sundaes, you will be amazed how much information can be conveyed in so few words.
Speedy Scones
Serves 4-6
Mix 225g flour, 60g sugar, 2t b.pwdr. Gr8 in 60g cold buttr+150ml milk,60g currants, shape round loaf on tray,200C~20/25min
Red Pepper Soup
Serves 4-6
Sweat 170g chop’d onion,1t grlic. +800g tin toms, 5 rst’d red pepprs,1L veg stock,S+P,simmr~25min. Purée. Top w/ornge zest
Fish Finger Tacos
Makes 1
Place 1 cookd fish finger in soft taco, garnish w/avo slices, 1/4’d cherry toms, top w/natural yogurt & coriander
Mexi-Burger
Serves 6
Mix 500g ea prk&beef mince w/35g fajita seasoning. Shape 6 patties, grill. Toast buns, top w/salsa, avo, sour cream & jalapenos
Grown Up Sundae
Serves 4-6
Heat 100ml maple syrup w/1/2T buttr+2T brandy. Cool. Pour ovr very best vanilla ice cream& garnish w/chop’d walnuts
Deb’s Choc Delight
Makes 33x23cm tray
Cream 200g buttr 420g sugar,4T cocoa. +4 eggs, 125g flour. Bake in greased pan,180C~25mins. Dust w/icing sugar
A little confused? It’s not just you. The book comes with a recipe and ingredient key to help to decode the tweet recipes. Here’s a sample of some of the less obvious ones:
+ = add
~ = approximately
½’d = halved
2 = to
bl = black
choc = chocolate
ea = each
gr8 = grate
H2O = water
in2 = into
lemjuice = lemon juice
mozz = mozzarella
ovr = over
rst’d = roasted
S&P = salt and pepper
tog = together
tom = tomato
vin = vinegar
whiz = whizz or purée or blend
#RecipeShorts by Andrea Stewart, published by Kyle Books.
Photography by Faith Mason.
#RecipeShorts is available to buy on Amazon.