SURPRISE! I’ve signed a contract for a RecipeTin cookbook! But this won’t be just another cookbook……This is going to be a cookbook filled with new recipes YOU ask for.
Let’s make this cookbook OURS!
PS That’s just a mock cover!!
Finally – a cookbook!
This is real – a RecipeTin cookbook is happening! I’m committed – I can’t back out, I’ve signed a publishing contract with Pan Macmillan, a big name publishing house here in Australia.
Excited, nervous, daunted, scared…. all these words come to mind as I sit here, preparing myself for what will be the the most important and biggest project I have ever undertaken in my professional life.
Which brings me to the main purpose of sharing this news….
I want to make this cookbook WITH you, FOR you!
Let’s fill these pages with recipes YOU want! Mostly new, but even some favourites from the website!
I’m going to be completely honest with you. I am under no illusion about how much work it will take to make a cookbook.
So for me to make this cookbook for myself, because, well, you know, it is kind of an ego boost to see your name on a printed book. That’s not enough motivation for me. I don’t deserve it! 😂
If, on the other hand, I make it for you…….. now THAT is what I call motivation. That gets me excited. That is what will give me the incentive to give this cookbook everything I’ve got, to make it the best it can be.
I want to make a cookbook that you will actually use all the time, rather than gathering dust on the bookshelf.
So tell me what you want in our cookbook! What type of recipes, even little details like adding nutrition information, storage and make ahead tips, or key dietary notes (like gluten free).
They will mostly be new recipes that are exclusively made for the cookbook though I will also include some long standing reader favourites from the website!
Let’s make this cookbook together. Leave your cookbook wish list in the comments section below!!
– Nagi x
PS Reminder – this cover is a fake!! 😂 You know full well I am going to ask for your opinion when choosing the real cover. ❤️
Life of Dozer
I know today’s big announcement is all about me, me, me. But that’s no excuse to skip a Dozer update! Here he is, disrespecting my cookbook already. Or possibly just thinks the photo is real food. It could be either. 🙄
Though he has already expressed he is willing and able to help in any way possible with the cookbook. Thanks Dozer! We all know what your “help” involves….
Hi Nagi.
I have two favourites – Chicken Stir Fry with Rice Noodles and Wontons and Fried Rice with Prawns and Pork Stir Fry with Green Beans. Ok, so that’s more than two, but I love making your dishes for my wife. And we need to see lots of pictures of Dozer.
Dear Amazing Navi,
I totally love most if not all your cooking. I will buy your cook book for sure.
Please add fast breakfast and lunch recipes, I have home schooling boys and have to be on the go every week day. My family stand by my side looking at your amazing meals and help me choose what to try next 🤣😂
Thank you a million!
Hi Nagi, I love your recipes. I’m looking for those recipes that you can quick and easily prepare after you get home from a hard days work. Maybe fill up on staples on the weekend and be prepared for the week to come
I love it when you do themes, like French cooking so you help us plan a meal from appetisers through desert with sides and all. So perhaps the book could have a section on dinner parties, especially if it’s a recipe easy to prep or cook in advance so you don’t have to be in the kitchen for each course once your friends arrive.
Chicken biryani, very best vanilla cake, caramel slice, mexican ground beef casserole, mexican shredded chicken, choc chip cookies…
I don’t buy cookbooks due to your website BUT I’d buy yours!
Love all your recipes and they work every time
Your Chinese Pork Belly is fantastic
Shrimp Tempura with sweet and sour dipping sauce.
Your Asian-inspired recipes are always sure-fire winners. I have yet to find one that isn’t amazing. Please add recipes for Asian cuisine / street food, cuisine from around the world, sauces, and quick meals for weeknights. I can’t wait to pre-order my copy!!!
Ooh, how exciting! I’d love to see:
1) some ‘free from’ recipes (e.g. free from meat, free from refined sugar, free from gluten)
2) some ‘one person meal’ options, when its just you cooking for yourself
3) some quick meals for those busy weekdays when you have max 30 minutes
4) details on whether or not the recipe keeps well in the fridge/freezer (if batch cooking etc)
5) a list at the beginning that tells you some of the more common “substitutions” options. I get that this varies with each dish, but some of the more common ones could be helpful
6) Absolutely have to include your Goan Fish Curry, Bun Cha and Greek Gyros recipes!
7) some space in the margins/on the page for me to write comments on individual recipes (e.g. “add more chilli”, “needs 5 more minutes in my oven”)
So glad you’re doing a cookbook. My daughter and I will snap up copies straight away.
I love how you list alternate ingredients. I love that you explain the reasons behind your methods (eg. Why you don’t score pork belly)
We LOVE your –
Lamb koftas
Chicken pasta of your dreams
Beef cheeks
Chicken and cashews
Meatballs
Plus
Patch likes your Dozer recipes.
Would love to see, not only your brilliant recipes but also a section on helpful hints and tips to easily refer to:eg. best way to soften fridge butter, best way to bring fridge eggs to room temperature for baking and basic staples to have on hand like your sensational “Charlie” sauce for Asian dishes,(which I have in the fridge ALL the time). Get my drift? Thanks Nagi and Dozer and good luck with it all!
Yessss you will make us soooo happy!!! I love these recipes: chicken burrito, orecchiette sausage pasta, chili Mac and cheese, creamy mushroom pasta, chicken pasta, quick broccoli pasta, chicken and veggie stir fry, Thai mango chicken curry, pumpkin risotto, butter chicken, thai basil chicken, chicken tikka masala, Thai cashew chicken stir fry, chicken broccoli stir fry, Chinese beef and broccoli, chili con carne
love your recipes
healthy sauces for steak especially with asian flavour
Charlie sauce!
All meat dishes, Asian, Middle Eastern, Western, you get my drift. Sweet dishes, salads etc. Entrees & deserts.
That’s it Nagi everything that you have produced, all fantastic menu’s.
On your website I love your feasts, and suggestions for what to serve the dish with.
I’ve always wanted a cookbook I could cook my way through from start to finish, and I know this will be the one!
Anything you make is wonderful and so tasty-absolutely loved the egg foo chinese omelet sauce
Nagi, this will be great! I’d love to see fast easy weeknight meals that taste amazing with make ahead tips and substitutions (your substitutions are always good to check for me).
We want the classic, simple recipes using pantry ingredients that can become our family favourites. I really want your recipe book to be the most worn one on my shelf!
A quick and easy cake/dessert/snack section for school lunches and weekend feasts too please!
I love most of your recipes so far, so I’m leaving the recipes to you. All I ask is that you include some of your beautiful pictures and delightful anecdotes of Dozer!
Thanks Nagi, can’t wait! Your recipes are fail proof. You’re also very witty so comments would be fun. Would love to see what you consider your “top ten”!