About This Book

When planning this book, I knew that I wanted these recipes to be true 30-minute wonders that could be on the table within half an hour of first reaching for a chopping board or putting a pan on the stove. I also knew that I wasn’t willing to sacrifice on flavour in my quest for speed, and so quickly adopted the mantra of “big, instant flavour” when planning the recipes. If anything didn’t succeed on both the time and flavour promises, then it didn’t make it into the book. The third thing I knew was that I was opening myself up to criticism if people couldn’t achieve the recipes within the 30-minute time frame. This is something that I have less control over, but all of the recipes have been tested my both myself and others, and I am very confident that they can be done. If anything does push the time frame for you the first time, then give it another go, and I hope you’ll find that speed and familiarity go hand in hand.