Robinson The Everyday Halogen Oven Cookbook: Quick, Easy and Nutritious Recipes for All the Family

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To use a Halogen cooker you need to know how to cook with it. The instructions which come with these items are woeful in their information and basic instruction. They leave you with more questions than they answer. When this happens however it is now both possible and in my opinion essential to reach for this cook book. Not only is it a very good price it also talks about Halogens, how they work, what to get and not get and explains what none of the instructions which come with these cookers EVER do!. It is additionally a book which is crammed full of sensible every day cooking recipes and tips and tricks which which when applied suddenly made this new spaceship like gadget worth the investment. Halogen cooking is quicker and much much cheaper than conventional oven cooking and you can cook ANYTHING in a Halogen once you know how. I didn't until I got this book just before Christmas. Prior to having It I had cooked with my Halogen just 3 times and each time as a complete disaster. It was gathering dust and I wondered whether to keep it as I was somewhat afraid and very unsure about how to use it. Having stumbled on this book by chance I now am confident in using the cooker and I do use it almost every day and with total success. I have also tried her recipes and they work very well. Sarah Flower has written a number of these books, I only have this one as it does all I need. Should I decide I want more then her s are the books I shall be buying. Highly recommmended.

Purchased this after reading positive reviews - must say I fully agree that this is a very useful book. I like the fact that it gives general information about Halogen Ovens, how they work, what's the best cookware etc. Lots of easy recipes and helpful guidance. Who knew you could do a toastie in a Halogen Oven? Brilliant!

Okay,I don't normally write reviews so bear with me if it's a bit boring.First off I think it's quite a nice looking book despite being a bit lacking in pictures,there are plenty of recipes inside which I intend to try out over the course of time.So far I have cooked a whole chicken in my Andrew James digital oven which was fine,also chicken breasts and legs,all were cooked properly.I wanted to try the cheese on toast recipe on page 13,following the instructions to the letter I placed my bread on the high rack with my thick layer of grated cheese and turned on my Andrew James digital HO to 250c for 5-7 minutes,so far so good.I After a few minutes the top was bubbling away and beginning to look really tasty,gave it 6 minutes till the top was nice and toasted then removed it from the oven.The top was toasted to a "T" but the bottom of the slice was hardly touched,very disappointing.I think you should toast one side first,then place the topping on the other side and toast that side,lesson for next time!Time to try baking a cake,turning to page 230, the dark ginger cake looked interesting and not too difficult,(I am a man for Christ sake),so I'm not going to be too adventurous at the start,I followed the recipe 100%,and with the help of my wife wife,(an expert in baking),my first effort at baking was not bad,little bit overdone on the top but nice and light inside,next time I'm going to lower the temperature to 130c and see if I can do the same again but without the burnt,sorry,overdone bit!All in all I would say it's a good book but there is a lot of trial and error involved in using Halogen ovens.

I've had my halogen oven a long time and its spent most of that time in the cupboard gathering dust as all I really ever used it for was cooking chips. When I saw this book and read the reviews I wondered if maybe I was missing something so decided to try it. Its been an absolute revelation, who knew you could do so much with this little oven - I think I've used it every day since receiving the book. The recipes are excellent and I'm sure I'll see the difference in my energy bills now I'm not heating my oven all the time.Just brilliant!

I am a total novice at halogen cooking and, although this book did give me some idea on how to use this new method of cooking, what I really needed was more "How to cook ......." rather than "Try this recipe for....." type of book. I wanted to know how to fry, grill etc basic foods like sausages, chicken, pork chops etc, not recipes using those ingredients. I did try some of the recipes however and while one or two were successful, I found the timings given were inaccurate. To summarize up, this is a reasonable book for the novice but I found trial and error worked better. I also got in touch with the manufacturer of my cooker who kindly supplied a more up to date version of their instructions and a guide for the accessory I bought.