Cook Once, Eat Twice focuses on how to be more environmentally, economically, and efficient in the kitchen.

The Sections are
Back to the Basics: foundational recipes
Lovin' your Leftovers: reduce waste by turning leftovers into a new meal
Ready Meals: perfect freezer meals
Two Dishes: Ingredients than can be turned into two different recipes
Never Wasted Again: Recipes for the most wasted ingredients
Easy Bakes: Long lasting desserts

Each recipe has a recipe blurb, prep time, bake time, how much it makes, ingredients, directions, and a tip. Each recipe is accompanied by a tip. The recipes are easy to follow and straightforward,

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Cook Once, Eat Twice is a well written, graphically appealing tutorial guide with recipes by Nadiya Hussain to help cooks be more efficient and save time in the kitchen. Due out 18th March from Sourcebooks, it's 256 pages and will be available in hardcover format.

This is an *accessible* book full of info which anyone (even the least confident) can incorporate. It's full of ideas for using up leftovers and incorporating partial ingredients which might otherwise go to waste. The author leads readers from the very basics and beginning steps (pantry lists, necessary equipment) through universal basic recipes (bread, cooking and mashing the ultimate potato). The recipes are arranged into logical thematic chapters instead of by meal and dish type: back to basics, lovin' your leftovers, ready meals, two dishes, never wasted again, easy bakes, and waste not want not. The waste not want not chapter is especially eye-opening and really squeezes a surprising amount of usable food out of things we throw away without thinking about (chick-pea water from draining the cans, banana peels(!?), apple cores and peels, date seeds (!), and several others).

Recipes are written with an introduction/background (full of chatty personal info and history). Ingredients are listed in a bullet list sidebar, followed by step-by-step simple instructions. Ingredient measurements are given in imperial (American) measurements. Most items should be easily findable at any well stocked grocery store in North America. Recipes which coordinate or use the same partial ingredients are linked in the introduction header. Nutritional information is not given.

The photography is abundant, clear, and in color. Recipes are professionally styled and serving suggestions are appetizing and appropriate.

The author/publisher have included a cross referenced index in the back of the book.

Four and a half stars. This would be an excellent choice for public or secondary school acquisition, home use, or for a housewarming gift for a newly-fledged person living on their own for the first time.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.

As usual, Nadiya Hussain's cookbooks are a treat. The chicken sausage mushroom casserole is a new favorite; full of flavor and easily made into the hand pies so nothing goes to waste. This is especially good if you are a smaller household like mine. I had a terrible experience with bangers and mash in England and haven't wanted to eat a bite of anything like it since- until now. The sausage, mash, and mustard gravy(fantastic) especially when using chicken apple sausages. The chickpea water meringues were a super cool expirement and suprisingly tasty.

I like the way this cookbook is organized. My favorite chapter is the Two Meals - it gives you one recipe then another one for the next day to just change it up a bit. Great way to meal prep and use the same groceries without feeling like you’re eating the same thing all week. Good cookbook for someone with a busy life who wants to meal prep but needs new ideas.

I received a copy of this eBook from netGalley for a honest review.

I'm in love with the ideas in this book! So creative and useful. They sound delicious and look easy to make and yummy to eat. I want this cook book because it give such great ideas on how not to waste food and how to make ahead yummy, fast meals.

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This recipe book is so much fun! I love that you can prep once and not just eat the leftovers but have something completely different (for example a recipe makes a loaf of bread or use can use the same recipe for naan)! The photos are beautiful and the recipes seem very straightforward! I like that some seem basic and others seem elevated too! She also has a lot of suggestions for freezer single meals and limited waste repurposing!

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I used to think I hated leftovers, but I think I just didn't like how it was usually a cold, reheated-in-the-microwave plate of sadness. Nadiya has come up with some creative and delicious ideas on how you can, either intentionally or by chance, use leftovers to feed everyone twice!

I really like that even though there are some familiar recipes like sloppy Joes and cottage pie, some meals are cooked in order to prepare for the next meal as well as the one you'll eat tonight! Like using your roast chicken carcass to make risotto, or leftover suya kebabs to make birria tacos.

So many great ideas and lots I would never have thought of!

I received a free ebook copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for a fair review.

A great cookbook for uni students!
Covers basics like simple roast chicken, poached eggs and how to use up left overs. Instructions are clear and produces tasty meals on a budget.

I don't think I'm the target audience for this book. A lot of the recipes are kind of basic for me. This may be a good housewarming present, or something for the reluctant/less experienced cook. As an American, I also feel that I need to object to lamb being used in a sloppy joe-- the sloppy joe is meant for the lowest of the low ground beef. There's a few recipes I find intriguing, like a pear rose cake, but if I saw this book in the store I wouldn't purchase it for myself. Nothing in this book is bad at all, per se, but I just don't need it and it doesn't stand out to me that much among beginner's cookbooks.

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I love Nadiya Hussain’s recipes. They are easy to make and she has tips or adds ingredients that I would not of thought of on my own. I always love my cookbooks to have pictures and these are fantastic!!

I have enjoyed Nadiya’s style and respected her approach to cooking and baking since she won the British Baking Show. Therefore, I was incredibly excited to hear she had another cookbook coming out this year. It does not disappoint! One of the greatest benefits of this book is the approach to tasty eating on a budget. Nadiya’s approach to making a batch of one item, Chicken Curry, for instance and utilizing it for two recipes is extremely helpful especially for those newer to cooking.
Even though I am an experienced cook, I found I benefited greatly from the tips sprinkled throughout. Many thanks to NetGalley and Sourcebooks for the advance copy. All opinions are my own.

This is a great cookbook! I love that there are lots of pictures and the steps are easy to follow along. The concept of this book is amazing: Prep cooking and low-waste meals. There is a good range of types of meals and the creativity of using leftovers is really fun.

Delicious recipes, with an emphasis on reusing leftovers. I love that the author is portrayed with her hijab, and her recipes are middle eastern and American influenced, which allows those who haven't expanded their palate to try new recipes without feeling completely unfamiliar. The cookbook serves as an ethnography, and an exploration of the values we hold dear such as feeding those we love, while also remaining frugal. I highly recommend this book, and look forward to trying the banana bread, as well as the tikka masala.

This is such a great cookbook and I can't wait to get a copy for myself! It's family friendly and simple recipes that sounds so delicious and easy to make. I love the concept of cooking once and getting two meals of it--perfect for meal prepping the week ahead.

What a great idea for a cookbook, great information and ideas and some great recipes and ideas on how to use up the leftovers. I do like a book like this as I hate to waste anything and always look for ways to use up leftovers.

Recipes are easy to follow and the ingredients are foods I know and can easily get. This is a book for everyone as it is fun and useful and tasty to boot!

Thank you NetGalley and SOURCEBOOKS (non-fiction) for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book.

I simple and interesting book from Nadiya Hussain, and the tastiest recipe cooked so far is the cheese fest potato bake - it is easy and quikc to make, and loved by everyone at dinner. Banana bread is a staple in our house, and using almond extract is a new twist for us. While it may not be a regular recipe, it was good and made a great loaf. The chicken and sausage mushroom casserole hand pies are perfect for my son to take for school lunches, and will be on regular rotation here, The books simple recipes, with short ingredient lists, and easy to follow instructions cannot be bettered. Next on our list is the lime pickle lamb! While I do like the recipes I have tried, and hope to cook a few more, I think there are too many that I wont, so it sadly will probably not be a staple on my shelf. Thank you for the opportunity to read it, I have really enjoyed it.

Nadiya does it again with this next cookbook installment. The way the recipes were organized were very straightforward and the pictures were gorgeous. As someone in the US I always love seeing other ideas from across the pond. As someone who dislikes eating the same meal for a whole week this is a great cookbook to shakeup how to make two meals from one main batch of cooking!

Cook One, Eat Twice is a cookbook for anyone wanting to be more economical in the kitchen while still preparing fresh food. I was drawn to this book in the interest of reducing my food waste. I am cooking for both adults and children, so I encounter too much food waste daily.

The cookbook is divided into several sections. I found the Back to Basics section really interesting. I am not a novice cook in the kitchen, but this section had me rethinking how I utilize my ingredients for things that are daily staples for us. One of the things that stood out to me was the roast chicken. I partially related to Nadiya's anecdote about ripping the cold chicken from the fridge. It felt relatable, and that same feeling lasts through the entire book.

The book only provides recipes in volume, which means that people who use weight measurements will have to convert the recipes.
Overall, it's a brilliant cookbook with a range of recipes that any family will enjoy.

What a wonderfully approachable cookbook! Reading this felt like sitting at the kitchen counter with a friend — nothing was complicated and all of the recipes were well picked for a go-to cookbook. I’m still new in my cooking journey, so I really appreciated both the baseline recipes as well as all of the ideas for preventing food waste. Absolutely loved!

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Cook Once, Eat Twice is such a great concept for a cookbook! It can get boring just reheating leftovers and I like how this book has ways to transform them into fun new meals so it doesn't get repetitive. The recipes in the book were tasty and easy to follow. I only wish that there was more variety to the recipes in the book.

Thanks to NetGalley, SOURCEBOOKS and Nadiya Hussain for an advanced copy of the book. All thoughts in this review are my own.