Food for all occasions

NEW items are constantly being added to our collection at the library. Interest in food seems to increase during cold weather, possibly due to the comfort a treat or a delicious meal can provide. Recipes in the books below should provide comfort for young and old.


$10 Meals with Chelsea

By Chelsea Goodwin

BIG on flavour, low on cost! Discover the delicious recipes and brilliant meal planning from the creator of $10 Meals Australia that will save you money and time every week.

Revolutionise your kitchen. Home cook Chelsea Goodwin, creator of budget cookery platform $10 Meals Australia, wants to make your life a whole lot easier – and cheaper.

She’s taken the stress out of getting good food on the table by curating 10 weeks’ worth of dinner meal plans with their recipes and grocery lists, making budget-friendly cooking a breeze.

Delicious dinners on a dime.

Each recipe is easy to make and feeds at least four people, and the meal plans work out at $2.50 per serve or less.

That’s a whole week of generous dinners for just $70! Flavourful, affordable family meals.

Family-friendly, nutritious and flavour-packed, Chelsea’s recipes use easy-to-find supermarket ingredients and come with bonus tips and swaps for keeping your food costs low.

With eye-catching, full-colour photographs for every recipe, $10 Meals with Chelsea features “Fakeaway” favourites including buttermilk chicken burgers, black pepper beef and Cheat’s pad Thai; 30-minute meals like Vietnamese meatballs, green carbonara and Thai basil chicken stir-fry; one-pot winners such as zingy chicken tray bake and lamb harira and healthy choices from rainbow minestrone and beef burrito bowls to spinach and potato curry.

Kiss goodbye to the daily dinner dilemma and say hello to cost-saving convenience with $10 Meals with Chelsea.


The simple air fryer cookbook

By Denise Smart

MAKE the most of your air fryer with 80 easy and budget-friendly recipes.

Air fry anything with these delicious, low-effort recipes. Air fryers have become a global phenomenon.

They are simple, fuss-free and use less oil, making them the perfect healthy alternative to typical frying methods. Air fryers are also one of the most cost-saving and energy-efficient appliances available, cheaper and faster than traditional ovens.

In this cookbook you will discover how to get the most out of your air fryer.

Whether it’s breakfast, a quick snack, dinner or dessert, this cookbook gives you flavourful dishes for any time of day.

With 80 simple recipes – some you never even thought possible to make in an air fryer – you can cook everything from harissa chicken thighs to barbecue mushroom burgers to an Apple & blackberry ginger crumble.

With shorter cook times and minimal clean-up, air fryers are a must-have gadget for your kitchen, and The Air Fryer Cookbook is the perfect book to go with it.


The sweet as baking cookbook

By taste.com.au

FOR the first time, from Australia’s #1 food site, here comes the ultimate baking companion with 250+ favourite recipes hand-picked by the taste.com.au experts.

The book includes baker’s secrets, biscuits and bites, super slices, pastries and pies, cupcakes and cakes, and pimped-up party cakes.

This book has serious wow factor.

Recipes include Anzac biscuits with buttercream, chequerboard wafer cake, Eton mess cake, roast grape pastries, and apple and ricotta slice.


WEANING: What to feed, when to feed, and how to feed your baby

By Annabel Karmel

EVERYTHING you need to know about your baby’s food journey.

Wean your baby confidently and safely, with guidance from best-selling baby and child nutrition author Annabel Karmel.

Weaning guides you through every aspect of weaning your baby, with advice on when to start weaning, which foods to introduce first, how to prepare foods safely, and how to spoon-feed purées and solid foods.

With up-to-date information on critical nutrients for your baby, advice on allergies and intolerances, and tips on combining foods to build up flavours and textures, you can be sure your baby is getting exactly what their growing body needs.

More than 60 enticing and versatile weaning recipes take you from six months to 12 months and beyond, along with nutritionally-balanced menu planners.

Every recipe can be adapted to cater for common allergies and intolerances, and many recipes suggest simple ingredient swaps to challenge and excite your baby’s maturing palate.

With real-world advice, encouragement and troubleshooting strategies from Annabel along the way, Weaning will lay the foundation for a lifetime of happy, healthy eating.

For further information, or to place any of these items on hold, call the library on 5018 8350 or visit mildura.vic.gov.au/library

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