Easy Recipes for Summer Cooking

A short collection of recipes from cookbooks 'Good Mood Food' by Donal Skehan, 'Gimme the Recipe' by Sheila Kiely and 'Like Mam Used to Bake' by Rosanne Hewitt-Cromwell. Recipes to enjoy with friends and family during fine summer evenings and lazy weekends. Reviews for 'Gimme the Recipe': '...the go-to-bible for easy to follow recipes.' -Irish Tatler. '[A] terrific cookbook- a repertoire of recipes that nourish and delight. I particularly loved the chapter on planning family gatherings and parties at home.' -Darina Allen. Irish Examiner. '...it inspires confidence and makes you feel you can certainly whip up anything you fancy.' -Lara Bradley. Sunday Independent. 'You might not be able to have it all but, with Kiely's recipes, I'd say you can certainly make a decent stab at cooking it all.' -Fiona Kiely, Sunday Business Post. Reviews for 'Good Mood Food': 'Good Mood Food is a new breed of cookbook that springs from the talent of a passionate home cook. A truly scrumptious read.', - Ross Golden-Bannon, Food & Wine magazine 'At last... Simple, easy recipes that are healthy and interesting. Donal Skehan's book reclaims good food from the convenience of supermarket shelves and puts it back where it belongs - in the domestic kitchen.' Paulo Tulio 'Ireland's answer to Jamie Oliver' - RTÉ.ie 'Like Mam Used to Bake' is due to be released in September 2013.

Donal Skehan is a home cook, food writer and Television presenter. Donal's ethos on cooking is that all his recipes should be accessible, inspiring and encouraging for the everyday home cook. He has been cooking from the age of four when he flipped his first pancake and has been in the kitchen ever since! Donal is also an accomplished food photographer and he photographs all his own food images for his blog and books. In 2007 Donal started his own food blog, where he writes about his food adventures and recipes. His book 'Good Mood Food' was released in October 2009 and received fantastic reviews: 'Good Mood Food is a new breed of cookbook that springs from the talent of a passionate home cook. A truly scrumptious read.', - Ross Golden-Bannon, Food & Wine magazine 'At last... Simple, easy recipes that are healthy and interesting. Donal Skehan's book reclaims good food from the convenience of supermarket shelves and puts it back where it belongs - in the domestic kitchen.' Paulo Tulio 'Ireland's answer to Jamie Oliver' - RTÉ.ie