I’ve always loved eating, does that count? My mum cooked with me when I was a child which gave me a good start. I find the routine of a home cooked dinner each night, in a busy and sometimes fraught world, very comforting. I started this blog in 2013 and before that I had run a small cookery and cake decorating school for 6 years which was a joy. Freeze leftovers wherever you can. Make sure you’re not throwing any veg away (make soup!), and plan, plan, plan! Publishing director Lydia Good acquired world rights from Laurie Robertson at PFD. The book will be published on 28th September 2023. Pasta and potatoes of course, but also don’t forget protein in your meals as that’s what will keep everyone full for longer. Lentils and pulses are a brilliant source of affordable protein and can be used to ‘bulk up’ so many meals. Also, frozen and tinned vegetables are often much better value than fresh.

HarperCollins imprint Thorsons has signed food blogger Sarah Rossi’s début recipe book What’s For Dinner: Fuss-free family food in 30 minutes, and one other title.Yes you heard me right, Cheeseburger Pasta. You have to try this recipe to believe quite how good it is! All of our favourite burger flavours, made into a complete family meal all in one pan, no pasta boiling needed. I’m Sarah Rossi (was Sarah Barnes) and for the last 10 years, I’ve shared recipes online to help make your life easier. about me: Sarah Rossi So for the next version, we tried without tomatoes but it was a little bland, so we decided to UP the hamburger flavours in other ways… so we stepped up the ketchup, mustard, paprika and Worcestershire sauce! It worked a dream. I ran a small cookery school teaching cake decorating. I loved the customers and it gave me a brilliant grounding in the early years of social media. I sold the business when I first had my children.

By entering the competition you are agreeing to accept these Terms and Conditions. Any breach of these Terms and Conditions by you will mean that your entry will not be valid, and you will not be allowed to enter this competition. I have always loved cooking (with a few shortcuts) but when I had twin babies, I realised how truly vital to my life having a selection of easy to cook, no faff dinners was.Massive congratulations – your first book, What’s For Dinner, hit the shelves yesterday. Can you tell us a bit about it? The recipes are affordable and accessible but aspirational, aiming to show what can be achieved in 30 minutes or less.” I had learned to leverage social media as the ultimate shop window to your product and that was incredibly insightful in growing my blog following. I also learned the value to be found from listening to your audience and being as supremely helpful and informative as possible.

Don’t try and be a hero or a super parent. Travelling with children is very different. Set your own expectations, they need downtime and they won’t always be impressed by the culture that we think they should be impressed by! Featuring 10 unique meal plans, each made up of eight recipes including weekday staples and weekend treats, and a complete shopping list for each that tells readers exactly what ingredients they’ll need to buy at the start of the week, “Sarah’s crowd-pleasing dishes will appeal to the whole family, like her heavenly Halloumi Bean Bake, her wonderful One Pan Lasagne or her scrumptious Sloppy Joes.What’s For Dinner?: Fuss-free family food in 30 minutes – the first cookbook from the Taming Twins food blog by Sarah Rossi – eBook Details Full Book Name: What’s For Dinner?: Fuss-free family food in 30 minutes – the first cookbook from the Taming Twins food blog