This is a good selection of cooking tips to add to my collection, and the author is certainly a busy person,.They say if you want something doing ask a busy person, and there is some truth in that statement, though it is not so, in my opinion, in every case.

I really enjoyed this guidebook cookbook. I enjoyed the simplicity and the ideas this contains, very fuss free and likely great for students!!

Don't expect: photos or measurements - this really isn't a cookbook cookbook.

I'm a keen home cook with a huge collection of cook books, so not really part of the target audience for this book. I was intrigued by the premise though and opened it up on my Kindle. I have picked up hints and tips for meal ideas and on food buying and storage.

It's not strictly a no recipe cook book. Rather it does not contain conventional recipes starting with a list of ingredients. Instead, guidance on ingredients is free form and there are quite lengthy method descriptions.

It's also a lifestyle book geared to promote a healthy and economical diet for a busy family/single parent. There is a lengthy preamble setting out the rationale for the book and the overall approach. This includes buying ahead for 2-3 weeks, Sunday cooking for the week and so on.

The author writes in the first person, essentially setting out what she does and importantly why.

As an ebook it's fair. In particular I would have liked to have linked lists of meal options at the start of each chapter. There are no photos, which some won't like.

I wouldn't recommend this book to an experienced cook. I would point an absolute beginner to books geared to them e.g. by Delia Smith or Sophie Grigson's The First Time Cook. I suggest that this book is worth a look however for someone struggling to put good nutritious meals on the table every day for a reasonable outlay - essentially a "How to Live Well for Less" audience. For them, Samantha Pillay shares her approach and cooking methods.

I rate it 3 1/2 stars rounded up.

This is literally a no recipe cookbook! It teaches you how to cook and what ingredients you could use to make food like, for exemplo, stir fry. It will tell you what you can use to make stir fry, suggested ingredients, order of cooking and what to do with the leftovers. It's like when your mom tells you how to cook something but doesn't give you a list of how much of each ingredient you would need. It's a different and unique cookbook. I received a free digital copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review

So this was an odd cookbook that I can imagine has polarising reviews. The premise of "no recipes" seemed to equate to very lengthy explanations and not much organisation.

The preamble is quite long and a lot to read if you are just expecting a cookbook although possibly I have missed the intention here

Saying this, I did find the information helpful especially with how to store ingredients and reduce wastage

I believe that with the correct pictures etc, this book could be an interesting read but not so much a user friendly cookbook to just pick up and make

Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for the ARC in return for an honest and unbiased opinion.