And, finally, Sally Clarke’s First Put on your apron was written for exactly this scenario. As was Cal Peternell’s Twelve Recipes. Ok, I’ll stop now…

PS there is also An Everlasting Meal Cookbook which is larger and less useful

Do you know Tamar Adler’s An Everlasting meal? It is a work of genius for thrifty cooking and so well written, witty, charming, funny. It has no pictures which could be off-putting but I hope isn’t…

This is part of the reason I think Spielberg’s is underrated