If you cant be bothered to spend hours in the kitchen, but dont exactly fancy eating microwave-ready meals either, Phillippa Cheifitz Easy is set to become your Bible. No recipe will take you longer than 30 minutes to whip up, and if it does, its the type of leave-in-the-oven comfort food creation that requires the minimum amount of effort.

Look forward to making the likes of butternut quessidillas with cheese, warm smoked-saussage and potato salad and grilled chicken skewers with creamy brinjal sauce.

Easy (Quivertree Publications) sells for around R150 at most good bookstores.