Jamie Oliver’s introduction to his 30-Minute Meals

the brilliant thing about this is
whether you’re a beginner cook or a
great cook the point of this concept is
you do what you’re told this is not a
democracy you know if you’re buying into
this it’s because you want to shock
yourself with the most amazing cooking
not a dish a collection a dish is a
feast a table like a mind-blowing bunch
of stuff that your mates your guests
your friends your mother-in-law is gonna
go wow you did that in what 20 30
minutes are you sure this book is for
people that are busy the love life that
love people and love food we’re writing
in a very different structure than we
normally would I’m gonna drill you
hardcore so that you won’t believe what
you’ve done in a short amount of time
okay
we’re kind of saying right arvin on
kettle on oK we’ve organized our kitchen
we’ve got our pantry stores and spices
we’ve got gear hanging up let’s go right
I don’t want to be your best friend in
this book I don’t want to suggest that
you could do that I don’t want to be mr.
nice guy in this book I want to
radically change the way that you cook
certainly Monday to Thursday you know
because I’m imagining that you’re busy
like I am that you want to eat great
food like I do and that you’re gonna
feel better as a wife husband boyfriend
girlfriend mother-in-law parent to be a
rattle out sumptuous delicious meals
instead of putting the pack in the
microwave as far as the recipes are
concerned and we’re covering all bases
we’ve got me we got fish we got
vegetarian we’ve got pasta we got salads
we’ve got international dishes we’ve got
European dishes we’ve got English dishes
I’ve written it so it’s kind of do what
you’re told have this meal but if you
don’t like that salad of course you can
swap like for like you know you can swap
a seller for a salad you can swap a root
veg for a root veg or a herb for a herb
of your preference but don’t start doing
stuff that’s out of the structure don’t
go swap in a salad for a stir-fry
because I can’t guarantee you’re gonna
do it quick and delicious I’m trying to
find and give you all the little tips
ducks dives that I’ve ever learned at
work or at home you’re gonna pick up
stuff from this book
that you’re going to use every single
day every single meal I promise you I
promise you all these different things
come together to be a lean mean cooking
machine of beautiful tasty robust
different exciting food that will
absolutely surprise you of what you can
do in 30 minutes it’s brilliant but good
luck lots of love
enjoy