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Tana Ramsay shows how easy it is to cook up real family food to satisfy the entire family. Working with simple recipes and basic ingredients, she shares her favourite family recipes for every occasion, from school night suppers and weekend breakfasts to birthday surprises and Halloween bites. As a busy mother-of-four and the glamorous wife of celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, Tana knows the challenges of pleasing everybody around the kitchen table -- especially if you want your family to eat real, healthy food. With the help of her trademark easy-to-follow and mouth-watering recipes, Tana shows how to transform mealtimes with minimum fuss, and make real food something you all eat everyday -- without spending hours in the kitchen. Lavishly illustrated with over 100 recipes for every family occasion throughout the year, including: / School-rush breakfasts, lunchtime bites and quick-fix dinners / Lazy lunches, birthday surprises and family parties / Summer picnics, Easter feasts and Christmas treats

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11108 in Books
• Published on: 2009-07-23
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

Review
"I really rate Tana Ramsay, she is the best female cook on telly at the moment ! Tana has got her finger on the pulse." Jamie Oliver (in The Sun, 11/9/07) 'Tana Ramsay's recipe ideas for hard-pressed parents are so inspiring the even her celeb-chef husband Gordon should swear by them.' YOU magazine 'Tana Ramsay's Family Kitchen will never fail to tempt. Destined to become a family classic.' GRAZIA magzine 'Tana Ramsay is whipping up a storm in the culinary world. Step aside Gordon, there's a new celebrity chef in town.' JUNIOR magazine

About the Author
Tana Ramsay is the bestselling author of Tana Ramsay's Family Kitchen and a former Montessori teacher. She lives with her husband, chef Gordon Ramsay, and their four young children, Megan, Jack, Holly and Matilda in their family home in London.

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Recipe

Chicken Skewers with Sweet and Sour Sauce
They taste just as good cold as they do hot so they make a great addition to a packed lunch

2 skinless chicken breasts

FOR THE MARINADE
3 lime
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp sesame oil
1 tbsp runny honey

FOR THE SWEET AND SOUR SAUCE

150ml/5fl oz water
2 tbsp sugar
3 tbsp Chinese rice vinegar
3 tbsp tomato ketchup
1 tsp salt
2 tsp cornflour mixed with 2 tsp water

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C/350 degrees F/GM4
2. Soak 8 wooden skewers in water.
3. Mix together all the marinade ingredients in a medium bowl and put to one side.
4. Put the chicken breastsbetween two pieces of clingfilm and bash with a rolling pin until they have doubled in size.
5. Cut the chicken into strips about 1cm/1 inch wide and put them into the marinade.
6. Cover the chicken with clingfilm and leave overnight in the fridge (or for about 2 hours at room temperature.)
7. Meanwhile, make the sweet and sour sauce by putting all the ingredients, except the cornflour mixture, into a saucepan and bringing to the boil. Stir in the cornflour mixture and simmer for a couple of minutes. Allow to cool.
8. When you are ready to cook the chicken, carefully weave the strips of chicken onto skewers and place on a baking rack.
9. Cook for 15 minutes, turning the skewers over once during this time.