Simply Jamie

by Jamie Oliver

Simply Jamie is about celebrating the joy of cooking, and making it easy for us to fit cooking into our busy lives

In five knockout chapters covering Midweek Meals, Weekend Wins, Trusty Traybakes, Cupboard Love and Perfect Puds, Jamie has produced a cookbook that will fit seamlessly into your life.

Simply Jamie exists to inspire you to get cooking – it’s full of delicious, achievable recipes you’ll love to make. Whatever your needs, you can trust that these tried and tested recipes will slot right into the rhythms of your week – from 20-minute-to-table dishes and no-time-to-shop cupboard rescues to weekend wins that create smart leftover ideas, meaning mealtimes are a doddle in the days that follow.

Recipes include:

Jarred Pepper Pasta
Roasted Veg with Camembert Fondue
Batch-It-Up Bolognese
Gochujang Chicken Noodle Traybake
8 Cool Ways with Salmon
Smash Burger
Spicy Paneer & Veg Squash Bake
Tin Raid Fishcakes
Hot & Crispy Ice Cream Parcel
Epic Sticky Toffee Pudding

This is a book about inspiration and bringing joy back into the kitchen.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Nonfiction, Food

Hardcover

First published September 23, 2024

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information.

James Trevor "Jamie" Oliver, sometimes known as The Naked Chef, is an English chef and media personality well known for his growing list of food-focused television shows, his more recent roles in campaigning against the use of processed foods in national schools, and his campaign to change unhealthy diets and poor cooking habits for the better across the United Kingdom.

Reviews

[NILTON TEIXEIRA · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent ideas for simple and easy meals, for midweek meals, weekends, including one-pan dinners and delicious deserts.
There are 7 no-cook pasta sauces that are amazing and super fast to prepare.
I have tried 4 recipes and they were all delicious, including “the better bolognese” which uses lentils and baby pork ribs.
There are plenty of meatless recipes and crowd pleasing ones.
Every recipe has its own picture and its nutritional value.

[Miss✧Pickypants ᓚᘏᗢ · Rating 3 out of 5]

With over 30 Jamie Oliver cookbooks already published, this one holds the same exuberance for cooking as all the prior ones do and is intended as an accompaniment to his cooking programme of the same name. That said, having read many of these prior cookbooks this newest one felt a bit redundant and recycled.

Recipes are relatively quick to make and good for less experienced cooks. The production quality of the book is excellent with a nice design and tasteful photos of all the dishes. While the author does mention tools at the start, a blender is listed as a "nice to have" but is called for in a lot of the dishes. And not having a blender in these cases will impact the quality of the dish significantly. Listing the nutritional info and calories for each dish at the bottom of the page is a nice touch and I wish more cookbooks included it.

[Literature Lattes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thank you to the publisher for sending a gifted copy of this book my way in exchange for an honest review. There were so many things I loved about this book, and a few things I would have changed. Easy week night meal ideas? Yes, this book has it and I was so excited to see that! We are a busy family, always on the go. That made this book a great fit for us. Some standouts for us included the Speedy microwave gnocchi, and beet & ricotta pasta. Both yummy and simple to make. The book also includes some more intensive recipes designated for the weekend. The design of the book wasn’t my favorite, and I wish it would have had a more homey/cozy feel to it, but the actual content of the book was great and we can’t wait to try all of the remaining recipes! Also to note: the Emergency Kids Pizza recipe is a lifesaver!

[Susan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great cookbook by Jamie Oliver, I think its his 28th, one that uses very simple ingredients to make "fast and simple" food. The recipes are divided into easy categories: Midweek Meals; Weekend Wins; One-pan Dinners; Pantry Love and Delicious desserts. As well there are sections such as '7 no-cook pasta sauces" and "Versatile Cornbread" and "Bigging Up Beans". This cook book is not meat free, but certainly provides lots of healthy vegetarians dishes.
This cookbook "wants to inspire a more sustainable way of eating, so 65% of the recipes are either meat-free or meat reduced." Also each recipe includes nutritional information.

I would make 90% of the recipes in this book and there are a few that could possibly become favourites...ie Creamy Chicken and Chive Pie, which uses puff pastry, and Roasted Veg with Camembert Fondue which looks delicious.

[Emmy Nota · Rating 4 out of 5]

Er staan handige gerechten in, maar soms ook indirecte ‘dubbele’ gerechten, waardoor het toch veel werk wordt. Bijv. Dat je een grote pan saus maakt die voor meerdere toepassingen is, of een los mais brood maken en die dan weer toepast in andere recepten. Zo is het dan toch niet ‘simply’ gemaakt. Het boek start wél heel sterk met een aantal vlugge pasta’s met sauzen die je ‘gewoon in huis’ kunt hebben, want gemaakt met bijv. geroosterde paprika’s uit een pot etc.

[Jo Ann Rhodehouse · Rating 4 out of 5]

The cookbook was well done and easy to follow. I appreciate Jamie’s passion for food and his dedication to helping others eat healthy. Loved the photos, I hate it when there aren’t pictures of the recipes, especially when you’re not quite sure how the finished dish should look.

[k.tomzynska · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lubisz gotować? Jakie jest Twoje ulubione danie? 💬
Muszę przyznać, że ja uwielbiam kuchnie orientalną i bardzo często stawiam na jej dania w swoim domu. Jednak czasami fajnie zjeść także coś innego, a wtedy szukam inspiracji w różnych książkach, bądź w internecie. Zatem nie mogło w mojej biblioteczce zabraknąć książki „Po prostu Jamie” autorstwa Jamie Olivera, jednego z najsłynniejszych kucharzy na świecie.

Książka "Po prostu Jamie" składa się z pięciu rozdziałów, w których znajdziemy pomysły na pyszne desery, zapiekanki, hity na weekend, posiłki w tygodniu i małe co nieco na zapas. A wiesz co jest w nich najlepsze? To, że wiele z nich można przygotować w mniej niż 20 minut i nie wymagają jakiś wyszukanych składników, a większość z nich każdy z nas ma w swojej lodówce, spiżarni, czy szafce.

Przepisy są bardzo dobrze opisane, a Jamie prowadzi nas krok po kroku ku przygotowaniu prawdziwych pyszności. Zresztą żaden z przepisów nie wymaga jakiś szczególnych zdolności kulinarnych także nawet kulinarny laik sobie z nimi poradzi.
Dla tych którzy dbają o swoją dietę mam dobrą wiadomość - pod każdym przepisem znajdziesz informacje o kaloryczności, zawartych tłuszczach, białkach, węglowodanach i błonniku. Prawda, że świetnie?

"Po prostu Jamie" to książka idealna dla każdego, kto lubi gotować, bądź chce zacząć to robić. Jamie Oliver ma niesamowity dar do zachęcania do gotowania i pokazywania, że w krótkim czasie można przygotować coś zdrowego i pożywnego. Osoboście przetestowałam już kilkanaście przepisów i każdy z nich był świetny także nie pozostaje mi nic innego jak polecić Ci tę książkę.

[Cidney · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jamie Oliver writes good books. This one is no exception! He divides the book into midweek meals; weekend wins; trusty traybakes; cupboard love and perfect puds. It starts off with a shedload of recipes for pasta and sauces, a couple of which I've already made and they were very tasty I have to say! My take out moment was the raiding the pantry recipe for fishcakes, loved it!! All you needed was one of those tins of potatoes you always buy for a "just in case" moment when nothing useful is in the fridge, and a tin of tuna in spring water, check, followed by a tin of sweetcorn, also check, little bit of mustard, grated cheese and some bits of bread. It wasn't faffy to make and it did taste really good! Am definitely raiding the pantry to make this again. In fact by my reckoning I can make it 3 more times before I need a trip to Aldi.

Then along came the crispy broccoli panzanella, just some broccoli heads, some cheese, red onion, red chilli, tomatoes, olives and basil and oh garlic bread from the freezer. This is cooked in the oven for just over half an hour and another hit with the family.

I liked the chapter layout, nice big print as there aren't a lot of ingredients needed for all the recipes, I liked the colour pictures, nothing sells a book to me like colour pictures, I do like to see what it's supposed to look like as opposed what it actually ends up looking like. And with Jamie my meals seem to come out looking very closely to what they look like when he's made them. A definite win win for me!!

[mein.buecherregal · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simply Jamie von Jamie Oliver aus dem #dkverlag
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Er hat es wieder getan… Jamie hat ein neues Kochbuch herausgebracht. Es gibt ja schon so viele Bücher von ihm. Wird das nicht langweilig? Gucken wir uns das Buch doch mal zusammen an:
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5 Kategorien. Leckere Rezeptbilder. Ausführliches Rezeptregister. ✅ Check . Soweit so gut. Ersteinmal genau dass, was ein Kochbuch bitte haben sollte.
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Was für mich besonders ist an diesem Kochbuch… hier ein Beispiel. Es gibt ein Rezept für selbstgemachte Gnocchi. Mit Parmesansauce. Dann hören viele Kochbücher auf. Hier gibt es 4 weitere Rezepte (alle mit Foto und extra Seite) für Gnocchi mit anderen Saucen. Finde ich super. Bei anderen Kochbüchern gibt es oft im text einen kleinen Hinweis…so nach dem Motto … wandle das Rezept doch so oder so ab… mein Problem, dass finde ich dann nur wieder, wenn ich es suche.
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Viele Rezepte kommen ohne Fleisch aus… und ich vermisse es nicht. Ein weiterer Pluspunkt.
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Ein weiterer Pluspunkt… die Rezepte sind nicht zu englisch … Minze, Bohnen und schwimmt im Fett, dass schreckt mich oft ab.
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Ich mag das Buch wirklich sehr gerne und die Rezepte auch… ich bin froh, dass Jamie auch nach über 20 Kochbüchern noch etwas für mich gemacht hat 😅
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P.s der Schokoladenkuchen ist auch super… und dazu gibt es noch 5 Abwandlungen… ich bin dann mal am Backen… 😄

[Jessica · Rating 2 out of 5]

I've always liked Jamie Oliver but I didn't love this cookbook. It's organized into normal cookbook categories - midweek meals, weekend wins, one pan dinners, pantry love, and delicious desserts. But within these chapters the recipes still felt kind of random or oddly organized. I also felt like the pictures of Jamie in the cookbook were weird - did he see these and approve them? The pictures of the food were great and a lot of the recipes did seem pretty easy to make. I just didn't find much that I wanted to try from this one.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

The man likes his beans, all kinds. He likes his olives, no thank you, and he likes his canned anchovies...also no thank you. But I did find a few recipes to maybe try, so I guess there is that.

Food pictures were great, some of the recipes pretty much equate to cooking chicken and adding sauce out of a bottle, but whatever. All in all it was okay but I don't think the book is worth buying and not all the ingredients are available where I live, but most were.

[Kristina · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is healthy & it will fire up your creativity in the kitchen. With a food processor, a blender & a few simple ingredients, you can easily replicate Jamie Oliver’s recipes. The colors, the lettering & photos give clean, contemporary & minimalistic vibes. There is a photo for every recipe, which is my personal preference.

[Chloe Jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great book to give you ideas for those days when the takeaways are tempting and you don’t have energy or many ingredients. The idea is to help you eat better, simply. Very useful and tasty 😋

[Danielle Ross-Knoll · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jamie Oliver is a such a treasure and I appreciate his recipes in their attempt to create quick and nutritious meals for the entire family. There are excellent tips in here on creating batch meals and sauces that can be frozen for use later and/or extended across multiple dishes.

[ryan · Rating 5 out of 5]

so many good recipes!! and finally, a cookbook that actually leans into easy recipes for a weeknight when work was too much and your debating whether to doordash or cook.

another well made cookbook - i can see myself making a lot of these recipes!

[Leona · Rating 3 out of 5]

These recipes aren’t too complicated and are presented in typical Jamie style to encourage people to cook healthy food at home. I didn’t find any new recipes to try but, as always, it’s worth a look.

[Fredriconline · Rating 5 out of 5]

Héérlijke recepten. Eenvoudig en snel.

[Clare Caullay · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book and have created so many of the receipes after only having it a few weeks. So many favourites already

[Josie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another wonderful book!! I borrowed this one from my local library, but I think I need to purchase it for my home library.

[Lisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.75

[Jen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gorgeous gorgeous book with excellent recipes and easy to read recipes.

[Margaret Gerberding · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love Jamie Oliver's recipes. His cookbooks are always full of easy and delicious food.

[Josianne Fitzgerald · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like this new trend of grouping recipes by time they take. Simple recipes here, although some have a long list of ingredients. Beautiful photography too.

[Dray · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of Jamie’s best. I liked the chapter approach, taking an ingredient and offering 5-8 dishes with that ingredient. Well done, use, quick and delicious.

[Kris Lodwig · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun cookbook night. Funny how we all had issues that called for box sizes we don’t have or recipes calling for percentage of a box instead of our measuring system.

[Dixie Debord · Rating 4 out of 5]

Twists on basic cooking that will entice you to play with flavors and put your own spin on classic favorites.

[Mor_datter_bogdragerne · Rating 5 out of 5]

En skøn og ligetil opskrift bog til brug af hurtig og velsmagende aftensmad, der er kredset for smagsløgene, selvom retterne er designet til, at lette madlavningen i hverdagen. Jeg har fulgt Jamie Olivers rejse som TV kok og nyder hans tilgang til råvarer og hans energi. Den mærkes også i opskrifterne og de er meget inspirerende med indbydende billeder, som får mundvandet til at løbe.
Vi har allerede lavet flere af opskrifterne og er slet ikke færdige endnu. Der er gode ideer til at få brugt sine rester, nemme simple dressinger mm.
Vi anbefaler varmt sød chilikylling, krydret cashewkylling og cremet tomatsuppe.

5/6 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[Corban Ford · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this Cookbook by Jamie Oliver, really focusing on food that could be prepared simply (and more important to me, quickly) while still packing in a ton of flavor. I have to admit, I've always looked at Oliver rather cynically, loving his enthusiasm and true passion but questioning just how good some of the recipes he makes actually are (and also pondering how reasonable it is to make some of them so fast) but to be completely frank, this book has made me more of a believer, and I look forward to incorporating some of these ideas into future meal plans. From his traybakes to a few of hid desserts (I'm looking at you Banofee Fro-Yo Tart) there's a lot to check out.

(For those interested, he also has a TV show titled after the book that showcases a ton of the recipes contained therein, if you want to see it done before trying yourself. I found the show on Pluto TV but I am sure there are other places as well.)