5 Ingredients Quick Easy Food Reviews Summary

Recipe Ease and Complexity

Pros:

• "Easy to use. 5 or below ingredients."
• "I love the fact that there’s only five ingredients so I often have everything I need already."
• "This is a good book for anyone it does not matter if you can cook or not the recipe are so easy to make."
• "And please don't limit yourself to 5 ingredients. Use what you have on hand."
• "Jamie Oliver's 5-ingredients is a fantastic book with loads of insight and tips for healthy meals and treats."
• "So easy to follow steps. I can also tweak most to my tastes or add/decrease ingredients."
• "The format of this book is simple and well written."
• "Unless someone is an experienced home cook, this is the part of recipes where they need the most direction: proper seasoning."

Cons:

• "300 pages, not a single meal is something I want to come home and cook."
• "Unfortunately we were not able to find 2 ingredients."
• "Not so quick and easy" for the average cook. Many of the items needed to make the recipes are exotic spices, flavorings."
• "The recipes may be short on ingredients but the cooking process is still more complicated for some of the dishes."
• "Some of the ingredients are not easy to find either."

Ingredient Accessibility

Pros:

• "Being in the US, some ingredients I have to look up what they are or what US ingredients I can substitute."
• "Our grocery bill is less, even though certain condiments we have to purchase online - because they last so long!"
• "A good friend of mine had this book in her kitchen and after leafing through it, I thought it would be a good gift."
• "I have tried many recipes in this cookbook and my whole family has loved them all!"
• "I bought this for my daughter as a Christmas present."
• "Have fun!!!"
• "This cookbook is the most used cookbook in our house."

Cons:

• "Being in the US, some ingredients I have to look up what they are or what US ingredients I can substitute."
• "Unfortunately we were not able to find 2 ingredients."
• "Keep in mind some of the items(mostly condiments) might not be readily available in your area."
• "A collector and user of great cookbooks, and having already owned several by Jamie Oliver, I must say this is one of the best I own!"
• "We've made a few of his easy 5 ingredient meals from the show & they're so delicious I had to see if there was a recipe book based on the show & this is it!"
• "He encourages using only meats from free range, grass fed animals, growing your own herbs at home, only buying fish at it's freshest in a fish market."
• "Love this cookbook so simple to make most of these and many can be made under half an hour."

Health and Diet Considerations

Pros:

• "Our cholesterol levels may well be on the decline. Would buy this book for anybody who would like to prepare QUICKLY and eat ravenously ... amazing food."
• "If you like the way Jamie cooks, this won’t disappoint."
• "My husband and I decided to go plant based at the beginning of the year."
• "This book contains recipes using meat, but it has several plant based options."

Cons:

• "I have not made any thing yet and there are some issues with some of the ingredients but I looked at up most of the ingredients."
• "I can not eat anything spicy or hot so I will be leaving it out."
• "My main great with his instructions are that he takes for granted that people can find these ingredients in their nearby store."
• "I missed it.'This edition has been adapted for US market'."
• "I was looking forward to owning a cookbook with measurements and ingredients one might use in the UK."
• "Some of the jarred condiments/ingredients are his own bottled brands."
• "Sadly I have found only a couple of recipes that I want to try."