The Student Cookbook: 200 Cheap and Easy Recipes for Food, Drinks and Snacks

This is a good basic cookbook with lots of easy to make recipes. I gave it a 4 because the recipes aren't very organized, no pictures, and 1/3 of them are for mixed drinks.

This is a really good book. The reason it's a four and not a five is because the 50+ drink recipes are alcholic, and there's only 7 smoothies! There's no pictures in the book, but the text is easy to follow. It doesn't have an index or a table of contents, instead it has a quick guide page which are categorized into "Really Hungry", "Date", "No Money" ... I would definitely suggest first making the "Very Difficult Muffins" and the "Brownies for Dummies" when you get this book. The "Italian Grilled Cheese Sandwiches" is a nice spruced up basic. Get it if have some spare $$. Also look at: How to Repair Food -TLU student *FYI: For those who don't know, with most baking recipes you can replace half of the oil with (healthier) apple sauce.