123. Fish baked with potatoes (R Allen)

Rachel Allen- Easy Meals - link
Rating: 4.5/5
Comment: This surprised me - I'm not a huge fan of fish like cod,hake or haddock, but this made hake taste delicious. Diced potatoes and red onion with oil, roasted, and then the fish laid on top for the last 12-18 minutes. Added some cajun seasoning to the potatoes/onions for an extra bite - worked perfectly.
Use again? Yes.
Lovely Recipes from this book: Honey mustard pork chops,easy Lemon Cake, pork chops with apple and sage, tarragon chicken, beef pie.

72.Gratin of fish with tomatoes&cheese (R. Allen food@home)

Rachel's Favourite food at home 
Rating: 4/5 
Comment: Tasty dish. The plaice was melt in the mouth - just the right balance of cream, cheese and tomatoes. Will try using a different type of fish (cheaper!), such as cod next time. The cheese is Gruyere, but you can use half of that and half of emmental.Used wholegrain mustard in place of Dijon.
Use it again: Yes. 
Other nice recipes from this book: wholemeal shortbread biscuits, spicy salmon cakes, apple and cinnamon muffins, asparagus and spring onion tart. 

Rachel Allen favourite food cookbooks - this is my least preferred of the 3 books. The other 2 have a far better selection of recipes.  

Avoid: Upside-down rhubarb and ginger cake.

30. Baked plaice with rosemary and anchovies

Lorraine Pascale - Baking Made Easy link 
Rating: 3.5/5  
Comment: Tasty way to eat plaice. Cooked with rosemary, anchovies (which I omitted and added more salt instead), white wine, garlic and olive oil. 
Use it again: Yes  
Other lovely recipes from this book: , Chocolate cake, Soda bread.

26. Plaice a la meuniere

Rachel Allen - Home cooking 
Rating: 4.5/5  
Comment:  Yummy. A huge amount of butter required (50g for 2 servings) so one to limit the use of, but really lovely. The recipe calls for sole - but that can be hard to come by near where I live. Fish fried in butter and then add fresh parsley - how have I never thought of this before? I'm still so inexperienced in the kitchen! Served with baby potatoes and salad - perfect. One of these days I'll be able to cook the odd thing without following recipes. I regularly change things a little, but for the most part follow them line by line! 
Use it again: Yes. 
Lovely recipes from this book: Baked raspberry and ricotta cheesecake, Millonaire's shortbread (sister-in-law got me hooked on this one) and recommended this one - Fish Pie.
Average recipes: Shepherd's pie
Avoid: Rhubarb muffins, chicken casserole with cheesy herb dumplings.