The Tin & Traybake Cookbook

Sam Gates is an author, cookery teacher, TV guru and mum. She worked as marketing director of the UK's first food channel before starting her own company, working with clients such as BBC Food, BBC Radio and small food producers. Her first family cookbook, Food for your Brood, was published in 2015. Sam is also a contributor to the Royal Marsden Cancer Cookbook, Liz Earl WellbeingMagazine, and a regular guest on BBC Radio's Cook on the Books. She is a member of The Guild of Food Writers, and runs cooking classes for corporates, schools and charities, teaching toddlers, students, pensioners and the WI how to make sushi.Sam's second book, The Tin & Traybake Cookbook featuring 100 sweet and savoury recipes, was published by Robinson in 2018.Juggling family, work, life and cooking was the inspiration behind The Batch Cook Book and its budget friendly, low-waste recipes. Sam has been batch cooking since she was a frugal student, and now as a working mum to a hungry family (and even hungrier rescue dog) it's become a way of life.Sam - and some of her cooking - can be found on Instagram at @samgatesfood.

If you think roasting tins are just for Sundays and muffin pans can only handle muffins, it's time to think again. The Tin and Traybake Cookbook will show you how the six most popular baking tins can create delicious baking, freezing, setting and roasting dishes for every meal.Baking tins may be the most basic items in our kitchens, but they're more versatile than we realise. Did you know that a square brownie tin is the perfect size for roast chicken and chorizo? Or that a classic round cake tin makes a heavenly spinach and gruyere soufflé as well as sublime fruit tarts and pastries?With just six tins in your cupboard, you can cook everything from Pretzel Popcorn with Baked Camembert to Eight-helping Ham with Chilli & Pineapple via Fast Teriyaki Salmon with Sesame Broccoli. Indulge with Caramelised Spiced Pear & Almond Clafoutis or Hot Pink Rhubarb, Apple & Ginger Crumble, and impress with Potato & Rosemary Roses or a Honeycomb Cannelloni with Butternut & Blue Cheese.Packed with delicious, fuss-free, baking tin recipes, The Tin and Traybake Cookbook is full of great ideas for every occasion, from inventive breakfasts, simple suppers and family get-togethers to sneaky sweet treats and food for hungry crowds.