USC graduate Kelly Daly realised it was time to return to basics, the bare basics, after living in student accommodation where no one seemed to know how to boil an egg.
“Living at Varsity Apartments, I became acutely aware of how few students knew how to cook the basics of a nourishing meal,” she said.
“When I went through uni I realised I only knew some of the basics, but not all of them and I found many of us didn’t know what we were doing.”
The dietetics graduate took the opportunity to create a back to basics cookbook for university students with a focus on simple meals and cooking techniques such as how to cook a steak, how to make sushi and how to make a Sunday roast.
Kelly’s book The Bare Basics is a cookbook with a difference, combining cheeky food photography with healthy, simple meal recipes.
The Bare Basics cookbook features naked men tastefully modelling food, in what is a cheeky take on the traditional recipe book.
The book was recently launched and was featured at the USC Open Day earlier this year.
“The book received an excellent response,” Kelly said.
“The students love the book and how cheeky it is.
“This cookbook is here to help future students ensure they learn how to nourish themselves in order to get through the physical and mental demands of student life.”
