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Easy BBQ, Bread and Pizza Recipes for Beginners

Dad What Cooks is about "tasty made easy". This is the food blog for dads who think they can’t cook. Discover simple recipes with UK measurements for BBQ, homemade bread, pizza and hearty family meals.

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Bread BBQ Pizza Air Fryer Kitchen Tips World Food

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BBQ & Smoker

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Bread & Dough

Pizza Recipes

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These are my tried and tested recipes which are the most popular posts according to visitors on the site.

Dinner From Nowt

Not sure what to cook?
I make it simple with my recipe suggestion utility.

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Latest Bread Recipes

These Bread & Dough Recipes are a haven for bakers of all levels and I will show you how good bread can be made easily.

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Bread & Pizza Dough Calculator

Bread dough hydration calculator and pizza dough calculator with presets for Ciabatta, Focaccia, Neapolitan and more

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BBQ & Smoker Recipes

These BBQ recipes will want to get you firing up the grill and cooking on charcoal (or gas).

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Tasty, made easy

Welcome to Dad What Cooks. Hi, I'm Martin and am a dad that cooks lots of types of food. I want to share my recipes and learnings with you - it's tasty, made easy.
This is my cooking journey through BBQ, pizza, and bread and is a celebration of flavours, techniques and traditions that I have learned over the years.
These are recipes for dads who can’t or won’t cook and for anyone else who wants to know how easy cooking can be.