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Series 1
Episode 1 - Fast food
In the first episode, Nigella turns her attention to quick, satisfying meals. Nothing fits the bill quite like her lemon linguine. She prepares rice and tomato soup, along with upmarket mushy peas with salmon fillets and bacon. To finish, Nigella pulls out an easy two-course dinner: griddled chicken with herb-spiked yoghurt and couscous, plus a rich chocolate pudding that's ready in 10 minutes!
Episode 2 - Entertaining
For Nigella, entertaining means spending time with friends, not anguishing alone in the kitchen. To take the strain out of home entertaining, Nigella prepares a Middle Eastern-style mezze. While the food itself isn't entirely Middle Eastern, Nigella emulates the style of eating, serving a series of dishes, including hummus with yoghurt, olive oil and toasted pine nuts, along with guacamole studded with green chilli, garlic, prosciutto and beans. This is easy cooking and easy eating.
Episode 3 - Family food
We all have certain foods which remind us of childhood and offer a sense of comfort. Dishes that our parents prepared often retain a special place in our hearts. For Nigella, her ultimate 'desert island dish' is her mother's steak béarnaise and, for dessert, her grandmother's poached pears with vanilla ice-cream and a dark, luscious chocolate sauce.
Episode 4 - Home alone
In this episode, Nigella focuses on the foods she loves to eat when she's cooking for one. A favourite and frequently eaten lunch is salad with pancetta and Parmesan. Nigella prepares lamb chops with a garlicky tahini and lemon sauce, and shares her take on South East Asian-flavoured mussels.
Episode 5 - Weekend
Nigella Lawson shares her favourite weekend recipes, focusing on the simple, yet delicious food she cooks for herself, her family and friends. Nigella shares one of her weekend favourites, Greek lamb stew, along with Clementine cake and a beautiful Sunday roast.
Series 2
Episode 1 - TV dinners
Nigella shows it's easy to rustle up a selection of TV dinners for those occasions when time is of the essence. Her catalogue includes Thai yellow pumpkin and seafood curry, linguine with garlic oil and pancetta, and salt and pepper squid.
Episode 2 - Comfort food
Tonight's episode is all about Nigella's favourite comfort foods. First up, she prepares rich and creamy mashed potato, handily incorporating the leftovers into salmon cakes. Next, Nigella reveals her recipe for risotto, a dish she considers not only comfort food, but comfort cooking. To top things off, Nigella cooks a rich chicken soup and perhaps the ultimate comfort food: chocolate cake.
Episode 3 - All-day breakfast
Why should our eating habits be constrained by a clock? Enjoy breakfast food day or night. For Nigella Lawson, breakfast starts with pancakes and muffins. Later she shares a recipe for a rich Indian masala omelette. Every late breakfast deserves a liquid accompaniment, so Nigella whips up a batch of Bloody Mary, and concludes her meal with Kugel, a sweet German cake.
Episode 4 - Trashy
Turning her back on food snobs, Nigella prepares the types of recipes most chefs wouldn't be seen dead making. Think ham baked in cola, an Elvis-style fried peanut butter and banana sandwich, and chocolate-lime cheesecake.
Episode 5 - Temple food
For anyone suffering after a heavy night of partying, Nigella Lawson has just the tonic! Here she offers recipe suggestions that cleanse the mind and body, including Vietnamese chicken with mint salad, ginger-spiked hot duck soup, papaya with raspberries and lime, and a prairie oyster - the ultimate hangover cure.
Episode 6 - Legacy
lla Lawson lovingly recreates the flavours of her childhood, using recipes handed down to her from her mother and grandmother. These include Italian sausages with lentils, bread and butter pudding and a revival of Liptauer cheese spread.
Episode 7 - Slow-cook weekend
Nigella Lawson turns her hand to slow-cook recipes requiring very little preparation. The dishes are ideal for anyone wanting to rustle up a weekend dinner party. Tonight's tempting treats include 24-hour aromatic pork, warm shredded lamb salad with mint, and sticky toffee pudding.
Episode 8 - Supper time
Tonight Nigella offers ideas for amateur cooks wanting to impress their friends with professional-looking suppertime specialities. These recipes are sure to satisfy tastebuds (and don't require a degree in home economics!). Recipes include lamb shanks with couscous, raw salmon with ginger and rice vinegar, and crème brûlée.
Episode 9 - Rainy days
Nigella Lawson rolls back the rain clouds with her foul-weather recipes, conjuring up elaborate, time-consuming creations, including chocolate cloud cake, aubergine involtini and home-made pasta with meatballs.
Episode 10 - Party girl
Nigella Lawson has found a way of providing good food while still enjoying the party. Here, she shares recipes for velvety dip, along with toasted nuts, barbecued chicken and cupcakes.
Series 3
Episode 1
In the first program of the new series, Nigella Lawson turns her attention to the apparently humble lemon, with happiness soup, and slow-roasted garlic and lemon chicken.
Episode 2
Nigella Lawson gives us her personal take on Italian food, from the classic pasta with mussels, through black rice and squid rings to her Anglo-Italian trifle.
Episode 3
Nigella Lawson takes a nostalgic look back at food we all associate with an idyllic summer: strawberries and cream. Nigella also cooks unlikely combinations to set taste buds tingling.
Episode 4
With her bag packed with some very special appliances, Nigella Lawson heads to the seaside for a bit of curry, hotcakes, passion (fruit) and rolls with her guests.
Episode 5
It may be getting cool outside but the summer heat is still coming from Nigella Lawson's kitchen. Today, Nigella looks at some ingredients that can keep the temperature high.
Episode 6
It may be getting cool outside but the summer heat is still coming from Nigella Lawson's kitchen. Today, Nigella looks at some ingredients that can keep the temperature high.
Episode 7
Mint has the ability to transform whatever it touches. Nigella Lawson looks at some food combinations that are so natural that it's hard to imagine they were invented.
Episode 8
Nigella gets rich and spicy with a touch of honey as she prepares saffron-scented chicken pilaf, flatbread pizzas, Moroccan roast lamb, and a semifreddo dessert.
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