nigel slaters simple suppers, on now bbc1 7.30

Gers

LOVE Nigel Slater - by far and away my favourite chef/cook and use his recipes a lot. Best one was a free giveaway in a Sunday paper, a precis of his 30 minute meals - 10 minute trifle with no jelly and a fabulous marscapone topping. The last line said something like 'leave in fridge for at least half hour - I don't usually bother and find 1 minute is enough' :rotfl::rotfl: Follow that bit of advice each time.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00mq461/Nigel_Slaters_Simple_Suppers_Making_It_Up_Isnt_Making_Do/ iPlayer link

tessie_bear

i thought that was a good programme...wonder when the books due ?

Butterfly_Brain

the_other_mce wrote: »

Blast - I missed it! I love Nigel Slater's cooking - his 30 minute recipes book is my favourite cookbook, scrummy, delicious, eat it now type food. I'd really recommend his books. I hope it's on BBC i player....

It is! and the recipes are on there too:D

thriftlady_2

I'm not sure the book is related to the series. It is about vegetable cookery. Due out on the 15th I think.

I watched and enjoyed this programme. I particularly liked his thoughts on recipes. I'm always banging on about not following recipes as if they were the 'one of the 10 commandments'.

I also liked the fact that the programme was just about food and not about members of the public and how bad they are at cooking, budgeting and generally running their lives.

It made me seriously hungry though:p

gairlochgal

I watched with my 9 yr old. She was deeply appalled by the Friday fry up of leftovers and insisted that he is stupid as his fridge is so empty and he can't figure out that he needs to go shopping!

recovering_spendaholic

I want to live with Nigel Slater in that house - I know he's gay but I don't mind! I could listen to him talking about food and cooking all day!

thriftlady_2

I have a feeling the the kitchen was a set. Something about the patio through the French windows didn't look right. I still want my kitchen to look like it set or not. The garden's definitely his though.

Inspired by Nigel's approach to free-form trifle I think I'm going to make a free-form cheesecake at the weekend. I don't want to make or buy custard for trifle but I do have cream cheese and digestives (leftover from a chocolate biscuit cake) and I have tons of berries in the freezer.

I think I'll beat the cheese with some cream and/or yogurt, sugar and a squirt of lemon juice. I'll cook the berries as he did and make the biscuit base. Then I shall layer it in a glass bowl.

Curlytop40

Sounds good thriftlady.

Loubee_2

recovering_spendaholic wrote: »

I want to live with Nigel Slater in that house - I know he's gay but I don't mind! I could listen to him talking about food and cooking all day!

Ha ha-me too! He just seems so nice and gentle, and so passionate about food. Was very upset to find out he was gay as I had him on my list as a potential Mr Loubee

Loved the program, looking forward to next week's one on using up leftovers

jayward

love nigel slaters recipes enjoyed the prog .i wonder is it true the snails dont like swiss chard if its true im growing that next year ,i could export snails to france that many in my garden .