Nigella Express

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Nigella Lawson

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Pages: 400 (Hardcover)

ISBN: 0701181842

Pub: Chatto and Windus

Pub date: 2007-09-06

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 16

Editorial Review:

20% OFF! Whilst Stocks Last! The accompaniment to her new 13 part prime-time series for the Autumn which will be perfect for those of us who need instant culinary gratification! Fast foods, ingenious short cuts, terrific time-saving ideas and easy, delicious meals for all the family. Nigella and her style of cookery have earned a special place in our lives, symbolising all that is best, most pleasurable, most hands-on and least fussy about good food. But that doesn't mean she wants us to spend hours in the kitchen, slaving over a hot stove. Featuring fabulous fast foods, ingenious short cuts, terrific time-saving ideas, effortless entertaining and easy, delicious meals, "Nigella Express" is her solution to eating well when time is short. This new book is every working mother's dream and a joy for everyone who wants to cook but can't seem to find the time. Here are mouthwatering recipes, quick to prepare, easy to follow, that you can conjure up after a long day in the office or on a busy weekend, for family or unexpected guests. This is food you can make as you hit the kitchen running, with vital tips on how to keep your store cupboard stocked, freezer and fridge stacked.

Reader Reviews:

Express Success!! (0/1 people found this helpful)

This book is a hit! I bought it when I was having guests for the week-end. I wanted to spend more time with my guests than time spent over a hot cooker. It worked, I prepared ahead where I could like Nigella's tip of storing your ready made pancake mix. My guests loved everything I made from the tasty Quesadillas Tortilla wrap Page 240 to the hugely popular Smoked salmon potato cakes page 198. with the exquisite Flourless Choc brownies page 51 and my absolute top favourite of Cherry cheesecake page 81. If I have any critisism, it would have to be the several pounds I piled on over the weekend. You do need to be aware that many of the recipes should carry a high fat warning. Right now, there's just time to make a Mocha choc smoothie whilst the TV adverts are on. Thats what I call an express success!!
P.S. Such was it's popularity that two of my friends have since made me order a book for themselves....Is nothing sacred?

Fabulous (4/4 people found this helpful)

I love this book! I have cooked more of the recipes from this book than I have from any other on my heaving cookery book shelf! From the truly delicious prawn linguine on a work night, to the glittery marshmallow squares for my niece's birthday party, to tasty Mexican scrambled egg on a Sunday morning... fab fab fab! And that's not to mention the coq au riesling and quesadillas, which I have happily cooked for friends. I've recommended this book to family, friends and colleagues, and heartily recommend it to Amazon readers too!

IF YOU ONLY BUY ONE COOK BOOK THIS YEAR, MAKE IT THIS ONE!! (3/3 people found this helpful)

I am a huge fan of cooking and I'm at my happiest when I am in the kitchen, whizzing up gourmet meals for ten dinner guests. However, I also have a toddler, baby and husband to feed every evening. Not only is time precious, but the food has to be tasty to be accepted!

Cue Nigella Express.
I have made dozens of recipes from this book and so far every single one of them has worked, and has been praised and revered by all who have sampled them. The Tiramisu is one of the best I have ever eaten, and it's one of my favourite desserts. The black beans with tuna is to die for, as are the chickpeas with rocket and sherry. I have to admit that my husband and toddler looked at me like I'd gone mad when I presented them with a bowl of chickpeas for dinner. But ten minutes, and two full bellies later, they admitted that it was stunningly good.

Fab, fab, fab is all I can say. Don't even think about not buying it!!!

A Culinary Godsend (13/15 people found this helpful)

I await the latest instalment from Nigella with eager anticipation, and have not been disappointed by this latest offering. I am currently dealing with two faddy children, one husband on a complicated diet and me and an eighteen month old who will eat anything that passes our way. This makes meal times long, complicated and often frustrating. Nigella has saved me from despair with this book.

The recipes are easy, common sense and most importantly tasty. They allow you to cut corners and save time without feeling like a charlatan and a poisoner, and they satisfy most of the faddy eaters in my house. What more can a woman want?

The triple chocolate biscuits are hugely popular with us, particularly because they swell to the size of dinner plates in the oven and are very impressive to small children everywhere. The hokey pokey is brilliant and easy. The cheesecake is fantastic to make with small kids because no cooking is required and they feel like chefs. The curry in a hurry is a firm favourite. In fact, everything I have cooked has gone down a storm and the pages of another one of her books are yet again coated in residue from many afternoons of hard use.

I don't know what I'd do without her frankly. Brilliant.

Nigella is back with a vengeance! (6/9 people found this helpful)

I have all of Nigella's books and this is the one I use most. It is absolutely fantastic and Nigella has returned full force with one of the best cookbooks she's ever produced.

The recipes are absolutely perfect for the average working person - no cooking for hours when you get home, no expensive ingredients, no leaving things to steep/marinate/cook overnight. This book does exactly what it sets out to do - good food fast!

So many modern cookery books stipulate hard to source ingredients or require you to be in the kitchen for hours to produce something both palatable and enjoyable but Nigella does what she does best and produces exquisite food which is ready within minutes.

I thoroughly recommend this book to all. Even if you are not the best cook in the world the recipes are so foolproof and easy to follow that you cannot help but get great results.

Nigella may not be everyone's cup of tea but I am a massive fan and I challenge you to eat the Ice-cream Cake and not fall in love with her!

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