Nigella Express - Nigella Lawson

I have never been known in my family as a good cook. This is less due to my lack of ability in the kitchen, more my lack of effort. I have never had the patience to mess around with pastry and other such time consuming things - I'd much rather make something quick but equally delicious. Knowing this, my Mum bought me Nigella Express last Christmas and I have to hand it to her - it was spot on! As Nigella says in the intro `This is, as the title makes clear, a book about fast food, but it is a book about fast food for those who love eating. Perhaps that's self-evident: How could I write any ... more

My Opinion It's no secret among my family and friends that I'm the worlds most awful cook. I fail at pretty much everything I try - toast, beans (yes, I even manage to burn beans!) - you name it, I'll find away to destroy it. So, after I prepared a dreadful Valentine's day meal (an attempt at roast beef which ended up looking like burnt tinfoil), those who love me decided that it was time for an intervention or, as I like to call it, a Nigella-vention. After attempting a few easy-looking recipes, and actually being able to pull them off to a reasonable standard, I began to grow more confident ... more

I am a big fan of Nigella and have collected all her cookery books over the years. I have always admired her un-snobby passion for food. This book, like all the others, is written in a friendly tone, as if Nigella was in the kitchen with us, not bossing us around in the way some TV chefs would, but chatting away to us and inspiring us, making us delight in the whole cookery process rather than being intimidated by it. The book specialises in meals that are quick and uncomplicated to prepare. There are some helpful suggestions for time-reducing alternatives to traditional recipes - such as a ... more

This is an excellent book for practically anyone who is wanting to experiment in the kitchen without too much time, effort and expense. It's fab and all recipes can be done in around 6steps, what more could you ask for!! It is definitely the ideal book for those of us who like the idea of cooking but feel it takes too long for only 20 minutes worth of eating. I have done a couple of the recipes now and each one has been successful, which is extremely rare for me! And even better is the fact that the ingredients used are items you would use yourself and will usually find lurking in the back of ... more

I requested this book for Christmas after having watched the bbc tv series and I'm glad I got it. The book is full of easy to make interesting food. And it is proper food, this is not a book of recipes which you would never make and couldn't feed your kids with, this is family cooking at its best. There are recipes for breakfasts, for lunches, for dinners and also for snacks and desserts. The lunches I have found to be invaluable, they have brightened up my packed lunch thats for certain. Instead of just being light meals you can eat at lunch time, these recipes have been thought up ... more

I love this book, Nigella is great!! The recipes are so easy to follow, my husband bought me this book and he says its the best gift he's ever got me! He gets to eat all the rewards. You should definately try the chocolate fudge ice cream sauce and the chocolate cookies, not that I'm a chocoholic or anything! The whole book is brilliant, there are some great ideas for quick evening meals and also when you want to do some thing a bit more special. My family like the bacon brandied chicken so much we have it for every sunday dinner now! I suggest you stock up your cupboards with ingrediants ... more