Category : Real Cooking

Donna Hay ‘must cook’ recipes of the month

When you’re walking through the supermarket and you’re confronted with the cake on the front cover of the latest issue of Donna Hay magazine, is there any way you can pick it up and put it back on the shelf again? I think not!

As usual, Donna’s magazines are crammed full of gorgeous photos of food and homewares that make you wish you could vanish in to the pages of the magazine and not come out for a while. They are also scattered with lots of quick, simple and yummy recipes that the average punter would cook and eat with ease, and a sprinkling of harder and slightly ‘wanky’ items for those with a bit of a sense of adventure.

For me, this month, page 59 and the ‘baked chocolate custard cups’ grabbed my eye. It’s basically a standard baked custard recipe with 150g of dark chocolate thrown in for good measure. For those watching the waist line, check out the ‘red lentil and white bean soup’ and for those who are lazy and/or busy, the ‘one pot wonders’ will give you a helping hand in the kitchen without having to resort to frozen crap from the supermarket!

Nigella Express – real recipes, fast & fabulous food

Nigella Express is our favourite Nigella book. To truly appreciate this book, watch the TV series first, or with the book.

Nigella cooks fabulous simple food, and makes it look easy while still producing a tasty result. In this book & serious, she simplifies time consuming recipes, making cooking on the run easy & tasty. Our favourite was a spin on the old ’spag bol’ which involves using garlic infused olive oil, caramelised onions and some red lentils instead of pasta. Flip through your copy of Nigella Express for this and many other fabulous recipes.

Note: the book has a lot more in it than the series, so start your stoves!