Nigella Express: 130 Recipes for Good Food, Fast by Nigella Lawson
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Book Reviews of Nigella Express: 130 Recipes for Good Food, Fast
Book Review: You will get hungry reading this book
Summary: 5 Stars
Nigella Lawson is a fabulous cook - if you've ever seen her on Style or FoodNetwork, she is delicious to watch. Her style is simple, stylish and tasteful. Every recipe in this book has turned out fabulous for me. I am not the world's greatest cook, but with her expert narration, many meals were a breeze.Book Review: Express way into my tummy
Summary: 5 Stars
I was actually surprised that Nigella came out with this new cooking concept, making her favorites with short cuts, suddenly being impatient and saving time while still having parties and cooking dinners ever night for her family. Honestly I never found her recipes hard, I enjoyed making everything the proper way but I have to say its fun to find way to cheat I guess, making mousses without all the fancy work, creams and cakes and stews with minimal effort, without hours of baking and slow cooking, using less ingredients ( saves tons of money) and still eating something tasty.
Basically this book is filled with recipes one can make for any occasion, best yet for dinner after a hectic day of work, using 4-5 ingredients, simple and still having something to put on the table that is not the same old saver we turn to. Too often it's easy to fall into a comfortable rut and cook the same thing; with this book it is really easy to gently shake things up. Sometimes I read it at work, photocopy pages, stop at the store on my way home and make something new that's different and doesn't require me to spend 2 hours cooking and then washing lots of pots and pans. I think to write this book requires more effort, it's easy to make a complex dish using thirty ingredients, but hard to make something simple that takes the least amounts of effort but is edible. I often pick one recipe, and then make a side of my choice even if it's steamed veggies and dinner is on the table in no time.
I have been using this book since last November and some of the my favorites are;
Mustard Pork Chops page 11- any meat can be used but pair it with white cannolini beans, simplicity ( 5 ingredients! ) at its highest, actually writing about it now made me decide to make it for dinner tonight, yet again.
Steak Slick with Lemon and Thyme - great on some toasted ciabatta bread the next day or as an elegant supper, lemon and thyme seems to be a classic combination, not I make all my steaks this way.
Cheese Fondue - Gruyere, Brie, Emmental and Camembert melt into a spectacular and easy dip for anything you can find in the fridge. Some white wine in the sauce and then in the glass to drink with completes this fun dinner.
Chocolate Croissants - more fun then I thought to make, sometimes I just make four, with this book there is no need to make thirty servings of something, I often make enough for just one day.
Moonblush tomatoes page 126- sour, tangy, roasted and great side to savory dishes, my new favorite. I find it goes great with eggs for breakfast!
Irish Cream Tiramisu - wow, interesting and make sure to reserve a nap after, packs a punch!
There are stir-fries, galettes, cakes, burgers, all sorts of meats and pastas, each page has a tiny recipe with a gorgeous picture, and this book is actually very useful and makes cooking fun especially to see how the short cuts turn out. I mean if the short list of ingredients doesn't make one want to cook out of it then the pictures will, and it's nice to have a cookbook that is always used versus having one recipe in it that I have to turn to. Nigella throws things together in a beautiful way, after reading and cooking her recipes to me they are as natural as breathing and they pretty much always turn out perfect! Now that is a feat, I haven't had to apologize for making something new to anyone and it's easy to see that her ingredient pairing choices are well through out and put together.
- Kasia S.
Book Review: Bye bye Martha Buy- Nigella
Summary: 5 Stars
She's way better than Martha, so real!! & everyone can do everything in her book...& yummyBook Review: Easy, Quick & Yummy
Summary: 5 Stars
My fiance and I have been searching for a cookbook we would actually use and after thumbing through books at Target we decided on this one. We've had it a week and have made the mustard chops, stir fry and the cornish hens. I've loved all of them! We varied a little like using potatoes with the chops, added more veggies and used poultry seasoning and tony's on the hens. We love the fact that we can shop and keep the majority of the ingrediants in the pantry and stop at the store for fresh fish, meat or veggies to make our meal. Pretty much all the recipes have 6-10 ingredients. A few had items I never heard of but if you go to her website you can find descriptions and/or alternatives. I see some of the review state that her recipes are not low fat...but shes not trying to sell it as a low fat cookbook. I think that you could probably get away with making some of her recipes healthier by using less oil or trimming fat from meat! I love the fact that she includes the same ingrediant is multiple recipes...so that I'm not spending money on something just to use a teaspoon of it! So all in all I'm really happy with this book and looking forward to trying many more of her recipes!
I really do recommend this book to anyone...new cooks, families, newlyweds, singles...basically everyone!! :)
Book Review: Good Food Fast
Summary: 5 Stars
I absolutely love this book. I think I've made more recipes from its pages than any cookbook I've ever purchased. The recipes are simple and tasty and the philosophy of cooking will inspire you to try other dishes. Nigella Lawson's prose style is a very enjoyable read as well. While many of the dishes are British, it's very simple to adjust her free form style of cooking to American tastes. One caution: by Express she doesn't mean a Rachael Ray-style 30 minutes or less guarantee. Some recipes cook up in minutes, others slow cook, but take a minimum of effort.