Airdate: Simply Nigella

UK celebrity chef Nigella Lawson returns to LifeStyle FOOD next month with a new series, Simply Nigella.

Filmed in her own kitchen, the 6 x 30 minute series the show is designed to present food that doesn’t involve a complicated shopping list or hours in the kitchen.

In each episode, Nigella uses her recipes to connect with the audience like never before – intimately sharing the story of each dish before it’s cooked, revealing just what it is about specific ingredients that makes them her favourites and giving us her best tips to make life easier in the kitchen – and outside of it, too.

From healthy everyday breakfasts and substantial weekend brunches, to stress-free dinners and bowl food that comforts, Simply Nigella brings us recipes that are both a pleasure to cook and eat.

Think light and uplifting soups, simple stir fries, one-pot wonders and plenty of baked treats, to desserts that are both indulgent and healthy.

In episode one, Nigella introduces us to recipes that are “quick and calm”. There’s Nigella’s favourite breakfast – her now infamous twist on avocado toast; a deliciously different Thai noodle dish with cinnamon and prawns that was inspired by a recent holiday to Thailand, and a laid back family dinner of luscious lamb ribs, cumin and nigella seeds, served with a feta and avocado salad.

To help the wind down at the end of a hectic day, there’s some stove-side pottering with Nigella’s warm spiced cauliflower and chickpea salad. And a sweet treat comes in the form of a beautifully simple apricot almond cake.

Wednesday, December 2 at 8.30pm on LifeStyle FOOD.