Nigella Kitchen - Season 1

New series bubbling over with fast, feel-good food for every occasion.

Nigella cooks sumptuous roast seafood for famished friends after work; a steaming bowl of pasta with salami for ravenous kids; her soothing'mother's praised chicken'; a decadent chocolate peanut butter cheesecake for the hungry hordes; and a restorative Thai chicken noodle soup.

New series bubbling over with fast, feel-good food for every occasion.

Faced with that familiar cry of 'Hurry up, I'm hungry!', Nigella has an armoury of short cut recipes to ensure there is no waiting around.

Super-fast roast lamb with rosemary and port, rapid roastini and show-stopping, instant orange and blackberry trifle are perfect for a fast, fabulous after-work dinner with friends.

For the teenage hordes demanding dinner at the double, there is crustless pizza - an effortless crowd-pleaser, guaranteed to keep everyone happy.

For lunch in a flash there is Nigella's favourite - fail-safe, succulent Japanese prawns, cooked up and devoured in mere moments.

You can even party against the clock with Nigella's no-stress, make-it-yourself chicken fajitas feast, washed down with luscious largaritas.

Cooking, eating and entertaining in a time crunch will never be a problem again.

Nigella Lawson conjures up more dazzling dishes from the heart of the home, finding inspiration anywhere and everywhere with delicious results.

Recipes include the fabulously kitsch grasshopper pie - the brainchild of a night sat in front of the telly; and easy, elegant, spatchcocked poussins with baby leaf salad and sourdough croutons - a treat for two from travels in San Francisco. Plus there's spaghetti with Marmite - an incredibly simple supper for adults and kids alike, found whilst flicking through a favourite recipe book; and almost-instant Korean calamari, a delectable dinner dreamt up while indulging in another favourite pastime - shopping.

Truly heavenly meals don't have to start life with painfully expensive ingredients. Nigella's got a whole host of sublime recipes up her sleeve that hail from far more modest beginnings. Like South Indian Vegetable Curry - made from the wilting contents of a Monday morning fridge raid, decadent Chocolate Chip Bread pudding AKA stale bread reincarnated Nigella style. Beer Braised Pork Knuckles with Caraway, Garlic, Apples and Potatoes - totally divine and cheap to boot. And who'd have thought plain old eggs and bacon could be transformed into a sumptuous salad or the store cupboard could hold the key to a crowd pleasing Pantry Paella?

This is a real case of rags to riches; where divine meals don't have to break the bank.

Whether you're cooking for family, friends or just yourself, suppertime needs to be easy. If you're home alone and deserving a treat, simple spaghetti is the answer. If you have people coming over and arepressed for time - Spanish chicken with chorizo and potatoes is the work of moments, the leftovers turned into dreamy breakfast quesadillas. There's Nigella's no-fuss fruit tart and for evenings when you need speed, ease and restoration there's lemony salmon with cherry tomato couscous. And for those moments when cooking is beyond you, a chip kebab is the answer.

Whether you're cooking for family, friends or just yourself, suppertime needs to be easy. No time to bake is no problem with Nigella's Irish oaten roll: fast and easy to make, they are instant comfort and instant gratification. Salty and sweet may not sound like a match made in heaven, but Nigella's Sweet And Salty Crunch Nut Bars are totally irresistible. Plus take a leap of faith with her inky Black Squink Risotto, as dramatically spectacular with its black rice and sauteed squid topping as it is simple to make. There's also an unusual slow-cooked melt in the mouth Asian Braised Shin of Beef topped with a crisp hot and sour shredded salad.

It's a long weekend of comfort cooking in Nigella's Kitchen where the food is delicious and the cooking is easy. The action starts on Friday night with a fast and fabulous supper of sauteed Scallops with ThaiScented Pea Puree, then it's Saturday lunch for the kids and Nigella's conjuring up an Italian classic, Pasta Alla Genovese, a double carb dish of spaghetti cooked with potatoes and a fabulous home made basil pesto. Then Nigella's cooking Sunday lunch for friends and family and serving meatloaf, America's all time top comfort food. It's her friend Ed's Mother's Meatloaf made with hard boiled eggs hidden inside and served in thick slices with Baked Potatoes drizzled in a divine Blue Cheese Dressing. And for dessert? Strawberry and Almond Crumble with cream - what else could it be.

Nigella doesn't need to leave the house to travel - she has the whole world at her fingertips, visiting all corners of the globe from her kitchen.

First to Asia, with a delicious, fast and easy chicken teriyaki with noodles and sugar snap peas. Next a two-stop trip to Italy, with an incredible Venetian carrot cake with rum mascarpone cream and easy indulgent lone linguine with white truffle oil, the perfect dinner for one.

Then an instant ticket to Spain, for a kitchen fiesta with sugar-coated churros and meltingly delicious chocolate dipping sauce. Nigella is a dedicated kitchen tourist and everyone is invited on the trip.

Nigella shares the secrets of food and flavours she just can't live without.

Lemon plays the starring role in a deliciously moist lemon polenta cake, the perfect teatime treat or dinner party dessert. Fresh pink garlic takes centre stage in a simple take on a French classic, chicken with 40 cloves of garlic - in true Nigella style it's one hundred per cent one-pot wonder.

There's chocolate, of course, in moist gooey brownies that are effortless, easy and use everyday ingredients. If you ever need cakes in a hurry these brownies are the answer. Chili is Nigella's final food hero - perfect in a fiery chorizo and chick pea stew you can rustle up from the pantry in no time at all.

Nigella uses every trick in the book to make food that's delicious and as effortless as possible.

Nigella shows a speedy take on a French classic, tarragon chicken with steamed green beans, that's the work of moments and makes a perfect after work supper. She's taking the easy street to baking with an almost instant cream tea - 20 minute buttermilk scones served with clotted cream and golden syrup. Plus finally she's whipping up a fusion fiesta with Mexican lasagne and a cool green avocado salsa and no churn pina colada ice cream for dessert that makes light work of cooking dinner for a crowd.

Nigella is putting her very own stamp on some seriously fabulous and favourite recipes.

First up, a luscious Italian dessert, tiramisu made even more incredible with hazelnut liqueur. Then it's her home-style version of Jamaica's classic jerk chicken with coconutty rice and peas. And she is shaking up an all-time favourite salad, turning the left-over jerk chicken into a quick chick Caesar. Then toad in the hole gets a face-lift for a cosy and cocooning Sunday night supper.

This is the food Nigella loves, and she did it her way.

It's time for some seriously delicious eating and in Nigella's kitchen every mouthful is devilishly good.

First up is her fabulous, fiery, red jumbo chilli sauce with tortilla chips, washed down with a cool and classic Americano cocktail. If it's ease you need, she's got the answer - it's greed-gratifying roast duck and potatoes with a simple salad. For a leisurely breakfast, cinnamon plums and French toast are worth waking up for. And straight from her chocolate hall of fame, gleaming frosted devils food cake - forget the name, this is heavenly.

It is Christmas and Nigella is having a fabulous easy drinks party. On the menu there are meltingly tender turkey meatballs in tomato sauce and a must-have party recipe, wholegrain mustard and ginger cocktailsausages served in a scooped-out loaf. For something a little different, there is gorgeous grilled halloumi in radicchio leaves with a zingy beetroot and lime sauce. Then as festive a dessert as you could imagine, squares of black beer gingerbread with snow-white icing sugar. And for a final flourish, a simple, seasonal cocktail, Filthy Fizz. There is more, she has got the lowdown on store-bought nibbles and she is sharing the secret to her party countdown plans. This is the season to be merry and Nigella has it all wrapped up.