Feasting on Nigella Feasts

Food Network has done it again - they’ve served up another amazing cooking show hosted by an even more amazing personality. I was perfectly content with my “set” favorite shows (Paula’s Home Cooking, all of Rachael Ray’s shows, Everyday Italian, Emeril light and Emeril Live, Good Eats, Food 911, Tyler’s Ultimate, anything by Jamie Oliver, Throwdown and The Secret Life Of…) - more than content, actually, I was as happy as a fat woman in Duncan Doughnuts on pay day.

Truth be known, I didn’t really have any extra time for following another show - then along comes Nigella Lawson, daring me not to get hooked.

I didn’t much want to like her at first - she looks like a young Elizabeth Taylor crossed with a young Raquel Welch. Add in a lovely personality, beautiful voice, and the ability to cook like Emeril - I not only didn’t want to like her, I just wanted her to go away.

Then, a hurt foot and a remote control with faulty batteries found me on the couch and face to face with her. 30 Minutes later, I’d determined three things:

1. I had to go to Food TV.com and print out each of the recipes she used.
2. While on the website, I had to find out the times Nigella was on - so I wouldn’t miss any.
3. I needed to go to the store to get the ingredients for not one, but two of her recipes from the show to make right away: The Chocolate and Peanut Granola and the Raspberry and Oatmeal Swirls.

Done, done, and done. I’ve even made the Chocolate and Peanut Granola - it’s perfectly delicious. I couldn’ t find the brown rice syrup or rice malt syrup in my neck of the woods, so I just used some Dark Corn Syrup that I had left from a recent Pecan Pie.

The Raspberry and Oatmeal Swirls are set to be made today, and the other dishes she made will hit my counter later in the week.

If you haven’t caught one of her shows yet, make it a point to do so. It’s time very well spent. To show how impressed I was — I’ve only seen one show, so far, but I’ve already included her name in my “Blog Category Subjects” to the right. See? She’s right there with Paula, Rachael, Giada, Emeril, and Alton.

Joi

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