Is Nigella really as smug as she appears?

[Voley]

I made this. Really simple and bloody lovely.

Butternut and Sweet Potato Curry

This is a rambunctiously vibrant curry, both to look at and eat. It is rich, sweet and hearty, with tomatoes providing a balancing acidity and the curry paste bringing uncompromising fire. I like the drama of black Venus rice with this, but by all means serve any rice you want alongside. For US...

www.nigella.com

 

[kebabking]

sn't it amazing what they can do with tofu these days?"

Yup, it's a superb way of filling out a bin liner.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Perhaps.

But perhaps if you add a bit of this : Essential Cuisine

or make your own (numerous recipes online, if you type "vegan chicken stock" into a search engine) ?

Thank you but I was expressing the fact that that chicken dish looks lovely but I cannot make it for me and my partner as he doesn't eat meat. I don't want to make a vegetarian alternative. I want to make it with chicken

 

[Epona]

Thank you but I was expressing the fact that that chicken dish looks lovely but I cannot make it for me and my partner as he doesn't eat meat. I don't want to make a vegetarian alternative. I want to make it with chicken

I broke in the end, I was vegetarian for a very long time (before current partner) but I wanted to eat meat again and so now I have a couple of days a week where I will do similar things for us both but a meat version for me and a veggie version for him - as long as it's not completely different it isn't a lot of effort and I don't resent never having meat any more.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

I broke in the end, I was vegetarian for a very long time (before current partner) but I wanted to eat meat again and so now I have a couple of days a week where I will do similar things for us both but a meat version for me and a veggie version for him - as long as it's not completely different it isn't a lot of effort and I don't resent never having meat any more.

I am more than happy eating meat-free food with him. I am definitely not of the idea that every meal has to contain meat. But I think eventually there will be some sort of compromise like you describe above because I do like to eat meat.

I haven't tried yet to adapt meat meals as I think they will need some clever cooking if the dish is heavily reliant on meat juices creating the flavour. I'll give it a whirl eventually but there's lots of other things to cook before bothering with that.

 

[Epona]

I am more than happy eating meat-free food with him. I am definitely not of the idea that every meal has to contain meat. But I think eventually there will be some sort of compromise like you describe above because I do like to eat meat.

I haven't tried yet to adapt meat meals as I think they will need some clever cooking if the dish is heavily reliant on meat juices creating the flavour. I'll give it a whirl eventually but there's lots of other things to cook before bothering with that.

Yep that is where I was, I was ok with it for a long time (and I do like vegetarian food) - but I'd started really craving meat and realised something had to give! So these days I don't eat a lot of meat, but the occasional meal - and I really enjoy it.

A good thing I can suggest wrt the latter is to make your own vegetable stock (portion it up to freeze so you have it to hand when needed) - it's almost always much nicer than stock cubes and especially if experimenting with veggie stews or any dish where you want a portion of it to cook in "juices" it will make a real difference to the flavour of that sort of veggie dish. Also Marmite/Henderson's Relish/mushroom based condiments are fantastic to add richness and umami which might be lacking if you simply omit the meat and replace with something veggie.

 

[Dystopiary]

Lesley Joseph has aged amazingly well, a very sexy lady.

Yeah, a lot of people say "ageing badly" when someone's just "ageing". It's quite nasty. No doubt Nigella and Lesley Joseph have "had a bit of work done" as they say; being women in the public eye it's pretty much expected, but I think some people expect celebrities to stay looking about 40, tops, forever, or else they're "ageing badly". It's ridiculous.

 

[JimW]

Yup, it's a superb way of filling out a bin liner.

We had three types of tofu in our hotpot today

 

[bellaozzydog]

I’m not gonna read the whole thread but.....

 

[Dystopiary]

Nigella is camp as heck and she knows it and plays up to it. There are lots of poshos who are far more unpleasant.

 

[two sheds]

Really, look how provocatively she was dressed walking the streets alone at night. For fucks sake.

The phwoar posts are the least of the thread's problem tbh, e.g. post #19 (no I won't quote it, page 1).

True, although that was Detroit City though so I'm not sure that it counts.

 

[Sue]

Yeah, a lot of people say "ageing badly" when someone's just "ageing". It's quite nasty. No doubt Nigella and Lesley Joseph have "had a bit of work done" as they say; being women in the public eye it's pretty much expected, but I think some people expect celebrities to stay looking about 40, tops, forever, or else they're "ageing badly". It's ridiculous.

As you say 'women'. If you're a man, it just adds...gravitas or some such shit.

 

[Dystopiary]

As you say 'women'. If you're a man, it just adds...gravitas or some such shit.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Really, her programs were like the intro to a porno scene set in a kitchen

Perhaps, but all you can do is keep your side of the street clean eh?