Nigella inspired recipes

Nigella Lawson now she is in some ways England's very own Martha Stewert, minus the jail time of course. With gorgeous curves like her, you can tell she is a fiend to her chocolate cakes, unctuous puddings and feel good dinners. Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are. Anthelme Brillat-Savarin well who am i to argue, she eats sexy food and she is sexy.. make sense? Her recipes are no fuss, and dare i say for the lazy cook.

If anyone has seen any of her series she they'd know that she does not p'fart around in the kitchen. With all of us being retardedly busy we should all take a page out of Ms Lawsons book. Be it sunshine or rain she always has a recipe that will compliment the day, a few that really struck my fancy was her watermelon salad w feta & olives, thin slices of salmon in a dark sweet soy w grated ginger and spring onions, 'anglo-asian lamb salad' and the sinful Nutella cake...

So in homage to her recipes here are a few of my own with a bit of a twist.

Watermelon salad, with feta and olives
half watermelon, 250gr Feta cheese, handful of olives, mint or parsley (either works good), olive oil 3/4 Tbsp (optional) roasted pistachio as garnish 150gr, lemon sugar
*Thinly slice onion and soak in lemon juice,zest and sugar dressing.
*Cube watermelon and put into a large serving bowel and crumble over feta.
*halve or slice olives
*low heat pan roast the pistachio once done put in a paper bag and crush with a bottom of a mug if you dont have a rolling pin =p
*add olive oil to the soaked onions and juices, mix together and pour on top of watermelon
*garnish w chopped basil or parsley

Lamb Salad
You can make this with left over lamb roast, or if you weren't lucky enough to have it the night before go out and buy lamb loin instead.
350/450gr lamb loin, packet rocket leaves, head of cos lettuce, mint, 1small packet glass noodles, 4 tbsp fish sauce,chopped deseeded small chilli,half lime, 2 tbsp sugar,4 tbsp water
*season lamb with salt and pepper sear over a grill pan or normal pan if you dont have one 5 min per side depending on preferred 'doneness' *cough* med rare ** rest meat before slicing
*soak glass noodles boiling water from kettle
* make a bed of rocket leaves and chopped cos lettuce (bite size)
*make a dressing with the fish sauce,chilli, lime, sugar and water (this dressing recipe is just a guide you can adjust it to your liking depending on whether ur a sweet or salty kida cat)
*rule of thumb though... balance is the key
*cut glass noodles in half drain and lay onto of lettuce
*thinly slice lamb and scatter on to the noodles and drizzle over w dressing
*garnish with mint leaves

Soba noodles with seared salmon
This is a twist on hybrid between nigella and Nobu's recipe(and my own of course), and is for those who are a bit squeamish on raw fish
400/500 gr fresh salmon, half cup of olive oil, small knob of ginger,1 spring onion, 2 tbsp dark soy, 3tbsp** this soba noodle sauce is what i always use and works really well with the salmon you can get it at most asian grocers , cant read japanese read the ingredients at the back if it has soy,dashi,mirin your set!!, soba noodles, long grated zucchini, long grated carrot
*thinly slice salmon and place on plate, grate small amounts of ginger over and garnish with spring onions
*boil water and add in the zucchini and carrot 30/4o seconds before the noodles are done, drain well add soba dressing according to taste.
*make a dressing with dark soy and soba dressing and spoon evenly over salmon
*heat oil until almost smoking and drizzle hot oil over the salmon slightly cooking it
*enjoy the samlon together with the noodles

Nutella cake
This is the extremely lazy boy way of making this Nutella cake but it works and even the most novice of bakers can make this.
1 packet of instant cake mix ** white wings etc, 200/300 grams hazelnuts ,jar nutella, whipped /clotted cream/hazelnut ice cream ** you decide
*prepare cake mix according to instructions cool and cut in half
*spread nutella on both layers of the cake use as much or as little as u like
* roast the hazel nuts on a low heat,crush **not too fine give it crunch!! and sprinkle over the nutella
*put the cake together slice and serve with your choice of cream or ice cream =]