Episode 2: Leftovers
Food writer Nigel Slater raids his cupboards, fridge and vegetable patch to create a week’s worth of delicious meals. This time, the remains of the Sunday roast are the starting point for Nigel, as he makes amazing food out of seemingly uninspiring leftovers. It may sound frugal, but Nigel uses his culinary creativity to show why he is one of the nation’s favourite foodies. He also visits local allotment holders, and is challenged to cook something on the plot using the freshest of ingredients.
A program all about leftovers sounds good to me. I have noticed that a lot of people throw away so much food and it just doesn’t occur to them to even think about getting another meal out of the leftovers. You can save a lot of money by using the leftovers and get a lot of interesting meals. The first recipe he cooked included cous cous and fresh herbs and interestingly pea shoots! I’m so glad he used those as it’s something very cheap and very nutritious and he puts the chicken on a bed of pea shoots which looked fantastic and so simple and different.
I love his garden! I’m having a little bit of garden envy. I suppose that’s ok since he has allotment envy lol. He’s so down to earth and practical and inventive. I do love Nigel. He visited a family (Olga and her children) that has a double allotment and the veg was fantastic – huge sweetcorn! They’ve had it for two years and had to start from scratch as it was apparently “a dump”. They were growing white chard which did look a lot like some kind of spinach. I will have to investigate white chard as it’s not something I’ve ever tried. They also had some pretty big sunflowers too. Nigel makes a beautiful looking creamy tomato sauce with the tomatoes from the allotment. At times like this I wish I had smell-o-vision. They also had a nice big rhubarb patch which made me miss my rhubarb from the old house. Nigel cooked a rhubarb dessert and also mackerel with rhubarb.
Leek risotto as the Friday night supper, a good easy standby for a lazy Friday night.
Recipes are available on the BBC:
