Sofa Side Snacks

Cosmo Cocktail Sausages

I couldn’t help myself. I can’t have a party without some cocktail sausages and wanted to make them just a little bit differently from usual. The inspiration comes from a Cosmopolitan cocktail: in pla…

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Soccermole

In celebration of the World Cup, and as tradition decrees, I suggest by way of a sofa-side snack my Soccermole. This, you won't be surprised to learn, is a version of Guacamole, by way of my proudest…

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Bar Nuts

You might think that nuts, untampered with, are perfect picking food as they are, and up to a point you'd be right. But try these, modestly adapted from the recipe for the spiced nuts served at the Un…

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Peanut Butter Hummus

Peanut butter hummus doesn't have an elegant ring to it, but elegant is exactly what this is. Rather than using tahini, which is in effect sesame butter, I use peanut butter. Although I think this ver…

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Naan Pizza

I beg you to keep the wherewithal for this fantastic instant snack-cum-supper in your storecupboard. It's a lifesaver! I've given my topping of preference; feel free to play about and make your own. A…

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Chocolate Chip Cookies

It seems strange that I’ve managed to write seven books without one plain chocolate chip cookie (by which I mean a plain cookie with chocolate chips in it). It’s true that the Totally Chocolate Chocol…

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Just came out of the oven and these cookies are heaven..... Yum yum

Totally Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies

Along with chocolate, there is much comfort to be gleaned from reading cookbooks. This recipe combines two loves by being chocolatey to the point of madness and having revealed itself to me after a co…

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These are the best cookies I've ever eaten. It's impossible to only cook half the batch. In fact they're so good I just double up all the ingredients and freeze 12 and cook 12!

Lamb Patties With Hummus and Pitta

Think hamburger, Middle-Eastern style. And if this isn't enough of a come-on, think again. I am mad for these pitta-sandwiches smeared with hummus and stuffed with red onion, mint, shredded lettuce an…

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Mini Meatloaves

These mini meatloves are best eaten cold, either dunked in mayo, ketchup, brown sauce or mustard, or sliced up and made into sandwiches with your sauce of choice or, indeed, the whole concatenation of…

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Wow, made these for the first time today and were lovely. Love the fact that I got enough left for the rest of the week. Thank you Nigella.

Elvis Presley's Fried Peanut-Butter and Banana Sandwich

This recipe, for want of a better word, comes from a rhinestone gem of a cookbook Are You Hungry Tonight?, a collection of Elvis Presley's favourite foodstuffs, which I bought on a visit to Graceland…

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Quesadillas

Just thinking of these makes me salivate: these toasted sandwiches have the perfect more-ish mixture between thin crisp crust and gooey yielding middle. What's more, they're pretty well instant to mak…

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Roquamole

Although I have called this incredible blue cheese and avocado dip roquamole, I actually make it with St Agur rather than Roquefort. But do feel free to use any blue cheese you want, of course, bearin…

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This is the best dip ever! Try it and you’ll be hooked for life.

Tuna and Crab and Avocado Wraps

I have never really thought of myself as a person who could wrap, fold or fiddle about with food or felt that way inclined. But you know, when you get into it, it's really quite OK — actually, more th…

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Jumbo Chilli Sauce

This chilli sauce is big — big flavour, big kick, big reward. The name, however, derives from the fact that the recipe was given to me by my brother-in-law, Jim, Jimbo to me, but often known teasingly…

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