This January, catch Australia's best-selling cookbook author and home cooking icon, Donna Hay, on TLC’s brand new series DONNA HAY: FAST, FRESH, SIMPLE. Showcasing her repertoire of short-cuts and tricks of the trade, Donna demonstrates that achieving her signature style is not difficult. Learn how to prepare meals that look as good as they taste with DONNA HAY: FAST, FRESH, SIMPLE.
The 13-part series premieres on TLC every night at 10pm starting 1st January 2012.
Rahul Johri, senior vice president & general manager, Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific - South Asia said, “TLC has always pioneered unique concepts in food programming, whether it is with Nigella Lawson or Kylie Kwong. This new series with Donna Hay will add a new dimension to food shows on television and we are sure that our viewers will love it.”
DONNA HAY: FAST, FRESH, SIMPLE reveals Donna’s philosophy on food and showcases the natural charm and passion she brings to the world of cooking. Pick up invaluable tips like how to make an evenly roasted chicken and soufflé secrets that will have you whipping it with the best of them. Donna’s recipes for chocolate fondants, caramel ice-cream, crème brulee and many more desserts are sure-fire ways to bring some flair to your everyday meals. Leftovers are also given the Donna Hay treatment where the flavourful updates are just as good as – or even better than - the originals!
Well-loved and admired for her recipes, cookbooks and magazines, Donna Hay started her career in food as a food writer and stylist at the young age of 19. Basic ingredients, simple preparation and beautiful photography are the hallmarks of Donna’s work and have helped her build up her food empire.
In DONNA HAY: FAST, FRESH, SIMPLE, the passionate cook shows how her approach to preparing meals can deliver big results in the minimum amount of time. Putting a new spin on old favourites with a clever mix of fresh and store bought ingredients, a relaxed and composed Donna shares with viewers her tips and tricks to creating fast and simple dishes.
From pasta carbonara to Thai fish cakes, the inspired cook gives her take on creating these popular dishes and how your palate can travel the world at every meal. With Donna’s mantra of fast, fresh, simple and her easy-to-execute recipes, lazy lunches and dull dinners can indeed become a thing of the past!
DONNA HAY: FAST, FRESH, SIMPLE dazzles with the following mouth-watering episodes:
Mealtimes Made Easy
Mealtimes made easy as Donna cooks up one pot Chinese chicken and a stand by pasta that you won't even need to shop for. The humble Caesar salad gets a total transformation with Donna’s fresh take on it. Also, get to know Donna’s simple way of creating a glamourous berry mille feuille.
Cheat Eats
More secrets revealed as Donna shows how to make perfect roast chicken and chips in only half the time. Fancy a simple slow-cooked balsamic lamb that's super tender and full of flavour? Donna also reveals her fail-safe method for chocolate fondants that are perfect every time.
Standby Staples
Donna freshens up a family favourite with her quick and easy take on chicken schnitzel, offers a new spin on a Greek salad and makes a tiramisu so simple you'll want it every night.
Modern Classics
Donna revamps some classics with her chic and easy version of steak and three Veg and her special twist on pasta carbonara. Find out her secret to the perfect BBQ chicken burger and her two favourite ingredients come together to make the ultimate dessert - coconut and macaron ice-cream sandwiches.
Modern Flavours
Food full of flavour as Donna cooks her tastiest, no mess spice roasted ribs, a deceptively simple quince lamb with blue cheese polenta, her fresh and crunchy rustic crumb pasta and the easiest pavlova you'll ever make.
Fresh Flavours
Life's too short to mess around with pastry. She shows her cheat's solution when she cooks up her easy caramelised onion, potato and feta tart. Her garlic prawn pasta takes mere minutes; and she bakes a simple lemon yoghurt cake that's perfect for afternoon tea in a hurry.
Fresh Spin On Old Favourites
Leftovers never looked so good as Donna whips up her version of prawn fried rice. Her gourmet beef burgers will add simple sophistication to any BBQ and discover the cheat's way to an easy and light crème brulee.
Dinners Updated
Modernise your mealtimes the simple way with Donna's version of steak and mash - seared beef with garlic white beans, a no-fuss fig and gorgonzola tart, no chop vegetable soup and an almost guilt-free buttermilk panna cotta.
Simply Summer
Simply summer as Donna takes the fear out of soufflé with her goat's cheese soufflés that anyone can make… the freshest summer tomato pasta with a simple no cook sauce and her new take on the classic peach crumble.
Taste, Tips & Tarts
Never fear pastry again… Donna cooks up the easiest chicken pie you'll ever make and shows her secret to simple jam tarts. Be inspired by her totally tasty Thai fish cakes and a magical baked lemon pudding you won't want to share.
Simple Suppers
Donna's simple recipe for blueberry muffins will have you baking before breakfast. Relish a simple supper with bite with a no stir baked pumpkin and sage risotto and porcini salt minute steaks with crispy potato rosti.
Fast Flavours
Donna makes tasty pork and fennel meatballs in minutes, teaches her tricks for the perfect roast pumpkin soup and whips up a fresh, simple – and guilt-free -mango and banana gelato.
Instant Dinners
No more excuses for dull dinners as Donna cooks her quick and easy Greek inspired lamb meatballs, maple glazed chicken and pork loin with stilton, port and honey glaze. And for dessert? No fuss banana caramel pudding!
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