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Lara MAinsley’s Meals in Minutes
December 15th 2006 05:47
Another cooking show by the friendly and charismatic Ainsley who has shot to stardom from British TV to world fame.
Ainsley is great because he presents practical advice in an entertaining way. He’s not too serious about cooking and his enthusiasm is infectious. Sometimes he even sings.
One of my personal favourites is the quick and easy segment, though a lot of the recipes are a bit hit and miss. At best there’s some ingenious ways to create delicious and nutritious meals while still keeping up in today’s busy environment. At worst they are a bit lack lustre.
One of the poorer examples was the lemon lime and bitters ‘recipe’. It mostly consisted of pouring ‘home made lemonade’ aka bottled Schweps into a fancy glass, adding a dash of bitters, lemon juice, ice and three slices of lemon for decoration. Not impressed!
I do, however, like his responses to viewer letters, as it ensures the content of the show is usually pretty down to earth. A woman wrote in to ask for some suggestions on how to lose weight after pregnancy. “one of the trendiest ways to start the day is with a homemade fruit smoothie.” He says.
Ainsley also shows a regular average joe couple how to make an ‘interesting’ burger, a recipe they might like to try in the pub they run together. Using the white chef’s cap to cover his big bald head, Ainsley mixes parsley, gerkin and “percy pepper” into the beef patty. (Here I thought onion might have been a nice choice too) The sauce also looked superb, made from mayo, mustard sauce and gorgonzola cheese.
This show is still repeated on cable and there’s a book incarnation available through Amazon.
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Ainsley is great because he presents practical advice in an entertaining way. He’s not too serious about cooking and his enthusiasm is infectious. Sometimes he even sings.
One of my personal favourites is the quick and easy segment, though a lot of the recipes are a bit hit and miss. At best there’s some ingenious ways to create delicious and nutritious meals while still keeping up in today’s busy environment. At worst they are a bit lack lustre.
One of the poorer examples was the lemon lime and bitters ‘recipe’. It mostly consisted of pouring ‘home made lemonade’ aka bottled Schweps into a fancy glass, adding a dash of bitters, lemon juice, ice and three slices of lemon for decoration. Not impressed!
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I do, however, like his responses to viewer letters, as it ensures the content of the show is usually pretty down to earth. A woman wrote in to ask for some suggestions on how to lose weight after pregnancy. “one of the trendiest ways to start the day is with a homemade fruit smoothie.” He says.
Ainsley also shows a regular average joe couple how to make an ‘interesting’ burger, a recipe they might like to try in the pub they run together. Using the white chef’s cap to cover his big bald head, Ainsley mixes parsley, gerkin and “percy pepper” into the beef patty. (Here I thought onion might have been a nice choice too) The sauce also looked superb, made from mayo, mustard sauce and gorgonzola cheese.
This show is still repeated on cable and there’s a book incarnation available through Amazon.
It is believed that the use of low-resolution images and text extracts in this context
• to illustrate the program in question,
• with the owners’ names either visible on the image itself or written in the image description below,
on the www.foodherald.com hosted on a server in Australia by www.orble.com , qualifies as fair use under Australian copyright law.
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