Nadiya's Cook Once Eat Twice episode 6
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00:00In these tricky times we're all looking for ways to make the most of our weekly food shop.
00:07So in this series I'll be sharing the savvy recipes I rely on day to day to save me time,
00:14money and do my bit to help the planet.
00:17We didn't throw anything away, just think about that for a second.
00:21I'll show you clever ways to transform food scraps into fabulous dishes.
00:27This started life as a sad bag of salad leaves.
00:31Spin boring old leftovers into imaginative new meals.
00:34It's magic right?
00:36This is what it looks like to love your leftovers.
00:40And bake batch friendly treats to get ahead.
00:43This is what cooking once and eating twice is all about.
00:47Plus I'm showcasing creative cooks from across the UK who share my passion.
00:53I love using stuff up, I take great pride in not wasting anything.
00:58It is like chocolate heaven in here.
01:02Cook once, eat twice is my feel good food philosophy.
01:07Yum, convenient, cost effective and I promise you totally delicious.
01:22This week easy peasy bakes for a faff free life.
01:26It is the source of happiness.
01:29My batch of blissful beginner brownies, you can have them for the rest of the week.
01:34A tasty savoury bake becomes a totally different meal.
01:38Cook once, eat twice and an epic trifle transforms leftover cake.
01:45You can't cheat harder than that.
02:06Bakes come in all different shapes and sizes and this one pan wonder has everything you
02:11need for an easy meal.
02:13With succulent chunks of chicken and wholesome veg smothered in the easiest of satay style
02:20marinades my monster tray bake will not only satisfy you now but spin into a whole new
02:26meal for later.
02:33I'm going to show you guys how to make a chicken peanut tray bake.
02:37This is an absolute favourite in our house.
02:40So when you hear the word bake, often our head goes sweets, desserts, kind of puddings.
02:46No, baking for me is sweet and savoury and one of the best ways to get ahead in the kitchen
02:53and feed my family and fast is by baking because I can put everything in one tray, one dish
03:00and get it in and not think about it.
03:03And this tasty tray bake starts with the simplest of store cupboard marinades.
03:07I love that chicken satay flavour and I like to add my own spin on it using stuff that
03:12I've got at home.
03:14And first out of the cupboard it's smooth peanut butter for a deliciously creamy base.
03:19I love the combination of peanut butter and chicken.
03:23Then another two of my store cupboard saviours, garlic and ginger paste.
03:28By themselves they're great but together they are like superstars.
03:34Followed by punchy chilli paste and apple cider vinegar.
03:37It's going to give us that lovely tart flavour that this needs.
03:42In with a glug of oil and then I've got soy, honey.
03:46Mix it all together.
03:47It's going to taste phenomenal.
03:51When you're making things like marinades that are really quick and easy, make a double batch.
03:56Cook once, eat twice, make it now, have dinner and then you've got some marinade left over
04:01for your weekend barbecue.
04:03It'll sit in the fridge for up to three days but this batch is ready to marinate my diced
04:08chicken.
04:09When I'm baking in the oven I always naturally default to chicken thighs because they are
04:16juicy and they don't dry out and they've got great flavour.
04:21In with my delicious fragrant marinade.
04:23You've got that beautiful red colour from that chilli paste, it's velvety.
04:29This works perfectly as an instant marinade but the longer you leave it the tastier it
04:33will get.
04:34Now on to our veggies.
04:37When I pick vegetables for a tray bake, I like to use vegetables that cook all at the
04:41same time and for me you can't beat a bit of broccoli.
04:44Do not get rid of this, you know we don't like to waste.
04:48Grate this up and make a coleslaw.
04:50Yes, so instead of the cabbage, put this in.
04:54Add the broccoli to the marinade, then for a bit of crunch, green beans.
04:59And now, a cucumber.
05:03Yes, I know, you're shouting at the telly, what do you mean you are putting a cucumber
05:09in your tray bake?
05:11How often do you buy a cucumber and then use it in a salad and then you kind of forget
05:15about it and it ends up being wasted?
05:17If you have a cucumber in the fridge, like, cook with it.
05:20When my parents couldn't find water gourds when they came to this country, they found
05:24cucumber.
05:25It absorbs flavour, it is so good when it's roasted in the oven.
05:31Scoop out the fleshy part and save.
05:33It'll make for a great dip with a bit of yoghurt and some fresh herbs.
05:37Look at that, a huge pile of vegetables.
05:42Then get your hands in and coat everything in that yummy marinade.
05:46This is a huge tray bake, this will go a very, very long way.
05:50You can just use vegetables that you've got in the fridge or in the freezer.
05:54Of all the meals I make during the week, this is the one that lasts the longest.
05:58It's really cost effective, using ingredients that we've already got at home.
06:04And it couldn't be easier for a Moorish crunch, finished with a sprinkling of peanuts and
06:09my monster tray bake is all ready to roast.
06:19Look at that, baked to absolute perfection.
06:23You have everything all in one, it's no fuss.
06:30Bake your cucumbers, look at this, so it's kind of crispy on the top and then underneath
06:34it kind of like soaks up all of the flavours.
06:38Brussel up my ridiculously easy tray bake once and you'll get a massive meal you can
06:44spin into a whole other dinner later in the week.
06:48Look at all these delicious things, chicken, broccoli, green bean and cucumber all covered
06:54in that creamy, yummy, aromatic peanut sauce.
06:58Yep, that's the one.
07:05The benefits of making such a huge tray bake dinner is that I'm guaranteed leftovers and
07:12wait till you see what I do with those.
07:22One of my favourite things about cook once, eat twice is getting creative so let's transform
07:27that delicious tray bake into a tantalisingly tasty chicken noodle soup.
07:34Take some of that scrumptious sautéed tray bake, add to a pan with rich chicken stock,
07:42then crush crunchy noodle nests straight in.
07:46Bring to the boil, add a little water, cornflour mix to thicken and all your scrummy sautéed
07:55chicken noodle soup needs is a hit of fiery red chilli, fresh lime and fragrant coriander.
08:05How's that for cook once, eat twice?
08:18My next recipe effortlessly transforms one of the UK's most wasted ingredients into
08:23a stunning savoury bake.
08:26Of all the breads to make, soda bread is the easiest and it's the perfect way to use up
08:31milk that's on the turn.
08:34My pillowy soft soda bread loaded with luxurious chopped nuts will keep you in fresh bread
08:40for days with barely any effort at all.
08:46Milk is one of the ingredients that we waste the most in the UK because it's a liquid I
08:52think we think it's fine just chuck it down the drain we don't even think about it and
08:55if like me you're on a mission to not waste as much as possible you are going to love
09:01this recipe.
09:02We're going to turn it into buttermilk for our soda bread and for that we need around
09:06400 mils and then to magically transform it into buttermilk, four tablespoons of lemon
09:12juice and as soon as I add the lemon juice into the milk and give it a stir it'll start
09:19to thicken and curdle the milk so that's it instant buttermilk see how easy was that I'll
09:28just set that aside and now on to our dry ingredients.
09:34To 700 grams of plain flour add two tablespoons of caster sugar and a pinch of salt.
09:41There's moments where I'm like oh I really fancy fresh bread but I can't be bothered
09:46to knead and to prove I'm like ah soda bread.
09:51It doesn't actually have any yeast in it and that is what makes it so quick.
09:54Just one magic little teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda but the thing is with bicarbonate
09:59of soda is it needs something to activate it, it needs acid and we've got the lemon
10:04juice in our buttermilk so when the wet ingredients meet the dry ingredients the magic happens
10:12and things get lovely and fluffy when we put them in the oven but before that it's in with
10:1850 grams of softened butter I do really enjoy rubbing that butter into the flour it's actually
10:24quite nice it's like messy flavour for grown-ups.
10:34Soda bread is a flavour sponge and I love a bit of nuttiness in mine so in with 110
10:39grams of toasted hazelnuts and walnuts and then grab your buttermilk pour that right
10:47into the centre and just get a knife and kind of bring that dough together and because that
10:54bicarb instantly reacts to the buttermilk there's no hours of proving plus there's quite
11:00literally no kneading whatsoever tip it out onto the surface and then just slowly sort
11:06of bring it together using my fingers don't be tempted to go in with this part of your
11:12hand because that's the bit that wants to knead this bit doesn't want to knead this
11:16bit does do not do it it's going to look scraggly and you're going to be like what did she make
11:22me do don't worry it's fine it will come together in fact this bread is so simple it's
11:28easy to whip up two at a time and pop one in the freezer enjoy it don't let baking stress
11:35you out baking can be really easy there's a time when I couldn't bake and now I bake
11:42every day and I have done for 20 years and I still love it so you know start off easy
11:47and who knows who knows what showstoppers you'll be making
11:52once I've got like a nice even round I love that sound grab a tray lined with some baking paper
12:02so you want to kind of flatten it down so it's about kind of five centimetres high
12:08and then divide into eight equal triangles cutting all the way through the dough
12:13it allows steam to escape so that the bread can really puff up and that's our
12:19fat-free fresh loaf done already okay so I'm going to pop that straight into the oven
12:30oh the smell there is nothing quite like the smell of fresh bread
12:36perfectly baked bread crusty on the outside pillowy soft in the middle
12:46my easy-peasy soda bread packed with crunchy nuts will not only keep you in fresh bread for days
12:52but saves you from wasting that precious milk all it needs now is its best friend butter
13:02that's like comfort in one mouthful
13:08nothing gives me more pleasure than turning sad surplus ingredients into exciting eats
13:12and I'm not alone in Leeds innovative baker Sarah Lemanski ensures her handcrafted bakes
13:18are produced from locally sourced seasonal produce and that not one crumb goes to waste
13:24we think about all our products that we make and all the ingredients that we use
13:28as a never-ending cycle so there's never-ending opportunities to build flavour
13:32and we just absolutely love that with around 1 million loaves of bread wasted each day in the UK
13:38Sarah makes sure that every last morsel of her loaves is enjoyed
13:44we're really passionate about making the best bread in the world
13:47so we're really passionate about making the best bread in the world
13:49we're really passionate about the life of the loaf we use the whole loaf from one crust to the other crust
13:58every single slice we use the breadcrumbs to chop pizza it adds a really great texture
14:04we even put breadcrumbs in cookies so there's always either a sweet or a savoury way to make
14:09use of every single breadcrumb one of our most popular baked goods is rhubarb and blood orange
14:16bostock which is made using leftover brioche we make it into this completely new french fancy
14:25so easy and simple to put together
14:29this brioche is made with a by-product of the flour milling process which is semolina which
14:34gives it this really beautiful golden hue it starts with this blood orange syrup this is also
14:40a by-product when we make a blood orange cake we candy the orange slices which gives us this
14:46really really beautiful syrup it's amazing so we're using this gorgeous rhubarb typically you
14:55would use um maybe a jam but we're going to use this because it's in season it's just a really
15:02simple fruit compote made with rhubarb and a little bit of sugar so it adds a really nice
15:07tart layer of flavour
15:11this is a really classic almond frangipane equal amounts of butter sugar and eggs
15:15and ground almonds with a little bit of a twist any excess breadcrumbs that come from the end
15:22slices of the brioche helps stabilise the mixture typically you'd use flour this is one of the most
15:29popular bakes that we do at the bakery which always makes me laugh because it's repurposing
15:34everything but people absolutely love it it'd be so easy to do at home if you've got strawberry
15:40jam you can put strawberries on there anything goes final thing is some flaked almonds and
15:46Sarah's fabulous fruity fancies baked to perfection in just 20 minutes
15:52I absolutely love my job it's the best job and I wouldn't want to do anything else
15:58it's from like sourcing the flour starting to bake with it
16:02every single bit of the journey is like absolutely joy I love how Sarah's determination
16:07not to waste can create something as stunningly simple as this scrumptious rhubarb bostock
16:17my next recipe is not only a doddle to make but gives you a stock of sweet treats on standby
16:24we all need a brownie recipe in our lives and this one is a keeper
16:28moreish delicious and fudgy enough to last all week
16:35crowned with creamy caramel white chocolate and rock salt these batch friendly brownies
16:41are an effortless treat you'll make once and relish repeatedly
16:47if you want a really really easy bake and you want to start somewhere I would go with a brownie
16:53you cannot go wrong with a brownie I have made brownies for every occasion you name it birthdays
17:00picnics lunch boxes midnight snacks breakfast brownies bake them once and stash them in the
17:08fridge or freezer to make them last even longer first thing I'm going to do is melt my butter and
17:13my chocolate together in a pan so onto a low heat goes 250 grams of salted butter and 250 grams of
17:20dark chocolate chips I usually make brownies when I've got lots of bits of chocolate lying around
17:27and you might have chocolate lying around at Easter you know when you've got tons of bits
17:31bitty bits of chocolate everywhere why not collect it up and turn it into a delicious base for a
17:37brownie batter you want something that is smooth and melted with no lumps look at that
17:51then into a bowl goes four eggs and 280 grams of caster sugar and whisk
18:03we just want to make sure the sugar and the egg is mixed in really well we're not incorporating
18:07any air in here because brownies are meant to be fudgy and dense they're not meant to be light
18:13and airy so in with the cooled velvety chocolate ever since my kids have been little like I've
18:20been making these brownies from the moment they came in fact I lie my biggest baby is my husband
18:25and second we got married he had our own oven he was like I don't really like brownies I was like
18:29who is this man and how do we fix this but he's only been eating shop-bought brownies so I went
18:35and got all the ingredients made him some brownies and he said oh I don't like shop-bought brownies
18:41I was like all right here we go and that's it I have made brownies ever since okay so now we've
18:48done all of our wet ingredients now let's go in with our dry ingredients that's 130 grams of
18:55sifted plain flour and 20 grams of cocoa powder for double chocolate deliciousness
19:02normally when you're making a cake you kind of have to be a little bit more delicate and make
19:06sure you're not breaking up any of those air bubbles but nope not with this it's that easy
19:11look at this batter lovely and thick and chocolatey and rich
19:19it is the source of happiness simply pour that decadent chocolatey goodness into a lined tin
19:30beautifully basic brownie batter complete but who isn't tempted to decorate a brownie
19:39and I'm going to show you one of my kids favorite toppings really quick
19:42really easy starting with 100 grams of moorish white chocolate I know everyone says it's not
19:49real chocolate I know but I think it's really tasty I love it it's so milky and creamy and
19:55sweet love it and I think it works really nice in brownies then one of my absolute store cupboard
20:01saviors ready made caramel straight out of a can so you don't have to make it yourself
20:08it's buttery and creamy and delicious and it's just going to make your brownie even more yummy
20:14finally to balance the sweetness a sprinkling of sharp rock salt
20:20ah look looks good enough to eat and it's not even baked
20:25once our heavenly brownies have cooled a few hours in the fridge will maximize their fudginess
20:31hey let's get in there look you know it's good when it will not let go of the knife
20:38fudgy and delicious beautifully topped with that caramel and that white chocolate just
20:44perfection the best thing about these you can pop them in the fridge and have them for the rest
20:50of the week but even better still you can wrap them up individually pop them in the fridge
20:56and eat them right away and they're so easy to make and they're so easy to make and they're so
21:01them for the rest of the week but even better still you can wrap them up individually pop them
21:08in the freezer and then just take them out whenever you want let them thaw out and enjoy
21:12them but if you're like my husband you could pop them in the microwave for 30 seconds and
21:16a big dollop of ice cream yeah topped with sticky sweet caramel and creamy white chocolate
21:27my blissfully simple brownies will keep you stocked up on sweet treats for days
21:35that is pretty special for an easy bake
21:39shall I tell you what the sign of a really good brownie is it should weld your mouth shut
21:47so
22:04finally a show-stopping dessert that gives stale cake a second life
22:10every party needs an attention-grabbing dessert
22:13and my strawberry and lemonade trifle will steal the show
22:18into my life my zingy strawberry lemonade trifle with lashings of sweet custard and
22:25pillowy soft vanilla cream is a simple way to transform leftover cake into a centerpiece hood
22:33the best thing about making a trifle is that it's easy and for me it's all about
22:37the cheating it's about using what i've already got i've got leftover cake i've got some strawberries
22:43custard out of a can cream you can't cheat harder than that but that doesn't mean compromising on
22:49wow factor when you've got something as magnificent as this you've got an opportunity to show off
22:56lots of layers and all those layers require is a teeny bit of prep starting with a joyful jelly
23:04so trifles are fun to eat but they should be just as fun to make so I like to make my jelly
23:11with lemonade just good old lemonade yeah of course as per instructions you can make
23:17the jelly with hot water but why not have a little bit of fun and add a little bit of extra flavor
23:23so bring 600 milliliters to the boil I want this to be a strawberry lemonade trifle I've got my
23:30strawberry crystals you can use jelly blocks like I've made so many variations and this is
23:36definitely one of the kids favorites my dad loves trifle any which way which makes him my favorite
23:42person to feed because I can make my trifle anyhow and he will always love it so if I need an ego
23:48boost I turn up with trifle for my dad and then pour the hot lemonade over the crystals
23:57once all those fruity crystals have dissolved add 600 milliliters of cool lemonade
24:02leaving a touch for later I'm just going to go in with a ladle when I'm making a trifle it's
24:08usually for lots of people so this is a really really good get ahead recipe and look the
24:14difference between using water and lemonade is not only does this jelly taste like strawberry lemonade
24:21but you get the little bubbles and they all set in the jelly you can tell instantly there's
24:26something different about that and while our fizzy jelly sets it's on to our next easy layer
24:34I always have cake leftover in the fridge in the freezer or out and this trifle actually
24:39works really well with stale cake so I'm slicing 280 grams of scrummy leftover Madeira cake into
24:47cubes it absorbs those juices any of those flavors so it's perfect for trifle but easy
24:54on effort doesn't mean being frugal on flavor I want to make a really simple kind of lemonade
25:01drizzle to go onto the cake so take the leftover lemonade and zhuzh up with the zest and the juice
25:07of a lemon and that's going to really give us a really kind of intense lemon flavor finally for
25:15the creamy crown I'm amping up 600 milliliters of double cream with four tablespoons of icing sugar
25:22and one teaspoon of sweet vanilla bean paste
25:26so whip the cream till it's sort of soft but just holds its shape that's kind of what you want you
25:35want billowy soft you should be able to kind of leave peaks at the top prep complete we're ready
25:43to build our tremendous trifle look at that look at that wobble I love a wobble on a jelly this
25:49is the bit where you can really go to town on making it look spectacular and to emphasize the
25:55jellies fruity lemonade flavor I'm adorning it with fresh sweet strawberries layer these around
26:01the outside we know it's going to taste great we want it to look great when you've got lots of
26:08people coming around it doesn't have to cost you tons of time and money you can do simple things
26:13like this and make something really impressive and add like cake chunks and this is the most
26:22brain power you will need I promise it's an easy trifle we've hardly done anything
26:28simply soak the cake chunks in that zingy lemon drizzle
26:36then top with more sweet strawberries
26:39and we haven't even finished yet that isn't that going to be a delight to present
26:44to set in the middle of the table so now custard my favorite layer that's always going to be my
26:50biggest layer I love custard straight out of a can ready to go then to finish our crowning glory
26:58clouds of soft sweet vanilla cream
27:01so simple easy strawberry lemonade trifle you got your jelly you got your strawberries you
27:07got your lemonade flavored cake in the middle huge layer of custard and lots of pillowy soft cream
27:15a trifle should be epic and that is exactly what this is
27:23my zingy strawberry lemonade trifle is not only a great way to start the day
27:28my zingy strawberry lemonade trifle is not only a joyfully simple way to create a party centerpiece
27:34but a great excuse to give your leftover cake a whole new lease of life
27:41I mean to think we've just used some bits and bobs that we've got in the house
27:45we've got some jelly crystals some custard out of a can
27:48and some leftover cake and we've got the most spectacular trifle
27:52it looks too good to eat but you've got to go in
27:57oh yeah
28:00a little bit of everything
28:08delicious that strawberry lemonade is just really refreshing and that cake
28:16leftover cake so easy and absolutely delicious
28:46you