Sorry, Nadiya but I watched your new series in disbelief!

Oh dear, merlot, I've recorded this because I love Nadiya. I was worried when I read about tinned veg so I think I'll just delete it.

Merlotgran, am pretty much in full agreement with you. I so want to like Nadiya and thoroughly enjoyed the couple of programmes she made about her family home in Pakistan. However this was ridiculous....apart from being a dietary nightmare....all that '5 minutes to prepare business' was daft.....it created least half an hours worth of washing up!
Turned it off after 5 minutes and walked away in a huff!

I was going to watch it on catch up but won't bother now ladies why use tinned veg when there is an abundance of fresh veg to be had,just laziness imo.

Well, this is food for thought! I recorded it and haven't watched it yet. But I shall now do so with both eyes open...
(I often nod off these days ).
All that sugar sounds alarming to me. I'm trying hard to avoid sugar at the moment.

The family aren't overweight and she herself always looks bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. She has such a lovely face.
I'm sure she knows exactly what she's doing and I imagine they have the best of food at all times.

I can remember when Delia did a similar type of show....less flashy but she was using tinned mince and similar to make short cuts....called 'hacks' nowadays....not a nice word IMO ......but hey ho...can remember it was not well received either.

Tinned potatoes?? That nearly did for me

I don't believe for a moment her family eats that stuff.

You could say it's better to eat tinned potatoes rather than chips or pizza but surely we should be encouraging people to prepare fresh vegetables? How many of us have busy working mothers in our families? Since when does that mean you just don't bother with that place called a kitchen unless it's to unpack a take-away?

One mother had a fridge full of delivered ready meals. How lazy is that?

BTW I'm not knocking Nadiya herself but she's meat and drink (sorry) to TV producers and you can't blame her for milking it!

Puns intended.

I couldn't see the point of the "pot noodles". I can make a delicious noodle dish in about 20 minutes, including all the prep.

I don't think Nadiya knows exactly what she is doing; I thought her previous programme was poor and I think she has been promoted way beyond her strength.

I've just watched it on iplayer and thought there were some good ideas. I loved those omelette tortillas. Tinned food is not bad for you and can actually be fresher (as can frozen). Peanut butter is a healthy source of protein for a vegetarian - just don't overdo it. I know she used a lot of sugar in that traybake but it did serve 12. I think a lot of the advice was about preparing then freezing. I shall certainly watch the next one.

I will definitely try the omelette tortillas with gluten free kale wraps. DH loves omelettes every which way.

Peanut butter may be a healthy source of protein but teamed with jam, sugar and eggs I'm not so sure.

Best thing in the world on toast, accompanied by a crispy apple!

Yes, Merlotgran, I think most TV cooks are overgenerous with some of the ingredients. I usually cut down on the oil, sugar and salt when trying any new recipe. (I'm not keen on the ubiquitous chilli either. )

I agree with 'eazybee' I dont buy this Nadiya story at all. when she was first on bake off she was a quiet little mouse who did a bit of home baking. I think its all PR.

I used to love Nadiya after she won Bake Off but I started to watch her latest offering and, as many of you, I was really disappointed. I really enjoyed when she went back to her birthplace and watched her cook then but now I fear that success and stardom, like many other celebs, is encouraging them to keep on thinking up more and more and more ways to keep in the limelight. The simplicity at the beginning seems to have disappeared - so sorry.

Well I liked it. Tinned food isn't the terrible thing that many people perceive it to be and I always have beans - all types, sweetcorn, potatoes, sardines and anchovies in my cupboard as standbys. I thought the food she produced was interesting. I like the way she used the chilli base and kept it in the fridge. I might not make everything the exact way she did, I enjoyed seeing a fun approach to everything. Btw what killed Elvis wasn't the odd square of pancake mix with peanut butter and jam in it.

The baked pancake idea has been around for a long time. When my daughter lived in Scotland she often made one for the DGC for breakfast. She made her's plain and served fresh berries with it.

Nothing wrong with tinned food in the right circumstances. I used to stock the campervan with tinned meat and veg for long holidays travelling through Scandinavia. It was too expensive to buy fresh food all the time, just bread, eggs and milk.
Useful for emergency supplies at home, but fresh is definitely preferable.

Yes, she was a breathe of fresh air. This happens so often doesn't it

Too much.

I'd never seen a pancake like that before and didn't feel the slightest urge to make one either! Wouldn't it be quite stodgy? I enjoyed her previous programmes but not at all sure about this one.

She's recently been talking about her anxiety issues and I wonder if bringing them out publicly has somehow undermined her previous bright and bubbly persona. Hopefully the series will improve next week. The last thing she needs is a mauling in the press but the programme was quite dire. Have they changed producers perhaps or is there only so much an exceptional home cook can offer?

We watched it but can't compare with others as we don't usually watch cooking programmes. I liked the idea of potatoes roasted with sun dried tomatoes and will do that but with fresh potatoes.

Imo we need more knowledge about batch cooking healthy fresh or fresh frozen food. I suspect cost is important to many people and health should be. Things like stir fry take very little time and fish cooks quickly. Its all about teaching people to be organised.

I am making fresh fruit ice lollies for the GC, so easy just put it all in the machine and pour it into the moulds. Taste great too.

To be fair tinned vegetables are healthier than ones that have sat at the bottom of the fridge for a couple of weeks. Fresh is only good when it is actually fresh!

True Deedaa. I remember being told this years ago.

I often use tinned fruit in pudding recipes (rinsed of any sugary syrup)

I enjoy tinned fish too, and beans of all sorts. Son made us a very enjoyable chilli con carne not long ago, with most ingredients being tinned. He added fresh chopped chillies and various fresh herbs and served it with sliced avocado and greek yoghurt (because that was what he had in the fridge!) It was very good.

It's important to remember that some tinned foods contain high amounts of sugar though.

I always have tins in my cupboard as a standby, particularly pulses but I check the sugar content before I buy.