Nigella Express on Tuesday and Jamie At Home last night. Watching Nigella is not a nice experience. Some things are OK, like Monday's intense chocolate cookies but others make me feel sick, like the eggy-bread/doughnut concoction.

Jamie, on the other hand, has me salivating with every culinary creation:

Warm salad of roast duck & pumpkin with Asian-style dressing
Roast a duck for 2 hours at 180C, add a roasting tin full of squash, skin on, cut in wedges for the last 45 mins. Toast the squash seeds. Make a dressing from lime juice, olive oil grated chilli, grated garlic and spring onions. Tear the duck meat, put in a bowl with the squash, coriander and mint and dress. Construct the salad, sprinkle with the seeds, more dressing and finely sliced spring onion. Heaven on a plate!

Hearty winter pumpkin soup
Saute roughly chopped onion, celery, carrot (I think) and garlic in a pressure cooker/ large pan, add chopped pumpkin, fill 1 inch from top with chicken stock. Cook for 7 mins (pressure)/ 30 mins (pan). Blend, season. Serve with giant french bread paremesan topped croutons and crispy sage leaves. Easy.

Butternut squash muffins with a frosty top - so simple!

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