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Over 95 simple and delicious new recipes as featured in the BBC2 TV show

Nadiya’s Everyday Baking

Nadiya's oven is her best friend. While baking is often reserved for special occasions, Nadiya shows that it isn't just about cakes and cookies. She reveals how to fall in love with baking for your everyday meals too and how to reap the benefits. Be it simple weeknight meals; sweet and savoury traybakes; beautiful celebratory cakes; achievable homemade breads with hacks to match; tasty snacks; quick-fix lunches or mouth-watering treats, Nadiya's recipes let your oven do the hard work for you, helping take the pressure off but never at the expense of flavour. 
 
Meringue cake, surprise snickerdoodle cookies, no-knead bread, achari chicken pie and aubergine brioche burgers are just a small selection of Nadiya's stress-free recipes that will show that anyone can bake, all you need is an oven.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 
 
Transform your kitchen with the bestselling new cookbook from Nadiya Hussain, the perfect guide to creating delicious bales any day of the year 
 
FEATURING ALL THE DELICIOUS RECIPES FROM NADIYA'S NEW BBC2 SHOW 
 
'Mouth-watering and easy to make recipes' SUN 
'Delicious bakes' THE TIMES 
'Fuss-fee recipes that can be popped into the oven and left to bake to perfection' DAILY EXPRESS 
'Brings the heart and soul of baking to every occasion . . . Scrumptious, sweet recipes' HELLO! 
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Who says you can't bake every day? 
 
Inside this book Nadiya shows you how to let your oven take the strain to create simple bakes, bursting with flavour, every day of the week. 
 
From beautiful celebration bakes to effortless weeknight dinners, easy sweet and savoury tray bakes to quick-fix lunches and snacks, Nadiya's Everyday Baking is filled with simple and mouth-watering bakes such as: 
 
· Surprise Snickerdoodles 
· White Chocolate and Raspberry Puff Bar 
· Marbled Ice Cream Loaf Cake 
· Butterscotch Cheesecake Coconut Bars 
· No-Knead Bread 
· Dump-It-All-In Mexican Dinner 
· Paprika Egg Filo Bake 
 
Above all, Nadiya's incredible, stress-free recipes will show you that anyone can reap the benefits of baking, all you need is an oven. 
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'More delicious recipes from the Bake Off queen. Nadiya is setting out to prove that you can bake every day without effort . . . There is something here for everyone' RADIO TIMES 
 
'Sumptuous . . . Hussain strikes a good balance between the familiar-with-a-tweak and the new-but-approachable' DIANA HENRY, DAILY TELEGRAPH

Brings the heart and soul of baking to every occasion . . . Scrumptious, sweet recipes

Mouth-watering and easy to make recipes

More delicious recipes from the Bake Off queen. Nadiya is setting out to prove that you can bake every day without effort . . . There is something here for everyone

Fuss-fee recipes that can be popped into the oven and left to bake to perfection

Sumptuous . . . Hussain strikes a good balance between the familiar-with-a-tweak and the new-but-approachable

Sweet and savoury everyday bakes to please everyone

Since winning 2015's Great British Bake Off in a finale watched by over 13 million viewers, Nadiya Hussain has become a national treasure. She has presented many of her own BBC2 cookery series to great acclaim, with episodes reaching on average 1.9 million viewers each week. Her next cookery series, Cook Once, Eat Twice, will air on BBC2 in autumn 2024, accompanied by her brand-new TV tie-in cookbook. 
 
 Born in Luton to British Bangladeshi parents, Nadiya now lives in Milton Keynes with her husband, Abdal, and their three teenage children. She was awarded an MBE in 2020 for services to broadcasting and the culinary arts. Her bestselling cookery titles include Nadiya Bakes, Time to Eat, Nadiya's Fast Flavours and Nadiya's Simple Spices.

Nadiya's Fast Flavours

This companion book to Nadiya's new BBC2 cooking series will bring the excitement back into your daily meals. 
 
Known for her bold and surprising flavour combinations, Nadiya loves to throw the rulebook out of the window, always finding ways to take familiar recipes to the next level. Now she makes it easy for others to do so too, with a host of everyday recipes that are guaranteed to send your taste buds into overdrive. 
 
Sour, sweet, spicy, zesty, earthy, fruity, herbal - her delicious recipes offer new and innovative ways to pack your meals with flavour, using clever shortcuts, hacks and handy ingredients to put the va-va-voom into your food without spending hours in the kitchen.

Discover mouth-watering, time-saving new recipes to whip up this summer in Nadiya's latest bestselling cookbook 
 
'An abundance of refreshingly original ideas. Her recipes are achievable for us all' DAILY EXPRESS 
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Nadiya's Fast Flavours will bring the excitement back into your daily meals, with all the recipes she cooks on her hit BBC2 programme and more besides. 
 
Known for her bold and surprising flavour combinations, Nadiya loves to throw the rulebook out of the window, and is always adding her signature twist to classic recipes. Now she makes it easy for you to do the same, with a host of everyday recipes that are guaranteed to send your taste buds into overdrive, including . . . 
 
· Brioche Custard French Toast 
· Sweet-And- Sour Prawns with Noodles 
· Squash, Saffron And Grapefruit Soup 
· Blueberry And Fennel Ice Cream Cake 
· Lemon Leg Of Lamb with Jewelled Couscous 
· Coffee-Glazed Focaccia 
 
Sour, sweet, spicy, zesty, earthy, fruity, herbal - her delicious recipes offer new and innovative ways to pack your meals with flavour, using clever shortcuts, hacks and handy ingredients to put the va-va-voom into your food but without spending hours in the kitchen. 
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Praise for Nadiya Hussain: 
 
'Let Nadiya fill your kitchen with pure joy' Woman &amp; Home 
 
'All hail the brilliant Nadiya Hussain' Radio Times 
 
 'The queen of Bake Off' Good Housekeeping

An abundance of refreshingly original ideas . . . Her recipes are achievable for us all

Simple tricks to create bold and surprising flavour combinations, without spending hours in the kitchen

Fancy making your dinners a little more adventurous? Nadiya Hussain is causing a stir with some quirky flavour combos . . . Packed full of exciting recipes for all the family

Packed with clever shortcuts, it'll help you get dinner on the table in no time. There are fabulous bakes and brilliant midweek meals

A fun and exciting book to have in your kitchen . . . This book is bound to mix up a mundane midweek dinner!

Nadiya Hussain was the winner of 2015's Great British Bake Off in a finale watched by over 13 million viewers, and she has since become a national treasure. Nadiya has presented several of her own BBC2 cookery series to great acclaim, with episodes reaching on average 1.9 million viewers each week. Her series have also been shown internationally on Netflix and her cookbooks published into the USA, Germany and the Netherlands. 
 
Nadiya's other projects have included several standalone travelogue TV programmes, a series of childrens books, a reporting role for The One Show, a range of cookware and partnerships with major brands. Nadiya writes a regular column for The Times and has become recognised as a commentator on mental health after opening up about her own struggles with anxiety. 
 
Born in Luton to British Bangladeshi parents, Nadiya now lives in Milton Keynes with her husband, Abdal, and their three teenage children. She was recently awarded an MBE for services to broadcasting and the culinary arts. Her previous cookery titles include Nadiya's Kitchen, Nadiya's British Food Adventure, Nadiya's Family Favourites, Time to Eat and Nadiya Bakes.

Includes all the delicious recipes from the BBC2 TV series

Nadiya Bakes

At last, Nadiya returns to baking. This is her long-awaited reunion with her true love - incredible cakes and bakes that we can all achieve at home. 
 
For her BBC2 series, Nadiya will be inspired by other creative bakers and discover more about the bakes that make her happiest. In true Nadiya style, she will uncover new recipes and techniques and create her own mouth-watering twists. 
 
It's a fact that baking makes us happier and this book is bursting with recipes that will bring a little sunshine into your world and the lives of your friends, family and neighbours. 
 
Nadiya will explore all areas of baking, conquering cakes and traybakes, no-bake bakes, tarts and pies, desserts, celebration bakes, biscuits and buns as well as breads and savouries. Recipes include Money-Can't-Buy-You-Happiness Brownies, Baked Chilli Churros, a beautiful Baked Rhubarb, Rosemary and Olive Oil Polenta Cake and a wow-factor Layered Honey and Soured Cream Cake.

Discover delicious bakes with Nadiya's bestselling cookbook 
 
'The cookbook we all need this year' WOMAN &amp; HOME 
'Showstoppers and classic baking for every occasion' SUNDAY TIMES 
'Delicious' Times 
'Let Nadiya fill your kitchen with pure joy' Woman &amp; Home 
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Our beloved Bake-Off winner has created your ultimate baking cookbook to help you conquer cakes, biscuits, traybakes, tarts and pies, showstopping desserts, breads, savoury bakes, and even 'no-bake' bakes - all with her signature mouth-watering twists. 
 
Some of Nadiya's deliciously easy recipes you can achieve at home include: 
· Blueberry and Lavender Scone Pizza 
· Mango and Coconut Cake 
· Sharing Chocolate Fondant 
· 'Money Can't Buy You Happiness' Brownies 
· Potato Rosti Quiche 
· Pepperoni Pull Apart Bread 
 
. . . and much, much more 
 
From classic baking staples to dazzling show-stoppers, you'll discover new favourite recipes for every day and every celebration - it's time to shake up your bakes! 
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Delicious recipes . . . There are big cakes and small cakes, traybakes and no-bake cakes, biscuits, breads and buns. Nadiya hasn't written a book like this before

Many of us tried our hand at baking during lockdown. Disastrous, wasn't it? Worry not, the Bake Off winner will teach you how to make strawberry and clotted cream shortcakes and more

Nadiya is back to doing what she does best

Showstoppers and classic baking for every occasion

Wonderful . . . there's something for the whole family. It's the cookbook we all needed this year

Nadiya puts her signature creative twists on classic recipes and provides plenty of inventive shortcuts so that anyone can easily achieve delicious and impressive bakes at home

I suspect this new volume will soon have her edging out Mary Berry, Mr Bun and Red the Homepride Man as Britain's favourite baker

Brilliant . . . brimful of tasty treats. Unbeatable

Let Nadiya fill your kitchen with pure joy

These recipes take turn after surprising turn to arrive at imaginative flavour combinations, clever hybrids and beautiful designs

Glorious cakes, pastries, puddings and breads . . . Fail-safe techniques, eclectic influences and inspired flavour combinations

Nadiya Hussain's bestselling baking book is just the gift to inspire even more mouthwatering recipes from the baking afficainaodo in your life

Puts her signature spin on some seriously creative treats

The best thing about this book? Its joie de vivre and originality

A comprehensive baking cookbook that covers all your classic bases and gives you the chance to experiment and add some flair and flourish to your repertoire

The ultimate baking cookbook . . . with her signature mouth-watering twists

All hail the brilliant Nadiya Hussain

You'd be hard pushed to find someone as genuinely lovely and kind as Nadiya Hussain

Delicious, time-saving meals using simple store-cupboard ingredients

Time to Eat

Feeding a large family and juggling a busy career can be anxiety-inducing so Nadiya has crafted over 100 recipes to take the stress out of cooking and put the joy back in to every meal. 
 
There are recipes for rushed weekday evenings and those relaxed Sunday afternoons, as well as kitchen hacks and time-saving tricks to make every breakfast, lunch, and dinner, a little simpler.

Discover quick, easy and delicious recipes for anyone who wants to cook great meals in no time 
 
'This collection of speedy, oven-ready recipes is full of good ideas. It is a friendly hand on the shoulder for anyone too tired to cook' Sunday Times 
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Feeding a family and juggling the stresses of home life can be really tricky, so Nadiya has crafted over 100 recipes that will teach you how to be time-smart in the kitchen. 
 
Featuring recipes that are both quick and easy to make, as well as those that have shortcuts to creating second - and even third - delicious meals without any additional preparation, Nadiya will share with you all her tips and hacks for making meal prep as simple as possible. 
 
You'll be able to make all the delicious recipes from Nadiya's BBC2 show including: 
 
· RASPBERRY CHEESECAKE CROISSANTS 
· ONE TRAY PEANUT CHICKEN with gnocci and broccoli 
· ZINGY MARMALADE HADDOCK with sundried tomatoes easy roast potatoes 
· BLENDER BEETROOT PASTA with feta, dill and lemon juice 
· BAKED BEAN FALAFEL BURGERS with siracha sauce and coleslaw 
· BANANA TARTE TARTIN with simple no-churn ice cream 
 
Each recipe also includes how long it will take to prepare and cook, making planning easy. 
 
Spin leftovers into completely new meals, learn the most effective way to use your freezer and discover just how easy it can be to batch cook without needing to have the same meal every night. 
 
Covering breakfast, lunch, dinner, desserts and basics - with recipes that will give you leftovers to have as snacks in between - Nadiya shows you how she manages to always have home-cooked food at hand for her family. 
 
Nadiya will show you how you can always make time to cook and eat delicious food. 
 
* Pre order Nadiya's new cookbook, Nadiya's Fast Flavours now, for exciting meals guaranteed to get your taste buds going every night of the week * 
 
 
Praise for Nadiya Hussain: 
 
'A national treasure' Independent 
 
'She's baked her way into our hearts and hasn't stopped since' Prima 
 
'The best kind of cookbook . . . you can read it like a novel' Times 
 
'Ideal dishes to serve at family get-togethers' Daily Mail 
 
*DISCOVER ALL THE RECIPES FROM NADIYA'S HIT BBC 2 TV SERIES INSIDE *

A brilliant selection of stress-free and time-saving recipes that the whole family will love. The recipes also use plenty of store cupboard ingredients, featuring them in innovative and creative ways

This collection of speedy, oven-ready recipes is full of good ideas. It is a friendly hand on the shoulder for anyone too busy or tired to cook

A collection of her trademark, user-friendly recipes

The recipes work . . . Hussain is a star

Plenty of tips and tricks here worth keeping up your sleeve

A godsend for everybody who wants to be a better every day cook but struggles to find the time

A brand new cookbook full of time-saving and mouth-watering recipes from the nation's much-loved cook . . . take the stress out of cooking and put the joy back into every meal without breaking the bank

Nadiya Hussain has crafter over 100 delicious time-saving recipes to take the stress out of cooking and put the joy back into every meal, without breaking the bank

Since winning the Great British Bake Off, Nadiya Hussain has become one of the nation's best-loved celebrity chefs, and, with her latest book offering a plethora of top tips for reducing meal preparation times, she is sure to endear herself to even more harassed amateur cooks

Making the most of her knack for using mundane store cupboard ingredients to create tasty dishes, she provides more than 100 enticing recipes

Perfect for time-poor families who want good, fast food

After winning 2015's Great British Bake Off, Nadiya Hussain has gone on to capture the hearts of the nation. A columnist for The Times and a regular reporter for The One Show, Nadiya has also presented several of her own BBC cookery series to great acclaim, with Time to Eat reaching on average 1.9 million viewers each week. Her next cookery series will air on BBC2 in 2020, accompanied by her brand new TV tie-in cookbook. 
 
Born in Luton to British Bangladeshi parents, Nadiya now lives in Milton Keynes with her husband, Abdal, and their three children. She was awarded an MBE for services to broadcasting and the culinary arts. 
 
Her previous cookery titles include Nadiya's Kitchen, Nadiya's British Food Adventure, Nadiya's Family Favourites and Time to Eat.

Easy, beautiful and show-stopping recipes for every day

Nadiya’s Family Favourites

Nadiya Hussain's debut TV cookery series achieved sensational viewing figures and she will be back on the BBC with her new show this summer. Staying closer to home this time, Nadiya shares the food she loves to cook and eat with her family, offering fast, easy and delicious new ideas for whatever each day brings. 
 
As well as her own favourites, Nadiya will meet and take inspiration from home cooks around the UK, discovering their family food stories and all-time favourite dishes. Warm, inclusive and celebratory, her new book and series will show us how to create the perfect food to complement the kind of moments we all love, from days out with friends to family get-togethers and lazy weekends at home, as well as deliciously easy solutions for manic weeknights and impromptu guests. 
 
Nadiya's recipes are always packed with flavour and her new book boasts fresh, bold dishes such as: 
 
· Smoky Spinach Shakshuka 
· Mocha Swirls 
· Bombay Potato Tacos 
· Vegetarian Chilli with Rosemary Cornbread 
 · Sticky Lamb Ribs with Green Mango Salad 
 · Peanut Honeycomb Banana Cake 
· Raspberry Ice Cream Cake

Treat your loved ones with Nadiya's collection of delicious and comforting family favourites 
 
'A national treasure. Crowd-pleasing dishes that the whole family really will want to eat' Independent 
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Nadiya shares the food she loves to cook and eat with her family and friends, offering fast, easy and delicious new recipes for every kind of day. 
 
This cookbook shows you how to create the perfect dishes to complement the moments we value most with our loved ones, as well as simple and satisfying solutions for those tired nights and speedy showstoppers for impromptu feasts. 
 
Featuring delicious recipes such as . . . 
 
· BUTTER TURKEY CURRY with deliciously creamy sauce and white rice 
· SAMOSA PIE with an aromatic, hearty filling and crisp pastry shell 
· BRUSSEL SPROUT SLAW perfect for Christmas and all year round 
· CHICKEN AND RICE BAKE with fluffy grains and all wonderfully spiced 
· PEANUT HONEYCOMB BANANA CAKE with peanut butter icing and homemade honeycomb 
 
With over 100 easy and rewarding recipes, Nadiya's family favourites will soon become yours too. 
 
This is the cookbook you'll reach for time and time again for those memorable moments. You'll find quick meal solutions, food to lift the spirits, fuel for hungry bellies and feasts for friends. 
 
Let Nadiya's recipes fill your home with memories, just as they do hers. 
 
'She baked her way into our hearts and hasn't stopped since' Prima 
 
*SHORTLISTED FOR A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD*

Meals the whole family will love. Guaranteed to go down a treat!

Hussain will help you create easy, delicious feasts that will please everyone

One of our favourite ever Bake Off winners . . . her fantastic recipes are perfect for scoffing with friends and family in the sunshine

Nadiya makes distinctive dishes for get-togethers

Ideal dishes to serve at family get-togethers

Nadiya is a family woman and a family cook through and through and her latest book is a testament to this

Nadiya Hussain is all about breaking the rules! Here she puts her signature spin on some seriously creative bakes

A collection of crowd-pleasing dishes that the whole family will enjoy

A tempting compendium of family-friendly recipes, packed with crowd-pleasing comfort food. Better still, the dishes are easy to cook and full of flavour and spice, inspired by cuisines from all over the world

Beautiful British recipes with a twist, from the Bake Off winner & bestselling author of Time to Eat

Nadiya's British Food Adventure

Nadiya Hussain, winner of 2015's Great British Bake Off, is loved for her warmth and charisma as well as her unique approach to flavours. In her brand new TV series and book, Nadiya sets off around the country to meet some of the food heroes, growers and producers who are changing the face of modern British food. 
 
Inspired by her journey, Nadiya has devised over 120 easy and enticing new recipes that fuse the local ingredients she encounters with her favourite flavours, plus a nod here and there to her Bangladeshi roots. Her reinvented classics sum up the remarkable diversity of twenty-first century Britain and the melting pot of tastes and culinary influences that shape what we all love to cook and eat today. 
 
Nadiya's recipes just beg readers to try and taste for themselves, including: Masala Eggy Bread, Spiced Bean and Banger Stew, Ploughman's Cheese &amp; Pickle Tart, Fish Pie with Cinnamon Sweet Potato, Lamb Bhuna with Garlic Naan, Star Anise Chicken Wings with Chunky Chips, Rosemary Banoffee Pie and Eton Mess Cheesecake.

'National treasure' Independent 
 
Let Nadiya take you on a culinary journey across Britain and discover over 120 fresh, simple and delicious recipes. 
 
INCLUDES ALL THE RECIPES AND MORE FROM THE HIT BBC2 COOKERY SERIES 
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Inspired by her journey around the country to discover the best In British food, Nadiya has created over 120 easy and enticing new recipes that mix local ingredients with her very favourite flavours, not forgetting a nod to her Bangladeshi roots. 
 
 Whip-up classic British dishes with a twist such as: 
 
· Cayenne eggs benedict, soft poached eggs on an English muffin with smoked turkey rashers and cayenne hollandaise sauce. 
 
· A quick and easy grilled aubergine and feta tart on flaky, buttery puff pastry. 
 
· A West Indian tropical hit of fruity, fragrant pink peppercorn pineapple jam to top sweet scones and coconut cream. The ultimate exotic treat. 
 
 Her reinvented classics capture the diversity of twenty-first century Britain - of tastes and culinary influences that shape what we love to cook and eat today. 
 
Nadiya's must-try recipes have got you covered from breakfast through to supper, whether you need fast mid-week meals, lunch on the go, something a little bit special, or gorgeous pudding or party ideas. 
 
 Motivated by her love of family and food, flavour and fun, this is Nadiya cooking in the way she knows best - inspiring the rest of us to do the same. 
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'The best kind of cookbook . . . you can read it like a novel' The Times 
 
'She baked her way into our hearts and hasn't stopped since' Prima

She baked her way into our hearts and hasn't stopped since . . . The cookbook charts her love affair with British food

Nadiya's British Food Adventure - now infamous for its crispy chocolate and peanut tart, masala eggy bread and fish pie with cinnamon sweet potato

The best kind of cookbook . . . you can read it like a novel

Nearly 15 million viewers tuned in to see Nadiya win 2015's Great British Bake Off, and she has gone on to capture the heart of the nation. A columnist for The Times, Nadiya is also a regular reporter for The One Show, a guest panelist on Loose Women, and presented BBC1's The Chronicles of Nadiya which aired to fantastic reviews in 2016. 
 
Nadiya's new eight-part series, Nadiya's British Food Adventure, is airing on BBC2 throughout this summer, and later in the year she will co-host BBC2 show The Big Family Cooking Showdown. 
 
Born in Luton to British Bangladeshi parents, Nadiya now lives in Milton Keynes with her husband, Abdal, and their three children. Her first cookbook, Nadiya's Kitchen, was published in 2016. She has also authored a children's cookbook and a novel, and famously baked the Queen's 90th birthday cake.

Nadiya Hussain

A guide to the eight kitchen must haves recommended by the nation’s favourite cook

Nadiya Hussain's latest cookbook unlocks a world of joyful flavour in your kitchen using only 8 simple spices. 
 
'Nadiya dishes up easy but delicious meals. All the recipes use the same eight spices, making cooking highly flavoured dishes a doddle. Its also easier on the pocket during the cost of living crisis' DAILY EXPRESSWhen it comes to spice Nadiya's family cooking is never complicated and always delicious. Now Nadiya wants to share with you how to use the 8 readily available spices she uses at home daily to cook her most-loved meals. The same spices that her Mum uses and her Nani used before her! 
 
Cardamom, fennel, cinnamon, turmeric, cumin, chilli, bay leaves and curry powder are all you need to create any recipe in this book. 
 Get ready to make... 
<ul><li>Peshwari Naans</li><li>Back-of-the-fridge Pakoras</li><li>Yoghurt Chicken</li><li>Daal</li><li>Crispy Leek Biryani</li><li>No-need-to-wait Chutney</li><li>Badam Cheesecake</li><li>Iced Caramel Bay Tea</li></ul> 
From beautiful breakfasts, midday lunches and staple recipes you won't live without again, to tips for the perfect saucepan of rice, your favourite middle of the table curries, vegetables, side dishes and sweets, you'll be confident in cooking extraordinary family food, filled to the brim with easy-to-achieve flavour. 
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'Another fabulous offering from this prolific and inventive chef' Prima

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