Nigel Slater creates a week's worth of simple-yet-delicious meals. In this episode, he transforms favourite classic recipes by giving them a new twist. Whether it's a makeover for the traditional cottage pie, or an exciting new version of the time-honoured apple tart, Nigel proves that just by taking the basic principles and altering them slightly, it's easy to jazz up our most-loved dishes.

Nigel Slater shows how to make simple delicious feasts out of ingredients that at first seem to have seen better days. Stale bread, brown bananas and hard cheese are all transformed to make meals that are truly delicious. Nigel's cheese puddings, banana and chocolate cake and bacon and squash pan fry are all guaranteed to make mouths water.

Nigel Slater raids his cupboards, fridge and vegetable patch to create a week's worth of delicious meals. In this edition, he demonstrates how to make our ingredients go just that little bit further. Whether it's adding grated beetroot to make a tasty meatball supper feed the masses, or putting the spotlight on a small garden harvest to make a sensuous pudding, Nigel's clever tricks and inspired ideas show that you can often make bountiful feasts with apparently few ingredients.

Nigel Slater shows that spicy food isn't all about hot chillis. Using a range of everyday spices, he creates a week's worth of tasty dishes that will appeal to everyone. Thai spiced aubergines, chilli feta and a quick korma are all simple dishes that combine warm and hearty spices, but don't burn your mouth.