Donna goes back to what she does best, helping busy people prepare delicious meals with easily available ingredients.

Assembled dinners: You’re time poor and tired from a busy day - but this doesn’t mean that take away is your only option. If the thought of chopping, dicing and peeling doesn’t appeal, then why not assemble something fresh, fast and flavoursome?

Fast flavour: Donna has always said, it’s not the number of ingredients you add, but the simple combinations and the way you cook. Take a few ingredients, a grill pan or a barbecue, and in minutes you’ll see the intense flavours unfold.

One pan: Cooking is one thing, but tackling the washing of the pots and pans after preparing your gastronomic creation ends here… One pan is all you need to create a dinner sure to satisfy

One dish: One dish where the flavours combine together - bubbling, caramelising, softening. One dish equals two very happy and content eaters…

Some now, some later: 'Freezing food was something I always thought I had left behind (with the crockpot) to my mother’s generation, the first generation of working mums,' says Donna. But now the 'make some to eat now, some to freeze for later' theory gets a makeover for a more fresh and flavoursome approach…

About the Author:

Donna Hay is one of the best-known names in cookbook and magazine publishing in the world. Her previous books have sold more than 2.2 million copies internationally and are renowned for their fresh style, easy-to-follow recipes and inspirational photography. In January 2007 Donna Hay was named by the Gourmand awards as one of the best cookbook authors in the world.