Season 1

Rachel shares some inspirational recipes that need just a few ingredients to produce amazing results. Fennel salad, Spanish mussels, and strawberry and nectarine tart are on the menu in the kitchen, and Rachel is out and about seeing how some local school mums get on with one of her recipes, and how great friend Fingal makes his Irish chorizo.

Put away the take-away as Rachel rustles up a fuss-free Indian meal with tarka dahl, chicken biryani, and mango and raspberry eton mess. Some local football dads try out a recipe at home and Rachel hooks up with a good friend and spice expert at the Mahon Point market.

Rachel reveals what the Christmas season means to her, showcasing some of her favourite recipes in a guide to stress free festive food. As well as rustling up delights such as smoked salmon fishcakes, pan fried duck with redcurrant jelly sauce or an indulgent chocolate mascarpone mousse. Rachel also takes viewers to her favourite local smokery and her fiercely foodie friends try out one of her recipes.

Surprising and exotic flavours combine in Rachel’s easy Middle Eastern feast. Chicken and cous cous tagine, chickpea and aubergine salad and yoghurt and apricot pots conjure up the mystery of the souk or riad, while Rachel cooks al fresco with a couple of biker mates and finds out how local goats yoghurt is made.

Preparation is everything as Rachel shares some great dishes that can be made well in advance. A joyously simple pollock ceviche, provencal beef stew and a wickedly indulgent chocolate and croissant bread and butter pudding are on the menu, whilst Rachel’s mates at Sully and Cully road test a recipe and Rachel is all at sea with a local fisherman.

Rachel rustles up some inspired suggestions for easy bake recipes that are sure to impress, as she shares the secrets of her chocolate, toffee and peanut squares, easy lemon cake and scones with treacle and sesame seeds. Rachel also visits a local artisan chocolate maker and the Irish Countrywoman’s Association test out her scones.