WATCH IT: Cook Yourself Thin

Hoorah! Now we can have our cake and eat it courteousy of Gizzi Erskine! Cook Yourself Thin returns for a new series this coming Monday on Channel 4 at 2.55pm and I personally can't wait. Sure dieting is trying but not trying to be tasty enough. The solution?? Gizzi and her tasty recipes. Cakes on a diet? Yes you can my friend!

Gizzi is best known for her role as one of the presenters on the original CYT series for Channel 4, and a prominent face on Sky One's Taste. She takes the reigns on her own for the new series to bring us the latest way to diet. We can't wait to sample some of the tasty treats promised for us in this new series.

Chicken Tikka? Skinny Chow Mein and Sticky Toffee pudding? Gizzi is bang on the money with this one. What's better is some of the recipes are available now at Channel 4 so why not get a head start with your guilt free cooking?

If you're from the rare breed of individual who can munch without guilt, then why not treat yourself to Gizzi's Kitchen Magic, (right) a book of pure delight from the kitchen's most glamorous cook!

GUILTY PLEASURE: Come Dine With Me

You can pretty much rest assured that when it comes to Come Dine With Me, it's all about the Marmite. You either love it or hate it. My poor boyfriend, is definitely on the hate team, and I take it publicly now to apologise to him for the copious amounts of time I have made him watch it on a weekday afternoon. For that, I am truely sorry.

But try as I might to resist it, I truely can't. I don't know what it is, maybe the fact that people around the UK generally can't cook and on the whole serve up some pretty disgusting looking stuff, or perhaps the downright audacity of some of the contestants. Who knows. I really can't get enough of it and sometimes, yeah I'm sort of ashamed to say it.

If you're feeling in a party frame 'o mind and have four friends, all of mildly irritating personalities, Come Dine With Me has released the ultimate guide to dinner party perfection, available to buy now. Feeling more adventurous? Why not apply, Channel 4 are always looking for new contestants. So if you can't cook, have an extrovert personality and fit in to any of the following: camp, middle aged female, businessman, young blonde, quirky indie types then applications are being taken.

Anyway because I'm feeling generous here's of my favourite eps, with 'The One and Only Linda Lennon, and quirky John, not to mention Leeds' very own answer to Elton John! . Sadly I couldn't find my ultimate fave, Series 1, Episode 3 from 2005 featuring the quite frankly legendary Vera, who made raspberry coulis by "Ya mix a bit of raspberry jam wit' bit'a hot water'" You couldn't make it up.