Serves 5-10 meals for 2 people Cook in a 30cm pot Ingredients 2 tablespoons approx. Olive Oil Left overs from medium to large leg of lamb + left overs from BBQ chicken if it’s lying around 2 x cans x 400ml Yeo’s Singapore Curry Paste – hot – $3.92/can 1 x can...
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Takeaway Food Guide
Don introduced viewers to our new presenter, Joanna McMillan-Price. Originally from Scotland, Joanna is a nutrition scientist, fitness leader and author. Listen to Joanna and you will hear a lovely Scottish accent and plenty of great advice on nutrition and health. On...
Geoff’s Sticky Date Pudding
These mini sticky date puddings from Geoff Jansz will finish off your dinner party in style. Ingredients (Serves 6) 6 ramekins (about 200ml each) 50g melted butter (to coat inside of pudding basins) 1 ½ cups chopped dates 1 ½ teaspoons bicarbonate soda 150g softened...
Don’s Last Supper Lamb Cutlets
Geoff Jansz has prepared 262 recipes on Burke’s Backyard, but he has saved his best until last. Ingredients ½ loaf day old white bread, crusts removed 4 cloves of garlic, roughly chopped 1 tsp black pepper 2 eggs, beaten with fork ½ cup plain flour 60ml olive oil 60g...
Black Bean Quesadillas
Prep time: 20 minutes Cooking time: 50 minutes Serves: 4-6 400g sweet potato vegetable oil 100g creamy feta cheese, cut into small cubes 400g can black beans, rinsed and drained 1 cup (100g) grated tasty cheese 10 tortillas (20cm diameter) Tomato salsa 2 ripe...
Cheesy soufflé potatoes
Prep time: 25 minutes Cooking time:2 hours Serves: 4 4 large floury potatoes (such as Sebago), about 300g each 2/3 cup grated tasty cheese 2 spring onions, finely sliced 2 x 125g cans corn kernels, drained 3 eggs, separated good pinch cayenne pepper 1. Preheat the...
Ginger Beer
Enjoying a long, cold glass of ginger beer on the veranda in summer with the cicadas singing in the background is a fond memory for many. A loud explosion emanating from the kitchen cupboard in the middle of the night is a less romantic memory many of us have for...
Geoff’s Quick and Easy Shepherd’s Pie
Geoff Jansz demonstrated how to make his version of an old family favourite. Shepherd’s pie is a delicious, hearty meal for a cold winter’s night. It can be served in one large dish, or (for a more modern look) in individual soufflé dishes. Ingredients...
Vegetable spaghetti
Bonus recipe: as a special bonus for Don’s 2UE listeners, we have an easy lemon-herb sauce recipe that goes well with pasta and also with vegetable spaghetti. Lemon & herb pasta 1 lemon, rind grated and juiced 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 1/3 cup...
Sowing seeds (and an easy lamb and bean curry)
The fact is that some vegies and herbs in particular actually grow better and more happily from seed, compared with seedlings. Good examples of plants which grow better from seed include parsley, parsnips, carrots, beetroot and beans. As a bonus for Don Burke’s...
