Geoff Jansz showed how to make the perfect TV dinner. It’s a mixture of French technique, the Australian casual approach and some Asian ingredients. Ingredients 500g chicken thighs, diced off the bone 1 clove garlic, minced 1 red chilli, chopped 1/2 onion, chopped 1...
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Tenderising meat
Kiwifruit contains an enzyme that helps to tenderise meat. Just pop a kiwifruit into a food processor or blender, and puree. Use the puree to coat both sides of your steak. Cover and refrigerate the steak for three hours, brush off the kiwifruit and then place the...
Angel’s Paella
Geoff Jansz visited the home of Angel Cardoso, who demonstrated how to make a traditional Spanish paella. Ingredients 150ml extra virgin olive oil 150g diced chorizo sausage 3 cups rice (arborio or Spanish rice) 6 cups water 1 heaped teaspoon Spanish paprika 5...
Fabulous Food
Geoff Jansz enjoys visiting quality produce stores that have a wide range of foods from Australia and imported specialities from all around the world. He is keen to encourage other shoppers to feel confident enough to explore their local suppliers of fine ingredients....
Sweet and Sour Pork
Geoff Jansz makes a contemporary and healthy version of the Chinese restaurant favourite, Sweet and Sour Pork. Geoff’s recipe combines fresh vegetables and lean meat for a great tasting and healthy, low fat dish with a 1990s look. Ingredients: 1 tin unsweetened...
Green China Tea: The French Alternative
Green China Tea: The French Alternative For a quick-pick-me-up, most people would reach for a traditional cup of tea, with milk and sugar. But what if you could enjoy a great tasting tea that was good for you, and have the pleasure of growing the tea yourself?...
Vanilla
The world’s most popular dessert flavour is vanilla but most people only know the flavour of vanilla essence or even imitation vanilla. For the flavour of pure vanilla use the vanilla bean or its extract in place of vanilla essence. Recently on...
Limp Lettuce
Ever wondered what to do with limp lettuce leaves that have been left out of the fridge? Geoff Jansz has a simple solution: they can be revived by soaking them in cold water then refrigerating the leaves. Method Geoff recommends the following steps: Plunge limp...
Vietnamese Rice Paper Rolls
Vietnamese Rice Paper Rolls are a healthy, tasty and portable snack alternative to begin any party. Geoff Jansz has an easy-to-follow recipe for the rolls and a special dipping sauce. Vietnamese Rice Paper Roll Recipe Ingredients: 10 sheets rice paper, available round...
Lite Foods
There is an increasing number of food products labelled ‘lite’ (or light). The word is often taken to mean low in fat, but it can have many other meanings including light in taste, light in colour (for example of meat), light in caffeine, light in salt,...
