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Thai Fish Cakes One of the best things about visiting Thailand is the food. Geoff Jansz says fish cakes or Tod Mun Pla are delicious and they’re easy to make. Ingredients 500g white flesh fish fillets, de-boned 2 teaspoons Thai red curry paste pinch of salt 1...
Cheaper cuts of meat often given to the dog can actually make delicious meals for the family, provided you use a long slow method of cooking. Geoff shows how to turn veal shanks into a classic Italian dish called Osso Bucco. This recipe serves 6-8 people. Ingredients...
Use-by dates are a guide to the freshness of food products, but you won’t come to any harm if you eat something which is a few days over its date. Use your common sense to decide whether or not to throw an item away when the date has expired. Also take into...
Persimmon Recipes The persimmon (Diospyros kaki) is a native of China, and is widely cultivated throughout Asia. In Japan it’s called the Fuyu or kaki, and is an important fruit crop. As well as being very tasty, persimmons are also highly nutritious....
Wattle Piklets: The French Alternative Whether you’re into bush tucker or not, Jackie’s delicious wattle piklets are really worth a try. They have a slightly sweet flavour along with a delicate wattle fragrance, but best of all they’re truly...
Hot Cross Buns Makes 16 Ingredients 2 sachets of dried yeast 1 teaspoon sugar 500g breadmaking flour (or 500g plain flour + 2 tablespoons gluten flour) 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon powdered cinnamon 1/2 cup water 1/2 cup milk 50g butter 4 tablespoons brown sugar 1...
How to Get Your Fibre Bowel cancer is the second most common internal cancer in Australia, occurring in one in every 20 people. Research shows that eating enough dietary fibre throughout life is one of the most important ways to help prevent constipation and...
Herbal Tea: The French Alternative Have you given up on herbal teas because they taste more like the paper of the tea bags than the herbs? Well Jackie French may have the answer to your problem. Herbs lose their freshness much faster than ordinary tea leaves. So if...
Iron A lack of iron is one of the most common dietary deficiencies in Australia. If you’re feeling tired all the time even though you get plenty of sleep and lead an otherwise normal, happy life, it is possible that you have an iron deficiency. Iron is essential...
Keeping Cookies Crisp If you have trouble with biscuits going soggy, try this kitchen tip from Geoff Jansz. Place some rice in a microwave-safe glass bowl and microwave for two minutes, stirring every now and then. Allow the rice to cool, and then spread it over the...