Food and Recipes


Grilled Mini Vegies

Geoff Jansz prepared a wonderful salad using mini vegetables, demonstrating that good things really do come in small packages! Ingredients Vegetables 1 bunch baby carrots, tops trimmed 1 bunch broccolini 1/2 red mini baby cabbage, cut into quarters 1/2 green mini baby...

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Kitchen Storage Solutions

Messy kitchen cupboards are disorganised, untidy and impractical. As well as looking bad, it’s impossible to find anything in them! Tara Dennis explained that there have been some exciting advances in modern kitchen design. She looked at some of the latest...

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Culinary Creation

Mark and Maureen Nicholls travelled the globe to meet each other. Mark is from England and Maureen is from Scotland, however they had to travel to Magnetic Island off the Queensland coast before they met and fell in love. A wedding in Scotland started their lives...

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Spring Duck Stir-fry

Geoff Jansz prepared a duck stir-fry that is delicious, easy to make, inexpensive, and has all the colours of spring. Ingredients 1/2 Chinese Peking duck, fat removed, skin and flesh diced 250g rice stick noodles or favourite rice noodles 1 bunch bok choy or favourite...

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Bird in Bird

Geoff Jansz prepared a family feast of stuffed chicken and spatchcock. Ingredients 1 boned chicken 1 boned spatchcock 50g butter 1/4 onion 3 slices bread 1 large rasher bacon 1/4 cup parsley 2 tablespoons currants Method To prepare the stuffing, chop the onion, bacon,...

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Roast Leg of Lamb

According to Geoff Jansz, cooking a lamb roast is risky business. Half the guests want a bland gravy, while the others want something more interesting! Geoff demonstrated an easy way to cook a leg of lamb, and showed how to turn one gravy into two for a win-win...

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Lebanese Tabouli

Emma and Anthony Sofy are a mother and son team who have created one of the most popular Lebanese dining experiences in Sydney. They own a little cafe in Enmore, which for the two years it has been operating, has developed a reputation for good quality, authentic...

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Winter Soup

Geoff’s hearty vegetable soup is perfect to serve on cold winter nights. Ingredients 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 large onions 4 cloves garlic 2 tablespoons tomato paste 1/2 cup chopped potatoes 1/2 cup chopped carrots 1/2 cup chopped swedes 2 1/2 litres water 500g dried...

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Geoff’s Venison

Geoff visited Victoria’s Open Range Zoo at Werribee, where guests can now experience Slumber Safaris and sleep under the stars surrounded by animals of the African Savannah. While there, Geoff prepared a wonderful weekend meal of marinated venison with a rich sauce....

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