Food and Recipes


Perfect Steak

Perfect Steak Many Australians don’t know how to cook steak properly. If you follow these tips from Geoff Jansz, those burnt offerings from the barbie will be a thing of the past! Instead, you’ll always end up with tender, mouth-watering steak, cooked to...

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Thai Chicken and Citrus Salad

Thai Chicken and Citrus Salad As the weather warms up it’s time to start thinking about salads. Geoff Jansz took full advantage of the plentiful supply of citrus fruit in season, and prepared a delicious Thai chicken and citrus salad. This recipe is easy to...

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Potato Salad & non-alcoholic Bloody Mary

Potato Salad After exercising or doing some gardening you’ll probably find that you’ve worked up quite an appetite! Geoff Jansz suggests recharging your batteries with a healthy, tangy potato salad. While that’s cooking, replace fluids lost during...

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Turkish Delight – The French Alternative

Turkish Delight – The French Alternative Jackie aroused Sultan Bryan’s interest with some homemade Turkish Delight. This sexy sweet is delicious, low in cholesterol and nothing like the horrible jelly-like substance you find in boxes of chocolates....

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Prawn Cocktail

Prawn Cocktail Geoff Jansz demonstrated how to make prawn cocktails with a Thai twist! The best place to buy prawns is your local fish market, but don’t go for the biggest ones – Geoff says that little school prawns have the most flavour. The quantities...

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Pumpkin and Ricotta Lasagne

Pumpkin and Ricotta Lasagne This vegetarian lasagne from Geoff Jansz is full of colour and flavour, and it’s just perfect to warm the family on a chilly day! The quantities given below serve 6. Ingredients 30g butter 2 onions, diced 1 butternut pumpkin, peeled...

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Italian Grilled Vegies

Italian Grilled Vegies Geoff Jansz harvested the last of his summer vegetable crop and used the produce to make a delicious southern Italian-style salad. Ingredients 1 capsicum 1 eggplant 1 zucchini 1 red onion 2 tomatoes, sliced salt & pepper, to taste pine nuts,...

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Lamb Nachos

Lamb Nachos Using this recipe from Geoff Jansz, you can turn the leftovers from the Sunday roast into fabulous spicy nachos! Geoff used roast lamb, but you could also use chicken or beef. Ingredients 2 onions, peeled and diced 1 red capsicum, finely diced 2 cloves...

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Lilly Pilly Fruit

Lilly Pilly Fruit Lilly pillies are handsome rainforest trees native to Australia and south-east Asia. They’ve become tremendously popular in Australian gardens, particularly for hedging and topiary. As well as having evergreen, glossy leaves and masses of...

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Marshmallow Pudding

Marshmallow Pudding On special occasions Peter Valder serves his guests a delicious mandarin marshmallow pudding. This dessert is very simple to make, and best of all, it can be prepared the night before the dinner party. Ingredients 4 egg whites 3/4 cup sugar 3/4 cup...

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