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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
Quick Pappadums Pappadums are thin, lentil crackers normally served as an appetizer with chutney, pickles, dips and salads, or as a bread to accompany an Indian curry. Peter Valder demonstrated the traditional way to deep-fry pappadums, as well as two less fatty...
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...
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...
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...
Chocolate Rice Tart 100g arborio rice 500ml milk 150g dark chocolate (Belgian quality if possible) 125g caster sugar 50g unsalted butter softened 2 eggs 25g walnuts 25g pine kernels 30g sultanas 30g candied orange (optional) 4ml Vecchia Romagna (or good quality...