This chicken dish from Geoff Jansz has wonderful Italian colour, flavour and aroma. Ingredients 4 large single chicken breasts 4 slices prosciutto Stuffing 200g marinated Italian vegetables (sun-dried tomatoes, capsicum, artichoke and eggplant) Sauce 1/4 large...
When unexpected guests drop in, Peter Valder serves this quick and easy chicken dish. It goes well with rice or mashed potato and a green vegetable, or it can be used to fill vol-au-vent cases. Prepared ahead it can be frozen, then thawed out and reheated as required....
Most people use the aromatic leaves of the bay tree (Laurus nobilis) and kaffir lime tree (Citrus hystrix) to flavour foods. Jackie French takes the idea of ‘eating your greens’ much further. She flavours her recipes with lemon leaves (Citrus...
At this time of year citrus trees are in full production and many people are wondering what on earth to do with the harvest! Geoff Jansz has a ‘delicious’ solution to the problem. He makes a light and fluffy, self-saucing pudding using new season lemons....
About 80% of people will suffer back pain at some stage in their lives. In our segment health and fitness expert, Dr Garry Egger, looked at some of the ways of preventing lower back pain. What causes back pain? Garry said that one common cause of back pain is leg...
According to Jackie French, until about 100 years ago cordials were very alcoholic and were mostly used for medicinal purposes. Nowadays they are non-alcoholic, refreshing drinks which taste particularly good when made from home-grown fruit, such as lilly pillies....
Cakes and healthy diets don’t often go together, but Rosemary Stanton’s low-fat chocolate cake, from her new book ‘Great Food for Men’ is an exception to the rule. Unlike most chocolate mud cakes, which have around 80g of fat per slice, each...
Meat loaf is an affordable meal that is simple to prepare and tastes great. Geoff Jansz showed how to make two meat loaves, one for a family dinner and the other for sandwiches later on. Ingredients Loaf 3 kilos lean, beef mince 1 kilo sausage mince 1 large onion,...
Researchers are still debating the effects of monosodium glutamate (MSG), but Dr Rosemary Stanton says there’s no doubt that some people are sensitive to high doses of MSG and to foods containing large quantities of natural glutamates. What is glutamate?...
The Federal Government has recently released some National Physical Activity Guidelines, which refer to the minimum levels of physical activity required for good health. The first guideline encourages us to ‘think of movement as an opportunity, not an...