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...
Food and Recipes
Meat Loaf
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,...
Florida Key Lime Pie
Geoff Jansz demonstrated how to make a sweet dessert with a zesty, tropical tang. Ingredients 5 egg yolks 395ml can sweetened condensed milk 70ml lime juice, or more to taste 20-25cm prepared pie shell 200ml chilled pouring cream (whipping cream) 3 tablespoons...
Genetically Modified Foods
Food labelling laws set in place in December 2001 require manufacturers to list ingredients that are genetically modified with a few exceptions. However, there is concern that some companies are not complying with the new regulations. GM crops Soy is one of the two...
Giant Russian Garlic – The French Alternative
According to Jackie French, garlic is said to be an excellent vampire repellent. However, Jackie warns that ordinary garlic may not always be enough to do the job. She suggests that you tackle severe vampire problems with giant Russian garlic. Growing Russian garlic...
Glycaemic Index
Over the next few months shoppers will notice that many food labels are carrying a new symbol. The symbol is for glycaemic index, usually called the GI. Rosemary Stanton explained how the new ‘G’ logo on food labels works. New symbol To be eligible to use...
Hair and Why We Have It
In our segment health and fitness expert, Dr Garry Egger, talked about the purpose of hair on the body. The insulating properties of hair Hair keeps us warm, just like a blanket, but it also cools us off. Cooling only occurs when sweat evaporates. If sweat drops off...
Healthy Lollies – The French Alternative
Jackie French showed how to make some delicious, sweet, all-natural fruit jellies. Jackie said that once kids get used to a genuine fruit flavour in their lollies, they won’t want to go back to commercial lollies containing food acids, additives, emulsifiers and...
Home Exercise Equipment
Modern technology has to take some of the blame for making us fat (remote controls, cars, computers, effort-saving devices), but it can also help us trim down. Technological advances have led to the development of home exercise machines that add variety, while...
Family Meat Pie
Geoff Jansz gave a famous Aussie icon a much-needed facelift! This mouth-watering, chunky meat pie will feed a family of 4. Ingredients 750g chuck steak, diced 2 tablespoons flour oil for frying 1 cup onion, diced 1 cup carrot, diced 1 cup potato, diced 1/2 cup...
