I love VEG FRITTERS but the frying process is a drag. Bee Wilson is an English food writer and author of the column Table Talk. Her cookbook THE SECRET OF COOKING is genuinely wonderful and from it Simon and I have both drawn huge amounts of inspiration. 400g potatoes, grated 500g zucchini, grated 1 small onion, finely diced 1/2 clove garlic, finely grated salt, pepper and a soft herb like mint, chopped 3 eggs 75g self-raising flour (gluten-free = ok) Sprinkle the potato-zucchini mixture with...

Once you let the sugars in a humble, rudimentary vegetable like the CARROT caramelise, they can really strut their main character energy in a dish like today's. 1 x 2kg bag of carrots, cut on the angle about 1 inch thick 1 - 1.5 tbs cumin seeds salt olive oil Rub the oil, cumin and salt into your chopped carrots while your oven warms. Roast the carrots at 200C for about 25 mins until fudgy and sweet. Meanwhile whisk the juice of a lemon with a few spoons of honey, tahini optional. Serve with...

A friendly reminder that in Australia, Mother's Day is REALLY SOON, ie., May 12. So don't be caught snoozing! And since we're talking about nailing food that Mum actually likes... is it time to all collectively admit that filled chocolates ...are trash? METHOD Cut your peeled sweet potato into fries. Soak the potato in cold water for at least half an hour. Pre-heat the oven to 220C. Drain off thoroughly on a clean tea towel. Dust with 1 tbs of corn flour and a light sprinkle of salt. Space...

Body maintenance is all about getting enough protein! Boring, but also - real. So how, in our busy lives, do we go about getting enough? Simon and Yumi get excited over boiling a couple of eggs as you make breakfast, and having them in the bank for the day ahead. What if you go one better and prepare a curried egg sandwich for Later Today Me? 3-4 boiled eggs 1 - 1.5tsp of Keen's Curry Powder pinch salt 3 tbs mayonnaise (I use Kewpie) anything else, eg., snipped chives, a quarter cup of peas...

[RECIPE IN SHOW NOTES]  We’ve talked no-stir risottos before, but there’s a whole FAMILY of oven-baked rice dishes out there that do a great job of unchaining you from the stove and putting you back into where you need to be! This one is a sort of riff on all things summer salad, in rice form. Bit weird, but it kind of works. It makes use of short-grain rice here – the squat, stubby, starchier cousin of the rice family that’s great for stir-fries, rice balls and sushi or creamy dishes such as...

[RECIPE IN SHOW NOTES]  Simon *loves* a yoggurty sauce. So much so that he's turned me onto it and the humble Greek Yoggurt As Sauce has PERMANENTLY found a place in the Stynes household. So let's talk about how to make the classic (and delicious) Tzatziki! Want more food tips? Check out the 5 Minute Food Fix Instagram.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

[RECIPE IN SHOW NOTES]    "Incredibly easy" is Simon's promise here, but it also has the word "slow" in it, so this isn't the pasta sauce you make when in a rush. One thing I like about talking food with Simon is that he knows the origins of foods and food ideas. This particular recipe came from a game-changing Italian restaurant from England way back and let's be real, this sounds freakin delicious. Get it in your ears now, and maybe your mouth later.   Want more food tips? Check out the 5...

[RECIPE IN SHOW NOTES]    I hope you're a regular here because there are some in-jokes that might be baffling if this is your first time tuning in. One in-joke is that Simon LOVES, ADORES and tends to USE ALL THE TIME, Greek "Yoggurt" as an ingredient, to the point where we started doing a count-o-meter of every time he said the word "yoggurt", (hard 'G' emphasis = deliberate).  This ep does have actual food chat in it though. Like, do know how witlof is grown?! It's so weird! And how can you...

[RECIPE IN SHOW NOTES]    It's always a fun episode when Yumi gets indignant about something stupid she's seen in a restaurant. This is one of those episodes. Your food lovin hosts will also get enthused about what you can do with some BBQ roasted corn!     Want more food tips? Check out the 5 Minute Food Fix Instagram.    Recipe 1/2 cup toasted nuts 6 X corn cobs, BBQd in their husks for 10 mins until blackened all over, peeled, kernels removed then combined with fresh chopped green chilli,...

CONFESSION: I had brought something into the studio today to show Simon and Alyssa (our glorious producer). It was a food I'd cooked that had FAILED. And I'd been in a rush to get to the recording session that I didn't think it through but the gross food fail really triggered poor Simon's gag reflex! The situation was worsened by the fact that he'd had a yeehah driver on his way into work and had spent the wild ride looking down at his phone! So the already slightly carsick guy was then...

[RECIPE IN SHOW NOTES]    Today, Simon talks me through a recipe that is a Moroccan tagine dish big enough to serve a whole celebration of your friends, and it does NOT require a tagine. (If you don't know what a tagine is, don't worry, we explain in the show.) TRIGGER WARNING: You may drool!   Want more food tips? Check out the 5 Minute Food Fix Instagram.    Recipe Serves 8juice of 2 lemons  6 tbsp olive oil  1½ tsp ground turmeric  1½ tsp ground ginger  1½ tbsp honey  250ml  dry...

Miso soup is so common as a takeaway food, but for a lot of people cooking it at home can feel tricky. It's not! (Here's another 5 Min Food Fix motto: "If Japanese housewives can do it, so can I!")To make miso soup, you need to buy "white" miso. Tricky detail: in the tub, it doesn't look white, it looks honey-coloured, like a Cliff Richard leather jacket.To share my Mum's miso soup hack, I absolutely had to study her while in the kitchen, which could've been alarming for her but was actually...

[RECIPE IN SHOW NOTES]    If your partner thinks tinned tuna is "cat food" and makes a 🤮face at the smell, then tuna may *also* be YOUR shame food.But Simon and I are in agreement that tinned tuna is an EXCELLENT ingredient. Inspired by Antonio Carluccio, this recipe is completely nothing to be ashamed of!CONTENT WARNING: Yumi uses the word "swol" in this episode.   Want more food tips? Check out the 5 Minute Food Fix Instagram.    Recipe While your pasta is cooking (and Simon suggests...

[RECIPE IN SHOW NOTES]    Inspired by an old Jamie Oliver cookbook, this recipe gives permission to cook the hell out of the beans!   Want more food tips? Check out the 5 Minute Food Fix Instagram.    Recipe 500g French beans, woody ends removed and composted3tsp French mustard2tbs white wine vinegar7tbs olive oil1 tbs chopped caperslots of freshly ground peppersalt, to tasteoptional: 1/2 clove finely grated garlicoptional: the fresh herb you have available, eg., mint, chrvil, russian...

[RECIPE IN SHOW NOTES]    Not the Enid Blyton type of brownies...! No! Today on the show we're talking those chocolatey, delicious pan baked treats... and Simon - a bona fide food EXPERT - reckons they can be over-complicated. So let's keep it SIMPLE but mystically good.("What the hell is she talking about?" - - you'll need to listen to understand.)   Want more food tips? Check out the 5 Minute Food Fix Instagram.    Recipe Line a 20cm square cake tin.Put the oven on to 180CMelt in a...

[RECIPE IN SHOW NOTES]  I overcome my dread of puff pastry for this episode of 5MFF, and it's because I am steering my favourite seasonal vegetable to a bed I will make from said puff pastry. The mattress on the bed is made from goat's cheese mixed with whatever herbs you have at hand. This recipe is from a wonderful cook and food writer Belinda Jeffery, who recommends cutting the puff pastry into pieces 12cmX18cm, then baking for 10-12 mins in a 200C oven. Allow to cool then top with the...

[RECIPE IN SHOW NOTES]    Zucchini are CHEAP all year 'round, they're unpretentious, and they're basically, our friend!  We love you!    Want more food tips? Check out the 5 Minute Food Fix Instagram.    Ingredients  500g mixed courgettes  3 garlic cloves, grated  100ml olive oil  juice of 1 lemon  ½ small pack mint  Method    On half a kilo of cooked (barbequed) zucchini, dress it after cooking with a dressing made up of:  1 garlic clove, finely grated, 100ml olive oil, juice...

[RECIPE IN SHOW NOTES]    Simon does love fish for dinner, but sadly, having now moved to regional VIC, he doesn’t have the same access to all the beautiful fish markets, mongers etc he used to. Sob. So... how is he getting that fishy fix? Well, often it’s frozen salmon, of course! Don’t knock it – as an ingredient it works wonders, you just need to defrost it properly and then you’re away. This salmon teriyaki recipe has become a go-to midweek fish dinner and if it isn’t already in your...

On today's show we tell you how to NOT BLOW IT when you cook lamb cutlets! They're so expensive that you really want to make the most of it and not, as they say, f**k it up. No one likes a grey chop! Incidentally, the WEIGHTS that Simon talks about but gets too bashful to give much detail of, are 1.6kg FISH WEIGHTS available online from Josh Niland's store. They're cool as but don't tell anyone!    Want more food tips? Check out the 5 Minute Food Fix Instagram.  See omnystudio.com/listener...

[RECIPE IN SHOW NOTES]    From OUR COOKBOOK! Have you bought the Food Fix yet? Or have you got it earmarked as a Christmas present? Good! Go, you good thing! This recipe can be found inside our cookbook but we’re sharing it in today’s 5MFF!    Want more food tips? Check out the 5 Minute Food Fix Instagram.    Recipe 500-900 g piece of pork belly  1 brown onion, cut into 4-5 pieces  2 garlic cloves, peeled and halved  1 thumb sized piece of ginger, sliced    Toffee  ¼ cup soy...

[RECIPE IN SHOW NOTES]    Today Simon’s taking us into the world of what used to be called ‘fusion’ food but really is just the combination of two good things that you wouldn’t expect to see together but which work unexpectedly well. No Mexicana Parmigiana, we’re not taking about you, but instead we’re covering off Hetty Mckinnon’s tomato dumpling salad – a panzanella and potsticker dumpling mashup that took over the northern hemisphere in summer and which Simon thinks you should rush out...

[RECIPE IN SHOW NOTES]    Chicken is well-behaved in the context of a burger. You can get quite creative with the fillings and the old Chooky McBurger tends to be quite accommodating! Listen to today’s episode for tips on how to prepare, dress and top your burger, and some of the hazards diners have encountered when eating Yumi’s burgers.    Want more food tips? Check out the 5 Minute Food Fix Instagram.    Recipe Ingredients  2 skinless chicken breasts  1 tbsp oil, plus extra for...

[RECIPE IN SHOW NOTES]    There’s a few things Simon always has in his fridge, and cucumbers are on that list (with three small kids it kind of goes with the territory). On today’s episode though they’re not destined to be baton-ed, bento boxed and sent off to school… instead we’re taking out some of life’s frustration on them as we smash them into something delicious for us adults – smacked cucumber salad.    Want more food tips? Check out the 5 Minute Food Fix Instagram.    Recipe  2...

[RECIPE IN SHOW NOTES]    I want more PRAWNS in my life! So how do I make it happen?  Simon manages to make me self-conscious about my fixation with getting food poisoning (are we NOT all fixated on this??!) but we make it through to a truly great prawn salad that can be the perfect stand-in for a Lobster Roll …or just a really great prawn salad!    Want more food tips? Check out the 5 Minute Food Fix Instagram.    Recipe Boil raw prawns in a big pot of water that has a tablespoon of...