5 Minute Food Fix

It's with some amazement that your hosts reflect on the fact that they're both currently working in offices.

LIKE, HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?

Yumi struggles with boredom in meetings, and has directed a lot of that restless energy into concocting the PERFECT OFFICE LUNCH. This code also applies to school/uni lunches if you have a common room.

LANGUAGE WARNING: It's not technically "swearing" but at some point Yumi does say "kick it ...

Yumi has come up with a way to use up 2 really, really nasty bananas - in a way the kids won't even notice.

2 NASTY BANANAS -> CHOC CHIP MUFFINS

2 nasty, dead-looking bananas 180g

55g melted butter

1 egg

1tsp vanilla

100g greek yoghurt

150g wholemeal (or regular) self-raising flour

70g dark chocolate chips

Pre-heat the oven to 180C

Prepare a 6-hole muffin tray

Mash well your bananas. Sometimes if I can be bothered, I used the back ...

Is it offensive to say you've "upgraded" an absolute classic?

In this case, it's not Simon making the claim - it's from an online recipe... But enough users are in the comments RAVING about the so-called upgrade that Simon had to give it a go.

The big difference? Marinating the fetta in broken pieces (not cut cubes) in oil made from frying lemon slices. Blistering the red peppers/capsicum. And using fresh oregano (as well as ...

Your favourite cooking nerds get EXCITED over an internet recipe that has the Comments Section going off.

You know how they say "you should never read the comments"?

Not in this case!

The recipe is here.

The modifications are:

Cut the chicken into smaller pieces than suggested, then marinate them in 2tbs Garam Masala, 1tbs finely minced ginger and 1tbs fish sauce. To up the coconutty flavour, fry the chicken in coconut oil, not ...

On this Final Instalment of Simon Davis's shameful Air-Fryer Diaries, you'll discover what's still sitting in the hallway of Simon's house, in its boxed, unloved and unopened.

Yumi shares how she's been doing the audiobook recordings for a couple of her books...

ALSO - how to make the greatest, easiest dessert ever: AFFOGATO?!

It's so good it's almost uncanny.

RECIPE:

Ball up your best vanilla ice-cream into a neat spheres ...

Both your hosts Yumi and Simon have so far resisted the allure/hype of the AIR FRYER.

Neither has one - til now!

But why have they resisted? And what could make them cave?

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The link to Simon's son's beloved Sausage Rolls on RecipeTinEats is here.

The book that Yumi's son took camping despite the lack of oven and general cooking equipment is Reece Hignell's CAKE BOI

The book that Yumi and Si...

On this episode, Yumi floats her theory about why 40th birthdays are often a big, fat non-event.

Then we go all-in on Yumi's son's newest favourite cake. (Since recording this episode, she's made it twice more: both little ones LOVE IT in their school lunches.)

It's a Nagi recipe from Recipe Tin Eats and you can find it here.

And if it's your 40th birthday soon? GO EASY ON YOURSELF. There'll be more birthdays!

Sometimes a terrific NAME can get you racing to the kitchen to attack a recipe.

Who doesn't love 'Crunchy Fish', for instance?

And what about Pesce all’Acqua Pazza, or better known as 'Fish in Crazy Water'??

Find the recipe here - - or just gently fry up 1/4 cup olive oil with 2tsp salt, 700g chopped tomatoes and YOUR FAVE aromatics - eg., dried chillies, 1/2 tsp fennel seeds, 2 cloves of thinly sliced garlic and a pinch...

Your hosts go ALL IN for that great winter vegetable, FENNEL, which has the annoying habit of refusing to go off while taking up space in your fridge! Curse you, Everlasting Vegetable!

Yumi also recounts a breakthrough moment of understanding that oils and salads need to be co-ordinated, much like tops and bottoms do when putting together an outfit.

FENNEL AND SNOW PEA SALAD:

500g prepped snow peas, blanched in boiling water ...

Inspired by the chef Michael Moore who wrote a great book full of delicious and healthy recipes called BLOOD SUGAR - and also inspired by the need to bunker down under MANY layers of doona and thermals and eat hot, filling food, Yumi revisits an old recipe for baked meatballs that really is beautiful and very achievable.

Try it here:

Preheat the oven to 180C

Decant 2/3 of a bottle of passata into a baking tray with high sides.

Rol...

Yumi has some personal news to share with Simon which she predicts will BORE HIM TO TEARS.

She also has an amazing Creamy White Beans recipe to share with everyone - TOTALLY NOT BORING!

It's a New York Times Cooking recipe - and you'll probably have everything you need to make it - just grab or make sure you have

1. Fresh Cream
2. Tomato Paste
3. Half a jar of sundried tomatoes

Hosted o...

Is there anything more inspiring for a keen cook than being asked to make something for a party at short notice?

Yumi is BACK and feeling good in her kitchen and was delighted to have a couple of cracks at making this cake by Nigella Lawson.

*After recording, she made it again for the party - here's what she said about the changes:

"Instead of Olive Oil, I used coconut oil!

(I know the whole name is Nigella's Olive Oil Cho...

We NEVER get tired of finding new ways to make potatoes exciting and delicious.

REAL QUICK:

To make Yumi's ALL KILLER, NO FILLER POTATO CRISP

Pre-heat the oven to 200C.

Have some finely chopped rosemary needles ready to go and have 1/4 cup of olive oil in a small pot, not heated yet.

Slice 4-5 decent-sized spuds into 2mm discs. Dump the lot into a big pot of salted, boiling water. Once the water returns to the boil (this will take a...