5 Minute Food Fix
Does the question “What’s for dinner?” make you groan with despair? Are you lacking both time AND inspiration? Author Yumi Stynes and cookbook publisher Simon Davis are both busy, love food, and here to help. In a podcast you can whack on for the drive home from work, you get meal ideas realistic enough to be cooked that night, AND you get laughs while learning more about the food you've been cooking every day. Easy recipes and cooking hacks that will save you time and get you loving food again. For recipes, videos and laughs, check out: instagram.com/5minutefoodfix/?hl=en https://www.tiktok.com/@5minutefoodfix And to contact the show: foodfixemail@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
Simon has just worked on and published an amazing book called 'Around the World in 80 Meatballs' by Bunny Banyai that gives an extraordinary insight into how the meatball exists in cultures all around the world.
Yumi is skeptical about Japanese meatballs but Simon has an incredible German recipe that delivers with a Spinach Sauce that he is going to talk about today.
CREAMY SPINACH SAUCE
Boil a whole bunch of washed English sp...
On your favourite food podcast, Yumi and Simon talk about how to make a salad MORE intriguing.
Plus, Yumi needs to confess about the stressful experience of acting!
Find the amazing Recipe Tin Eats salad here.
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Simon is getting ready to shoot his episodes of Adam Liaw's show The Cook-Up (broadcast date TBC) and Yumi is psyched about this recipe that you can get on the table in just 13 Minutes - that was shared in one of her group chats:
It's Marion Grasby's microwaved EGGPLANT RECIPE and is frankly ...amazing! You need to try it to believe it but since recording this ep Yumi has made it 3 more times and it's a keeper, a winner, and a c...
SIMON IS BACK!!
Yumi is delighted to be joined by the steadfast cooking legend and cookbook editor Simon Davis again.
Woot!
They unpack the uses of raising agents like bicarb soda and baking powder in cakes, and whether self-raising flour has a place in our kitchens.
Yumi is also pretty psyched to try this recipe.
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If you follow Reece Hignell's instagram, you might've seen that he hosted an idyllic week of cooking in a French chateau.
Naturally, Yumi has questions!
For Reece's LEMON TART recipe, check out his cookbook here.
And don't forget, Yumi's event with legendary Palestinian-British food writer Sami Tamimi is this weekend in Sydney!
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Cakeboi's Reece Hignell is a jam-making expert!
Filling in for Simon Davis again, Reece is the guy who made his Nan's cake recipes on Masterchef (including her Pumpkin Scones!).
On today's episode, he shares his tips for making jam delicious, vibrant and set. SET!
Don't forget: Yumi is interviewing Sami Tamimi this Sunday in Sydney if you wanna come along!
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Cakeboi legend Reece Hignell is guest host again and one thing he KNOWS how to do is scone.
Yumi has her mind blown several time this episode AND - your hosts solve the age-old dilemma of WHEN and HOW to add jam and cream to your scones!
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Cakeboi's Reece Hignell (instagram here) is SUPREMELY lucky to travel as a foodie and recently he went through Europe in search of the ultimate CARDAMOM bun.
One of his chefs came up with a brilliant hack if, like Reece (and Yumi, and Simon), you're absolutely bonkers for a bit of cardamom in your sweet goods and your chai. YUM YUM! You'll hear all about it in today's episode.
Reece Hignell is known for his legendary sweets. During his time on Masterchef he famously drew inspiration from beautiful, handwritten recipes from his Nan. He talks about her Caramel Slice on this episode, and how it can help a starting chef learn some basics that they can then apply to more advanced baking.
Find Reece's cookbook here.
(And don't forget Yumi will be interviewing Palestinian chef and food writer Sami Tamimi ...
Master baker and Newcastle royalty, Reece Hignell is guest host for the next few episodes!
He came to national attention as a Masterchef contestant and now has a world-renowned bakery in Newcastle called Cakeboi, and is the author of my son's favourite cookbook!
But one of the things that made him famous was his ability to make brilliant, complex and nourishing curries.
In this episode we talk about finishing a curry with...
Ingredients (to make 2 big Okonomiyaki)
250 grams of dried yaki noodles or ramen noodles
One cup of green cabbage, finally shredded
2 green onions, finely chopped
One cup of snow peas washed and trimmed
6 thin slices of bacon 170 grams)
2 eggs
1 heaped tablespoon of potato or cornstarch
2/3 of a cup 80 grams of flour
1/3 of a cup plus one tablespoon of dashi broth or chicken stock
PLUS
Sunflower oil for cooking, Okonomiyaki sauce (yaki...
Yumi and Chrissie were both there when politician Julie Bishop came on their show The Circle to talk her creamy herby chicken. It was years ago but the memory is VIVID for both of them! To the point where they both remember the recipe!
Chrissie will also talk you through the 101 of the PERFECT BURGER.
JULIE BISHOP'S CHICKEN
- Serves: 4
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 20–30 minutes
Ingredients
- Chicken breast fille...
As we go to air, SPRING has just sprung, but that doesn't mean it's too soon to be thinking about and planning for Christmas!
Chrissie has some great ideas about how to stress less, enlist the uncles, keep seafood front and centre, and make the perfect, crunchy roasted potato.
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Chrissie Swan guest-hosts again on this episode that gets your head into the Christmas spirit! And no, it's not too early to be thinking about it! (IYKYK)
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Chrissie Swan joins Yumi again to discuss what contingency plans should be made to INDEMNIFY A SISTER against running out of dessert...!
APPLE CRUMBLE:
2 cups of plain flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup brown sugar
250g butter
Mix all the above in a food processor until just barely combined.
Tumble on top of a baking dish with 4-5 cups of stewed apple down the bottom.
Bake at 160C fan-forced for 45 mins.
Serve with vanilla ice-cream.
Chrissie Swan and your food fix host Yumi Stynes used to eat a lot of weekend lunches together when they lived in the same city.
Back then it was crunchy, chewy bread, butter and maybe a burrata.
But that was 15 years ago. What now?
MAYBE, it's a foccacia.
There's a great Karen Martini recipe here - ignore all the toppings and just use the foccacia basic as a template - it's excellent and you don't need to "rice" the ...
Chrissie Swan is guest co-host again and she is absolutely FLUENT in Bolognese.
Here are the hacks, by Chrissie:
As I mentioned - with bolognaise every single batch is different.
Here’s my base:
2 onions
8 cloves of garlic
2 carrots, peeled and quartered
3 celery stalks, quartered
1kg coarsely minced chuck steak from the butcher
1 heaped teaspoon of flaked sea salt
3 chicken stock cubes
500g tomato paste
2 x 800g tins of tomat...
Yumi is delighted to be joined by her old The Circle co-host, Chrissie Swan.
Chrissie is a Logie Award-winning TV presenter and host of The Chrissie Swan show on NOVA, mum of 3, fantastic cook, and all-round legend!
The two catch up and talk through the two internet food fads Chrissie has tried and loved.
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Simon has been booked to be a guest on a cooking show, shooting soon.
So... what to cook?
It can be agony to decide, but Simon's first impulse is to make his famous and delicious FISH FINGER SANDWICH.
The legendary sando is easy AND supremely yummy, so is there a problem?
POSSIBLY! Warning! This episode contains contagious LoLs! Stay til the end!
FISH FINGER SANDWICH - serves 2
Pre-heat the oven to 220C
Spread out 10 fish fing...
Yumi and Simon ask some age old questions about why some cooks are hectic and they come up with some theories...
A chef who is completely NOT hectic but calm and delightful is Marion Grasby and Yumi has been fun cooking a few recipes from her website, including today's Chicken Lemon and Orzo, that you can whip up in a LEGIT 30 mins.
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