Australian food and cooking show personality, Lyndey Milan, will be returning to TV on Sundays at noon on Channel 7 from 14th February 2016 with Lyndey Milan’s Summer Baking Secrets. The new TV series … [Read more...]
Cookbooks: The No Salt Cookbook by Emily George
When Emily George was diagnosed with Meniere’s disease (which affects balance and hearing) in 2011, doctors advised her she would have to cut salt from her diet. "Life was thrown into disarray for a … [Read more...]
Jamie Oliver Christmas Recipes using Aussie meat and produce
Updated 20 December 2019 With less than one week to Christmas you may be looking for some fresh ideas on how to cook the ham and turkey this year, as well as that Aussie Christmas favourite - fresh … [Read more...]
Christmas calorie consumption and what you can do to burn it off
Christmas calorie consumption and what you can do to burn it off. Between the custard-coated serves of plum pudding, the slow-roasted cuts of lamb and the occasional Christmas tipple with friends and … [Read more...]
Free Healthy Eggnog with Cinnamon Recipe
Free Healthy Eggnog Recipe created by Sarah Flinn to celebrate Christmas (healthy style) with USANA Health Sciences Nutrimeal. Every year when the eggnog season comes around, some of us practically … [Read more...]
Have a Merry Low Carb Christmas with these Atkins Recipes
Have a Merry Low Carb Christmas with these Atkins Recipes. With the silly season already upon us, and full-on festive feasts just around the corner, it’s easy to scrap healthy eating and succumb to … [Read more...]
The 4 Best Cooking Oils for Your BBQ
Owning a high-quality barbeque grill from a specialist retailer such as Barbeques Galore does not guarantee perfect cooking – you have to know what to put on it too, including what oils to choose. … [Read more...]
Eating for healthy bones: try these calcium rich recipes
Keeping your bones strong might seem like a goal for later years, when they become thinner and weaker. But bone health is actually something to consider much sooner. We reach peak bone density at … [Read more...]
How To Host The Perfect Dinner Party
Australians were hard hit by the global financial crisis. It hit nearly every business sector hard, including cafes and restaurants. Government statistics suggests that industry contracted by about … [Read more...]
Free Recipe: Atkins Low Carb Easter Buns
Following a low carbohydrate diet doesn’t mean you have to miss out on your favourite Easter treats. In the second of two free recipes from Atkins, you can make these Low Carb Easter Buns at … [Read more...]
Free Recipe: Atkins Low Carb Chocolate coated coconut Easter eggs
Following a low carbohydrate diet doesn't mean you have to miss out on chocolate treats at Easter. In the first of two free recipes from Atkins, you can make these Low Carb Chocolate coated coconut … [Read more...]
Top 5 Halloween DIY Treats on the Internet
The spooky season is arriving once more with a tasteful vengeance! Scare your taste buds this Halloween with a homemade snack that will deliciously surprise even the most fancy dessert … [Read more...]
Free Recipe: Carpaccio of Kingfish with Picalilli, Capers and White Balsamic Dressing
This free recipe is by Head Chef Michael Robinson of Margan Restaurant based in the beautiful Broke Fordwich wine sub-region of the Hunter Valley in New South Wales. Known as ‘the tranquil side of the … [Read more...]
Free Recipe: Carrot, Date and Pistachio Cake
This recipe for "Carrot, Date and Pistachio Cake" was created by Michael Robinson, Head Chef at the Margan Restaurant at Broke Fordwich, in the Hunter Valley of NSW. Margan Restaurant was recently … [Read more...]
Beat the winter chills with this recipe for a hearty soup
Nothing warms you up on a cold winter's day quite like a hearty soup. Beat the winter chills with this Smoky Chorizo & White Bean Soup from Beak & Sons. INGREDIENTS Serves 4–6 1 packet of Beak & Sons … [Read more...]
New Atkins Low Carb Breakfast Recipe for Mother’s Day
New Atkins has created a low carb breakfast recipe easy enough for Dad and the kids to make for Mother's Day on 11th May 2014. The recipe, Eggs Benedict with Portobello Mushroom, has 5g of … [Read more...]
Nine of the Most Common #foodfails and How to Avoid Them
Thought you couldn’t destroy pasta or rice? Think again. According to online grocery and recipe delivery service HelloFresh, some of the most common food fails in the kitchen are far simpler than that … [Read more...]
3 New Recipes from SPC Ardmona
Reports of SPC Ardmona's closure in Australia have been grossly exaggerated. That's the message we're getting from parent company Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA). As you are no doubt aware, CCA will invest … [Read more...]
It’s Healthy Weight Week in Australia
In a bid to get more Australians to adopt healthy eating habits, the Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA), is hosting its annual Australia’s Healthy Weight Week campaign this week from 17-23 … [Read more...]
Tips for Dishing up a healthy Australia Day barbeque
Latest health statistics show our lucky country is not so lucky when it comes to rates of obesity, with Australia now ranking number four in the world for the highest rates of adult obesity¹. With … [Read more...]
5 Australian Cooking Legends
You're really know you've made it when they immortalise your face on a postage stamp. Just ask the five legends of Australian cooking, who this week were honoured as the recipients of the 2014 … [Read more...]
Two Delicious Recipes from Head Chef Simon Ward
Simon Ward (pictured) is the head-chef and part-owner of Fitzroy's newest food institution, Hammer & Tong. As the culinary mastermind at some of Melbourne's finest restaurants including Vue de Monde … [Read more...]
Recipe for Lamb Ribs
Ingredients: Two racks of lamb ribs 2 tblsp dried rosemary 2 clove garlic crushed ½ cup (125ml) extra virgin olive oil 1 bunch of mint Salad: 1 cup (250g) of ricotta cheese 1 preserved lemon 1 large … [Read more...]
3 Simple Tips for Healthy Home Cooking
Australia’s peak nutrition body, the Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA), is about to launch its annual Australia’s Healthy Weight Week campaign (17-23 February), which focuses, this year, on … [Read more...]
Cookbook by 94 year old Nana revives traditional family recipes
A new cookbook edited by Ita Buttrose and written by a 94 year old, one-legged grandmother, is set to bring back childhood memories of 'real' home cooking and raise money for Alzheimer’s … [Read more...]
Banker makes career change to launch website and recipe book
Tanya Bartolini always knew she loved to cook, but it wasn’t until she took maternity leave from a high-stress career in finance and gave birth to her son that she realised she wanted to do it for a … [Read more...]
Salmonella could be lurking in your spice rack
We may be spicing our food with salmonella, according to a new report. About seven percent of spices tested by the US Food and Drug Administration were found to be contaminated with the deadly bug. … [Read more...]
Cookbook: Grow Harvest Cook
Based on the blog of the same name, Grow Harvest Cook is for anyone looking to grow, harvest, and cook their own produce. Written by Meredith Kirton and Mandy Sinclair, with photography by Sue Stubbs … [Read more...]
3 Simple Low Calorie Recipes for Entertaining at Home
With these three simple recipes created by Five Star Personal Trainers, having a few friends over for dinner means you and your guests won't to spend hours in the gym the next day to work off … [Read more...]
Recipe: Fresh Fruit Cake
Looking for a fun and healthy alternative to a birthday cake? Then look no further, check out this great tutorial from Ebony Malcolm, author of Neat 2 Eat - Everyday Lunchbox Recipes & Fun with Food, … [Read more...]
What’s next for My Kitchen Rules winner Jennifer Evans
Jennifer Evans has been keeping herself busy since winning the 2012 season of My Kitchen Rules with her friend Leigh Sexton. In addition to becoming a mum to three-month-old Harlow, Jennifer has set … [Read more...]
A Recipe for Fresh Fig and Walnut Tart from the French Kitchen
When figs are in season—or if you are lucky enough to have a tree, this is the way to use some up. Akin to the rose-patterned strawberry tart in the placing of the figs, the result is spectacular, … [Read more...]
A Recipe for Cheese Souffle from the French Kitchen
This recipe for Cheese Souffle is an extract from A lifetime of cooking, teaching and writing from The French Kitchen by Diane Holuigue. Much more than a recipe book, the best-selling author of The … [Read more...]
Spooky Cocktail Recipes for Halloween
While outside ghosts and ghouls frolic freely, these fresh fruity flavours are the perfect potions for dressing up Halloween cocktails with a sinfully sophisticated twist. This selection of creepy … [Read more...]
Good Cook Bad Cook: 20 Rules for the Kitchen 80 Essential Recipes
Victoria Heywood came across many weird, supposedly edible, things in 17 years travelling the world as a journalist, but none so strange as some of the dishes she encountered back home in Australia … [Read more...]
Taste Cook Travel
Australian Chef Pauline Leonard (pictured), best known for the cooking classes she runs at the Queen Victoria Market in Melbourne, has been conducting gourmet food & wine weekend tours for small … [Read more...]
Cookbook: The Australian Women’s Weekly Cooking for Kids with Allergies
The Australian Women's Weekly Cooking for Kids with Allergies offers delicious recipes for children with food allergies that the whole family will love. Food allergies in children are becoming … [Read more...]
Cookbook: The Australian Women’s Weekly Decorating Cakes
The Australian Women's Weekly Decorating Cakes is full of gorgeous and lavishly decorated cakes for weddings, christenings, birthdays, anniversaries and for any other occasion that calls for a … [Read more...]
Cookbook Review: The Sweet Life by Kate Bracks
[rating: 4] Being the consummate sweet tooth, it didn't take much to convince me to dive into Kate Bracks' new book - The Sweet Life - a collection of divine temptations from Australia's 2011 … [Read more...]