5 Minute Food Fix

We can't nail every meal! Especially when we're cooking in someone else's kitchen! On today's episode, Yumi and Simon both get pod therapy about their most recent disasters, and Simon does a do-over on a delicious Baba Ganoush. DO-OVER BABA GANOUSH 2-3 eggplants, pricked with a skewer or fork (if you don't want to live dangerously) Cook the eggplants WELL on the BBQ. Like, REALLY WELL , so they're...

All green, raw food does not have to flee from your kitchen just because it's cold. Yes, the weather definitely affects what you feel like eating but salad can still comfort and nurture you even when you're putting an electric blanket on the couch. (Try this! It's excellent!) On today's episode Yumi revisits one of the GOAT salads. The classic. Rocket, Pear and Walnut. It appears in her cookbook E...

Yes, it's been a big and exciting couple of days for Stynes with her book with Dr Melissa Kang 'WELCOME TO SEX' being nominated for a Prime Minister's Literary Award ... but we WILL talk about food. Yumi's been busy going through the cookbook she co-wrote with Simon. Partly because she loves Simon's recipes but also because she can't remember her own! It's incredibly handy having them written down...

There are NO MORE EXCUSES if your roasted potatoes aren't perfect! Also, why is Yumi laughing so hard she has tears? It's all about this guy who went viral for his potatoes. THIS RECIPE IS YUMI'S VERSION Get a large pot on the stove with 2cm water in, turn up hot. At the same time, put a full kettle on to boil. Quarter 700g potatoes. By the time you've finished cutting up the spuds, the water in t...

Freshly returned from his old stomping grounds in London, Simon is full of fresh inspiration and ideas. One of the places he's loved in the past is the legendary Peckham produce store, Persepolis . We hear about its owner and creative force, Sally Butcher, aka Sally in Peckham , and Simon talks us through one of her recipes, which you can find here or below: CAULIFLOWER AND PICKLE PIE INGREDIENTS...

You're in the minority if a lurgie hasn't waylaid you this past month! Here's a ginger tea to heal your roughed-up throat. Cook up 15g ginger, grated in 500ml water. While it's warming, make a slurry of 1/2tbs of potato or corn starch dissolved in 1tbs cold water. When the ginger-water tea is hot, use a whisk to stir in the slurry and bring the mixture to the boil. You should see your tea thicken...

Simon Davis is freshly returned from a month in his home country and the delightful dining experiences he had in England have invigorated and enlivened his appreciation of food. On today's episode we find out what is Simon's FAVOURITE RESTAURANT ...? And we talk through one of the simplest desserts that is so good, I have to "cook" it this afternoon (no actual cooking required). BALSAMIC STRAWBERR...

A couple of listeners have asked us to talk you through Tapioca Pudding. It's the sort of thing you can buy in the fridge section of health food stores and at specialty Thai Dessert Takeaway places - but unlike it's spiritual sister Bubble Tea, this is pretty easy to make! Boil 3 cups of water Add in 1/2 cup of tapioca pearls Stir and keep an eye on it. The pearls will go from opaque white to tran...

We discuss the utter absence of cooking with cactus in our lives (!) and a cookbook which I have loved by Nik Sharma called VEG-TABLE . To make the recipe, you need 500g Orecchiette (thus named because the tiny scooped pieces look like a baby's ear 285g frozen peas 11/2 tsp cumin seeds and 1/2 tsp fennel seeds, lightly crushed in a mortar and pestle 4 cloves of garlic, grated 1 tsp red pepper flak...

On today's episode Simon and Yumi reminisce about when they first started recording the podcast more than 280 episodes ago - in the KiiS Sydney studios, using Kyle Sandilands's diamond-encrusted microphone. It's been an incredibly fun and delicious ride since then and today's a bit of a full-circle moment as Simon builds on that first ever episode's food suggestion - try grating a tomato on your b...

Some great info in today's episode about why some foods burn while we're cooking them EVEN WHEN WE'RE RIGHT THERE WATCHING. It's all about SUGAR content! Whether in a bolognese sauce or the fancy toast you keep burning, WHY? And what to do about it? PLUS - try this brilliant Teriyaki Sauce recipe that is TOO EASY to believe! TERIYUMMY CHICKEN 500g chicken thigh fillet, cut into plus-size nuggets,...

On today's episode I take care to explain exactly what is meant by the Very Online term, 'Girl Dinner' ... and I have a girl dinner of my own to share, based on this recipe - but not much like it at all. YUMI'S GIRL DINNER FLATBREAD 1 x small, round za'atar flatbread, shop bought about 150g of halloumi cheese, grated 1 x medium zucchini, shaved into ribbons salt, pepper, a drizzle of honey (option...

It's no secret that Simon Davis LOVES Greek yoghurt as an ingredient. But has he ever been this excited about Greek yoghurt as he is today? Listen for a fantastic rave about Anna Jones's new cookbook 'Easy Wins' - an exasperated take on mayo - and this fantastic recipe: Frizzled Spring Onion and Olive Oil Dip 150g good Greek yoghurt, strained if you can be bothered 1 bunch spring onions, finely ch...

On Yumi and Simon's top-rating food podcast, we unpack the mysterious giant vegetable that is the Daikon. What are some of the uses? What can I do if I've foolishly bought one? Help! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Making bread takes a bit of effort so you really want it to pay off! On today's episode, Simon and I discuss YEAST and a book that I am a huge fan of - - Karen Martini's COOK (- which I manage to mis-name as "Food" - my apologies!). There's so much in there, it's basically an encyclopaedia OF FOOD. I even bought a second copy to give to my kid who lives out of home. And I'm still discovering cool...

It's funny to realise just how inevitable it is that when you first get a mandolin slicer (also known as a 'V-Slicer'), you are likely to cut your fingertips or knuckles a few times before giving the gadget the respect (and caution) it deserves! Simon has a couple of golden rules for staying safe when using it... and a beautiful salad that makes the most of your amazing mandolin. Fennel and Radish...

Cookbook authors reach for a few phrases that suck me in every time. If someone says, "I've tried it many other ways, but THIS way is the best! I can't veganise it!" - - I tend to believe them. Today we celebrate a brilliant book that won a Guild Award in the UK - Ruby Tandoh's 'Cook As You Are'. The book Simon edited which previously won the same award is Mark Diacono's 'A Taste of the Unexpected...

What IS a Hasselback Potato? And should we bother? And what nonsense is the internet offering us *this week* in the world of food? Today we talk about ALL of it - and return to one of our favourite recipes for potatoes. (Spoiler? It's not the Hasselback.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Simon and I are both a bit weirded out when ingredients used in a traditional way in one's respective childhood home - become modernised and used in new and creative ways. Modern food ! Whut? I confess it's taken me a while to get onboard with all these groovy new ways to use miso paste but it is bloody marvellous. AS IS HETTY McKINNON. Her 'Community' cookbook changed the way we do salads in Aust...

On Yumi and Simon's consistently Top-10 rated food podcast , the two hosts delve into the meaning of "heirloom" when it comes to food. And if you're surviving the cost-of-living battle sufficiently that you can shell out $$ for a couple of really good quality Ox Heart tomatoes - Simon has a beautiful and easy salad to really make those almost sacred (!) - tomatoes - that involves nothing more than...

Food goes in and out of fashion, it's amazing to watch! Is Ottolenghi out of f(l)avour? Or are we bored? Or what? Today we unpack a classic old-fashioned dessert and one of the few desserts we ate in my house when I was a wee little tacker. PRE-HEAT YOUR OVEN 180C Grease a 1.5 L oven dish. CUSTARD INGREDIENTS MIX THESE THINGS TOGETHER IN A JUG: 2 eggs 2 tbs caster sugar 500ml milk 1 tsp vanilla es...

Basque Cheesecake was all the rage a couple of seasons ago and now I'm making it almost weekly. Partly because it's a classic, is easy, and super-yummy, and partly because I am trying not to get my scrawny Asian ass kicked in this race I'm competing in Very Freakin Soon. DON'T ASK ME ABOUT THE RACE! Let's talk about cheesecake instead! YOU NEED: A lust for cheesy, delicious protein. A 20cm high-si...

Simon and I are both dismayed to hear that pears have grown so "unpopular" that local growers have been ripping up their trees to try to plant something more lucrative. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-17/pears-out-of-favour-with-shoppers/102961848 Why not just enlist us to plug the pear? We'd do a great job! There are so many great uses for this subtle and affordable fruit - not least of all o...

Brussels sprouts were only ever polarising because our Boomer parents had no idea how to cook them. Here in the real world, this seasonal, winter vegetable is INCREDIBLE. How do you get the most out of them so they're as good as when you sit down for a side dish of these babies at a fancy restaurant with your mum? It's easy, you can do it! Find out more on today's episode. Hosted on Acast. See aca...

Yumi and Simon nut out the big questions on today's episode. What IS the difference between a garnish and something bigger, like a handful of croutons? Yumi will also talk you through a FANTASTIC cauliflower soup recipe which is easy (tick), delicious (tick), you could probably do tonight (tick!) and it is topped by the most unbelievably enjoyable garnish. (That is actually NOT a garnish.) Wait wi...