Baked Apples With Bay Leaves, Dates And Honey Serves 4 Preparation: 15 minutes Cooking: 25 minutes · Brandy ½ cup · Fresh bay leaves 4 · Crimson raisins 70 g · Dates 100 g, pitted · Lemon 1, zester and juiced · Walnuts 50 g · Honey ¼ cup · Butter 1 T · Gala … Read more
A planned approach to parenting We’ve taken a planned approach to parenting our kids. This doesn’t just mean planning meals, routines and the like. We also take time to think about the way we want to parent: which strategies we’ll use and how we’ll work together. As kids grow in bursts, so do the behavioural … Read more
Giving kids time alone In recent years I’ve realised how easy it is to get caught up in after-school activities, weekend sport commitments, play dates and the various other obligations that come with having young children. All of this can result in overstimulated, exhausted children. It can also result in children expecting to be entertained … Read more
Someone once told me if you can make a good soup, you can make a good sauce and if you make a good sauce, then the world is your culinary oyster. I stick with that One of the first jobs I got when I was a youngster was at a gentleman’s club called The In … Read more
A handful of heaven, an icon of layered finesse – it takes a certain kind of mind to see beauty in a hamburger. These gorgeous creations are so flipping’ good they’ll convert even the most die-hard vegans Harissa Chicken Burgers With Pineapple Relish, Aioli And Vegetable Crisps Serves 4 Preparation: 30 minutes Cooking: 20 minutes … Read more
Seared Beef Fillet Burger With Roast Tomatoes, Buffalo Mozzarella And Polenta Chips Serves 4 Preparation: 20 minutes, plus chilling time Cooking: 20 minutes · Tomatoes 3, halved · Olive oil 1 T, plus extra for frying · Sugar 1t · Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper · Beef fillet 400 g · Buffalo mozzarella … Read more
“I’ve injected some global flavor into this week’s repertoire of suppers. Quick and easy, they fly the good-nutrition flag, too” Shopping List · Apple juice · Avocado · Baby beetroot · Baguette · Beef fillet · Butter · Carrots · Cranberry-and-appellee · Crème fraiche · Cucumbers · Free-range chicken · Evench shallots · Fresh dill … Read more
Tuesday’s French Coq Au Vin Serves 4 Preparation: 30 minutes Cooking: 45 minutes Tuesday’s French Coq Au Vin · Rindless streaky bacon 125 g, finely chopped · Olive oil 5 T · Free-range chicken pieces 1.5 ka · Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper · Onion 1, finely chopped · Liquid chicken stock 1 … Read more
Thursday’s English Roast Beef And Yorkshire Pudding Serves 4 to 6 Preparation: 20 minutes, plus chilling time Cooking: 1 hour Thursday’s English Roast Beef And Yorkshire Pudding · Beef fillet 800g · Olive oil 1T, plus extra for moistening · Worcester sauce 1T · Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper · Watercress, for serving … Read more
Saturday’s Japanese Maki Rolls With Miso-Tofu Soup Serves 2 to 4 Preparation: 45 minutes, plus standing time Cooking: 20 minutes · Nori sheets 4 · Cooked prawns 100 g, chopped · Large ripe avocado 1, thinly sliced · Smoked salmon trout 100 g, thinly sliced · Small crisp cucumbers 2, cut into thin strips · … Read more
A graduate of the Peregrine School of Cordon Blue London, Jun Jun de Guzman is a popular chef instructor as well as programs director at the Center for Asian Culinary Studies in San Juan. (His students and friends fondly call him “Chefie”). He is also a member if the Council of Chefs of the USDA-FAS. … Read more
When there just isn’t enough time to cook. Turn to simple, flavorful dishes to help complete your meal plan. Broccoli Pasta Salad Gobble up this tasty take on good ol’ pasta salad! In a pan with 3 tablespoons olive oil, sauté 3 cloves garlic (minced) and 1 small onion (cubed). Once the onions are translucent, … Read more
The dilemma Keeping pitchers of juice cold when you’re entertaining at home is always a challenge. Loading it up with ice cubes is the obvious answer, but of course, that also results in a diluted, watery flavor. How can you keep juice or punch cold and still maintain the same sweet taste? Favored ice cubes … Read more
For us, it makes sense to go on a family holiday by car due to travel costs and the volume of luggage we have to take with us. I have family in Mildura (550 kilometres north-west of Melbourne) so we’ve driven the Calder Highway to Mildura countless times. Each time, we find some way of … Read more
1. Flying with kids Since growing our family to five children, we’ve only had a couple of holidays where we’ve flown to our destination. Each time, to make it easy on the finances, we flew with budget airlines. Taking the cheaper option is doable, but it requires extra planning, especially with kids. I’d like to … Read more
Sumptuous fruit, super snacks and luscious ice cream The best vanilla ice cream Is it worth spending more on this delightful accompaniment? We put big brands and supermarkets’ own to the test… Winner 43/50 Tesco Finest Madagascan Vanilla Ice Cream Slow-melting, sinfully creamy with a powerful hit of vanilla, this is ice cream perfection. $5.99 … Read more
If you’re partying through the summer and feeding lots of friends and family, it could be time to invest in alfresco cooking equipment that’s up to the job! At last… barbecue time is here! Charcoal or gas which is best? For impromptu outdoor dining, gas is the winner (52% of homeowner agree), but you can’t … Read more
When planning a kid’s birthday party I find the simplest option is usually the best. To streamline the party organisation and keep it simple, I use a 10-point birthday party plan. A 10-point plan might sound complex and work-heavy, but all it does is define the work involved and put it into manageable chunks. Part of … Read more
Parties away from home As much as I love traditional at-home parties (which is how we normally celebrate birthdays), there have been times when we’ve chosen different options. When we were living in the inner city, we had a courtyard the size of a car-parking space and our house was quite small. When my eldest … Read more
Forget ‘it’s not you, it’s me’ – there’s a whole world of mad, bad and just plain crazy reasons why relationships end Why did your last relationship end? Was he cheating with the cute receptionist at the gym? Were you doing long-distance, which meant more Skype time than real time? Maybe he was a teacher-slash-secret-p*rn-star … Read more