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Chargrilled chicken and roasted beetroot salad
Serves 4
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
1 bunch baby beetroot, washed, small leaves trimmed and reserved
1/4 cup (60ml) extra virgin olive oil
4 (about 800g) chicken breast fillets
1 baby radicchio treviso, leaves separated, torn
100g baby mizuna leaves*
1/2 cup (75g) toasted...
Flavours
Prawn, watermelon and snow pea leaf salad
Serves 4
¼ cup (60ml) lime juice
¼ cup (60ml) sushi vinegar
3 tsp (15g) finely chopped palm sugar
½ tsp sesame oil
20 (about 640g)...
Fast and Fresh
Green papaya salad with coconut prawns
Serves 4
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 5 minutes
1 cup (65g) shredded coconut
20 (about 650g) large green king prawns, peeled leaving tails...
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Flavours
Barbecued prawns with ginger and mango mayonnaise
Serves 12
Preparation time: 30 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes (plus 1 1/2 hours marinating time)
4 kg green tiger prawns, peeled, leaving tail intact,...

Flavours
Breakfast bruschetta
Serves 12
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
500g trussed cherry tomatoes
4 00g portobello mushrooms, stalks removed
1/4 cup (60ml)...

Cooking Tips
Rosewater and lychee martinis
Serves 6
425g tin lychees in syrup
2 cups (500ml) vanilla vodka
1/4 cup (60ml) rosewater
Crushed ice
Rose petals, to serve
Drain the lychees and...

Fast and Fresh
Singapore chilli crab
Singapore chilli crab
Serves 4
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
4 uncooked blue swimmer crabs
1 tbs peanut oil
2 long fresh red...

Fast and Fresh
Tuna with green tea noodle salad
Serves 4
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 5 minutes
4 (about 150g each) tuna steaks
200g green tea soba noodles
1 bunch asparagus, trimmed,...

Fast and Fresh
Ginger and green onion steamed snapper
Food editor, Sarah Hobbs, takes the mystique out of cooking whole fish with this easy and fast recipe.
Ginger and green onion steamed snapper recipe
Serves...

Cooking Tips
Food saving tip
Stop Food Waste storage tip
When loading eggs into the fridge write the use-by date on the one you're likely to use last. Never risk a bad egg...

Cooking Tips
How to open and pour champagne
Champagne and special occasions go hand in hand, but cork missiles and overflowing fizz can dampen the moment. If you’re called upon to launch the...

Cooking Tips
Cob loaf
This recipe is perfect for an outdoor picnic and can be prepared the day before and served cold or warm.
Picnic cob loaves
Serves 4
1 red capsicum
1 yellow...

Flavours
Tuna with green beans and haloumi
Serve 4
200g trussed cherry tomatoes
1 tbs extra virgin olive oil
250g green beans, trimmed, halved
4 (about 800g) tuna steaks
200g haloumi, thickly...

Flavours
Minted pea and broad bean penne
Serves 4
300g penne pasta
2 cups (300g) fresh peas
1 cup (150g) fresh or frozen broad beans, thawed, peeled (if desired)
1 tbs olive oil
1 brown onion,...

Sweets
Apple and blackberry crumble ice cream
Serves 6
600ml thickened cream
2 cups (500ml) milk
1 vanilla bean, split
6 egg yolks
3/4 cup (155g) caster sugar
20g butter
1 Granny Smith apple,...
How-tos
Make devonshire tea
Pretty china and fluffy, warm scones transform tea time...
How to make galette
Tomato and tapenade galettes
Serves 4
Preparation time:...
How to make vanilla bean ice-cream
Serves 6-8
What you will need
1 vanilla pod
600ml...
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