Recipes

Whole baked pumpkin in camp oven

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Do you love cooking in a camp oven over the fire? If so, check out Melissa’a delicious Whole baked pumpkin recipe. Ingredients 3kg jap pumpkin 3/4 cup arborio rice 3/4 cup quinoa 1 tsp curry powder 1 tsp mustard powder 300ml pure cream 250ml sour cream One sachet coconut curry vegetables Salt and pepper to taste 1 tbsp fresh garlic …

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Pan fried fish in lime and garlic butter sauce

Melissa has shared her simple but tasty pan fried fish recipe, in a yummy lime and garlic butter sauce. Ingredients – fish 2 x 150g fish fillets, skinless 2-3 tbsp salted butter 1 tbsp sesame oil Salt and pepper Ingredients – lime and garlic butter sauce 1 tbsp crushed garlic, fresh 1 shallot finely sliced 2 tbsp salted butter, cut …

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Fijian fish salad

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The weather is hot and summer is in full swing so why not try my fresh Fijian fish salad. It is the perfect recipe for a afternoon get together. Ingredients 900g saddletail snapper fish, skin off 3/4 cup lime juice 200ml coconut cream 200g gold tomatoes, sliced in half 1/2 red onion, finely chopped 1 spring onion, finely chopped 125g …

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Making your Christmas ham

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With Christmas around the corner, I thought it would be a great time to share my Christmas ham recipe. Is it really Christmas without a baked ham?? Ingredients 3-4kg piece of pickled pork 1 cup sweet chilli and plum sauce 2 tbsp fine salt Method Ask your butcher for a small leg of pickled pork between 3-4kg. With a sharp …

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Small kitchens are the best kitchens

Small kitchens

The Australian dream is a big house with a fancy kitchen styled well enough that you could get famous online by posting cooking TikToks, right? But, given how insanely expensive houses are at the moment, is that really what we want or need? The latest book from Exploring Eden Media dispels the myth that you need a giant kitchen with …

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Tim Tam, coconut and coffee balls

With Christmas around the corner, learn how to make these tasty Tim Tam, coconut and coffee balls. Ingredients 2 x 200g packets Tim Tam 30g chocolate-coated coffee beans 2 tbsp desiccated coconut 180g block baking chocolate white, chopped 395g can sweetened condensed milk Extra 1 cup desiccated coconut 30 wooden skewers Method Place chocolate coated coffee beans into a food …

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Coconut curried cod

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Learn how to make a tasty Coconut curried cod. Ingredients 500g gold spot rock cod fillets 2 tbsp sesame oil 2 pkts of Lee Kum Kee coconut curry vegetables sauce 150g broccoli florets 150g thinly sliced carrot 100g green capsicum diced 1 tbsp fresh ginger, grated 1 red chilli, finely sliced 1 kaffir lime leaf, finely sliced 270ml coconut cream …

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Honey Mustard Chicken Casserole

Learn how to make a tasty Honey Mustard Chicken Casserole. Ingredients Pork curry 600g chicken thigh fillets, sliced into 2cm portions 2 cloves garlic crushed 1 tsp dried tarragon leaves 1 tsp fresh thyme leaves 1 tbsp honey 1 tbsp wholegrain mustard 1/2 cup plain flour 6 red potatoes, quartered 1 brown onion, halved, sliced 350g orange sweet potato, peeled, …

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Pork curry with bok choy and kaffir lime

Pork curry with bok choy and kaffir lime

Ingredients Pork curry 1kg pork fillet, cut into strips 10 kaffir lime leaves, torn 1 tbsp grated ginger 250ml chicken stock 2 tbsp light soy sauce 540ml coconut cream 4 tbsp tamarind water 2 tbsp fish sauce Pork currry 2 tbsp palm sugar 6 cloves garlic, peeled and finely sliced Bunch of bok choy 4 tbsp sesame oil 1 cup …

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Crispy flathead with wok-tossed vegetables

Crispy flathead with wok-tossed vegetables

Tips for cooking flathead Ingredients for crispy flathead!-tossed vegetables 500g skin on flathead fillets, deboned, halved 1/2 cup Korean barbecue sauce 1/2 cup kecap manis 50g garlic pepper 1 tbsp sesame oil 1/2 cup rice flour 1 tbsp sweet sherry 1 bunch asparagus 1 red capsicum, finely chopped 1 head broccoli, cut into small florets Method Crispy flathead with wok-tossed …

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