5 Minute Food Fix Yumi Stynes

In this episode, Yumi asks questions about olive oil, Simon answers.
There's A LOT to Olive Oil that we take for granted, but it's worth knowing why this is such an essential ingredient, how to get the most out of what you're paying for, and what to look for when purchasing.
Olive oil icing: 1 cup icing sugar + 1/3 cup of (good quality!) olive oil. Mix and pour over your carrot cake!

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It sounds silly but farting is a genuine consideration in a lot of peoples' cooking, especially those of us with the most tedious of all the tedious food intolerances, #FODMAP.
Garlic and onion are the devil to our digestive systems and a "bad case of the farts" is way worse than it sounds!
BLACK BEAN RAGU - NO FARTS!
Dice 2 medium eggplant to a 1cm dice
Fry that off in a big frypan in 4tbs of HOT olive oil. Allow 10 mins to really get it soft and a little browned, shrunken down and looking edible and awesome.
Meanwhile, in a blender/food processor, whizz 1 tin of black beans, including the liquid, with 3 good-sized tomatoes, 1tbs white miso, 2tbs tomato paste, and 2 tsp of chilli oil (I use gochujang)
Add this to the frypan with a second tin of black beans, this one drained and rinsed, and 200ml stock.
Allow to cook down for another 5-10 minutes.
Serve on rice, pasta, polenta, toast or on its own.
BASED ON AN ORIGINAL RECIPE FROM Bee Wilson 'The Secret of Cooking'

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YES, we do exist! Not just figments of your fever dream that is 2024!
And we'll be meeting you in person at the Sydney Writers Festival 2024 - Saturday 25 May, 11am with special guest foodies Alex Elliott-Howery (aka "Alex Cornersmith"), and Lucy 'Every Night of the Week' Tweed.
It's 11am so you have time to get to the shops, chuck on the slow cooker, grab a coffee and then come sit with us.
https://www.swf.org.au/program/season-2024/the-dinner-dilemma

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Okay, if you're part of a diasporic community in Australia, there's a strong chance you're all over Plantain as an ingredient! But this incredible, versatile and super delicious ingredient was previously it's not grown locally, was hard-to-find, and expensive. THAT'S ALL CHANGING. (Coming soon to a fancy restaurant near you!)
Plantain is Yumi's prediction for hitting the mainstream here in restaurants, cafes, cooking shows and at home - - so get onto it first!
TO MAKE SIMPLE PLANTAIN CHIPS YOU'LL NEED:
3 yellowish to black plantains
1 flat teaspoon cayenne pepper
generous pinch of salt
4mm sunflower oil for frying
ALSO - We are very excited to be coming to Sydney Writers Festival! Saturday 25th May, 11am at Carriageworks, Simon and I will be joined by Alex from Cornersmith, Lucy 'Every Night of the Week' Tweed and all our usual LoLs and obsessive food chat so please come along!
https://www.swf.org.au/program/season-2024/the-dinner-dilemma

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Don't forget you can come see us with Alex Cornersmith and Lucy 'Every Night of the Week' Tweed at the Sydney Writers Festival on Saturday 25 May, at the extremely farmer's-market-friendly time of 11am! Carriageworks!
On today's episode we're celebrating the rando gadgets you find in hotel kitchens, in this case, the legendary JAFFLE PRESS.
To make The Perfect Baked Bean Jaffle?
plug in the jaffle and get it going
2 slices of sandwich bread (wholemeal or white)
butter the outsides
swipe the insides with a little mustard if you're into that kinda spice
fill the sandwich with a few spoonfuls of drained Wattie's Baked Beans
topped with cracked pepper
generous Havarti cheese
Toast until the cheese is oozing
EAT IMMEDIATELY WHILE ALSO AVOIDING SCALDING THE INSIDE OF YOUR MOUTH



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Simon and Yumi go deep on the humble potato in this episode.
Can washing grotty old potatoes be worth the effort?
What's the difference in supermarket varieties?
NOTES: The word "yogghurt" is not used once in this effort.
WARNING: Curve ball about dishwashers saved til end of episode.
The Dinner Dilemma is going to be a hoot at this year's Sydney Writers Festival! For more info follow this link
https://www.swf.org.au/program/season-2024/the-dinner-dilemma
and to send a couple of photos of the contents of your fridge and pantry?
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