5 Minute Food Fix

Pre-cleaned mussels are readily available everywhere, and as far as fresh shellfish goes? Pretty affordable. 

Simon explains how the Belgians eat them with chips (!!) and as a former kitchen-hand, Yum…

If you're no stranger to a Barbeques Galore or Bunnings store, you might've seen woodchips for sale. Those are for infusing your barbecued food with smoky, delicious flavours and today we'll talk you…

If a recipe looks good on TikTok, does that mean it's good? There was a recipe doing the rounds on TikTok that sucked me in. YES IT DID. It looked like it *could* actually be yummy. But like my tax r…

WARNING: Simon disrespects Vegemite in this episode! 

2 ingredients? Pasta + butter = World's Easiest Dinner.

For nearly 10 years, Simon edited nothing but Italian cookbooks. So even though he's not It…

Have you ever worked for HOURS and spent heaps of $$ on making a curry paste from scratch and then the results were kind of - meh...? There's a lot to be said for buying a jar of curry paste or even …

Is watermelon not perfection - by itself? Simon is having a romance with the delightful Aussie-grown watermelons that are unlike anything he had when back home in England. In today's episode, Simon g…

Yumi and Simon are still on a little break... so we are reheating some of our fave episodes from the past year! And this one is all about getting your kids to eat those green little trees. And Simon …

HAPPY NEW YEAR! We are still on break! So here's another one from the vault, this time it's all about salads. Want more information? Check out the 5-minute food fix Instagram.

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I know we just passed Christmas, but if you've got another family gathering, picnic, BBQ or just want some damn good potatoes, this is the recipe to follow. You will not regret cooking these little s…

You got flatbread? You've probably got a meal. In this REHEAT we are looking back at all the great ways flatbread can be dinner. Want more information? Check out the 5-minute food fix Instagram.

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If you celebrate, we hope you had a fantastic Christmas. No we aren't reheating food on this episode (although I am sure you will be... how good are Christmas leftovers), instead we are taking a jour…

Making pasta from scratch is deeply soothing and wonderful - but sadly, us 5 Minute Food Fixers are too busy to do that. What we CAN do when trying to give ourselves some self-care, is make a Garlic …

Trust me, you need the patience of a saint to get your Christmas seafood on Christmas eve. It is pretty manic out there, people, and we want you to stay safe. There ARE ways you can get fresh seafood…

Everyday luxury = smoked salmon. Yumi and Simon are both fans of what smoked salmon can do to a bagel or scrambled eggs. With Christmas canapes in mind, what else can you do with this wonderful ingre…

I have a real weakness for Christmas Pudding and I love and adore the spices, the dried fruit and the addition of fresh cream. Today's podcast talks you through a recipe that gives you all of that - …

You thinking of cooking prawns this Christmas? It's not tricky AT ALL. Yumi has some tips on how to avoid your lovely prawns tasting like "fridge" - and how you can game the whole fish market situati…

People coming over?

For SURE you want to put something fancy on the table - but not so fancy that you stress or sweat! Save sweating for your gym workout and get a whole Camembert in the oven. If you …

Simon and I both take Christmas preparation Very Seriously. 

Unsurprisingly, we also tend to take the lead in our respective households as far as meal planning goes and as far as choosing what to serv…

In this episode Yumi makes a shameful confession about her teenage fling with a pie-making machine. Thankfully Simon redeems the situation by sharing his ideas for how to turn a piece of puff pastry,…

Simon and I share a love of food and I find it particularly enjoyable when he gets genuinely excited about a recipe, which, to be honest, is most of the time! (Except, I think, that time I talked abo…