5 Minute Food Fix
Does the question “What’s for dinner?” make you groan with despair?
Are you lacking both time AND inspiration?
Author Yumi Stynes and cookbook publisher Simon Davis are both busy, love food, and here to help.
In a podcast you can whack on for the drive home from work, you get meal ideas realistic enough to be cooked that night, AND you get laughs while learning more about the food you've been cooking every day.
Easy recipes and cooking hacks that will save you time and get you loving food again. For recipes, videos and laughs, check out: instagram.com/5minutefoodfix/?hl=en https://www.tiktok.com/@5minutefoodfix
And to contact the show: [email protected]
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- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 5 minutes
- Episodes
- 399
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
The Air Fryer Diaries - Part 3 - aka The Pros and Cons of a Coffee Machine
On this Final Instalment of Simon Davis's shameful Air-Fryer Diaries, you'll discover what's still sitting in the hallway of Simon's house, in its boxed, unloved and unopened.
Yumi shares how she's be…
The Air Fryer Diaries - Part 2
Simon is sheepishly confessing to two cooking FAILURES - and one win.
What on earth are they?
And what delicious food can we possibly eat to get us through the grimmest months of winter?
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The Air Fryer Diaries - Part 1
Both your hosts Yumi and Simon have so far resisted the allure/hype of the AIR FRYER.
Neither has one - til now!
But why have they resisted? And what could make them cave?
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CARAMELIZED ONIONS - The myths and lies!
Finely slice your onion, pre-heat your fry pan then add 3 tbs good olive oil.
Gently sautee your onions for ...wait.
TWENTY MINUTES??
Listen here for WHY -
...and some hacks if you simply can't spare t…
BEST (turning 40) VANILLA CAKE
On this episode, Yumi floats her theory about why 40th birthdays are often a big, fat non-event.
Then we go all-in on Yumi's son's newest favourite cake. (Since recording this episode, she's made it t…
NOT-SO AWFUL OFFAL !
2025 might be the year that we begin to RE-appreciate the offcuts that used to populate the supermarket meat section back in our parents' day...
Liver, anyone?
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Fish in Crazy Water!
Sometimes a terrific NAME can get you racing to the kitchen to attack a recipe.
Who doesn't love 'Crunchy Fish', for instance?
And what about Pesce all’Acqua Pazza, or better known as 'Fish in Crazy W…
Fennel and Snow Pea Salad
Your hosts go ALL IN for that great winter vegetable, FENNEL, which has the annoying habit of refusing to go off while taking up space in your fridge! Curse you, Everlasting Vegetable!
Yumi also reco…
Beautiful Baked Meatballs
Inspired by the chef Michael Moore who wrote a great book full of delicious and healthy recipes called BLOOD SUGAR - and also inspired by the need to bunker down under MANY layers of doona and therma…
PERSIMMON Season MUST be embraced!
On your favourite food podcast, Yumi Stynes explains how food, in this case persimmons, connects her to her mother's culture.
Persimmons are, like asparagus, TRULY seasonal. Which is why we have to en…
Creamy White Beans and Tomato
Yumi has some personal news to share with Simon which she predicts will BORE HIM TO TEARS.
She also has an amazing Creamy White Beans recipe to share with everyone - TOTALLY NOT BORING!
It's a New Yor…
How to ORDER WELL at a Restaurant
Your hosts have a LOT of thoughts when it comes to ordering food at a restaurant.
What are the common mistakes?
How can you absolutely nail it?
On what topics should you consult with your waiter?
Hosted…
Nigella's Dairy-Free Chocolate Cake
Is there anything more inspiring for a keen cook than being asked to make something for a party at short notice?
Yumi is BACK and feeling good in her kitchen and was delighted to have a couple of crac…
Balsamic Potatoes!
We NEVER get tired of finding new ways to make potatoes exciting and delicious.
REAL QUICK:
To make Yumi's ALL KILLER, NO FILLER POTATO CRISP
Pre-heat the oven to 200C.
Have some finely chopped rosemary …
The case AGAINST Corn "Ribs"
Corn ribs had a bit of a "moment" in restaurants around the country and around the world - - but what do you think?
(email us any time [email protected])
Your food-mad hosts discuss.
Yumi also ha…
Your Hosts Go ROGUE
This episode, your hosts Yumi and Simon go wildly off script and talk about:
The perils of buying wine as a sober person
A gumbooted and verdant field fantasy
...and there's a bunch of ridiculous lollin…
A little warning that Mother's Day is coming!
Yumi has some (actually real) ideas about what kinds of gifts mothers want this Mother's Day.
(Clue: it's not chocolate, it's not a soft toy, it's no kind of inflatable silver balloon EVER, and it's d…
Recipe Controversy... and "Caramel Slice"
It's not every day that recipe copyright and cookbook authoring is national news, so naturally Yumi and Simon have some thoughts!
From their two unique perspectives from the world of cookbooks and re…
Onsen Tamago!
If you've ever been to Japan (which more and more of you have been lucky enough to do!) - you may have visited an "Onsen" - hot spring bath.
Imagine notionally teaming that idea up with the idea of po…
HLT?
In this episode our two hosts try to make each other laugh and dig a little into the culture of the Farmer's Market, what people get wrong when cooking with Haloumi - - - and what exactly this new th…