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
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- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 5 minutes
- Episodes
- 399
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Cardomom Shortbreads, Job news, and MORE
All the kids are finally back to school and those of us lucky enough to be gainfully employed are mostly back to work! Including Yumi, who has a new job!
To sweeten your work day, Yumi has a shortbrea…
Simon recommends the country's Greatest Restaurant
NOT ONE TO BRAG, our humble food expert Simon Davis has spent a number of days hanging out at Australia's Best Restaurant in his day job as a cookbook publisher.
You'll hear more about the restaurant …
VALENTINE'S DAY CAKE WINNER!
What does Valentine's Day mean to you?
And how do you make your special person feel extra loved on this (sometimes tricky and weird) day?
Yumi and Simon have some experiences and advice to share - and …
2025! Satay! Cookbook shoots!
Yumi and Simon are excited to be back for another season of your Food Fix.
They share what went on with their respective Christmases, Simon has already been working on some incredible-sounding cookboo…
Bring a Bowl to School...?
Providing a successful bowl of food for the class party, the swim carnival, the Welcome Back or the sad Farewell party - can sometimes be the only validation the home cook gets ALL WEEK! Ha! So here …
REHEATED: Did you notice all the PLANTAIN about?
Where did you go for holidays this summer?
If it was Queensland, chances are you encountered Plantain as an ingredient!
This incredible, versatile and super delicious ingredient was previously not gro…
Simon's INCREDIBLE Fennel, Walnut and Crouton Salad
A FENNELLY CROUTON CELEBRATION
Because we all know Yumi won’t ever, ever leave her crouton era. Here’s another use for them and one that we can combine with one of Simon’s loves – raw fennel. It’s zi…
REHEATED: Some OLIVE OIL basics, please!
In this classic episode from the archives, Yumi asks questions about olive oil, Simon answers.
Sometimes foodies can take the basics for granted. Most of us are familiar with Olive Oil, but it's worth…
Harissa Maple Mushrooms to get your COOKING MOJO back!
It feels sheepish to admit it - but sometimes even the host of a FOOD PODCAST can lose their cooking mojo!
Given we have a bit more spare time over the summer (hopefully), Yumi has decided it's time t…
REHEATED: Making the most of CHEAP avocados (and getting your kids to eat them!)
Hey there my mid-summer parent friends!
How's your existential despair?
Feeding fussy kids is tricky at the best of time, but summer holidays can be VERY TRYING because HOT CHIPS are not a food group!
G…
The "AUSTRALIAN" Tea Cake!
Obviously we're deep in the torture of school holidays so it's the perfect time to dredge up memories about our own schooling. Lol!
Specifically?
The formative, and let's face it, rather delightful ch…
REHEATED: Summer Entertaining Share Plate Beef
A SHARE PLATE OF STEAK is a great way to centre this nourishing ingredient while keeping it light - and dare I say - digestible?
Based on a recipe by the wonderful Sabrina Gahyour, this is a beautiful…
START THE NEW YEAR WASTING LESS FOOD: Blueberry Pancakes Special!
\Sometimes the cost on mid-summer berries is too good to walk by so you stock up on some delightful berries and then... need to find a way to use them up.
BLUEBERRY PANCAKES
Melt 80g butter in a small,…
REHEATED: Toast? Tuna? Tomatoes? - as dinner, REALLY???
If life sometimes feels hard, preparing meals DOESN'T HAVE TO.
Your esteemed and enthusiastic hosts Simon Davis and Yumi Stynes would like you to know that cooking dinner doesn't have to be a time and…
Tahini! (With a saucy recipe)
Emotional eating?
Or intentional, nourishment-seeking?
Tahini is a fantastic ingredient no matter what type of eating you're feeling.
On today's episode Simon has an aerated and essential tahini sauce …
REHEATED: PARTIED TOO HARD - POTATOES
IT'S SUMMER, so we're celebrating by warming up some of our favourite episodes from the past season.
Here's one where Yumi is laughing so hard she has tears!
It's all about this guy who went viral for …
Summery Chicken Lettuce Cups
A RETURN TO THE TRADIE’S HANDBAG
With summer here, it’s time we remember that there are days when cooking can be all just a bit too hard.
And that’s why we LOVE a rotisserie chicken. We talked about t…
Exasperated with your KID'S LIMITED DIET?
We're going 'round and 'round on a very small carousel of kid's meals at our house.
And I suspect we're not the only ones!
Simon has a solution, or at least something definitely worth a try! It's a SPI…
A MEATBALL CELEBRATION!
MEATBALLS, MEATBALLS EVERYWHERE
Simon: "I’ve just finished the shooting of a book that will be coming out next year that celebrates the delight that is the meatball. A whole book on meatballs? Well, y…
Celebrating Sambal Oelek AND AUDIENCE FEEDBACK
I LOVE SAMBAL OELEK!
It's a jarred chilli condiment from Indonesia that you can buy in every supermarket. Adding it to rudimentary weeknight foods can add energy - and it's not SUGARY like other chil…