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
CHICKEN and PRESERVED LEMON
School holidays can be a rough time for parents! Yumi and Simon have a food-related activity you could do with your kids?
Make preserved lemons! (it's easier than you'd think. The hard part is figurin…
MIRACLE Cabbage and Chicken Tray Bake!
MIRACLE CABBAGE AND CHICKEN
WARNING: This episode contains instances of making each other laugh like astronauts on a space station where they've run out of oxygen and have no choice but to start pumpi…
What's Better than Nut Butter?
Not gonna lie, Yumi still sounds sick on this episode and mercifully Simon runs the show to talk through the uses of nut butter, in particular peanut butter!
PEANUT NOODLE SALAD YOU'LL MAKE WEEKLY:
Dre…
'Template' Granola, + Kiwi fruit for the win
It's always* fun when you go viral, especially for an article you've written about bodily functions!
One thing I didn't include in the article was a tip from my pelvic floor physio about what to eat f…
Boiled Bagels with Smoked Salmon and Capers
We just did an episode about capers and I was fired up to talk about Smoked Salmon Bagels, given that they're a classic and I have eaten PLENTY.
So what are some of the elements of the perfect Smoked …
Capers!
Today, Yumi is still sore of throat and there's an alarming revelation about the waste of money that is cough medicine!
But Simon has energy around the delicious ingredient - CAPERS.
What the heck are …
MEAL PLANNING! (to save time, promise)
As we near our 300th episode, Simon and I review our reasons for doing a food podcast.
Is it because we love the sound of our own voices?
Not so much! (Maybe!)
It's because even the BEST cooks struggl…
Ginger and Turmeric SHOTS for that cold
The science does NOT back turmeric as anything other than a brightly coloured tuber... but having it with ginger in SHOT form can certainly enliven the feeling in the back of your throat, make you fe…
It's a celebration of *wait for it* ... GREY FOOD
It's true that we "eat with our eyes".
Most cooks consider the appeal of contrasting (and bright) colours when putting together a meal.
Simon gets deep today, asking, "Is there a place for grey food?"
…
Eggplant Fail!
We can't nail every meal!
Especially when we're cooking in someone else's kitchen!
On today's episode, Yumi and Simon both get pod therapy about their most recent disasters, and Simon does a do-over on…
Rocket Pear Salad - Rejigged for the Weather!
All green, raw food does not have to flee from your kitchen just because it's cold.
Yes, the weather definitely affects what you feel like eating but salad can still comfort and nurture you even when …
Prime Minister's Award... for Banana Bread?
Yes, it's been a big and exciting couple of days for Stynes with her book with Dr Melissa Kang 'WELCOME TO SEX' being nominated for a Prime Minister's Literary Award... but we WILL talk about food.
Y…
SUPER IBIZA RECOVERY POTATOES!
There are NO MORE EXCUSES if your roasted potatoes aren't perfect!
Also, why is Yumi laughing so hard she has tears?
It's all about this guy who went viral for his potatoes.
THIS RECIPE IS YUMI'S VERSI…
Sally in Peckham!
Freshly returned from his old stomping grounds in London, Simon is full of fresh inspiration and ideas.
One of the places he's loved in the past is the legendary Peckham produce store, Persepolis. We…
Ginger Tea to soothe your cough
You're in the minority if a lurgie hasn't waylaid you this past month!
Here's a ginger tea to heal your roughed-up throat.
Cook up 15g ginger, grated in 500ml water.
While it's warming, make a slurry of…
SIMPLICITY - Can be wonderful!
Simon Davis is freshly returned from a month in his home country and the delightful dining experiences he had in England have invigorated and enlivened his appreciation of food.
On today's episode we …
Listener Request: TAPIOCA PUDDING
A couple of listeners have asked us to talk you through Tapioca Pudding. It's the sort of thing you can buy in the fridge section of health food stores and at specialty Thai Dessert Takeaway places -…
Pantry Basics Orecchiette
We discuss the utter absence of cooking with cactus in our lives (!) and a cookbook which I have loved by Nik Sharma called VEG-TABLE.
To make the recipe, you need
500g Orecchiette (thus named because …
Grated Tomato BRILLIANCE (bonus prawn option!)
On today's episode Simon and Yumi reminisce about when they first started recording the podcast more than 280 episodes ago - in the KiiS Sydney studios, using Kyle Sandilands's diamond-encrusted micr…
TERIKYAKI SEX DRIVE
Some great info in today's episode about why some foods burn while we're cooking them EVEN WHEN WE'RE RIGHT THERE WATCHING.
It's all about SUGAR content!
Whether in a bolognese sauce or the fancy toas…