Stir Fry Chicken with Ginger, Snow Peas and Pumpkin
With our new little boy, time is more precious than ever, so super quick meals are the order of the day! Stir fries are quick to prepare, fast to cook, and there’s not too much washing up either – that’s three big ticks in my book! Ingredients: 3 chicken thigh fillets, thinly sliced 2 tbsps soy […]
Recipe: Warm Beef Salad
With the weather so warm, I’m always looking for simple, quick meals that aren’t too heavy. This warm beef salad is perfect for hot days, and even better if you cook the steak outside on the BBQ. (Serves 4.) Ingredients: 4 grass fed New York steaks 4 tsps Cajun or Moroccan spice mix (dried) 4 cups […]
Recipe: Vegemite Roast Lamb
In keeping with the Australia Day theme, we thought a lamb recipe was called for… and you can’t get more Aussie than this recipe, which uses Vegemite as a marinade! Ingredients: Pasture Fed Leg of lamb 2 – 3 sprigs of rosemary 2 cloves of garlic, sliced 3 tablespoons of Vegemite Olive oil Method: Preheat oven […]
Recipe: Corned Beef with White Sauce
Serves: 6 Total cooking time: 1.5 hours approx. Corned beef is one of those dishes that goes in and out of vogue. Personally, I love it all the time; in large part thanks to my Mum Margaret’s foolproof cooking directions! Ingredients: Grass Fed Corned Beef 1 tablespoon brown sugar (or sweetener of your choice such […]
All About Pork – The Other White Meat
How to cook – Medium heat prevents your pork from drying out. We recommend 180°C as a rule. Nutrition – Pork is a low fat alternative. It offers trimmed cuts with less fat than skinless chicken breast but with a range of nutrients such as Iron, B12, Thiamine, Omega 3 and Zinc, as well as […]
Recipe: Caramelised Chilli Pork with Cucumber Salad
This is a Donna Hay recipe which has been adapted by our friend Trish McPherson. Thanks Trish! Ingredients: 650g Pasture Fed pork fillet, sliced 1 tbsp grated ginger 2 chilli, finely chopped 1/4 cup soy sauce 2/3 cup brown sugar 1 tbsp fish sauce 2 tbsp lime juice Coriander Mint Cucumber Bean Sprouts Boiled rice […]
A Load of Hogwash
Firstly, let’s call it H1N1 for the pigs’ sake. Our politically correct pigs delivered to us from Melanda Park are about to march on parliament house in protest, as they believe they have nothing to do with this ‘hog wash’. And the reality is they don’t. As of today, the renamed H1N1 virus has not […]
Pork Chops with Orange Maple Sauce
We can’t go past a good barbeque recipe so here’s a great one using pork chops. The trick to cooking great pork chops is to not over cook them so keep an eye on them and don’t get distracted whilst BBQing. Ingredients: 6 Pork Cutlets 1 tbsp oil 1 onion, finely chopped 2 tsps grated […]
Top 5 Tips for Perfect Steak
I love the idea that someone buys one of our steaks, takes it home and cooks it to perfection. I also cringe at the thought of it being cooked badly… so, here’s my Top 5 Tips for Perfect Steak. 1. Choose the right cut Are you eating the steak on its own or as part […]
Recipe: Beef Kofta served with Cous Cous
Mince is such a versatile product, from Spaghetti Bolognaise to rissoles to tacos. This recipe is for beef kofta (kebabs) which is a Middle Eastern dish and is a good alternative to hamburgers on the barbeque. Ingredients: 1 kg grass fed beef mince 1 brown onion 2 cloves of garlic, crushed 2 tbsp lemon juice 1.5 […]