Recipe: Lamb with Roasted Tomato Sauce and Chunky Rosemary Chips

Who doesn’t love a lamb roast with potato chips? This one is a little bit fancier with roasted tomato sauce and aioli. (serves 4). Ingredients: 2 Pasture Fed lamb rump roasts 4 large roasting potatoes 2 rosemary sprigs, leaves picked 3 tbsps olive oil 4 large tomatoes, halved 6 large unpeeled garlic cloves Method: Pre-heat...

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About a Boy Called Sam

It’s a Saturday morning late last year, November or December, I don’t quite remember. It was looking to be a great day, with the sun already streaming in. It’s about 8am at Orange Grove markets, and the place is already busy; people are everywhere. I’m out the front of our stall with a plate full of samples, and...

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Daddy Day Care at Home and on the Farm

Today is Daddy Day Care around here. Some days we have grandiose plans, other days we don’t. Today is one of the latter. I am lying on the couch trying to get a catch up snooze from a busy weekend of markets, but Tom is playing carparks on my belly. The noise he makes as he pushes the cars off the edge and before he...

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Guide to Beef Cuts

To get the best results, it’s important to choose the right cut for what you’re making. Hands up anyone who’s used fillet for a slow cooking casserole and ended up with mince? Or stir-fried gravy beef and still been chewing it hours later? Ok, maybe that’s an extreme example, but you get my point. Here’s...

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Food Temperature Danger Zone

With the start of summer just around the corner, we need to remember the importance of how we transport and store perishable goods, such as meat. There’s a saying in the food service industry: “Keep cold foods cold, and hot foods hot”. Bacteria thrive between 5°C and 60°C, a range of temperatures that’s...

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