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Yumi Stynes

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: foodfixemail@gmail.com

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5 Minute Food Fix

Yumi has a dilemma. 

A beloved friend has given her a sourdough starter!

Now what?

Do you really want to take care of another living being?

Your hosts also lament the demise of printed food magazines that they have loved and appreciated over the years!

DATE SWIRL

240g sour cream

1-2 tbs date syrup

Gently swirl the two together (but don't fully mix) and serve on pancakes, on sticky date pudding, etc.

THE FULL RECIPE HERE

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Delicious Magazine / Ottolenghi's Pecan and Sticky Date Pudding

Feedback can be ...alarming? Unwelcome? But in Simon's case, it was feedback from a parent at his kids' school that reminded him of just how good a crispy chickpea can be!

So what else to do with the idea?

A coeliac-friendly, vegan delight, this is CLASSIC Food Fix: Simple, quick to prepare and within reach for the average home cook, but with STUNNING results.

METHOD

Drain and rinse 1 tin of chick peas, dry them well, then crush them with a rolling pin or another tin.

In a large frying pan, heat 4tbs of olive oil.

When hot, add the chick peas and spread them out.

Give them time to crisp up, stirring occasionally.

When you're pretty sure they're ready and crispy, add two finely sliced garlic cloves and fry for another 30 seconds.

Take off the heat and add the zest of 1 lemon, a handful of finely chopped parsley, and season well with salt and pepper! 

Serve on top of pasta, salads, a tomato carpaccio, a tuna rice bowl or on top of a bowl of roasted vegetables.

Store in an airtight container!

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Crispy Chickpea Crumbs

ENGLISH CULTURE?

Simon loves sharing where he's from and frankly, these delightful insights always go down well, especially with a strong mug of English Breakfast tea. Today he waxes lyrical about something I've heard of but never really experienced: the Flapjack

SIMON'S SUPER SIMPLE FLAPJACKS

200g butter

200g brown sugar

200g golden syrup

Melt together in a saucepan until smooth

Stir in 400g of rolled oats

Press into a 20 x 30cm square tin

Add whatever yummy nutty thing or fruity thing you want. Or leave plain!

Bake 180C for 20mins.

Allow to cool in the tin then slice into bars or squares. It should last a couple of weeks! Take it on hikes, to work, football, etc.

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FLAPJACKS

Yumi kicks off the episode with a confession that SOUNDS bad but if you're an over-worked, under-slept working parent, you probably get it.

And HOW GOOD IS FRESH CHEESE?

Get some inspo for how a little tub of bocconcini could level up tonight's meal XX 

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BOCCONCINI FOR THE WIN

If you've been referred to this podcast because one of your friends knows you like camping - this episode is for you!

Yumi is a keen hiker and so a lot of the food she makes in *normal* life, she's assessing as to whether it could be repurposed as something lightweight and long-lasting that could come on a multi-day hike.

This recipe, from Meera Sodha's wonderful book EAST - delivers. 

Of course, Yumi has to make adjustments, so her version is:

In a HEAVY BASED PAN

Fry up 2 stalks of curry leaves with 2 cinnamon quills, 1.5tsp of finely grated fresh turmeric, 1 lightly bashed lemongrass stalk, cut into 3, tbs black mustard seeds, 2 long red chillies, 1.25tsp salt.

Add a pre-chopped fennel bulb OR onion.

Fry until the onion or fennel is soft.

After 10-15 mins, add in 150g - 200g of dried red lentils, 2 tins of coconut milk and a tin of water. Stir well.

Cook for about 25 - 30 mins until the lentils are soft and creamy.

Top with some crispy fried curry leaves! DELIGHTFUL!

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Curry Leaves - as gift, as hiking food, as delightful garnish

Both your hosts tend to obsess over foods, recipes or ingredients and deep-dive with said specialty before turning to grab a new obsession.

For instance, Yumi (me) right now is in the thick of trying to make the perfect Char Kway Teow (fresh, wok-fried Malaysian noodles that are beyond excellent when done well).

Simon revisits one of his past obsessions, sweet paprika, and is delighted to find a new way to cook with it that is both super-simple, and fast.

The sweet paprika that Simon recommends looks like this.

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Brown Butter Pasta with Smoked Paprika

In this episode, Yumi confronts Simon with something questionable he did with a shot of coffee... And she then razzes him about how she improved his own recipe!

FULLY LOADED PECAN BROWNIES

Line a 20cm square cake tin.

Put the oven on to 180C

Melt in a bowl over hot water 125g chopped butter and 100g dark 85% chocolate,

Remove from heat and allow to sit for a moment.

Quickly add in 3 beaten eggs

300g (1 1/2 cups) white sugar

115g (3/4 cup) plain flour

30g (1/4 cup) Dutch cocoa powder

1 tsp vanilla extract

Pinch of salt

Then stir through 180g of pecans. This batter will be very stiff! 

Bake for 30 mins. No less! Be careful not to overdo it and have your nose on HIGH ALERT for any burning smells.

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Upgrading Simon's "Universally Appealing Brownie" recipe

MARMALADE shouldn't be out-of-reach for the average home cook!

And if you LOVE the weird, spreadable, sour, sometimes bitter preserve, then you really must try home-made, because there's nothing as good available to buy in mainstream shops, although Simon does have a few he thinks are "pretty good".

DELICIOUS RUBY BLOOD ORANGE MARMALADE

1.5kg blood oranges

1kg sugar

2tsp agar agar powder (optional)

METHOD

Wash the skin of the blood oranges, remove any stickers and seeds and prepare to get chopping.

Cut off the rough nubby ends of the oranges then halve them, and slice them into crescents slightly thinner than a 20c piece. (Same thickness is fine.) Compost excess pith.

Soak the orange slices overnight in just enough water to cover them.

Next day, sterilise 6-8 jars with metal lids by putting them in a cool oven and then turning it on to 100C for 30 mins.

In a large pot, bring the blood orange slices and their water to the boil. Once boiling, reduce to a simmer and set a timer for 40 mins. 

When the timer sounds, pour in the sugar. Stir to assist it to dissolve. Set another timer for 40 mins and keep cooking it gently so it's bubbling, but not furiously. 

Now you'll need to keep an eye on it so it doesn't burn. Keep stirring and watch the level of heat so that it doesn't scorch the bottom of the pan.

In the last minute, scatter over the Agar Agar powder and mix through well.

Allow the jam to cool a little - say, 15-20 mins.

Arrange the sterilised jar in your biggest sink. Pour out the marmalade into the jars using a ladle or heatproof jug. Screw the lids on tightly. When the jars are cool enough to handle, wash them clean of spatters and spills.

Add a cute label if you can be bothered.

Store in the fridge for up to 3 months.

Serve on toast, with a cheeseboard, on scones or muffins. DELIGHTFUL!

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Yumi spills the secrets to her MARMALADE

I finally got my hands on a copy of Sami Tamimi's FALASTIN - and it's a remarkable cookbook. It's got one of my favourite tomato recipes in the entire world, a rice dish where you use Greek yoghurt almost as a stock to make a creamy white risotto (incredible), and this dish, which I have (since recording) made multiple times. It's easy, really nourishing, and has flavours that transport you to the wonderful culture and food of Sami's homeland.

SESAME CRUMBLE

50g white sesame seeds

25g black sesame seeds

150g rolled oats

50g flaked almonds

sea salt

cardamom seeds, removed from the pods and crushed

50g smooth peanut butter

1 egg white

100g honey

1tbs rose water

2tbs olive oil

Combine and bake at 160g for 18-20 mins, stirring twice.

Serve on top of fruit and yoghurt.

PS. If you want to find out more about the GRANOLA I have perfected (it really is perfect) have a look here - or search for GRANOLA TEMPLATE, episode 295

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A delightful Sesame Crumble

Yumi is still very much hung up on the cookbook that is TOMATO by Clare Thompson, which so far has been yielding a DELIGHTFUL number of heavenly recipes, including the one which inspired her to get into a Black Olive Tapenade...

Because who doesn't love a foodie quest? 

Find a hundred grams of the best pitted black olives you can afford!

Moosh them up with 6 anchovies and a tablespoon of capers and 4 tablespoons of olive oil and a sprig of thyme!

Use a sharp knife, a mortar and pestle, or a nutribullet-sized blender: The results will differ in texture, but will all be delicious!

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Black Olive Tapenade - for Tomato Carpaccio

[RECIPE IN SHOW NOTES] 

This is a quick fish pie that delivers all the notes you want! The difference? It employs some BRILLIANT hacks to get it on the table with minimum turnaround. Simon credits it with transforming fish pie from once-in-a-blue moon effort to mid-week wonder. 

 

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THE RECIPE

(SERVES 4) 

8 sheets (about 165 g) filo pastry 

100 g (3½ oz) unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly 

lemon wedges, to serve 

 

Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F). 

Combine 1 cup (250 ml) milk, 2 lightly beaten eggs, ½ cup (130 g) Greek-style yoghurt, a handful of roughly chopped parsley or dill, 2 teaspoons dijon mustard and 1 teaspoon smoked paprika (if you like), if using, in a bowl and mix well. 

Combine 20 large raw peeled prawns, 2 hot-smoked trout or salmon fillets or 1 whole one, 1 cup frozen peas and 1 finely sliced fennel bulb in a large bowl, then spoon into an 8 cup (2 litre) baking dish, then pour milk mixture over the top. 

Brush the one side of each filo sheet all over with the melted butter and place them in a pile. Gently scrunch up the pastry and lay it on top of the pie filling to cover it completely. Bake for 25–30 minutes in the middle of the oven until the pastry is golden and crisp. Leave to cool slightly, then serve with the lemon wedges. A nice green salad or some of Yumi’s Burnished Broccoli would go very well with this, too. 

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Fish pie in a FLASH ⚡🐟

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