Australian Holiday/Event Recipes

"If you like ginger, you will like this cordial. Note: this cordial should last for several weeks in the fridge. However, if it bubbles or looks odd, throw it out. Prep and cooking time does not include sterilisation of glass bottle."

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Ingredients: cream of tartar, fresh lemon rind...

"Leslie lived across the road from us and was a very good friend of Mums. Mum cooked this alot when we were growing up as kids. Make sure you weigh your roast for cooking times. I have quoted cook time for a 1 kilo roast. You may like to increase the paste mixture for larger size roasts."

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Ingredients: mustard, oil, soy sauce...

"Another New Zealand find. For a variation you can throw a handful of coconut into the egg mixture. Normal size of a slice tin is 35cm long x 20 cm wide x 4 cm deep."

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Ingredients: eggs, icing sugar, lemon juice...

"Beautiful slow cooked corned meat. Put it on in the morning and it's ready by dinner time when you arrive home. This recipe actually came with my Sunbeam Slowcooker/ Crockpot and my family really loved it. It was so tender and moist"

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Ingredients: onions, peppercorns...

"Adapted from Go for your life, I wanted a toddler friendly snack mix that would kind of fit the Halloween theme. I came up with this colourful combo. I also added some "Cocoa rocks" to this which added to the effect to look like stones. The kids devoured this at playgroup. You could also adapt this to fit the xmas theme by substituting apricots..."

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Ingredients: craisins, dried apricots...

"This is so good using orange marmalade to make a yummy dressing! Feel free to substitute other fruits for the ones listed. From the Reynolds Wrap folks."

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Ingredients: honeydew melon, cantaloupe...

"Carrots coated with a yummy butter, brown sugar and ginger sauce. I grew up eating these in Texas but the added the added ginger they could fit into many categories for ZWT. Easy, quick and yummy!-- GREAT way to get kids to enjoy this veggie! If you like a lot of sauce double the sauce ingredients. I posted this less 'saucy' to keep the fat and calories..."

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Ingredients: margarine, ground ginger...

"I have a meat and potatoes guy who could live on potatoes and gravy. This is how I make it healthier and lower in fat!"

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Ingredients: potatoes, salt and pepper...

"These are a lot more interesting than plain roasted or jacket potatoes. They're perfect to serve with a roast and easy to do. As the potatoes cook the slices fan out so, as well as tasting great, they look pretty too!"

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Ingredients: ground cumin, margarine...

"I adapted this recipe from Donna Hay's Flavours Cookbook. In HER recipe she used normal potatoes instead of sweet potatoes. But I prefered it with the sweet potatoes. A very delicious and simple recipe. Quick whip up."

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Ingredients: fresh oregano, garlic, oil...

"I've never eaten these at the Outback, but they are succulent wee buggers!"

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Ingredients: stone ground mustard, sweetened flaked coconut...