Cooking with the Australian Womens Weekly

The Australian Women’s Weekly FOOD magazine is all about food; how to create, make, bake and cook it. With masses of tips, hints, and useful ‘how-to’ pictures and videos, FOOD helps readers to cook with confidence.

Welcome

in the kitchen • GREAT Cooking STARTS HERE

In season pineapple • With their tangy sweetness, versatile pineapples star in both sweet and savoury dishes.

Spanish fiesta • Add fun and joy to your cooking by exploring the vibrant flavours of Spain. Olé!

The Spanish pantry • Add life and spice to your pantry with these Spanish staples.

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chillies & capsicums • Capsicums and chillies originated in South and Central America. Capsicums are called bell peppers in the US and red, green or sweet peppers in the UK.

Gardening with KIDS • Nurture the garden and your children at the same time by encouraging them to grow and harvest their own food.

Easy to grow vegies

Tools of the trade

the herb GARDEN • Fresh herbs add fantastic flavour to everything you cook. The good news is that they’re very easy to grow in any sunny part of the garden – and most don’t need a lot of watering.

Edible garden TREATS • They can watch the garden grow – and eat it, too – with these cute-as-a-button cactus cakes that can be whipped up in no time with store-bought cupcakes.

Before you start • For these recipes, you’ll need 6 mini un-iced cupcakes and 3 tablespoons ready-made vanilla frosting. Place cupcakes into mini pots and spread tops with frosting. Quantities given in recipes are enough to decorate one cupcake.

4 ways with FREEKEH • These sensational high-fibre salads will tantalise your taste buds.

Beach picnic • Pack the esky with these delicious dishes and meet family and friends for an alfresco feast.

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Sensational seafood • New cookbook, From the Market, is packed with recipes featuring market produce, including the freshest seafood.

how to prepare your seafood • Before you start cooking, make sure your fresh seafood is ready to go by following our preparation tips here.

Spring lamb • Make the most of this tender cut while it’s at its sweetest and best value for money.

Spring salads • Celebrate the warmer weather with these bowls of seasonal goodness.

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4 ways with SIDES • You can throw these simple sides together in 30 minutes or less!

Fast dinners • These quick meals are bursting with flavour.

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Tasty snacks - from - the Air fryer

4 ways with SAUSAGE ROLL MAKER TARTS • These delicious tarts are just one of the many wonderful creations you can whip up with a sausage roll maker.

Meat-free Monday • These tried and true vegetarian favourites will even have the meat lovers in your family putting their hands up for seconds.

Gluten-free treats • You don’t have to miss out because you have a gluten intolerance. These desserts were created for you!

dessert hacks • These fruity cobblers are so easy to make by simply upscaling a vegan store-bought cake mix.

Baking with herbs & flowers • Make your bakes as pretty as a picture by using edible flowers for both flavour and wow factor!

vinegars • Vinegar has stood the test of time for thousands of years and is still as essential in the kitchen as it ever was.

In the beginning…

HOW LONG DOES VINEGAR LAST?

Vinegar to oil rations in classic salad dressing:

Vinegar varieties… • Vinegar is almost unrivalled in its varieties. It can be made from grapes, apples, rice and sugarcane. Even beer and coconuts can be used to make forms of vinegar! Here are just some of the vinegars that are...