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Yahoo
21-07-2025
- Lifestyle
- Yahoo
Aussie mum's 4 ingredient roast using $1.20 Coles essential: 'Couldn't be easier'
The only thing better than serving up a delicious home-cooked meal to your family is knowing that you didn't have to spend a fortune doing so. Even better if you weren't required to buy a selection of ingredients you'll likely only use once, or spend the entire afternoon in the kitchen. Anyone on TikTok would know that the social media platform is filled with viral recipes requiring few ingredients, such as the cottage cheese, sweet potato and beef bowl, or the baked feta pasta. As winter has well and truly arrived in Australia, content creator Bec (@mummyandmeeatallergyfree) recently posted a video making her four-ingredient roast lamb recipe. The video, which has racked up over 100,000 views, shows Bec simply placing a boneless lamb leg roast on top of chopped potatoes and carrots in the slow cooker and rubbing it with a packet of salt-reduced French onion soup mix. While you can buy the Continental brand soup mix from Coles or Woolworths for $1.20, the grocery stores also sell packets for 55c. RELATED: Aussie mum's 4 ingredient recipe using unlikely $1.15 Coles product: 'Ridiculously easy' Aldi shopper's secret ingredient to make lazy lasagne: 'Feel dumb I never thought of this' Aussie dad's 'amazing' slow cooker recipe using Aldi ingredients: 'Just $5.50 a serve' She then cooks it 'low and slow' for six to eight hours, and bakes it on a light tray at 180 degrees for 30 minutes to crisp up. 'It couldn't be easier! You just dump the lamb into the slow cooker, tip the seasoning on top, pop the lid on and walk away!' she tells Yahoo Lifestyle, adding that it's 'hands down the best roast' she's ever had. How to make 'the world's best gravy' Bec, who recently released her own slow-cooker recipe book, shares that the recipe is 'simple, delicious, and requires minimal effort', and only took her a few minutes to put together. 'At the end of the day, that's what people are after. Simple food that's easy to make but is big on taste,' she says. 'And if I can make it allergy-friendly but appealing to everyone and show everyone that allergy-friendly doesn't mean boring, then I've done my job'. The mother-of-two adds that you can save the juices from the slow cooker, drain through a sieve, and add to a pot with a tablespoon of flour to make 'the world's best gravy'. 'It's the ultimate winter comfort food and a great one to impress guests with,' she remarks. What else can you make with French onion soup mix? Bec has posted several videos on TikTok using the French onion soup mix and says it's 'fantastic' for making potato bake, creamy pastas and roast chicken. 'We use it for so many recipes, it's my all-time favourite! And it suits my family's allergy requirements, which is great,' she details. SHOP: ☀️ Tax laws to burn Aussies on summer essential: 'Many of us struggle' 😃 Aussie's multi-million dollar business idea after job rejection: 'Went viral' 🧥 'Customer-obsessed' Aussie brand still going strong after 40 years Meanwhile, award-winning chef and restaurant entrepreneur Tom Walton tells Yahoo Lifestyle that he loves having the mix on hand to 'add excitement and convenience' to his home cooking. 'It's such a versatile pantry staple - an easy way to build depth of flavour without needing lots of extra ingredients,' he says. 'It can be used in a variety of dishes from pasta and risotto to potato bakes and braised chicken. It's one of those handy ingredients that can quickly make a meal feel more comforting. 'One of my favourites is adding it into a creamy braised chicken, potato and silverbeet dish. It adds a richness to the sauce and brings all the ingredients together beautifully.'
ABC News
12-07-2025
- General
- ABC News
Come home to this slow-cooker curry with pumpkin, lentils and coconut
It's a well-known fact that curries get better with age. The spices have time to blend and attune to the task at hand — making the curry taste incredible. This dish draws inspiration from South Asian flavours, with tamarind providing a tangy twist that nods to South-East Asian cuisine. Hearty lentils, creamy coconut, and the sweetness of pumpkin elevate this curry to a league of its own. But the real magic happens at the end, when you make a quick tadka: sizzling ghee infused with garlic, curry leaves, and mustard seeds, finished off with fresh tomatoes for a burst of brightness. Cooking this in a slow cooker is a game-changer. The low, steady heat gives the spices time to meld and the lentils and pumpkin time to soften to perfection. Set it and forget, it's ready when you are.
New York Times
09-06-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Escargot Flavors, Weeknight Ease
As a dyed-in-the-wool fan of classic French bistro food, I've eaten my share of escargot. And while I do love those succulent snails, I'm really in it for the parsley-flecked garlic butter sizzling all around them in their beige, whorled shells. Serve me just that and a torn baguette for dinner, and I'm good. Sarah DiGregorio dials in those exact flavors for her slow cooker garlic butter chicken. She adds some cannellini beans, too, gently stewing everything until the chicken thighs are falling-apart tender and the beans velvety; then she thickens the sauce with a dollop of sour cream stirred in at the end. Instead of a baguette, she crowns the top with croutons, which add a felicitous crunch. It may all cook at a snail's pace, but this sort-of-fancy, low-fuss meal works just as well for weekend entertaining as it does for the family during the week. Featured Recipe View Recipe → Pasta with garlicky spinach and buttered pistachios: All I needed to know was 'buttered pistachios.' Dawn Perry's five-star stunner tosses equal weights of pasta and spinach together, with capers, Parmesan and toasted nuts for texture and a little protein. If you don't have pistachios on hand, almonds make a fine substitute. Cauliflower, cashew, pea and coconut curry: Adapted by Jennifer Steinhauer from Meera Sodha's landmark cookbook, 'Made in India,' this complex curry is built on an intense paste of fresh ginger, green chiles, garlic and warm spices, then softened with coconut milk. Serve it over rice for an exceptionally good vegan dinner. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Irish Times
10-05-2025
- General
- Irish Times
Spiced couscous with crispy lamb shoulder and mint
Serves : 4 Course : Lunch, Dinner Cooking Time : 3 hrs 30 mins Prep Time : 20 mins Ingredients 500g approx piece of lamb shoulder, off the bone Sea salt 400g couscous 1tbs turmeric 2tbs ras el hanout spice 1tsp sea salt 600ml chicken stock 200ml lamb juice (including fat) 2tbs vegetable oil 1tbs ground cumin Sea salt Handful of fresh mint leaves 4tbs fresh pomegranate seeds 100g feta cheese Preheat the slow cooker to high. Season the lamb shoulder piece with some salt, place in the slow cooker, and cook on high for 3½ hours. Remove the lamb from the slow cooker and allow to cool for 15 minutes, being sure to keep all the juices from the slow cooker. Tear or cut the lamb into smaller pieces and set aside, ready for frying. To make the couscous, place the couscous, turmeric, ras el hanout and salt in a large bowl and stir to combine evenly. Boil the chicken stock, then add the hot stock and 200ml of the leftover lamb juices to the bowl of couscous. Cover the bowl with clingfilm and leave for 10 minutes. When you cover the couscous, start to fry the lamb. Heat a large nonstick frying pan. Add the oil, and when hot, add the lamb pieces. Season with the cumin powder and sea salt and fry for seven to eight minutes on a medium-high heat until crispy, then remove from the heat. Remove the cover from the couscous after 10 minutes, then fluff with a fork. Spoon the couscous into a large serving dish and add the fried lamb on top. Garnish with some thinly sliced mint, pomegranate seeds and some crumbled feta.
