RX Cooking School

07/04/2015

Date night!!

Dates have become the superfood of the moment: the breakfast, lunch and coffee sweetener of champions. Touted by whole foods enthusiasts and Paleo eaters, this naturally dry fruit is a powerhouse of

15/03/2015

Waste tomato paste No more!

Show of hands. How many times have you actually finished a can of tomato paste? Be honest now. Here, I'll go first: Approximately zero. I tend to use tomato paste in recipes that require only a tablespoon or two, and then I stash the rest of the can in the fridge, furtively and guiltily, knowing it…

05/03/2015

Learn how to spice up your meals and add flavor to your foods with these three spice guides. Become a seasoning pro and never make a bland meal again!

22/02/2015

Awesome weekend teaching the crew at CFSK the ins and outs of lean clean cooking.......with massive flavours!! - you don't need to sacrifice flavour to eat healthy food.

15/02/2015

A blunt knife is is like doing double unders with a kettlebell...you'll struggle and someone's just gonna get hurt 💪
Here are 7 more sensible suggestions to master your cooking at home!

Being a good cook isn't just a matter of knowing the big, impressive skills you can show off to friends and family, like roasting a turkey or making challah bread. It's also about the small habits you practice daily, the ones that transform cooking into a more effortless and joyful part of your day.…

10/02/2015

Are you cooking the same dishes each week and getting bored with what you cook?
Some solid tips here from Mr Matt Preston
Tuck in!

Get out of a cooking rut. By Matt Preston - Opinion - Is your dinner getting too boring, too safe and too predictable? Do you find your repertoire of recipes limited and want to try something different? Well, here are eight easy ways to put the excitement back into the evening meal. Matt Preston rep…

04/02/2015

There are a lot more than 5 in melbourne but here is a great start!

Melbourne’s healthy cafe scene is booming, with a new clean-eating option sprouting up every couple of weeks. To help keep your tastebuds tingling and your jeans done up, we've rounded up five of Melbourne's best clean eating cafes.

01/02/2015

Recipe testing time for our "Pop up" cooking classes across melbourne in February!

Whether it's recipe testing, meal prep for the week or cooking for 5 of your mates, gettin it all ready before you start cooking makes it all stress free and more fun!..you should have seen the kitchen 30 minutes after this shot was taken!

16/01/2015

San choi bow, pork mince in lettuce leaves or deconstructed Vietnamese lettuce cups.....you can call these anything you like!

I call them freakin delicious easy dinners!

Quick to make and eat with your hands!

With the pork mince add lime juice, fish sauce, coriander basil and mint, mince gain and ginger. some sliced spring onions and also finely diced apple. Top with carrot strips/spirals and tuck in
Winner winner tonight's dinner.

14/01/2015

This is how I plan my food for the week.

Sit down say on Friday night or Saturday, go through some cookbooks and itemise exactly what I need.
Is it a busy week? Simple meals
Is it a cruisy week? More time intensive meals.
Plan your meals prevents mid week stress

Usually, I make food choices just one time during the week: Sunday. It’s the day I go grocery shopping, the single most important activity in any given week when it comes to staying on track with a healthy eating plan. But before I take my first steps into the produce section, I conduct a brief stra…

13/01/2015

Pretty simple mistakes to fix, I know I've committed a few of these...

Even experienced cooks make mistakes. Here's a few of the most common ones and what to do to avoid them. 1. Buying vegetables based on looks instead of how they feel. Instead of going on looks alone, touch the part of the vegetable that would have drawn water. The drier this feels, the older the…

08/01/2015

Do you have a drawer of Tupperware frustration. Just last week I organised ours. Quietly satisfying!

Here are a few options on how to tame the Tupperware beast!

Whether you store your plastic storage containers in a drawer, cabinet, or some other hidden spot in your kitchen, we're going to take a guess that it is one of your least favorite places to organize. While we're not promising that any one organizing trick will keep that Tupperware tamed, these seve…