Flavour your rice with fresh herbs or spices. Try mustard seeds, cardamom pods, curry leaves, sliced ginger, rehydrated dried mushrooms or simply a slice of lemon.

Clean and scrape down the roots of your coriander with a spoon to remove the tougher, more fibrous bits on the outside of the roots, before adding to the mixing bowl.

Discard any mussels which are open before cooking and those that are still closed after cooking.

To slice steak, find the direction of the grain (the lines of muscle fibre) and slice across the grain rather than parallel to it.

Vegetarian chilli is delicious served with rice, jacket potatoes, traditional Mexican sides (such as guacamole, sour cream, grated cheese) or to fill tortillas and tacos.

Use a naturally sweet and fragrant gin in this recipe to balance the tomatoes. Think olives or red grapes and warm licorice.

Did you know you can use your Thermomix to easily remove the pomegranate arils? Go to the Thermomix Australia YouTube channel to watch the video.

Discard any mussels which are open before cooking and those that are still closed after cooking.

In Nigeria and many parts of Africa, tilapia fish is used in this recipe. Sea bass, sea bream or other types of white fish are all good substitutes for tilapia.

Chapatis are best served immediately after cooking with chicken kurma or dhall.

To make your own pitta bread find a recipe on Cookidoo®.

Serve Bolognese over your favourite pasta or just with crusty bread.

A windy trip to the British seaside…and a nice, hot, paper-wrapped parcel of steaming hot chips, topped with a big fillet of fish in the crispiest batter, drizzled in vinegar. Now you can create your very own version at home!

In step 2 the plastic wrap can be lightly oiled to prevent it from sticking to the proving dough.

Place meat into freezer and freeze up to 1 hour.

Adjust the quantity of rice according to your appetite!

You can find liquid smoke at specialty or gourmet food stores or online.

Soy flour is available in health food shops. A vegan egg replacement can alternatively be used.

Instead of cooking on the stove, the rice can be cooked in a preheated oven (200°C) for 10-15 minutes, covering with foil if beginning to brown too much.

Discard any clams that are open before cooking and do not open up after steaming.

A non-stick coating develops over time while using the Rockstars® stoneware. When using the first few times, grease as described in the recipe, but after that, no additional greasing should be necessary.