We are thrilled to be On the Road with the Today show and the Commonwealth Bank — after all, our food comes from regional Australia, and that’s what we deal with all day and every day in The Australian Women’s Weekly food department. Throughout the year, we’ll find out what’s special about the towns and regions we visit (including what they grow best) and each month we’ll develop a Road Train recipe based on what we find.
Along the way, we’ll also be demonstrating from our world famous cookbooks and collecting YOUR recipes along the way. What a year we have ahead.
See you on the road.
Lyndey Milan
Food Director
The Australian Women’s Weekly
[Photo (left to right): Deputy Food Editor Fran Abdallaoui, Food Director Lyndey Milan, Food Editor Alex Elliot]
The recipes
The following recipes will be be prepared by The Weekly’s Test Kitchen from October 24th to November 8th at the On the Road stops in Armidale, Port Macquarie, Singleton, Maitland, The Entrance, Newcastle and lots of places in between!
Avocado and roasted capsicum salad with prawnsThe following recipes were be be prepared by The Weekly’s Test Kitchen from September 26th to October 23rd at the On the Road stops in Gladstone, Bundaberg, Noose Heads, Ipswich, Coffs Harbour, Ballina and lots of places in between
Fettuccine with roasted pumpkin and pancettaThe following recipes were prepared by The Weekly’s Test Kitchen from August 22 to Septemer 25 at the On the Road stops in Port Douglas, Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Bundaberg, Rockhampton, Noosa Heads and lots of places in between
The following recipes were be be prepared by The Weekly’s Test Kitchen from September 26th to October 23rd at the On the Road stops in Gladstone, Bundaberg, Noose Heads, Ipswich, Coffs Harbour, Ballina and lots of places in between!
Fettuccine with roasted pumpkin and pancettaThe following recipes were prepared by The Weekly’s Test Kitchen from August 22 to Septemer 25 at the On the Road stops in Port Douglas, Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Bundaberg, Rockhampton, Noosa Heads and lots of places in between
The following recipes were prepared by The Weekly’s Test Kitchen from August 22 to Septemer 25 at the On the Road stops in Port Douglas, Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Bundaberg, Rockhampton, Noosa Heads and lots of places in between!
The following recipe was prepared by Lyndey Milan in Cairns from products sourced locally on Friday, August 31.
Red emperor and nam jim and coconut rice.The following recipe was prepared by Lyndey Milan in Innisfail on Saturday, September 1.Prawn bisque.The following recipes were prepared by The Weekly’s Test Kitchen from July 24 to August 21 at the On the Road stops in Darwin, Mount Isa, Longreach and Emerald:Creamy mustard thyme chicken
Beef (or salmon) with caper mustard cream and the ultimate mash
The following recipe was prepared by Lyndey Milan in Innisfail on Saturday, September 1.
Prawn bisque.The following recipes were prepared by The Weekly’s Test Kitchen from July 24 to August 21 at the On the Road stops in Darwin, Mount Isa, Longreach and Emerald:Creamy mustard thyme chicken
Beef (or salmon) with caper mustard cream and the ultimate mash
The following recipes were prepared by The Weekly’s Test Kitchen from July 24 to August 21 at the On the Road stops in Darwin, Mount Isa, Longreach and Emerald:
The following recipes were prepared by The Weekly’s Test Kitchen from July 1 to July 21 at the On the Road stops in Mandurah, Northam, Geraldton, Carnarvon, Karratha, Port Hedland, Broome, Kununurra, and Katherine:
The following recipes were prepared by The Weekly’s Test Kitchen from May 23 to June 27 at the On the Road stops in Victor Harbour, Barossa, Clare, Berri, Mildura, Broken Hill, Port Pirie, Port Augusta, Whyalla Port, Lincoln, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Esperance, Albany, Manjimup, Bridgetown, and Margaret River:
Barossa Farmers’ Market recipes
These recipes were cooked on the road by Lyndey Milan with product entirely sourced minutes before so they have not gone through the usual Test Kitchen process. The idea was to use what was on hand and show the audience how such products could be used immediately and without hours of preparation. We salute all the farmers who manage to keep producing despite the drought. Thank you for our food!
From April 26 to May 22 at the Road Train stops in Warragul, Healesville, Mornington, Geelong, Apollo Bay and Warrnambool in Victoria, Hobart and Launceston in Tasmania, and Mount Gambier and Murray Bridge in South Australia, the Test Kitchen prepared the following recipes:
From March 28 to April 24, we prepared the following recipes at the Road Train stops in Wodonga, Wangaratta, Swan Hill, Bendigo, Ballarat, and Sale in Victoria:
From February 20 to March 24, the following recipes were prepared at the Road Train stops in NSW at Hay, Griffith, Leeton, Wagga Wagga, Tumut, Goulburn, Moss Vale, Wollongong, Ulladulla, Nowra, and Albury, and Canberra in the ACT and Wodonga in Victoria:
From January 24 to February 20 at the Road Train stops in Tamworth, Gunnedah, Moree, Bourke, Dubbo, Mudgee, Bathurst, Orange, Parkes, Condobolin, Cootamundra, and Young, NSW, the following recipes were prepared by the food team on stage:
WatchLyndey Milan and James Blundellmake the best-ever steak sandwich in Tamworth
Check back soon for more delicious recipes from the Road Train and to find out how you can enter your own favourite recipes.