A large recipe database for Australia and New Zealand covering searches by ingredient, type, time, difficulty and cuisine to name a few. The main draw here is the ability to become a member to save, share and discuss your recipes with other members. There is also All Recipes sites for UK/Ireland, USA/Canada, Quebec, Netherlands, China, France, Germany and Japan all with similar information.
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Aussie Cooking
A site concentrating on Australian Recipes, it’s more like a directory with all recipes being submitted by members, there is also cooking forums, information about classes, articles and areas for terminology and substitutions which again are all submitted by fellow food enthusiasts.
Campbell's Kitchen
An unlikely recipe site from the people at Campbells, however, it has some great recipes in many categories including a money saving section, a recipe ideas section for using their products, food forums and the ability to sign up for the newsletter and ‘meal mail’ where they email you recipes.
Coles
One of Australia’s largest grocery chains has a recipe and meal ideas database. Clear recipes with good visuals of the ingredients you can get from Coles, information on nutrition and the ability to print your grocery list.
Donna Hay
Australian Celebrity Chef, author of numerous cookbooks and the Donna Hay magazine, this is her site with over 200 recipes plus seasonal menus, style ideas and a shop of her own kitchenwares, books and food. The Donna Hay General Store is aslo now open in Woollahra, Sydney.
Good Recipes
An Australian community recipe website, become a member and you can cook, rate and review recipes. There is also a great Imperial to Metric converter on the site and a discussion forum called ‘recipe talk’ plus you can ask good recipes questions or for advice.
Gourmet Traveller
The online recipe section of the fabulous Australian Gourmet Traveller magazine. You can search for recipes in various ways, use the converter, watch gourmet fast videos or glossary tools plus the site has other sections for restaurants, wine & drinks, travel and more.
Herbie’s Spices
An Australian site dedicated to quality spices, here they have a recipe section giving you inspiration on how to cook with herbs & spices. They also do tours, classes, sell books and have a spice appreciation instructional dvd, plus there is lot’s of hints and tips on the website. Sign up for their newsletter if you want to know more.
Mind Food
From the creator of Notebook magazine, this site not only has a large area on recipes and all things food but includes sections on health, travel , culture and more. The food part has details for what’s in season, farmers markets, entertaining, global tastes, clebrity chefs, drinks and smart eating. There are lots of great articles to read in all areas and the newsletter is worth subscribing to.
Notebook Magazine
The ‘fabulous food’ section of the Notebook Magazines website has recipes, hints and tips and a ‘how to’ section.