Australia’s indigenous communities have used native ingredients in traditional dishes and medicines for more than 40,000 years – they not only offer nutritional and medicinal value, but are also important for connection to country.
You can diversify your palate by adding these ingredients into your favourite dishes or using them to create new recipes of your own.
Cooking with bush ingredients is also more sustainable – by using them you’re helping to preserve native environments and culture. Here are five recipes that can be easily incorporated into your weekly menu for surprising and delicious results:
Try something different with this char-grilled kangaroo, tomato and broad bean pasta recipe. Gluten-free and full of wholesome ingredients, it’s a great midweek meal.
This salad is great on its own as a side dish or can be transformed into a complete meal by topping with cooked prawns. Roasted macadamia pieces bring a unique crunch and flavour that make it a stand-out and it makes an impressive, yet simple and healthy addition to any meal.
Enjoy some delicious seafood with this easy herb and feta lemon myrtle barramundi recipe. Serve with lemon wedges for some extra zesty flavour.
Level up your entertaining by adding Australian native saltbush and Warrigal greens to this classic cob recipe garnished with sea parsley, native thyme, saltbush and seablite.
Take your salmon centrepiece to the next level with a lemon myrtle and honey dressing. With a side of shaved fennel salad, your tastebuds will definitely go into overdrive.
AGFG acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and their continuing connection to land, sea and coomunity. We pay our respects to them and their cultures, to the Elders past, present and emerging.
