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Miguel’s mushroom sweet potato gnocchi

<p>When it comes to cooking, celebrity chef Miguel Maestre has a surprising favourite ingredient – mushrooms.</p> <p>“Mushrooms are a brilliant and versatile ingredient that make meal times tastier and healthier,” the restaurateur and TV presenter said.</p> <p>Here’s one of Miguel’s mushroom recipes.</p> <p><strong>Recipe by: </strong>Miguel Maestre for Australian Mushrooms</p> <p><em>Serves 2-3</em></p> <p><strong>Ingredients:</strong></p> <ul> <li>2 medium sweet potatoes</li> <li>2 cups all purpose flour</li> <li>2 teaspoons salt flakes</li> <li>flour for dusting</li> <li>250g Swiss brown and button mushrooms, chopped in quarters</li> <li>10 sage leaves</li> <li>2 tbsp toasted pinenuts (optional)</li> <li>1/2 lemon</li> <li>50g butter</li> <li>Grated Parmesan</li> </ul> <p> <strong>Method:</strong></p> <ol> <li>Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius. Poke a few holes in the sweet potatoes with a fork, and then bake them for at least 1 hour on a bed of rock salt in the oven until they are tender and the skin starts to look wrinkly.</li> <li>While the potato is still warm, peel the skin away from the flesh and set aside to cool slightly.</li> <li>If you have a potato ricer, put the sweet potatoes through this. Otherwise you can use a fine sieve and push the potato through with a ladle or wooden spoon.</li> <li>Place the flour on a board, or your kitchen bench. Make a well in the centre and add the riced / sieved sweet potatoes to the well. Season with salt and pepper.</li> <li>Using your hands, work the sweet potato into the flour until it’s fully combined. You don’t want the dough to be sticky so keep adding flour gradually until you get a nice dry dough. This could take quite a bit of extra flour.</li> <li>Once fully combined, roll the dough into a ball and cut it into 4 even pieces. Roll each piece into a long sausage, each about a finger in thickness.</li> <li>Cut the rolls of dough into 2cm little pillows of gnocchi, and gently toss each piece into some flour on your work bench to ensure that it’s dry. At this point you could also use a gnocchi board or fork to press grooves into each piece of gnocchi to make it more professional looking but this is optional and tastes just as good without!</li> <li>To cook the gnocchi, bring a large pot of water to the boil and add the salt. Blanch the sweet potato gnocchi in salted boiling water until they all float. Then drain, reserving a little of the cooking water.</li> <li>In a large frying pan, over a high heat, add a splash of olive oil and a teaspoon of butter, add the quartered mushrooms and cook for a few minutes until golden. Spoon out the mushrooms into a bowl.</li> <li>Using the same frying pan, add the cooked gnocchi and sear until crispy. Add the remaining butter, pine nuts, sage leaves and mushrooms you just set aside. Cook until the butter starts to burn.</li> <li>Then add lemon juice and Parmesan and serve.</li> </ol> <p><strong>Tip: </strong></p> <ul> <li>Putting the potatoes through a sieve or potato ricer is a vital step to making gnocchi, as this breaks down the starch.</li> <li>If you make gnocchi often, a potato ricer is a fairly inexpensive kitchen tool that is handy to have.</li> </ul>

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Didn't make the cut: Channel 10 axes 7-year-running TV show

<p>Get out the tissues for <em>The Living Room</em> will not be making it to 2020 like the rest of us. </p> <p>Despite being a popular show for viewers on Friday evenings, Channel 10 has decided to axe the program and have confirmed the 7:30 pm show will not be returning to our screens after 7 years on air. </p> <p>While this news may come as a shock to viewers, the presenters, Amanda Keller, Barry Du Bois, Miguel Maestre and Dr Chris Brown will keep appearing in an unconfirmed show in the same time slot.</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/BzZi_Q3n_m9/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BzZi_Q3n_m9/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by The Living Room (@livingroomtv)</a> on Jul 1, 2019 at 8:24pm PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>Amanda Keller took to her <em>WSFM</em> radio show to discuss the axing, and alluded to the fact that the decision actually came from the hosts themselves.</p> <p>“The four of us will be fronting a lifestyle show, but it may not be called, actually I don’t think it will be called ‘<em>The Living Room’</em>,” she said.</p> <p>“We’ve been pushing for this for some time”.</p> <p>Chef Miguel Maestre even took to Twitter to clear up any rumours that the program’s hosts were parting ways with the network.</p> <p>“The four of us are back next year watch this space same time same place, Friday at 7.30,” he wrote.</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/BzUrKRSHQzn/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BzUrKRSHQzn/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by The Living Room (@livingroomtv)</a> on Jun 29, 2019 at 10:59pm PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p><em>The Living Room’s</em> last episode will air on December 20, and will delve into the world of cooking, renovations, travels and pets. </p> <p>Launched back in 2012, the Channel 10 program became an instant hit and went on to win a <em>Logie Award</em> four years in a row for the Most Popular Lifestyle Program from 2015-2018</p> <p>Last Friday night, the show brought in just 337,000 metro viewers, swiftly flowing behind Channel 7’s cricket stream.<span> </span></p>

New TV personality announced as first cast member on I’m A Celebrity Australia

<p>The identity of the first Aussie star who will be heading into the South African jungle for the 2020 series of<span> </span>I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!<span> </span>has been revealed, much to the delight of fans.</p> <p>In a James-Bond style promo that had the newest cast member playing the villain, TV chef and co-host on<span> </span>The Living Room<span> </span>Migeul Maestre will be heading into the sixth series of the show.</p> <p>Miguel was holding<span> </span>I’m A Celebrity<span> </span>co-hosts Dr Chris Brown and Julia Morris hostage as he tried to figure out who else was going into the jungle.</p> <p><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FImaCelebrityAU%2Fvideos%2F598210104328549%2F&show_text=0&width=560" width="560" height="315" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p> <p>Fans were thrilled with the news.</p> <p>“Oh gosh yes, hope Miguel is in, he is hilarious!!” one fan wrote.</p> <p>“I'm so happy that Miguel is going in to the jungle, if he's a taste of what's to come this year, I can hardly wait...” another said.</p> <p>Miguel took to his Instagram account to ponder about the limited menu options in the jungle.</p> <p>“Let’s see how I go making paella out of rice and beans,” he joked.</p> <p>Miguel’s friend and co-host Dr Chris said that the fast-talking Spaniard might be challenging for editors.</p> <p>“And since we subtitled Nollsy, Miguel might keep the editors busy given his words per minute,” the TV vet quipped.</p> <p>Other guests set to join Miguel in the jungle are an Australian comedian, an AFL legend and a television megastar.</p> <p>The celebrities will be competing to win $100,000 for their charity of choice.</p> <p>The sixth series of<span> </span>I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!<span> </span>premieres on Sunday, January 5, 2020.</p>

Miguel Maestre shows off weight loss transformation: "I look like a different person!"

<div> <div class="replay"> <div class="reply_body body linkify"> <div class="reply_body"> <div class="body_text "> <p>Celebrity chef Miguel Maestre has shared his weight loss transformation after shedding 10 kilograms.</p> <p><em>The Living Room</em> co-host took to Instagram to reveal his body transformation ahead of his 40th birthday.</p> <p>“It is amazing how a little of chop chop every day and a delicious Mediterranean diet can make the big chunky crazy bull slowly turn into an Australian gladiator,” he wrote alongside his before-and-after photos.</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/BxqSqv3pSdl/" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BxqSqv3pSdl/" target="_blank">It is amazing how a little of chop chop everyday and a delicious Mediterranean diet can make the big chunky crazy bull slowly turn into an Australian gladiator, still a long process to go but fascinating how much sharper and lighter I feel and the fact is that over 10 kg is like two Xmas hams carrying with you everywhere and that’s heavy Before I’m 40 I promise myself to be the best version of me that I could be .... and is not easy as some days have very little motivation but I just take my mind there and the body follows MY BODY IS NOTA TEMPLE IS AN AMUSEMENT PARK A.B. Thanks to everyone that supports me everyday to keep going forward . Greatful</a></p> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A post shared by <a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/thecrazybull/" target="_blank"> Miguel Maestre</a> (@thecrazybull) on May 19, 2019 at 3:25pm PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>“Still a long process to go but fascinating how much sharper and lighter I feel.</p> <p>“Before I’m 40 I promise myself to be the best version of me that I could be .... and [it’s] not easy as some days I have very little motivation but I just take my mind there and the body follows.”</p> <p>Earlier this year, the Spaniard revealed that participating in <em>Dancing With The Stars</em> made him lose 11 kilograms. </p> <p>“I was 117kg and now I’m 106kg, so 11kg. It’s unbelievable. I just look like a different person!” he told the <a rel="noopener" href="https://pressfrom.info/au/news/entertainment/-109372-dwts-miguel-maestre-on-his-weight-loss.html" target="_blank"><em>A</em><em>ustralian Women’s Weekly</em></a>.</p> <p>“The physicality was my biggest challenge. I was really unfit and to do this, full credit to my [dance] partner Meghan. She was very focused on fitness, making sure my legs and arms were strong.</p> <p>“It was an amazing thing to do, training for eight weeks just for one minute of dancing on the night. What a commitment and what an insight into the life of a dancer.”</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

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“We’re a family”: Barry Du Bois pays tribute to his The Living Room co-stars

<p>It was an emotional moment for The Living Room crew when they won the Logie for Most Popular Lifestyle Program.</p> <p>Last October, co-presenter Barry Du Bois revealed on the show that his cancer had returned. What followed was several gruelling months of chemotherapy as Barry fought hard to beat the disease and return to his beloved TV family. He did it, and the win for The Living Room was just the cherry on top.</p> <p>Backstage at the Logies, Barry got emotional as he described co-star Amanda Keller as "everything" to him.</p> <p>"She means an incredible amount to me," Barry told <em><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.nowtolove.com.au/celebrity/tv/amanda-keller-barry-du-bois-friendship-the-living-room-49763">TV Week</a></span></strong></em>. "We are a family. She's been my soulmate from the second we met."<br /><br /></p> <p><img width="435" height="435" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7819718/1531185053295_tvweektlr_435x435.jpg" alt="1531185053295_TVWEEKTLR" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"/></p> <p>Barry said he's had "amazing support" from his three co-presenters.</p> <p>"It's brought us even closer together," he said.</p> <p>Amanda believes Barry's story has "touched so many people".</p> <p>"There's a lot of love for this show," she said. "And much of that is to do with him.</p> <p>"When Barry shared that his cancer had returned and what treatment lay ahead, I don't think I've ever seen television as real as that.</p> <p>"That touched a lot of people's hearts, because he wanted to help and inspire other people. His work is amazing."</p> <p>Dr Chris Brown said Barry's health battle had shaped their year on The Living Room.</p> <p>"It's all we think about, to be honest," Chris said. "The show comes second to Barry and his health."</p> <p>Miguel Maestre explained that the four co-hosts try to be together as much as they can.</p> <p>"There's a lot of fake things out there in this world – not just in TV, but in life," he pointed out. "But we are great friends."</p> <p>Barry said a lot of families across Australia had been "struck by disease".</p> <p>"We hope it makes them feel a bit better to realise that, even though we're up on that stage getting these things [awards], we have ups and downs too."</p> <p>But on the night of the Logies, Barry said he was feeling "fantastic".</p> <p>"Whenever I'm with these guys, I feel great," he smiled. "I have the best support in the world."</p> <p> </p>

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"We can't wait to share it with you" – Barry Du Bois set to release new tell-all book with Miguel Maestre

<p><em>The Living Room</em> host Barry Du Bois has been nothing short of an inspiration in his battle with cancer, and the Network Ten star is set to detail his journey in a tell all book co-written with his colleague and friend, Miguel Maestre.</p> <p>Du Bois, who made a brave return to television screens last month after learning his cancer had returned, and on Wednesday shared a photo of him and Miguel thumbing through the soon-to-be-released book, <em>Life Force</em>.</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media"> <div style="padding: 8px;"> <div style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;"> <div style="background: url(data:image/png; base64,ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaacwaaaascamaaaapwqozaaaabgdbtueaalgpc/xhbqaaaafzukdcak7ohokaaaamuexurczmzpf399fx1+bm5mzy9amaaadisurbvdjlvzxbesmgces5/p8/t9furvcrmu73jwlzosgsiizurcjo/ad+eqjjb4hv8bft+idpqocx1wjosbfhh2xssxeiyn3uli/6mnree07uiwjev8ueowds88ly97kqytlijkktuybbruayvh5wohixmpi5we58ek028czwyuqdlkpg1bkb4nnm+veanfhqn1k4+gpt6ugqcvu2h2ovuif/gwufyy8owepdyzsa3avcqpvovvzzz2vtnn2wu8qzvjddeto90gsy9mvlqtgysy231mxry6i2ggqjrty0l8fxcxfcbbhwrsyyaaaaaelftksuqmcc); display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;"></div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BhWFRVTlpvE/" target="_blank">A post shared by Barry Du Bois. (@baz_dubois)</a> on Apr 9, 2018 at 2:41am PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>“Miguel and I are so excited to announce that our book LIFE FORCE will be out 1 May,” Barry wrote.</p> <p>“This is a story of friendship life food and cancer and we can't wait to share it with you.”</p> <p>Fans have been inspired by Du Bois’ journey and positive attitude.</p> <p>“You've been a wonderful inspiration to my husband who started his cancer journey a few months ago. Thank you,” wrote one follower.</p> <p>Another chimed in with: “So proud of you two.”</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media"> <div style="padding: 8px;"> <div style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 62.513426423200855% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;"> <div style="background: url(data:image/png; base64,ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaacwaaaascamaaaapwqozaaaabgdbtueaalgpc/xhbqaaaafzukdcak7ohokaaaamuexurczmzpf399fx1+bm5mzy9amaaadisurbvdjlvzxbesmgces5/p8/t9furvcrmu73jwlzosgsiizurcjo/ad+eqjjb4hv8bft+idpqocx1wjosbfhh2xssxeiyn3uli/6mnree07uiwjev8ueowds88ly97kqytlijkktuybbruayvh5wohixmpi5we58ek028czwyuqdlkpg1bkb4nnm+veanfhqn1k4+gpt6ugqcvu2h2ovuif/gwufyy8owepdyzsa3avcqpvovvzzz2vtnn2wu8qzvjddeto90gsy9mvlqtgysy231mxry6i2ggqjrty0l8fxcxfcbbhwrsyyaaaaaelftksuqmcc); display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;"></div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BhcY0XkFZ1F/" target="_blank">A post shared by Barry Du Bois. (@baz_dubois)</a> on Apr 11, 2018 at 1:27pm PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>Du Bois also revealed to fans the book would contain 34 recipes which were created specifically for him by his colleague Miguel, “before, during and after my treatment in consultation with experts at @chris_obrien_lifehouse.”</p> <p>In 2010 Du Bois was diagnosed with plasmacytoma, a cancer of the immune system, but despite undergoing successful treatment revealed the cancer had returned as multiple myeloma, a cancer of the plasma cells, last October.</p> <p>Du Bois gave an update on his condition when he returned to the Living Room last month.</p> <p>“I'm not going to kid anybody, whilst I was in hospital, the treatment I went through was hard work,' he announced.</p> <p>“But I'm back at home. I'm with my beautiful family, the children and (wife) Leonie -and I'm back with you guys! I reckon I'm on the right track.”</p> <p>Our thoughts are with Du Bois and his family.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><em>Hero image credit: Instagram / baz_dubois</em></p>

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