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Japanese prawn and rice soup is a riot of textures.
EASY

Japanese prawn and rice soup

This richly flavoured, satisfying soup comes together in less than 30 minutes from go to whoa.

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Garam masala chicken drumsticks.

The joy of six ingredients: Four new one-pot wonders with minimal effort and maximum oomph

Simplify your shopping list without sacrificing flavour with Katrina Meynink’s budget-friendly midweek dinner saviours.

  • Katrina Meynink
Red curry barramundi.

Curry in a hurry: Eight delicious dishes made quicker and cheaper with red curry paste

Some call it cheating. We call it essential when you’re pressed for time and money and would rather not order takeaway, again.

Spinach-and-ricotta-stuffed chicken breasts.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s spinach-and-ricotta-stuffed chicken breasts

Packet French onion soup mix is probably used more for making dips than soup. Here it’s combined with ricotta and spinach for a tasty stuffing for chicken breasts.

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Crowd-pleasing cheesy Greek-inspired pull-apart.
EASY

Greek-inspired pull-apart with lemon, honey and garlic

These warm, cheesy rolls are magic – they will evaporate before your very eyes.

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
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RecipeTin Eats’ SOS recipe: Spiced chickpea mushroom stew.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats’ one-pot spiced chickpeas and mushrooms is a vegetarian slam-dunk

Mellow spices and fresh herbs add spark to this quick and inexpensive dish, which is served with warm flatbreads for dunking and scooping.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Nagi Maehashi
Stir-fried wombok and shiitake mushrooms.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s stir-fried wombok and shiitake mushrooms

Wombok is a great stir-fry vegetable that goes really well with shiitake mushrooms.

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Red curry barramundi.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s red curry barramundi

Barramundi is a great fish for curries. It takes flavour well, has a nice soft texture, and is sustainable to boot.

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Lemony pork chops.

14 speedy dinners with six ingredients (or less!) to make this week

Not counting olive oil, salt and pepper, these recipes all have blessedly brief ingredients lists.

Tomatoes and peppers add a ray of sunshine to this cosy chicken pie.
EASY

Chicken, sweet potato and manchego pie

This big-flavoured chicken pie has a sneaky layer of cheese under the crunchy pastry topping and best of all, it comes together in less than 60 minutes.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook