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Midweek dinner

Adam Liaw’s mac 𝄒n𝄒 peas.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s mac 𝄒n𝄒 peas

Traditional pasta e piselli dishes often involve cooking the peas until they are very soft, starting to brown and becoming quite savoury.

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Cauliflower and ricotta spaghetti.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s cauliflower and ricotta spaghetti

Getting some good browning on the cauliflower – even to the point where it looks a little burnt – is key to developing the savoury characteristics of this wonderful vegetable.

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
RecipeTin Eats’ Golden coconut pumpkin curry.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats’ golden coconut pumpkin curry is quick, cheap and easy (and just so happens to be vegan)

With its warm spicy flavours and sunset hues, this is a soulful curry that comes together quickly.

  • < 30 mins
  • RecipeTin Eats
Crispy goodness: Spaghetti all’assassina (aka assassin’s spaghetti).

Four hot new pasta recipes with extra-crispy bits, no boiling water required

These recipes disregard the step of “add pasta to a pot of boiling water” and instead go straight to the sauce.

  • Katrina Meynink
Pad see ew.
EASY

Pad see ew (Thai rice noodle stir-fry)

This noodle dish has become a staple in Thai restaurants around the world, much like pad Thai, and it’s also a very popular street food.

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
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Lemony pork neck steaks with sultanas and mustard.
EASY

Lemony pork neck steaks with sultanas and mustard

This kind of mid-week meal can be thrown together in less than 30 minutes but still impresses.

  • < 30 mins
  • Danielle Alvarez
Beef soboro don.

Get ready to crumble: 12 tasty new ways with mince

Fresh and light, spicy or saucy, these budget-friendly recipes are anything but bland.

Adam Liaw’s Shepherds’ pie.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s shepherd’s pie masterclass (plus a genius tip for browning the meat)

Lift this comfort-food favourite several notches by employing simple chef-approved techniques for better-tasting mince and creamy mash.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Cheesy egg toast.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s cheesy egg toast

A bit like French toast, this thick slab of cheesy, eggy, toasty deliciousness would make a perfect brunch or lunch. You can even cook it on the barbecue.

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Weekday lemon cake.

A sweet lemon cake so simple you can make it any day of the week

This melt-and-mix number is perfect for when cake is in order, but fuss is not.

  • Tilly Pamment