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Coriander chicken with green rice.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s coriander chicken with green rice

A supermarket roast chicken tossed with flavoured butter simplifies the making of this chicken and rice dish.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Grilled sausages on a bed of chickpea mash.

Five bright and banging sausage recipes to make this weekend

Make the most of budget-friendly bangers with these interesting and irresistible twists.

Dinner is sorted with this one tin everyone has in their pantry

Put that can of tomatoes to delicious good work in a vibrant pasta, lamb curry, vegie tagine or cheat’s chicken pomodoro.

  • Samuel Goldsmith
Blistered tomato, fig and crispy pita with herb dressing.
EASY

Blistered tomato, fig and crispy pita with herb dressing

The perfect light, fuss-free meal as late summer drifts into autumn. Swap the labne (strained yoghurt) for unsweetened coconut yoghurt to make this dairy-free.

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Manoush-style pizzas with prawns and chilli.
EASY

Manoush-style pizzas with prawns and chilli

Start the timer. Dinner will be ready in 20 minutes – quicker than order-in pizza

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
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Crumbed chicken with herb and garlic butter pasta.

14 affordable family meals to make when money’s too tight to mention

From RecipeTin’s cheap and cheesy jacket potato to a fast four-ingredient pizza, here’s a week of flavourful budget-friendly recipes.

Steamed vegetables with sesame sauce.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s steamed vegetables with sesame sauce

Steamed vegetables can be a centrepiece rather than just a side dish. Take your favourite vegies, arrange them in a steamer, then let the steam do all the work.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
RecipeTin Eats’ spicy tuna sushi roll bowls: your favourite sushi in bowl form.
EASY

Sushi rolls meet poke bowls: RecipeTin Eats’ spicy tuna midweek dinner (or lunch) winner

This midweek riff on sushi rolls is like a poke bowl, starring canned tuna in a creamy, spicy dressing.

  • < 30 mins
  • Nagi Maehashi
Overnight iced coffee.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s overnight iced coffee

A strange thing about Australia is that iced coffee is one of our favourite drinks but we have about 20,000 different versions.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Corn and chorizo frittata.
EASY

Stephanie Alexander’s corn and chorizo frittata

Fresh sweetcorn and spicy chorizo unite in this simple but satisfying frittata, which can be served for breakfast, lunch or dinner – or even taken to a picnic.

  • < 30 mins
  • Stephanie Alexander