Recipes
Green tea noodles with sticky sweet chilli salmon
1 hr 40 min
Green tea noodles bring a pop of colour to this easy midweek dinner.
IngredientsPeanut oil, finely chopped ginger, green shallots, thinly sliced, stalk white part only, finely grated, tbs runny honey, extra virgin olive oil, paste in soybean oil, skinless salmon fillet, pin-boned, dried green tea noodles, lime juice, tsp caster sugar, fish sauce, chilli flakes, plus extra to serve, seeds & micro shiso leaves, to serve
Sesame beef with gochujang udon noodles
1 hr 50 min
Move over 2-minute noodles, this beef and udon dish will make your evening.
IngredientsBeef steak, sesame oil, noodles, butter, chopped, Asian mushrooms, sliced, gochujanKorean fermented chilli paste, tomato sauce, spinach leaves, broccolini, cut in half on the diagonal, blanched, & toasted sesame seeds, to serve
Silverbeet fatteh with sumac yoghurt and chickpeas
1 hr 35 min
"Try this dish with roast cauliflower, eggplant or roast pumpkin instead of silverbeet for a variation," says Tom Walton. Begin this recipe 1 day ahead.
IngredientsDried chickpeas, soaked overnight, pieces Lebanese bread, cut into large triangles, extra virgin olive oil, plus extra to drizzle, silverbeet, stalks removed, each mint leaves & flat-leaf parsley leaves, roughly chopped, toasted pine nuts, hot smoked trout or salmon, flaked, natural yoghurt, za’atar, plus extra to sprinkle, cloves, crushed, tsp sumac, / lemon, pomegranate molasses, lemon, extra virgin olive oil
Tomato vodka rigatoni
35 min
Make the most of your pantry staples with this legendary pasta sauce.
IngredientsExtra virgin olive oil, finely chopped, cloves, thinly sliced, tomato paste, vodka, thickened cream, finely grated parmesan, cooked to packet instructions, / cup cookinwater reserved
Lemon chicken stir-fry
15 min
A luscious, tangy stir-fry that makes two generous portions for very few calories. Extracted from The Fast 800 Easy by Dr Clare Bailey and Justine Pattison.
IngredientsCornflour, dark soy sauce, zest & juice / small lemon, coconut or canola oil, chicken breast fillet around g, cut into .cm slices, any colour, deseeded and sliced, carrot around g, trimmed and thinly sliced, cut into small florets, stock made with / Massel Plant Based Chicken Stock cube, onions, trimmed and thickly sliced
Iceberg salad with dried oregano dressing and creamy sheep's milk cheese
20 min
This is an edited extract from Always Add Lemon by Danielle Alvarez (Hardie Grant, $50). Photography © Benito Martin and Jess Johnson.
IngredientsLettuces, outer leaves removed, chives, snipped, dill, fronds picked, sheep’s milk feta Bulgarian sheep’s milk feta works, or even a Danish cow’s milk feta would be good too, sliced eschalot, white wine vinegar if you can’t find that, add tsp honey to regular white wine vinegar, salt, tsp dried oregano, olive oil
The Wood family's puttanesca pasta
30 min
“This dish has become my pasta-loving family’s go-to for a fast weeknight meal. We make it so much it’s become a staple!” - Phoebe Wood.
IngredientsVirgin olive oil, cloves, thinly sliced, anchovies in oil, drained, paste, brown sugar, whole peeled tomatoes, red wine, dried oregano, pitted kalamata olives, capers in vinegar, drained, pasta, cooked to packet instructions
Garlicky fried rice with crispy pork
15 min
The trick to getting the best fried rice? Cook the rice a day ahead and refrigerate it overnight, covered, so it dries out.
IngredientsPeanut oil, cloves, thinly sliced, pork, chilli bean sauce, garlic chives, chopped, cooked jasmine rice or other long-grain rice, to serve
Crab and chilli linguine
35 min
Nothing beats a chilli and seafood summer pasta. Images and text from Australian Food by Bill Granger (Murdoch Books, $49.99). Photography by Mikkel Vang.
IngredientsOlive oil, unsalted butter, finely chopped, cloves, finely chopped, chillies, finely chopped, crab meat, juice of lemon, loosely packed flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped, chilli flakes
Tuna and caper pasta with crispy breadcrumbs
25 min
Make the most of canned tuna with this fresh and easy pasta dish.
IngredientsVirgin olive oil, coarse day-old breadcrumbs, dried Italian herbs, cloves, finely chopped, fennel seeds, capers in vinegar, drained, chilli flakes, cans good-quality tuna in oil, zest & juice of / lemons, or more to taste, hair pasta, cooked to packet instructions
