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Finish with a sprinkle of feta and pomegranate.

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Hit ‘Save’: 18 midweek-friendly recipes the Good Food team has on standby

Meal planning rut? Shake things up. The Good Food team has picked recipes that promise fresh flavours and exciting techniques to banish midweek monotony.

17 recipes
Spicy seafood and potato stew with fennel, tomatoes and saffron.
EASY

Danielle Alvarez’s spicy seafood and potato stew with fennel, tomatoes and saffron

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
Deluxe shepherd's pie.

Karen Martini’s deluxe shepherd’s pie

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Finish with a sprinkle of feta and pomegranate.
EASY

Yoghurt-marinated chicken tray bake with potatoes, feta and pomegranate

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Danielle Alvarez
One-pan rosemary chicken and potatoes.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s one-pan chicken and potato

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Burrata adds a creamy finishing touch to this midweek gnocchi dish.

Gnocchi with eggplant, chilli, olives and capers

  • Giorgio Linguanti
The classic schnitzel gets a Japanese twist with this sushi vinegar powder and panko crumb, plus wasabi mash.
EASY

Japanese chicken schnitzel with salt-and-vinegar crumbs

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
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Rosheen Kaul’s “Hainanese chicken rice” greens bowl.
EASY

‘Hainanese chicken rice’ greens bowl

  • < 30 mins
  • Rosheen Kaul
A few time-saving tricks deliver top-shelf results.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats’ 20-minute laksa

  • < 30 mins
  • RecipeTin Eats
Middle Eastern chicken kiev.

Spiced chicken kiev with zaatar crumb, crisp Aleppo potato, smoked almond and kale salad

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
Creamy pumpkin soup meets pasta.

Creamy pumpkin and blue cheese pasta

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
This Persian-style stew relies on sumac in place of hard-to-find black limes.

Persian-inspired eggplant, chickpea and beef stew

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
Lax loaf with the lot.

No-knead loaf with the lot

  • Bec Vrana Dickinson
Danielle Alvarez’s shiitake mushroom mapo tofu.
EASY

Vegan mapo tofu with shiitake mushrooms and crispy chilli oil

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
Nagi and gyros

RecipeTin Eats souvlaki bar chicken gyros

  • RecipeTin Eats
Spiced chickpea stew topped with roast pumpkin wedges.
EASY

Chickpea and roast pumpkin casserole

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
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EASY

Scrambled curried tofu with spinach and peas

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Welsh rarebit.
EASY

Helen Goh’s Welsh rarebit with leek and cider

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh

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