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Midweek dinner

Finish with a sprinkle of feta and pomegranate.

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.

Cordon bleu salad.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s cordon bleu salad

This salad takes staples like ham, cheese and bread and combines them with a roast chook to produce the flavours of a French classic – chicken cordon bleu.

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
This summer recipe takes potato salad to the next level, swapping mayo for burrata.
EASY

Pork cutlets with spring onion butter and potato and burrata salad

Swap creamy mayo for burrata in this elevated potato salad recipe, served with pork cutlets and spring onion butter.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Salad is a low-carb way to enjoy the ever-popular California roll.
EASY

Rosheen Kaul’s California roll salad

All the flavours of one of the sushi roll greats in a fresh, textural salad bowl.

  • < 30 mins
  • Rosheen Kaul
Finish with a sprinkle of feta and pomegranate.
EASY

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

A rewarding weeknight chicken bake, with minimal clean-up.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Danielle Alvarez
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This warming vegetarian risotto is ideal for the transition to cooler weather, made with naturally sweet roasted pumpkin.
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Pumpkin risotto with rosemary and goat’s cheese

Roasting the pumpkin brings out its natural sweetness in this warming vegetarian risotto.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Give the Italian-American classic of pasta alla vodka a shake-up by adding fudgy roasted eggplant.

Nine delicious meat-free ways to make the most of eggplant

From its fudgy texture when cooked just right to its ability to soak up flavours, this versatile vegetable is a blank canvas for culinary adventures.

This dish provides the flavours of banh mi without showering you in breadcrumbs.

The best bits without the bulk: Three hit dishes get a sensational salad spin

Rosheen Kaul takes three classics – banh mi, California roll and Turkish manti – and transforms them into fresh, textural salad bowls.

  • Rosheen Kaul
Eggplant caviar on bruschetta.
EASY

Eggplant caviar on bruschetta

Big-flavoured, meat-free and cheap to make, this works as a dip served with crunchy toast or as a sauce alongside grilled or roasted ingredients.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s prawn pasta is bursting with flavour thanks to juicy cherry tomatoes.
EASY

Cherry tomatoes make this simple pasta recipe pop. Prawns make it feel fancy

This easy prawn pasta is bursting with flavour thanks to juicy cherry tomatoes, while fresh chilli makes for a fiery sauce.

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura

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