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Pasta shells with zucchini and corn.

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14 newish and moreish and midweek meals anyone can make in minutes

From a comforting meat-free Monday pasta to Friday night-friendly fried chicken, we’ve got your week of eating, and cooking, sorted.

14 recipes
Pasta shells with zucchini and corn.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s pasta shells with zucchini and corn

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Adam Liaw masterclass recipe: Vietnamese chicken salad.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s Vietnamese chicken salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Mozzarella and olive stuffed chicken with dill, spinach and rice.
EASY

Roasted chicken with mozzarella and olive stuffing, rice and spinach

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Sesame-fried egg bibimbap.

Sesame-fried egg bibimbap

  • < 30 mins
  • Rosheen Kaul
Avocado salad.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s avocado toast salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Chicken teriyaki works well as skewers.
EASY

Chicken teriyaki skewers with soba noodles and ginger-citrus dressing

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
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Tom yum fried rice.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s tom yum fried rice

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Pickled celery adds the right amount of crunch.
EASY

Spicy Cajun chicken burgers

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
This easy pasta dish is freezer friendly and great for meal prepping.

No-fuss sausage rigatoni

  • Jasmin Weston
This fragrant fish curry is a winner when you need a midweek curry fix.
EASY

Hot and sour fish curry

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Cordon bleu salad.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s cordon bleu salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s prawn pasta is bursting with flavour thanks to juicy cherry tomatoes.
EASY

Pasta with prawns and cherry tomatoes

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Coffee-rubbed rib-eye with straw fries.
EASY

Coffee-rubbed rib-eye with straw fries

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Korean fried chicken with kimchi.
EASY

Spicy Korean fried chicken

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook

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