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Adam Liaw's summer prawn party

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50 healthy-ish Christmas recipes to keep things merry and light

Keep things lean and green this Christmas, without missing any of the festive flavour.

46 recipes
Prawn cocktail meets sang choy bao.
EASY

Prawn cocktail sang choy bao

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Prawns with green mustard mayonnaise.
EASY

Adam Liaw's prawns with green mustard mayonnaise

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Barbecued salmon scattered with festive "tapenade".

RecipeTin Eats x Good Food: Christmas barbecue salmon

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Nagi Maehashi
The lemony whipped feta works on its own as a dip, too.

Charred cauliflower salad with lemony whipped feta and pine nuts

  • < 30 mins
  • Hetty McKinnon
Roasted pumpkin and farro salad with tomato and feta vinaigrette.

Roasted pumpkin and farro salad with tomato and feta vinaigrette

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Danielle Alvarez
Serve the prawns on a platter for guests to help themselves to.
EASY

Poached king prawns with creme fraiche

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
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Paprika-dusted corn ribs with garlic butter.

RecipeTin Eats x Good Food: Corn ribs with garlic butter

  • < 30 mins
  • Nagi Maehashi
Kingfish crudo with a zippy yuzu dressing.
EASY

Kingfish with yuzu dressing

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Summer in a bowl: Peach salad.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats x Good Food: Peach salad

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Nagi Maehashi
Citrus-cured, Sichuan-crusted ocean trout.

Citrus-cured ocean trout with sesame mayonnaise

  • 2 hrs +
  • Karen Martini
Celeriac, apple and kale slaw.

Karen Martini's celeriac, apple and kale slaw with roasted garlic dressing

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Yoghurt roast chicken.

Yoghurt roast chicken recipe

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Serve this crunchy slaw (right) with roast pork or in a sandwich.
EASY

Kohlrabi, apple and green chilli slaw

  • < 30 mins
  • Darren Robertson and Mark LaBrooy
Let your guests DIY with this Swedish-inspired party platter.
EASY

Adam Liaw's summer prawn party

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Prawns with capers, garlic and butter.
EASY

...or his simple garlic poached prawns

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
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Grilled chicken breast with cucumber and yoghurt relish.

Grilled chicken breast with cucumber and yoghurt relish

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Shaved zucchini, snow peas, almonds salad.
EASY

Shaved zucchini, snowpeas and almond salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Darren Robertson and Mark LaBrooy
This jewel-toned beetroot tarte tatin is as impressive to look at as it is to eat.

Beetroot tarte tatin with rye crust

  • 2 hrs +
  • Danielle Alvarez
Goodbye poke, hello tuna and eggplant salad.

Raw tuna, capsicum and eggplant salad recipe

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Kingfish tostadas.
EASY

Neil Perry's ceviche kingfish tostadas

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Jill Dupleix's turkey roll with chorizo, kale and lemon.

Turkey roll with chorizo, kale and lemon

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Jill Dupleix
Raw beetroot dip.
EASY

Jill Dupleix's raw beetroot dip

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Spiced chicken breast

Spiced chicken breast with garlic and mint yoghurt

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry
Kale, quinoa and blueberry salad with coconut dressing.
EASY

Kale, quinoa and blueberry salad recipe with coconut dressing

  • < 30 mins
  • Zoe Bingley-Pullin
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King prawns in green salsa.
EASY

King prawns in green salsa

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Food. Neil Perry's sweet potato wedges. SMH GOOD WEEKEND Picture by WILLIAM MEPPEM GW120922
EASY

Sweet potato wedges

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Barbecued chicken with Spanish romesco sauce.

Neil Perry's barbecued chicken breast with romesco sauce

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Massaged kale salad with quinoa, date and pomegranate.
EASY

Massaged kale salad with quinoa, date and pomegranate

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
Roast salmon with garlic soy and Japanese slaw.

Roast salmon with garlic soy and Japanese slaw

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Japanese green avocado salad.
EASY

Japanese green avocado salad recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Fresh prawn rice-paper rolls

Fresh prawn rice-paper rolls

  • < 30 mins
  • Lynne Mullins
Salmon and avocado tartare

Salmon and avocado tartare

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Neil Perry Food - March 22

Chicken breast with horseradish cream

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Cold roast beef carpaccio with tuna mayonnaise.

Adam Liaw's cold roast beef carpaccio with tuna mayonnaise

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Vegan-friendly cabbage, kale and chilli slaw.
EASY

Cabbage and kale slaw with chilli, yeast and seed dressing

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Tingling prawns

Neil Perry's tingling prawns

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry

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