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It’s been a big year for cookbooks. Here are recipes from 50 of the best

From Donna Hay’s crispy chilli chicken burger to your new go-to ancient Greek grains salad via Kon Karapanagiotidis’ cookbook, 2023 has been a big year in cookbooks.

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Grab-and-go: Greek chicken souvlaki wrap.

Four weight-loss recipes from the new WeightWatchers cookbook

Speedy tomato soup.

A six-ingredient tomato and bean soup from The Ultimate Fast 800 Recipe Book by Dr Clare Bailey

  • Dr Clare Bailey and Justine Pattison
Oven-baked ratatouille for wrinkly summer vegetables.

Four delicious waste-saving recipes from Cornersmith's latest cookbook

  • Alex Elliott-Howery and Jaimee Edwards
Jamie Oliver recipes

Three of the best new recipes from Jamie Oliver’s new cookbook (all with five ingredients or less)

  • Jamie Oliver
Yoghurt and oat flatbread.

Four new vegetarian recipes for quick and slow cooking from the Green Kitchen

  • David Frenkiel and Luise Vindahl
Bringing love to the table: Skye McAlpine's five-ingredient pollo alla pizzaiola.

Share the love with four simple recipes from Skye McAlpine's new cookbook

  • Skye McAlpine
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Popcorn eggplant.

Move over chicken, popcorn eggplant makes the perfect weekend snack

  • Daen Lia
Abdoogh khiar (chilled yoghurt and cucumber soup) and noon lavash (Persian flatbread).

A crave-worthy ice-cold soup and other Persian recipes from the Salamati cookbook

  • Hamed Allahyari and Dani Valent
Weekday lemon cake.

A sweet lemon cake from The Plain Cake Appreciation Society cookbook

  • Tilly Pamment
No-churn, no-cook veganetta.

A no-churn vegan Viennetta from Anything You Can Cook, I Can Cook Vegan by Richard Makin

  • Richard Makin
The only chocolate-chip cookie recipe you'll ever need.

Four cookie recipes from First, Cream the Butter and Sugar by Emelia Jackson

  • Emelia Jackson
Healthy and delicious: Cumin chicken with pumpkin and garlic yoghurt.

Four easy everyday weight-loss recipes from The CSIRO Low-Carb Diet Easy 100

  • Professor Grant Brinkworth and Dr Pennie Taylor
Vegemite chicken tray bake is simple to prepare and requires minimal washing up.

Three tasty recipes to celebrate 100 years of Vegemite

  • Penguin Random House
Zucchini and mozzarella ratatouille with gremolata from Clare Scrine's latest cookbook.

Basic to beautiful: Four meat-free recipes from The Shared Kitchen cookbook

  • Clare Scrine
Zucchini and corn fritters with salsa.

Zucchini and corn fritters from The Modern Mediterranean Diet cookbook

  • Dr Catherine Itsiopoulos and Vivienne Koutsis
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Sorta crispy chickpeas, green goddess and feta is a two-minute dinner winner.

Simple sauces to have on standby from Katrina Meynink’s new book From Salt to Jam

  • Katrina Meynink
Raspberry ricotta cake.

Four simple, snackable bakes from Sweet Enough by Alison Roman

  • Alison Roman
Cheesemaker (and author of There’s Always Room for Cheese) Colin Wood.

How to buy, cut and store cheese according to Colin Wood’s book There’s Always Room for Cheese

  • Colin Wood
Lara Lee’s 15-minute katsudon.

15-minute katsudon (plus more flavour shortcuts using Asian pantry staples) from A Splash of Soy by Lara Lee

  • Lara Lee
Perfect croque monsieur.

Five cheesy recipes from The Best Things in Life are Cheese by Ellie and Sam Studd

  • Ellie and Sam Studd
A filthy martini for one.

Charlotte Ree’s recipes for the ultimate meal for one from her memoir Heartbake

  • Charlotte Ree
Baked bean toastie.

Four vegetarian toasties from Simple (Mostly) Vegan Kitchen by Ellie Bullen

  • Ellie Bullen
Pizza rice.

One-pot vegetarian pizza rice from Every Night of the Week Veg by Lucy Tweed

  • Lucy Tweed
Bloody Mary rigatoni.

Sexy and spicy rigatoni recipe for one from The Art of Friday Night Dinner by Eleanor Steafel

  • Eleanor Steafel
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Cumin lamb pappardelle.

Cumin lamb pappardelle from Sundays by Sophie Godwin

  • Sophie Godwin
Roasted chicken thighs with lemon, smoked paprika and green olives.

Belinda Jeffery’s easy lemony chicken tray bake recipe from In Belinda’s Kitchen: Essential Recipes

  • Belinda Jeffery
Yakisoba.

Emiko Davies’ veg-loaded Japanese fried noodles from her cookbook Gohan

  • Emiko Davies
Baking Yesteryear.

B. Dylan Hollis’ retro tomato soup cake recipe from his Baking Yesteryear cookbook

  • B. Dylan Hollis
Adam Liaw’s fritters

Four easy, everyday recipes from Adam Liaw’s new cookbook 7 Days of Dinner

  • Adam Liaw
Last-minute cheat’s tiramisu.

‘So quick and so lovely, and just minutes to make’: Rick Stein’s cheat’s tiramisu

  • Rick Stein
Roasted chicken thighs

Danielle Alvarez turns pantry staples into solid gold dinner favourites in Recipes for a Lifetime of Beautiful Cooking

  • Danielle Alvarez
Ancient Greek grain salad.

Your new go-to ancient Greek grains salad from A Seat at My Table: Philoxenia by Kon and Sia Karapanagiotidis

  • Kon and Sia Karapanagiotidis
Bacon sandwich.

The ultimate bacon sandwich plus three cult recipes from Ester chef Mat Lindsay’s new cookbook

  • Mat Lindsay
Anchovy toast

39 tasty toppings for toast that aren’t avocado from Mat Lindsay’s cookbook Ester

  • Mat Lindsay
Stuffed potato cakes with tomato-chilli relish.

Jo Barrett’s golden stuffed potato cakes from her cookbook Sustain

  • Jo Barrett
Chocolate & pumpkin seed biscuits.

From cookies to curry: Four new Stephanie Alexander recipes for your kids to cook these holidays

  • Stephanie Alexander

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