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Chicken, lemon and garlic tray bake.

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Five make-ahead mains for easy entertaining this weekend (and the salad to go with them)

Spend less time in the kitchen and more time with your friends, with these easy prepare-ahead crowd-pleasers.

6 recipes
This spanakopita is a little time-consuming, but it is ultra satisfying.

Spanakopita

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
Chicken, lemon and garlic tray bake.

Rick Stein’s chicken, lemon and garlic tray bake

  • Rick Stein
Lahmacun with hummus and olives.
EASY

Lahmacun (lamb pizza) with hummus

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
The beauty of this sandwich is that it actually wants to be made ahead of time to feed a crowd.
EASY

Make-ahead muffuletta sandwich

  • < 30 mins
  • Danielle Alvarez
Baked salmon with a pine nut, herb and chilli crust, served with dill and caper sauce.

Mostly make-ahead baked salmon

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh
Greek green salad.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s ‘incredibly easy’ Greek green salad with feta, mint and dill

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw

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