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This cheat’s pasta e fagioli is warming, fortifying and easily adapted for vegetarians.

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Set the dial to ‘cosy’: The 20 most popular recipes of July

This month, Good Food’s greatest kitchen hits have been all about warming soups, stews and braises, with a side of carbs and comforting sweet treats.

20 recipes
Pumpkin soup.
EASY

1. Adam Liaw’s classic pumpkin soup

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Adam Liaw’s coq au vin.

2. Adam Liaw’s coq au vin

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Classic pumpkin soup.

3. Cold-busting pumpkin soup (plus two other options)

  • Sarah Pound
Very short lemon shortbread.

4. Lemon shortbread biscuits

  • Tilly Pamment
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s one-pan chicken with pumpkin, coriander and chickpeas.
EASY

5. One-pan chicken, pumpkin and chickpeas

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
This Sizzler-inspired cheese toast is soft on one side and crisp on the other.

6. Sizzler-inspired cheese toast

  • Justin Narayan
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Chicken broth from Food You Want to Eat by Thomas Straker.

7. Chicken broth

  • Thomas Straker
Helen Goh’s Dubai chocolate brownies.

8. Helen Goh’s Dubai chocolate brownies

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Traditionally, this dish is made with a long Japanese onion called negi, but spring onions are a wonderful substitute
EASY

9. Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s Japanese chicken and spring onion noodle soup

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Ruben’s Deli mac and cheese bake.
EASY

10. New York deli-style mac and cheese

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Amanda Ruben
Sticky date pudding with rich caramel sauce is a perfect treat for those avoiding gluten.
EASY

11. Emelia Jackson’s gluten-free sticky date puddings

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Emelia Jackson
Swipe hot naan through this soothing chicken saag.

12. Katrina Meynink’s chicken curry (and other prep-ahead winners)

  • Katrina Meynink
This tea cake recipe is easy to make and very forgiving.

13. Lemon, polenta and raspberry tea cake (and two other great bakes)

Roasted scalloped potatoes.
EASY

13. Adam Liaw’s roasted scalloped potatoes

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Japanese-style chicken schnitzel curry.
EASY

15. Japanese-style chicken schnitzel curry

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
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Molten chocolate mug cake with ice-cream and sprinkles.

16. Molten chocolate mug cake (and two variations)

  • Jane de Graaff
Baked chickpeas with eggplant.
EASY

17. Greek-style baked chickpeas with eggplant

  • 2 hrs +
  • Carolina Doriti
This easy steak dish is packed with flavour thanks to roasting tomatoes with anchovies and garlic.
EASY

18. Italian-style steak with roasted tomato and anchovy dressing

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Adam Liaw’s Swedish almond loaf is finished with a moreish butterscotch almond topping.
EASY

19. Adam Liaw’s Swedish almond loaf cake with butterscotch topping

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Danielle Alvarez’s bean and pasta stew with pancetta and rosemary.
EASY

20. Shortcut bean and pasta stew with pancetta and rosemary

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez

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