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Harissa whole roast chicken and caramelised sweet potato
EASY

Slash and roast: The trick to cooking this spicy, sticky chicken in 30 minutes

Harissa whole roast chicken and caramelised sweet potato is the midweek recipe you’ll make on repeat.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
One-pan creamy garlic chicken with greens.
EASY

One-pan creamy garlic chicken with greens

Tender chicken breasts and vibrant greens mingle in a creamy sauce, creating a comforting protein-rich dinner.

  • < 30 mins
  • Sarah Pound
Serve puttanesca chickpeas over pasta to stretch this dish further.
EASY

Puttanesca chickpeas

All the salty, savoury, briny flavours you love from the pasta dish, only with chickpeas.

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Katrina Meynink’s marry me chickpeas.
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Creamy marry me chickpeas

Love is in the air – and it smells like garlic, smoked paprika, and your new favourite one-pot dinner.

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Serve chicken and pumpkin curry with rice, quinoa, roti or naan.
EASY

Chicken and pumpkin curry

This warm, satisfying dish could be a healthy dinner for four, or four make-ahead meals for one.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Sarah Pound
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Keep the chicken pasta salad and the creamy dill dressing separate if you’re serving the salad later.
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Chicken pasta salad with creamy dill dressing

Full of fresh vegetables and lean protein, this make-ahead pasta salad could be an easy lunch or light dinner.

  • < 30 mins
  • Sarah Pound
Chicken coconut curry.

Shop your pantry to make this cheap and cheerful chicken coconut curry

Plus a belly-warming beef stew and seriously comforting sausage gnocchi dinner that come in at about $3 a serve.

  • Chelsea Goodwin
Caramel blondies.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s caramel blondies

These delicious blondies are a simple mix-and-bake method. You can change the flavour with nuts or chocolate chips if you prefer.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Malt vinegar beef stew.
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Adam Liaw’s malt vinegar beef stew

I recommend adding a dash of vinegar to the end of just about any stew, but here I add a full quarter cup to give it a lovely acidity that cuts through the richness of the beef.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Traditionally, this dish is made with a long Japanese onion called negi, but spring onions are a wonderful substitute
EASY

Chicken and spring onion noodle soup (tori nanban udon)

Put this light yet comforting Japanese soup on repeat all winter long.

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/goodfood/topic/family-meals-l9v