• Oven-free dinner

Chickpea and canned tuna ‘chaat’ is a flavour explosion – no cooking required

Crunchy and fluffy textures meet chutneys, cooling yoghurt and aromatic spices in this oven-free dinner.

• < 30 mins
• Rosheen Kaul

• Oven-free dinner

Watermelon and fior di latte salad with Korean chilli dressing

Chunks of juicy watermelon, rich fior di latte and a sweet-savoury dressing is a refreshing combination in hot weather.

• < 30 mins
• Rosheen Kaul

• Gardening

Making a mint: The secret to growing your own herbs – and keeping them alive

Whether you live in an apartment or have a sprawling outdoor space, growing your own ingredients is easier than you may think. Here’s how to get started.

• March 27, 2025
• Nina Rousseau

• Collection
• Best of

10 recipes that make the most of garden herbs

Make the most of your glut of herbs with these fresh recipes, bursting with green goodness.

• Dinner party

Puttanesca rice-stuffed tomatoes

The pasta sauce’s pantry ingredients flavour the filling of these “gorgeous red orbs”.

• 1-2 hrs
• Danielle Alvarez

• Fruit desserts

Adam Liaw’s johnny cakes with peach salsa and golden syrup

Fry the johnny cakes slowly, so they cook all the way through before they get too brown on the outside.

• 30 mins - 1 hr
• Adam Liaw

• Quick & easy

Once you’ve tried this punchy green condiment, you’ll want to slather it on everything

It’s pan-fried lamb cutlets with zucchini zhoug and flatbreads for the weeknight win – featuring your new favourite condiment.

• < 30 mins
• Jessica Brook

• Substantial salads

Your new go-to tomato salad plus the smoky addition you won’t stop eating by the handful

I make various versions of this salad, with different fruits, but always with the best and ripest tomatoes I can find.

• < 30 mins
• Julia Busuttil Nishimura

• Vegetarian

Green pea and spinach fritters

This versatile recipe ticks all the boxes and can be served for breakfast, lunch, dinner or a party snack.

• 30 mins - 1 hr
• Danielle Alvarez

• Summer barbecue

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

This alternative Greek salad is vastly underrated and should be your new go-to for summer barbecues.

• < 30 mins
• Adam Liaw