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Meal prep

Finish with a sprinkle of feta and pomegranate.

Hit ‘Save’: 18 midweek-friendly recipes the Good Food team has on standby

Meal planning rut? Shake things up. The Good Food team has picked recipes that promise fresh flavours and exciting techniques to banish midweek monotony.

Pork burgers with red curry and coriander mayo.

‘A love letter to your future self’: Make-ahead meals you’ll be excited to eat

When life is busy, prepping ahead creates order out of chaos. These four dishes combine flavour, diversity and convenience in one neat package.

  • Katrina Meynink
This warming vegetarian risotto is ideal for the transition to cooler weather, made with naturally sweet roasted pumpkin.
EASY

Pumpkin risotto with rosemary and goat’s cheese

Roasting the pumpkin brings out its natural sweetness in this warming vegetarian risotto.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s prawn pasta is bursting with flavour thanks to juicy cherry tomatoes.
EASY

Cherry tomatoes make this simple pasta recipe pop. Prawns make it feel fancy

This easy prawn pasta is bursting with flavour thanks to juicy cherry tomatoes, while fresh chilli makes for a fiery sauce.

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Japanese strawberry milk.

Shake things up with these fun and easy recipes for relaxed holiday get-togethers

These share-friendly recipes will keep the whole family happy, from sweet and syrupy milkshakes to salty potato skins perfect for snacking.

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Give the Italian-American classic of pasta alla vodka a shake-up by adding fudgy roasted eggplant.
EASY

A classic vegetarian pasta dish gets some extra va-va-voom

Fudgy roasted eggplant adds a little “something something” to this creamy Italian-American pasta dish – roasted eggplants alla vodka.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Chicken breast and vegetables in containers. Top view. Flat lay
Generic images for meal prepping for Good Food online. Quinoa boiled eggs, grilled chicken etc. Ingredients to prep for the week ahead. Image downloaded via Good Food account. March 2022

Adam Liaw on the joyless grind of modern day meal prep

Sure, prepping the same meal to reheat and eat night after night may make life simpler, but it’s also sucking the joy out of, well, everything.

  • Adam Liaw
Clockwise from top left: North African-spiced ratatouille; Cabbage rolls; and stuffed tomatoes and capsicums; buffalo mozzarella lasagne.

14 recipes to make this week (but they’ll taste even better the next day)

These boldly flavoured dishes improve after a night in the fridge. You’ll be looking forward to - not cursing - the leftovers.

Kale rolls with spicy merguez sausage and rice.

Kale rolls with spicy merguez sausage and rice

Usually made with cabbage, these comforting parcels are instead wrapped with cavolo nero leaves.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Rosheen Kaul
Teriyaki salmon bowl.

14 excellent dinners to cook when eggs are hard to find

Eggs can be scarce right now, but that doesn’t need to cramp your cooking style. Here are 14 easy ways to whip up a delicious dinner, minus the eggs.

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/goodfood/topic/meal-prep-6fwe