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Use the ripest tomato you can find, a little overripe is even better.

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14 freezer-friendly meals for busy families to make this week

Make the return to school and work fuss- and stress-free by filling the freezer with ready-made dinners perfect for heating and eating.

14 recipes
Use the ripest tomato you can find, a little over ripe is even better
EASY

Karen Martini’s one-tray roasted tomato, red capsicum and chilli sauce for pasta

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Beef and ricotta meatloaf.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s beef and ricotta meatloaf

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Sneak plenty of vegies into this 50/50 bolognese sauce.

Adam Liaw’s fifty-fifty bolognese

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Butter chicken.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s home-made butter chicken

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Quiche Lorraine topped with crispy bacon for extra pizzazz.

Jill Dupleix’s guide to making the perfect quiche Lorraine

  • Jill Dupleix
A vegetarian take on tikka masala.

Chickpea tikka masala recipe

  • Joe Yonan
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Karen Martini’s baked farfalle with tuna, silverbeet, stracciatella and peas.
EASY

Karen Martini’s pasta bake with tuna, silverbeet, stracciatella cheese and peas

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Skip the weird ingredients lists and make enchilada sauce from scratch.
EASY

Easy chicken enchiladas

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
This butter chicken-inspired dhal can be made vegetarian - just swap the stock and hold the shredded chook (pictured as a topping).
EASY

Butter chicken dhal

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Danielle Alvarez’s rigatoni with sausage, red wine and tomato ragu.
EASY

Rigatoni with ‘embarrassingly simple’ sausage and red wine ragu

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Danielle Alvarez
Feed a crowd with these egg-and-bacon muffins with a twist.
EASY

Herby egg breakfast (or dinner) sandos with bacon jam

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Jammy centred soft-boiled eggs and ratatouille on toast.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s ratatouille on toast with soft-boiled eggs

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
EASY

Adam Liaw’s savoury mince

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Sweet potato and lentil curry topped with crispy chickpeas and yoghurt.

Sweet potato and lentil curry with roasted spiced chickpeas

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink

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