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This perfectly warming midweek meal uses mostly pantry ingredients.
EASY

Raid the pantry for these creamy braised beans with lamb meatballs

This cosy bowl of beans and balls is the perfect cold weather antidote.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Steaks with red-wine-roasted potatoes and sumac.
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Steaks with potatoes roasted in red wine, garlic and sumac

Roasting potatoes in red wine and garlic turns a simple midweek steak dinner into a restaurant-worthy meal.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Spicy stir-fried mashed potato and fennel is loosely based on colcannon.
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Spicy stir-fried mashed potato and fennel

Loosely inspired by colcannon, the Irish dish combining spuds and greens, this is like no mash you’ve experienced before.

  • < 30 mins
  • Rosheen Kaul
This comforting beef, cherry tomato and halloumi bake comes together without fuss.
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Beef, cherry tomato and halloumi bake

Easy and flavour-packed, this one-pot meal gets deliciously cheesy on top – plus it’s naturally gluten-free.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Sarah Pound
Ling and potatoes.
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Adam Liaw’s ling and potatoes with parsley sauce

Fish poached in stock, with the poaching liquid then turned into a sauce, is a combination that is speedy, easy and elegant.

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
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‘Manti’ pasta salad with crispy lamb and garlic yoghurt.
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‘Manti’ pasta salad with crispy lamb and garlic yoghurt

Turkish-Cypriot manti dumplings have inspired this pasta salad, which is an absolute flavour bomb.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Rosheen Kaul
Potato and root vegetable tray bake.
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Adam Liaw’s potato and root vegetable tray bake

Roast potatoes are always fantastic, but if the potatoes are joined by a few friends from the fridge the result is even healthier.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Sausages with French mustard sauce.
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Adam Liaw’s sausages with French mustard sauce

The simple rule with this classic dish is: the better the sausages, the better the outcome.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
An easy midweek pasta dish that riffs on the flavours of Turkish manti dumplings.
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This TikTok-famous manti-style lamb pasta could be your new crush

It has all the flavours of the Turkish dumplings, but you can rustle it up in less than 30 minutes.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Creamy chipotle tomato soup with crispy chorizo and toasted seeds.
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Creamy chipotle-tomato soup with crispy chorizo and toasted seeds

A swirl of mascarpone and a scattering of crisp chorizo take this winter staple into new territory.

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook

Original URL: https://www.theage.com.au/goodfood/topic/contemporary-lae