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Cookbook extracts

Picnic pie and green tomato relish (foreground).

A picnic pie so perfect no one will mind it’s veg-packed (plus an ‘essential’ condiment)

Nothing says picnic like a pie, and this one, from new cookbook A Heide Harvest, has an unusual pastry sturdy enough to travel.

  • Dom Gattermayr and Rose Richards
Fish sando with curry tartare. 

How to cook a better Filet-O-Fish at home (plus more recipes from a MasterChef winner)

Justin Narayan’s Fijian-Indian heritage adds a magic touch to all of his favourite dishes.

  • Justin Narayan
Bill Granger’s ricotta hotcakes.
EASY

How to make Australia’s most famous weekend brunch dish at home

Like the recipe’s creator, Bill Granger, these fluffy ricotta hotcakes, served with honeycomb butter and banana, are the stuff of Australian legend.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Bill Granger
Contrasting flavours and textures make this salad sing.

‘Every spoonful is deliciously good’: Donna Hay’s risoni and chilli-honey halloumi salad

Tender risoni, peppery rocket, sweet pops from currants and toasty almonds – just top with molten chilli-honey halloumi, and it’s simply perfect.

  • Donna Hay
Gut-healing korma.

This delicious cream-free chicken korma is ‘better for your gut bugs’

The herbs and spices are the heroes in this recipe from dietitian Linia Patel’s cookbook Food for Menopause.

  • Dr Linia Patel
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Bagels are downright delicious.

Baking project: Step-by-step guide to making bagels at home

Discover the simple satisfaction of baking your own bread with these recipes for soft garlic naan, fresh pita and classic American bagels.

  • Betül Tunç
Chicken schnitzel.

This prep-ahead crunchy chicken schnitty can be cooked straight from frozen, no thawing required

These freezer-friendly faves are sure to please everyone, while saving you time and stress in the kitchen.

  • Justine Schofield
This easy pasta dish is freezer friendly and great for meal prepping.

This no-fuss sausage rigatoni recipe is your new life-saving weeknight dinner

This easy pasta dish requires little effort yet is extremely hearty and comforting. Best of all, you’ll have plenty of leftovers for the fridge or freezer.

  • Jasmin Weston
Khachapuri.

‘Perfect blend of comfort and flavour’: How to make this delicious four-cheese egg bread

If you like Turkish pide, you’ll love this boat-shaped Georgian bread filled with mozzarella, feta, blue cheese and parmesan, all topped with a runny egg yolk.

  • Betül Tunç
This dish, like a cross between succotash and shakshuka, is equally good for breakfast, lunch or dinner.

Eat this spicy, summery shakshuka for breakfast, lunch or dinner

These bright and bold vegetarian dishes have the flavour dial set to high – and no highly processed ingredients or gluten in sight.

  • Scott Gooding and Matilda Brown

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