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Mediterranean diet

One-pan chicken with garlic, capsicum, oregano and olives.

14 easy Mediterranean dinners to look forward to this week

End your day in Italy, Greece, Turkey or Spain with these Mediterranean-inspired recipes.

Cooking oil.

Are seed oils really that bad for us? A dietitian weighs in

Dietitian Susie Burrell debunks common misconceptions about seed oils.

  • Susie Burrell
One-pan pastitsio.

This ‘epic’ one-pan wonder is everything you love about a Greek pasta bake

Drawing on her Greek-Cypriot heritage, food writer Georgina Hayden makes her favourite traditional recipes faster and more family-friendly.

  • Georgina Hayden
These easy muffins are packed with the flavours of spanakopita.

If you like spanakopita, you’ll love these lunch box-ready savoury muffins

Based on the principles of the Mediterranean diet, these simple, satisfying recipes are bound to become favourites at your place, too.

  • Sarah Di Lorenzo
Hetty McKinnon's charred cauliflower salad with lemony whipped feta and pine nuts.

The 10 healthiest vegetables of all time, according to a dietitian

All fresh food is good for us but some vegies are so chock-full of essential nutrients that they earn super vegetable status. Here’s a guide to the top 10.

  • Susie Burrell
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Red wine contains polyphenols, which are associated with heart-health benefits.

Baileys, mulled wine and eggnog: The best (and worst) festive drinks for your health

From mulled wine and whisky to red wine and Baileys, we ask nutritionists which festive tipples to choose – and which to avoid.

  • Ceri Roberts
A selection of Good Food’s favourite cookbooks of 2024.

Here are recipes from 30+ of the best cookbooks of 2024

From making fried rice like a country Australian-Chinese restaurant, to outrageously saucy one-pan peanut chicken, it’s been a big year for cookbooks by Rick Stein, Ottolenghi, RecipeTin Eats and more.

Australian tiger prawn nicoise salad by Hayden Quinn.

‘Feel free to go crazy’: Nine summery foods a dietitian always has on stand-by

Indulgent foods can be healthy too, especially when it comes to Australian summer produce. Here are some of the best seasonal ingredients to enjoy over the warmer months.

  • Susie Burrell
Acrylamide occurs in scorched food, and is not naturally present in what we eat.

Why eating burnt toast could be bad for you

Scorched food, particularly bread, contains acrylamide, and there’s evidence to show that this chemical can cause cancer in humans.

  • Emily Craig

A dietitian’s guide to six protein-rich foods (and her top picks in each category)

From bread to ice-cream, the range of protein-rich supermarket products is ever growing. The question is, are they any healthier?

  • Susie Burrell

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