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Picnic

Chickpea and tuna ‘chaat’.
EASY

Chickpea and canned tuna ‘chaat’ is a flavour explosion – no cooking required

Crunchy and fluffy textures meet chutneys, cooling yoghurt and aromatic spices in this oven-free dinner.

  • < 30 mins
  • Rosheen Kaul
Korean chilli flakes add vibrancy to this cooling watermelon salad.
EASY

Watermelon and fior di latte salad with Korean chilli dressing

Chunks of juicy watermelon, rich fior di latte and a sweet-savoury dressing is a refreshing combination in hot weather.

  • < 30 mins
  • Rosheen Kaul
Lemon and ricotta cake.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s lemon and ricotta cake

This simple “mix and bake” cake is deliciously moist thanks to the combination of ricotta and olive oil.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Everything you love about garlic bread in a cute little knot roll.

This step-by-step garlic butter roll recipe will have you rolling dough like a pro

Don’t let yeast scare you. Follow these tips and you’ll be making light, fluffy bakery-style dinner rolls in no time.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Emelia Jackson
Inspired by an Argentinian street food favourite, these choripan are a fun weeknight meal.
EASY

Chorizo choripan rolls with green tomato chimichurri

Elevate midweek sausages by taking inspo from the Argentinian street food classic of choripan, grilled chorizo-stuffed rolls with green tomato chimichurri.

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
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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
Tip: tear the burrata straight onto the platter.
EASY

Burrata with cucumber and cumin herb oil

This side dish achieves the winning formula of plenty of oomph for little effort.

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Garlic-buttered bread sends the flavour of this club sandwich soaring.

Rosheen Kaul’s garlic butter club sandwich of holiday dreams, plus two more snacks to go

Head outdoors with snacks built to take the heat, including a triple-decker club sandwich, a non-traditional pan bagnat and a Korean-inspired potato pancake.

  • Rosheen Kaul
Korean fried chicken with kimchi.
EASY

This spicy Korean fried chicken is the perfect way to kick off the weekend

Add a zingy slaw to Korean fried chicken, and you have a crowd-pleasing midweek dinner you’ll want to eat on repeat.

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Carrot and pineapple cake.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s pineapple, orange and carrot cake

The inclusion of fruit and olive oil lift an ordinary carrot cake into something a little more special.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw

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