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Kanat chicken wings with sumac, tomato and onion salad.
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Kanat chicken wings with sumac, tomato and onion salad

Think of these as the ultimate summer wings. Grilled until golden and glowing, they hit every high note – tangy, savoury, and beautifully charred.

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook

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Spicy marinated seafood salad.
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Rosheen Kaul’s spicy marinated seafood salad

This spicy riff on the classic Italian insalata di mare uses a punchy marinade to make the seafood’s natural sweetness truly sing.

  • < 30 mins
  • Rosheen Kaul
Fried mozzarella “carrozza” with curry napoli.
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Fried mozzarella ‘carrozza’ with curry napoli sauce

Golden and crunchy with a dramatic cheese pull, these irresistible snacks are the ultimate crowd-pleaser. Best of all, they can be made ahead and reheated later.

  • < 30 mins
  • Rosheen Kaul
Hot-smoked salmon and potato salad with everything bagel dressing.
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Hot-smoked salmon and potato salad with everything bagel dressing

Flaky hot-smoked salmon and tender potatoes tossed in an “everything bagel” dressing transforms a deli favourite into a 20-minute midweek winner.

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
20-minute summer puttanesca pizza.
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20-minute summer puttanesca pizza

Say hello to your new favourite fakeaway. Bold, southern Italian flavours on a crispy flatbread, ready before a delivery driver could even leave the kitchen.

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Bucatini with Thai basil and green chilli pesto speaks with an Australian accent.
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Bucatini with Thai basil and green chilli pesto

This Italian-Thai fusion takes classic pesto in a bold new direction. Fragrant Thai basil, green chilli and macadamias create a zesty, no-cook pasta sauce.

  • < 30 mins
  • Rosheen Kaul
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Rosheen Kaul’s herb-strewn chicken and noodle salad is perfect in hot weather.
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‘Ghost chicken’ noodle salad

Take a supermarket roast chicken and ready-to-eat konjac noodles, and you’re halfway towards making this healthy no-cook salad.

  • < 30 mins
  • Rosheen Kaul
Spiced lamb flatbreads with quick chilli and vegetable pickle.
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Spiced lamb flatbreads with quick chilli and vegetable pickles

Rich, aromatic spiced lamb tops crispy flatbreads for a speedy lahmacun-style dinner. This Turkish tribute is your new 20-minute weeknight hero.

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Add a flourish to your festive cocktail, either nutmeg or cinnamon.

We asked Good Food’s Bar of the Year for a summer-friendly alternative to eggnog

Forget the heavy eggnog. For an Australian Christmas, trade the fireside milk punch for this refreshing “eggnot” from Silver’s Motel. Festive, but far lighter.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Michael Chiem
Helen Goh’s cherry pavlova with yoghurt noyaux cream.

What the Good Food team will be cooking for Christmas Day

From time-honoured family traditions to the fresh recipes we’ve recently discovered, these are the dishes making it onto our festive tables this year.

  • Good Food team

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