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Karen Martini’s spiced lamb shank and lentil soup.

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14 freezer-friendly dinners to cook-up this week (and stash away for a rainy day)

Double batch elements of these dishes and your future self will thank you.

14 recipes
Fresh ginger gives this vegan curry a nose-clearing kick.
EASY

Monday: Red lentil, ginger and coconut curry

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Spinach chana dhal.

... or a comforting spinach chana dhal

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
Potato gnocchi with tomato sauce.
EASY

Tuesday: Neil Perry’s potato gnocchi with simple tinned tomato sauce

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Roman gnocchi with mushrooms, pancetta and cheese.

... or Roman-style polenta gnocchi with mushrooms, pancetta and cheese

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
Skip the weird ingredients lists and make enchilada sauce from scratch.
EASY

Wednesday: Easy chicken enchiladas

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
Adam Liaw's beef and bean nachos with jalapeno cheese sauce.
EASY

... or Adam Liaw’s nachos with jalapeno cheese sauce (double batch the beef and bean mix)

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
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Eat these meatballs straight from the tray or stuffed into pita pockets.
EASY

Thursday: Spiced lamb meatball traybake with chickpeas and sumac feta (makes extra meatballs)

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Serve this chicken noodle stir-fry with soft-boiled eggs and chilli oil.
EASY

... or slurpy peanut butter miso chicken noodle stir-fry (double batch the sauce)

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Turn the family's favourite curry into a pie.

Friday: Butter chicken pot pies with naan lids (buy extra bread and freeze alongside the extra sauce)

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Karen Martini's Malaysian chicken curry.

... or Karen Martini’s mild Malaysian chicken curry

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s beef short-rib ragu.

Saturday: Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s beef short-rib ragu

  • 2 hrs +
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Cooking is a love language for Charlotte Ree, who baked lasagne for her neighbours during lockdown.

... or Charlotte Ree’s comforting lasagne

  • 2 hrs +
  • Charlotte Ree
Spring lamb and lentil soup served with toasted mountain bread, yoghurt and sriracha.

Sunday: Spiced lamb shank and lentil soup (skip the broad beans)

  • 2 hrs +
  • Karen Martini
Arabella Forge's cold-busting chicken soup.

... or cold-busting chicken soup

  • 2 hrs +
  • Arabella Forge

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