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Katrina Meynink

Katrina Meynink

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Katrina Meynink is a cookbook author and Good Food recipe columnist.Connect via X.

Crushed potato gem cups are a perfect vessel for caviar and creme fraiche.

Five delicious dishes you never knew you could make in a muffin tin

From tater tot and caviar cups to apple pie, these relaxed riffs offer maximum crisp and crunch in every self-contained cup.

  • Katrina Meynink
Crispy lasagne skewers meet cacio e pepe's cousin.
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Crispy lasagne skewers meet cacio e pepe’s cousin

No need to fight over lasagne’s crunchy edges with these pasta sticks, ready to dunk in a peppery, velvety cheese sauce. Authentic? No. Bloody brilliant? Yes.

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Saucy white bean and sobrasada “sort of” lasagne.
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Saucy white bean and sobrasada ‘sort of’ lasagne

Spreadable Spanish salami meets creamy pulses in this rustic pasta bake – an unashamedly rich, vibrant dish that is even better the next day.

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Rotolo alla vodka offers all the saucy energy of a lasagne – but without the bechamel fuss.

The only thing better than lasagne? These easy, cheesy new spins using torn up sheets

Lasagne sheets are capable of so much more, as these cacio e pepe skewers, rich bakes and vodka-spiked rotolos so saucily show.

  • Katrina Meynink
The dish you make when you want dumplings, but can't face the fold.
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No folding, no faff: These DIY dumplings are the ideal Friday night food

You’ve got to know when to fold them – and with these deconstructed one-pan dumplings, the answer is never.

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
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All the golden, lacy crunch of a pan-fried dumpling with none of the folding.
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Ridiculously delicious fold-free dumplings

Ditch the fiddly pleating for this clever pan-flip wonder. A punchy pork filling meets a lacey golden base – did someone say “weeknight showstopper”?

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Carrot cake, only more deeply spiced and brooding.
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One-bowl cardamom and molasses carrot cake

This simple cake is a dump-and-stir dream – richly spiced with cardamom and molasses, and topped with a luscious cream cheese frosting.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
This autumnal chermoula, carrot and chickpea salad is delicious alongside grilled meats.
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Chermoula, carrot and chickpea salad

This vibrant, smoky autumnal side – with its fresh crunch and sweet dates – is tumbled with a glorious herb paste.

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Spiced honey and parmesan skewers, meet your new best friend, salsa verde.
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Spiced honey and parmesan carrot skewers with salsa verde

Wow your guests with this sticky, caramelised root vegetable masterpiece – it’s moreish, a breeze to prep ahead and looks a million bucks.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
This bubbling tray of gingery goodness proves that blinging up dinner is the only way to eat.

Katrina Meynink’s simple-to-make take on the viral dumpling bake, only much better

Forget patient pinching and precise pleating. These recipes deliver the crunch of pan-fried dumplings with none of the work – perfect for the kitchen-weary.

  • Katrina Meynink