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80 healthy dinner recipes in 30 minutes or less

Nourishing, light and still super fast – these 30-minute meals will make you feel good.

79 recipes
Adam Liaw's kari-kari chicken with spiced yoghurt.
EASY

Kari-kari chicken with spiced yoghurt recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Sticky mustard beef stir-fry.
EASY

Sticky mustard beef and noodles

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Flatbread piled with flaked hot smoked salmon, coriander dressing, cucumber, herbs and cashews.
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Flatbreads with hot-smoked salmon, coriander dressing, greens and cashews

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Raid the deli cabinet for this adaptable pasta salad.
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Deli cabinet pasta salad with chilli, parmesan and sunflower seed dressing

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Donna Hay's super tasty broccoli bowl.
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Donna Hay's super tasty broccoli bowl

  • < 30 mins
  • Donna Hay
Garlicky sweet potato and chickpea soup served with spiced red onion and feta scones.
EASY

Dan Lepard's garlic-heavy sweet potato soup

  • < 30 mins
  • Dan Lepard
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The lemony whipped feta works on its own as a dip, too.

Charred cauliflower salad with lemony whipped feta and pine nuts

  • < 30 mins
  • Hetty McKinnon
Herby cous cous with creamy avocado tahini.
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Green cous cous with avocado tahini

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Corn on the cob with coriander butter.
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Super simple corn on the cob with coriander butter

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Tandoori butter corn with cheat's raita.
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Charred tandoori buttered corn on lazy person's raita

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Miso grilled chicken rice bowl.
EASY

Donna Hay's miso grilled chicken rice bowl

  • < 30 mins
  • Donna Hay
Cauliflower rice
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... or try Jill Dupleix's lower-carb Indian-spiced cauliflower "rice"

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Salmon meets som tam salad.

Adam Liaw's easy som tam on salmon

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Tuna and avocado sushi salad.
EASY

... or his tuna and avocado sushi salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Spaghetti with zucchini and spinach.
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Super green spaghetti with zucchini and spinach

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
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Zucchini spaghetti
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... or go pasta-free with zucchini "spaghetti"

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
A quick but flavour-packed midweek dinner.
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Spicy chicken miso soup with a poached egg

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Pho in a flash: This cheat's pho is faster than any delivery app.
EASY

Cheat's beef pho with lemongrass, ginger and garlic

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
If you like your salmon saucy, make a double portion of the dressing.
EASY

Green chilli and ginger grilled salmon skewers

  • < 30 mins
  • Donna Hay
The Italian-style tomato and pinenut salsa pairs beautifully with lean fish.
EASY

Grilled tuna with tomato, caper, olive and pinenut salsa

  • < 30 mins
  • Danielle Alvarez
Stir-fried tomato and egg.
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Stir-fried tomato and egg

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Healthy school lunches by Wholefood Simply.
EASY

Four-ingredient quiche

  • < 30 mins
  • Bianca Slade
Picnic-friendly noodle salad with nuoc cham dressing.
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Vietnamese rice noodles with nuoc cham

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
This sticky stir-fry should convert tofu skeptics.
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Maple, soy and sesame tofu with brown rice and greens

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
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Fresh prawn rice-paper rolls

Fresh prawn rice-paper rolls

  • < 30 mins
  • Lynne Mullins
Neil Perry's sour and spicy prawn soup with noodles 

Neil Perry's spicy and sour prawn soup with noodles

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Barbecued lamb cutlets with spicy mint and cucumber salsa.
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Marinated lamb cutlets with spicy mint and cucumber salsa

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Barbecued broccoli salad with almond salsa verde
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Barbecued broccoli salad with almond salsa verde

  • < 30 mins
  • Donna Hay
Cold tofu and spinach salad.
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Cold tofu and spinach salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Squid with chilli and basil

Squid with chilli and basil

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Vegan-friendly cabbage, kale and chilli slaw.
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Cabbage and kale slaw with chilli, yeast and seed dressing

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Pea and ham soup.

Pea and ham soup

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Carrot soup.

Carrot, pumpkin and red lentil soup

  • < 30 mins
  • Lynne Mullins
Heart-warmer: Curry of sweet potato and lentils.

Lentil and sweet potato curry

  • < 30 mins
  • Jeremy and Jane Strode
Turmeric fish skewers and garlic greens.
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Turmeric fish skewers and garlic greens

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Sweet potato frittata with pan-roasted mushrooms. Jill Dupleix BREAKFAST recipes for Epicure and Good Living. Photographed by Marina Oliphant. Food preparation and styling by Caroline Velik. Wooden board and napery from Manon bis. MUST CREDIT. Photographed March 22, 2012. The Age Newspaper and The Sydney Morning Herald.

Sweet potato frittata with roasted mushrooms

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix