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Adam Liaw’s ‘taco pie’.

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Prep ahead, relax together: 30 crowd-pleasing dishes for an easy, breezy Mother’s Day

Gathering your crew? Spend less time cooking and more time together with make-ahead classics like lasagne, slow-cooked lamb, and rich curries.

30 recipes
Adam Liaw masterclass: Spanakopita.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s spanakopita

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Adam Liaw’s classic beef and red wine stew.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s classic beef stew

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Perfect make-ahead food: DIY pork burgers with red curry and coriander mayo.

Katrina Meynink’s pork burgers with red curry and coriander mayo

  • Katrina Meynink
Adam Liaw’s ‘taco pie’.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s taco pie

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Danielle Alvarez's beef short rib ragu with pappardelle.
EASY

Danielle Alvarez’s beef short-rib and tomato ragu with pappardelle

  • 2 hrs +
  • Danielle Alvarez
Roast lamb shoulder shawarma.

Roast lamb shoulder shawarma​

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
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Chicken provencal.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s chicken provencal

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Helen Goh's roasted broccoli, chilli and ricotta cake.

Helen Goh’s roasted broccoli, chilli and ricotta cake

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Jill Dupleix's chicken pot pie.

Jill Dupleix’s family-size chicken pot pie

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
Serve with pita chips for scooping.
EASY

Spiced eggplant, tomato and chickpea stew with garlic yoghurt

  • < 30 mins
  • Danielle Alvarez
Three-cheese lasagne with overhanging edges for extra crispy bits.
EASY

Katrina Meynink’s pork sausage, kale and three-cheese lasagne

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Roasted scalloped potatoes.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s roasted scalloped potatoes

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Cacio e pepe meets spaghetti and meatballs.
EASY

Cacio e pepe spaghetti and meatball pasta bake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Adam Liaw’s vegetarian lasagne.

Adam Liaw’s vegetarian lasagne (with seasonal variations)

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Turmeric roasted sweet potato, tomato and tamarind curry.
EASY

Turmeric roasted sweet potato, tomato and tamarind curry

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
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Hellenic Republic's popular Cypriot grain salad is packed with protein-packed lentils.
EASY

Hellenic Republic’s Cypriot grain salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Travis McAuley
Adam Liaw’s version of the viral internet dish, Marry me chicken.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s marry me chicken

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Italy with a detour to Spain: Chicken amatriciana one-tray wonder with chorizo and potatoes.
EASY

Chicken amatriciana traybake

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
Slow-cooked bolognese lasagne.

Three-cheese and slow-cooked bolognese lasagne

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
Parmigiana pasta bake with cauliflower balls.

Cauliflower parmigiana pasta bake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Neil Perry’s braised chicken with olives and almonds.
EASY

Neil Perry’s braised chicken with olives and almonds

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
RecipeTin’s Greek-style slow-roasted lamb shoulder.

RecipeTin Eats x Good Food: 12-hour Greek slow-roasted lamb shoulder

  • RecipeTin Eats
Moussaka with leftover shredded lamb.

RecipeTin Eats x Good Food: Pulled lamb moussaka

  • 2 hrs +
  • RecipeTin Eats
Greek-style roast potatoes with lemon and oregano.

RecipeTin Eats x Good Food: Greek lemon roast potatoes

  • RecipeTin Eats
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Springtime pea galette with herby goat’s cheese.
EASY

Emelia Jackson’s goat’s cheese, leek and pea tart

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Emelia Jackson
Slow-cooked pork shoulder and celeriac with braised chickpeas and silverbeet.

Karen Martini’s slow-cooked pulled pork shoulder

  • 2 hrs +
  • Karen Martini
Neil Perry's warm lentil salad with pumpkin and chilli.

Warm lentil salad with pumpkin and chilli

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Crisp-skinned chicken meets robustly flavoured vegies and a piquant salsa in this cacciatore remix.

Lucy Tweed’s chicken cacciatore

  • Lucy Tweed
The Builders Arms fish pie is a year-round favourite.

Builders Arms fish pie

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Andrew McConnell
Tiropita (Greek cheese pie).
EASY

Tiropita (Greek cheese pie)

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura