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Salads, slices and scoops: The 20 hottest recipes of January

From peak-season greens and summery flatbreads to smooth, rich ice-creams you can make without a churner, here are the recipes you loved most this month.

20 recipes
Spiced lamb flatbreads with quick chilli and vegetable pickle.
EASY

20. Spiced lamb flatbreads with quick chilli and vegetable pickles

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Italian summer ‘salad leaf’ pizza.
EASY

19. Italian ‘salad leaf’ pizza

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Dan dan noodle slaw.
EASY

18. Dan dan noodle slaw

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Chicharron de queso with pico de gallo.

17. Chicharron de queso (cheese crackling) and three more sunny Mexican recipes

  • Daniella Guevara Muñoz
Double the quantities if feeding a crowd.
EASY

16. Sticky ginger-soy chicken wings

  • 2 hrs +
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
In celebration of our own tennis tournament, we’re lengthening this cocktail with champagne instead of the traditional lemonade.
EASY

15. Fruit cup spritz

  • < 30 mins
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Small enough to keep on the kitchen bench for grazing, but portable enough to tuck into a bag for a picnic.
EASY

14. Helen Goh’s nectarine, pistachio and brown-butter friands

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh
Green bean and chickpea salad with crispy halloumi and tajin dressing.
EASY

13. Green bean, chickpea and halloumi salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Hot-smoked salmon and potato salad with everything bagel dressing.
EASY

12. ‘Everything bagel’ salmon and potato salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Toss the khao yum (Thai rice salad) to ensure maximum flavour in every bite.

11. Nat Thaipun’s khao yum (Thai rice salad)

  • Nat Thaipun
Foolproof brownies.
EASY

10. Emelia Jackson’s chocolate brownies

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Emelia Jackson
Sausages with barbecue cherry tomato chutney.
EASY

9. Sausages with barbecued cherry tomato chutney

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
The Palomar’s cucumber salad, with pickled cucumbers, green tahini and crispy chilli oil.
EASY

8. The Palomar’s cucumber salad with green tahini and crispy chilli oil

  • < 30 mins
  • The Palomar
Summer pasta with no-cook zucchini sauce.
EASY

7. Summer pasta with no-cook zucchini sauce

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Sesame-soy dumpling salad.

6. Sesame-soy dumpling salad

  • Nicole Maguire
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Zingy and packed with flavour, this green goddess toastie is a guaranteed winner.

5. Donna Hay’s green goddess toastie plus three other brunch dishes

  • Donna Hay
20-minute summer puttanesca pizza.
EASY

4. 20-minute puttanesca pizza

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Chicken, halloumi and quinoa provide the fuel while mango and avocado bring the summer vibes.

3. Sarah Pound’s chicken, mango and halloumi salad plus two more healthy, high-protein lunches

  • Sarah Pound
Lasagne is a dish that will mend broken hearts.

2. Sooshi Mango’s lasagne plus two more family recipes

  • Joe Salanitri, Carlo Salanitri and Andrew Manfre
Cookie dough and chocolate fudge ice-cream.

1. Home-made vanilla ice-cream plus three variations

  • Katrina Meynink