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Cauliflower cheese fritters.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s cauliflower cheese fritters

Classic cauliflower cheese gets a makeover to become these delicious pan-fried fritters.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Pasta bake with roasted pumpkin and ricotta.

Eat like an Italian: Two budget-friendly recipes to hit your five veg a day

Forget dietary “magic bullets” and embrace these rustic, vegetable-forward dishes. They’re thrifty, comforting and delicious – and just happen to be healthy.

  • Melanie Lionello
The 21 fishy contenders.

We taste-tested 21 cans of supermarket tuna in oil and Sirena didn’t win

Good Food tin-fluencer Frank Sweet scours the Seven Seas for Australia’s tastiest canned tuna. More than 20 cans, pouches and one stinky office later, here’s how they ranked.

  • Frank Sweet
Chicken with pesto and green beans.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s chicken with pesto and green beans

Top these juicy, pan-fried chicken steaks with vibrant, herb-dressed beans for a fresh weekday dinner that is ready in just 15 minutes.

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Slow cooker lemongrass beef curry.

Sarah Pound’s favourite ‘throw it in and leave it’ slow-cooker meals will be yours, too

The underrated kitchen tool does the heavy lifting in these set-and-forget meals – perfect for nourishing, family-friendly dinners.

  • Sarah Pound
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Orange and almond mug cake.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s orange and almond mug cake

This super-simple mug cake can be made in minutes using ingredients you might already have in your fridge and pantry.

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
You can feel this vegie-packed chicken soup doing you good.
EASY

Immunity chicken soup for the soul

A nourishing, vegie-packed broth featuring shredded chicken and wholesome pearl barley – a comforting remedy to boost your body and soothe the senses.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Sarah Pound
Add this delicious and inexpensive spiced chickpea, coconut and ginger curry to your winter arsenal.
EASY

Spiced chickpea, coconut and ginger curry

An affordable, vegie-packed weeknight bowl to boost immunity. Creamy, warming and simple – the perfect winter comfort meal.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Sarah Pound
Adam Liaw’s Classic Beef and Red Wine Stew

Adam Liaw’s essential beef stew, plus 20 more of May’s most popular recipes

Dive into the comforting bakes and hearty stews trending across Australia this month – including a viral lentil dhal and Adam’s ultimate winter warmer.

All the flavours of your favourite Indian snack food in pie form.
EASY

Love samosas? This golden tray pie gives you all the crunch – minus the fiddly folding

A vibrant, spiced potato filling meets crisp pastry in this simple meat-free comfort bake. No deep-frying required.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook