Vegetarian

• Cookbook extracts

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

• Better baking

Emelia Jackson gives this nostalgic supermarket favourite a rich, fudgy upgrade

Be the hero of every morning tea or dinner party with this dense, irresistible chocolate creation, complete with zig-zag stripes that show you mean business.

• 1-2 hrs
• Emelia Jackson

• Recipe collection
• Pasta bake

Six luscious vegetarian lasagnes to make this weekend

From single hero vegetables to a rainbow stack that’s all the colours in the vegie patch, you won’t miss the meat in these cheesy pasta bakes.

• Cheese

This lemony vegetarian lasagne with white sauce is ‘revelatory’

This vegetarian lasagne, cooked “in bianco” and spiked with lemon and plenty of cheese, is inspired by a trip to Tuscany.

• 1-2 hrs
• Julia Busuttil Nishimura

• Substantial salads

RecipeTin Eats’ favourite Christmas pumpkin salad will become your go-to side dish

Move aside, last year’s salad. Here’s a pretty and flavour-forward new version for your festive table.

• 30 mins - 1 hr
• RecipeTin Eats and Jean-Baptiste Alexandre

• Substantial salads

Adam Liaw’s roasted Brussels sprout salad

Enhanced with green leaves and sweetened with a touch of maple syrup, Brussels sprouts become the star of the show.

• 30 mins - 1 hr
• Adam Liaw

• Budget

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

• Substantial salads

Roasted sweet potato, avocado and lentil salad

A comforting, hearty winter dish packed with immune-boosting nutrients. Roasted vegies meet creamy feta and a zesty dressing – ideal for cooler days.

• 30 mins - 1 hr
• Sarah Pound

• Comfort food

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

• Entertaining

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