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Family meals

Duck breast with orange and red wine sauce.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s duck breast with orange and red wine sauce

This deliciously sweet sauce with the flavours of mulled wine is a perfect accompaniment for duck.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Serve with mashed potatoes and fennel to make an elegant but simple meal.
EASY

Grilled lamb cutlets with black olive butter

Easy enough as a midweek meal but also special enough to serve if you’re entertaining.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
Chicken scaloppine with capers, lemon, rosemary and polenta.
EASY

Speedy chicken scaloppine with capers, lemon, rosemary and polenta

This Italian-style thinly sliced chicken dish takes a few minutes to cook.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Carbonara you can slurp with a spoon? We’re here for it.
EASY

Soup of the carbonara variety

Traditionalists, look away. This lovely, hearty soup is pasta you can slurp with a spoon.

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Taco soup with all the toppings.

Mexican-inspired taco soup

Taco Tuesday meets Soup Night in this hearty Tex-Mex meal with all the toppings.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
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Adam Liaw’s oregano and lemon lamb cutlets. 
EASY

Adam Liaw’s Greek-style lamb cutlets with oregano and lemon

I think the fat makes for a tastier cutlet, and I prefer them un-frenched for this recipe.

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Gnocchi

Four Stephanie Alexander veg recipes that kids actually love to eat (and cook)

These simple dishes have been trialled, eaten and approved by kids, making them perfect for less experienced cooks.

  • Stephanie Alexander
Tuna cakes.
EASY

The RecipeTin magic touch that lifts these tuna patties from meh to marvellous

A drizzle of garlic butter is all it takes to turn pantry staples into a surprisingly tasty meal.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Nagi Maehashi
Adam Liaw’s roast chicken with parmesan and sourdough sauce.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s roast chicken with parmesan and sourdough sauce

Bread sauce is a classic chicken accompaniment. This version is enhanced with parmesan and goes with just about anything.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Combine all the ragu ingredients in a pot and simmer for an hour.

14 super simple recipes for time-poor (or just plain lazy) cooks to make this week

From an ‘embarrassingly simple’ rigatoni to RecipeTin Eats’ incredibly simple dinner with crispy chilli oil, these easy no-fuss recipes are ready in no time.