Midweek dinner
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Flash in a pan: Six speedy minute-steak dinners from around the world
Forget meat-and-three. These midweek dinners inspired by Mexico, Japan, France and Italy will keep things interesting.
Soup of the carbonara variety
Traditionalists, look away. This lovely, hearty soup is pasta you can slurp with a spoon.
- < 30 mins
- Katrina Meynink
Thai green curry and lemongrass soup
Built around frozen peas, this soup gets a tick for convenience and delivers bags of flavour in very little time.
- < 30 mins
- Katrina Meynink
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
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
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
Dirty martini tomato ‘n’ olive soup
When you’d like nothing more than an ice-cold martini, but midweek life has other plans, this soup gives hits of salty, briny goodness.
- 30 mins - 1 hr
- Katrina Meynink
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
Is it risotto, is it fried rice? Adam Liaw’s simple midweek saviour is the best of both
This recipe is a bit like fried rice, but is really a risotto.
- < 30 mins
- Adam Liaw
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Do the can-can: 12 budget-friendly recipes using tinned pantry ingredients
Make the most of tinned tomatoes, tuna, legumes and other ingredients to make tasty and midweek-friendly meals.