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Marinated minute steaks with sesame daikon salad and steamed rice.

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.

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
Adam Liaw’s dill and mint tzatziki.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s dill and mint tzatziki

Dill and mint are a great herb combination, they work fantastically together in this yoghurt dip.

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
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
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Karen Martini recipe :

Ragu alla Bolognese
Photograph by William Meppem (photographer on contract, no restrictions)

15 hearty winter pasta recipes to cook this week

Beef up your midweek pasta with sausages, slow-cooked meat, veg, rich sauces and more for a satisfying, warming meal.

Canned tomato soup is elevated to new heights in this version, served inside a garlic-buttered cob loaf.

Five ways to magic a meal from a can of tomato soup (starring this garlic-bread cobb loaf bowl)

Give a humble, cost-effective can a bit of juju with these ideas from Katrina Meynink.

  • Katrina Meynink
Tomato soup, extra dirty.
EASY

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
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
Side soup.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s side soup

In the West, soup is commonly a first course, while in Asia it’s mostly served with the main. This is a Western-style soup you can eat as a side dish.

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw