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Midweek dinner

Sriracha, butter and roasted tomato noodles.

14 quick and easy yet interesting dinners to whip up this week

Because December’s busy enough already without having to worry about what’s for dinner every night.

Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s Okinawan beef taco rice recipe.
EASY

This fun 1980s fusion dish is your new budget-friendly family dinner

Julia Busuttil Nishimura adds extra Japanese flavours to this taco-rice mash-up.

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Menchi katsu is made from pork mince instead of pork fillet.

Make it a katsu Tuesday with these crowd-pleasing crumbed numbers

Pull out the panko breadcrumbs for these crisp yet juicy Japanese pork and chicken favourites.

Fragrant Syrian chicken with lemon and pistachio cous cous.

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  • Sarah Pound
Menchi katsu is made from pork mince instead of pork fillet.
EASY

Pork mince katsu with pickled cucumbers and cabbage

Katsu made with pork mince for a quick meal everyone will love.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
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EASY

Adam Liaw’s hot radish salad

A spicy side salad that can be made ahead of time.

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Green curry noodles.
EASY

Store-bought curry paste is the perfectly acceptable addition to Adam Liaw’s green curry noodles

A delicious noodle dish that makes the best of store-bought curry paste.

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Chicken noodle soup.
EASY

A simple trick makes RecipeTin Eats’ chicken noodle soup midweek friendly

Need a nourishing meal on the table, stat? This comforting soup delivers loads of flavour, without needing hours of cooking.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Nagi Maehashi
Danielle Alvarez’s green pea and spinach fritters.
EASY

Green pea and spinach fritters

This versatile recipe ticks all the boxes and can be served for breakfast, lunch, dinner or a party snack.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
Mushroom dumplings with curry oil from Tony Tan’s new book.

DIY dumplings aren’t as difficult as you think. Cooking teacher Tony Tan shows you how

Dumplings are an activity as much as they are a food. So gather the crew and get wrapping – it doesn’t matter if the sizes don’t match or one is misshapen.

  • Dani Valent