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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.

The black vinegar sauce on these Sichuan-style cumin and lamb skewers also serves as a glaze.

Put a stick in it, we’re done with November (and these were the 20 most popular recipes)

We got stuck into skewers, tucked into substantial salads and ate cake for breakfast (yes, really) this month. November’s best recipes had something for everyone.

Chicken salad with cranberries and raisins.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s chicken salad with cranberries and raisins

A pre-roasted chicken forms the basis of a festive summer salad you can take anywhere.

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
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
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Adam Liaw recipe : Peanut Butter Noodles with Roast Chicken
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When it’s too hot to cook, these barbecued chook recipes are your friend

It’s a hot one, so stay cool with these easy-to-assemble recipes that make the most of the super convenient supermarket barbecued chicken.

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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.

Beat the 3pm snack attack with a low-GI diet – plus three easy recipes to get started

A diet rich in low-GI ingredients will keep you feeling full for longer. But there are plenty of other health benefits.

  • Sarah Pound
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s lemon ciambella (Italian ring cake).
EASY

Cake for breakfast? Bring it on with this lemon ciambella

This Italian breakfast cake is simple and quick to make, and stays moist for a good few days.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Rib-eye steaks with hot butter.
EASY

Fire up the barbie for Adam Liaw’s juicy rib-eye steaks with hot butter

Like any flavoured butter, keep this in the freezer so you can bring it out whenever you need it.

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
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