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Katrina Meynink

Katrina Meynink

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Katrina Meynink is a cookbook author and Good Food recipe columnist.Connect via Twitter.

Chickpea, brown rice and greens salad with creamy harissa dressing.
EASY

Chickpea, brown rice and greens salad with creamy harissa dressing

This salad improves with a good sit in the fridge. The key to its longevity is to coat the chickpeas and grains very lightly.

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Sweet and sour chicken and rice salad.
EASY

Agrodolce-style chicken and rice salad with lemon and garlic yoghurt

I’ve turned the traditional Italian sweet-and-sour sauce into a lively dressing that coats the grains and chicken beautifully.

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Amatriciana-ish cous cous salad.
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Amatriciana-ish cous cous salad

The beauty of this salad lies in its adaptability; add chilli and whatever deli-style goods you have lurking in your fridge.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Lentil and tuna salad with honey-mustard dressing.
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Lentil and tuna salad with honey Dijon dressing

This is a heavy-hitting serve of protein with the lentils and tuna making it a robust, dinner-worthy kind of salad.

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Sweet and sour chicken and rice salad.

Four robust salads that work overtime as both dinner today and lunch tomorrow

These hefty salads relish a stay in the fridge overnight, while remaining fresh and full of delight.

  • Katrina Meynink
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Stuffed porchetta with gremolata.

Coast through Christmas with Katrina Meynink’s relaxed Italian summer-inspired feast

This festive spread is bright and fun, with plenty of prep-ahead elements to ensure you enjoy the day.

Katrina Meynink’s summer tomato focaccia.
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Hands-off summer tomato focaccia

There couldn’t be a simpler, more reliable bread for a crowd.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
Melon, ham and burrata salad.
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Melon ‘n’ ham, but not as you know it

Katrina Meynink turns the classic summer antipasto into more of a salad situation.

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Roasted eggplants stuffed with chickpeas.
EASY

Simple stuffed eggplants with chickpeas

This beautiful dish is a reminder that we don’t have to turn ourselves inside-out creating something intricate and “fancy” just because it’s Christmas Day.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Stuffed porchetta with gremolata.

Stuffed porchetta with quick gremolata

You’ll get crunchier crackling if you scatter salt flakes generously over the skin and let the stuffed and rolled pork sit uncovered in the fridge overnight.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink