Midweek dinner

• Budget

Stephanie Alexander’s corn and chorizo frittata

Fresh sweetcorn and spicy chorizo unite in this simple but satisfying frittata, which can be served for breakfast, lunch or dinner – or even taken to a picnic.

• < 30 mins
• Stephanie Alexander

• Chicken

Adam Liaw’s satay chicken salad

A supermarket roast chicken is an easy shortcut to this flavourful salad.

• < 30 mins
• Adam Liaw

• Recipe collection
• Meal prep

14 Adam Liaw recipes you’ll want to put on high rotation immediately

Quick, easy and budget-friendly – these simple throw-together pastas, salads and stir-fries will make cooking this week a breeze.

• Fish

Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s go-to midweek fish with tomatoes, harissa and fennel

This is one of my go-to dinners during the week; it’s quick, nourishing and versatile.

• 30 mins - 1 hr
• Julia Busuttil Nishimura

• Family meals

Adam Liaw’s eggplant dopiaza

“Dopiaza” means “double onions”, referring to onion being added twice. Lamb, chicken and okra often feature in this dish but I’ve made it with eggplant.

• 30 mins - 1 hr
• Adam Liaw

• Substantial salads

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

• Substantial salads

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

• Recipe collection
• Summer

14 relaxed summer dinners to cook this week (and one ‘uncommonly good’ dessert)

Simple, fresh, colour- and flavourful dinner ideas for those summer nights.

• Substantial salads

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

• Substantial salads

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