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Zucc yeah! The unlikely star of our 50 most popular recipes of 2025 (so far)

Which underrated veg took out the top spots in Good Food’s most-clicked recipes of the year so far? Plus, plenty more cooking inspiration to bookmark under “must-try”.

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Swipe hot naan through this soothing chicken saag.

50. Pork burgers with red curry and coriander mayo (plus more from Katrina Meynink’s new book)

  • Katrina Meynink
Tarragon and black-pepper chicken salad sliders.
EASY

49. Tarragon and black pepper chicken salad sliders

  • < 30 mins
  • Danielle Alvarez
Helen Goh’s apple cake with maple oat crisp.
EASY

48. Simple apple cake with maple oat crisp

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh
Serve ratatouille alongside grilled meat or with an egg and crusty bread.

47. Prep-ahead crunchy chicken schnitty (plus more make-ahead meals)

  • Justine Schofield
This Sizzler-inspired cheese toast is soft on one side and crisp on the other.

46. Filet-O-Fish at home (plus more recipes from a MasterChef winner)

  • Justin Narayan
The perfect Swiss roll.

45. The perfect, crack-free chocolate Swiss roll

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Emelia Jackson
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Finish with a sprinkle of feta and pomegranate.
EASY

44. Yoghurt-marinated chicken tray bake with potatoes, feta and pomegranate

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Danielle Alvarez
Lemon and ricotta cake.
EASY

43. Adam Liaw’s lemon and ricotta cake

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Garlic-buttered bread sends the flavour of this club sandwich soaring.

42. Garlic butter club sandwich (plus two more poolside snacks)

  • Rosheen Kaul
Eggs Benedict, made easy.

41. Speedy eggs Benedict (plus four other share-friendly brunch recipes)

  • Amelia Wasiliev
Super green mac and cheese.
EASY

40. Super green mac ‘n’ cheese

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Helen Goh’s blood plum cake with cardamom crust.
EASY

39. Blood plum cake with a sugary crust

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Butter chicken ‘bolognese’.
EASY

38. Adam Liaw’s butter chicken ‘bolognese’

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
This dish, like a cross between succotash and shakshuka, is equally good for breakfast, lunch or dinner.

37. Corn and chilli-style shakshuka (plus more brilliant brunch ideas)

  • Scott Gooding and Matilda Brown
You can toss through rocket or basil at the end, or add an egg to enrich the sauce.
EASY

36. Spaghetti al limone

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
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35. Tomato, sausage and lentil soup with basil pistou

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Danielle Alvarez
This creamy mayo is made with low-fat yoghurt.

34. Loaded Sriracha air-fryer fries (plus more air-fryer gems)

  • Siobhan Wightman
Creamy marry me chickpeas has the big flavours of the original, minus the meat.

33. Marry me chickpeas

  • Katrina Meynink
A dollop of basil pesto adds piquancy to this classic meatball dish.

32. Thomas Straker’s meatballs (plus more)

  • Thomas Straker
Chicken and pumpkin curry.

31. Healthy make-ahead chicken and pumpkin curry (plus more prep-ahead ideas)

  • Sarah Pound
This rich bolognese sauce is enhanced by caramelised fennel and onion.
EASY

30. Caramelised fennel bolognese, with fettuccine, parsley pesto and burrata

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Filled with kataifi pastry and pistachios, the Dubai chocolate bar has became a worldwide hit.

29. Dubai chocolate bar

  • Katrina Meynink
This greens-filled pie travels well for picnics.

28. Picnic pie

  • Dom Gattermayr and Rose Richards
Ricotta, pea and pesto tart from The Frozen Peas Cookbook by Samuel Goldsmith

27. Pea fritters, three ways (and other ways with peas)

  • Samuel Goldsmith
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Adam Liaw masterclass recipe: Vietnamese chicken salad.
EASY

26. Adam Liaw’s Vietnamese chicken salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Bombay cheese toast.

25. Bombay cheese toast (and other Indian food faves)

  • Mehak Kansal
Bill Granger’s ricotta hotcakes.
EASY

24. Bill Granger’s ricotta hotcakes

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Bill Granger
Gut-healing korma.

23. Cream-free chicken korma

  • Dr Linia Patel
This easy pasta dish is freezer friendly and great for meal prepping.

22. No-fuss sausage rigatoni

  • Jasmin Weston
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s baked chicken with capsicum, olives and garlic.
EASY

21. Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s baked chicken with peppers, olives, oregano and garlic

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
One-pan rosemary chicken and potatoes.
EASY

20. Adam Liaw’s rosemary, chicken and potatoes one-pot

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Banh xeo from Viet Kieu.

19. Banh xeo (crispy Vietnamese crepes)

  • Thi Le
Spicy stir-fried mashed potato and fennel is loosely based on colcannon.

18. Rosheen Kaul’s spicy stir-fried mashed potato and fennel

  • Rosheen Kaul
Helen Goh recipe: Hot cross buns.

17. Helen Goh’s perfect hot cross buns

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Indian grocers stock most of the ingredients to make chickpea and tuna “chaat”.

16. Rosheen Kaul’s chickpea and tuna ‘chaat’ (and two more no-cook dishes)

  • Rosheen Kaul
This big-flavoured chicken dish cooks in one pan, making the clean-up a breeze.
EASY

15. Sarah Pound’s one-pan Mediterranean chicken with red peppers and olives

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Sarah Pound