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Pizza twins: Jessica Brook’s Mexican corn pizza and Adam Liaw’s lahmacun (lamb pizza) with hummus.

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One prep, two paths: 20 adaptable recipes for meat-eaters and vegetarians

Stop doubling your dinner workload. These paired recipes offer a meat version and a vegetarian twin – splice them together to cut your kitchen time in half.

20 recipes
Bacon puttanesca.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s bacon puttanesca pasta

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Quick buttered tomato spaghetti.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s quick buttered tomato spaghetti

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Tip: Adding some of the potato and chorizo midway through the cooking time will ensure you have some crispy chunks on top.
EASY

Chorizo, roasted potato and tomato frittata with manchego

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
This frittata is packed full of fresh herbs and soft feta.
EASY

Persian herbed frittata with feta and Aleppo pepper

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Lamb and sourdough salad with harissa dressing.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s lamb and sourdough salad with harissa dressing

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Summer tomato salad.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s summer tomato salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
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Lahmacun with hummus and olives.
EASY

Lahmacun (lamb pizza) with hummus

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Mexican street corn pizza
EASY

Mexican street corn pizza

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
EASY

Soba noodles with ginger ponzu and prawns

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Spring soba noodle salad.
EASY

Karen Martini’s soba noodle salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Serving suggestion: Chicken shish with flatbread, hot chips, yoghurt and mint.
EASY

Chicken kebabs with flatbread and hot chips

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Eggplant shawarma with sumac pickled radishes and tahini.
EASY

Eggplant shawarma with sumac-pickled radishes and tahini flatbreads

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Serve chicken and pumpkin curry with rice, quinoa, roti or naan.
EASY

Chicken and pumpkin curry

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Sarah Pound
Coconut milk adds creaminess to this vibrant vegetarian curry.
EASY

Pumpkin, zucchini and green bean curry

  • < 30 mins
  • Sarah Pound
Lamb and saganaki burger.
EASY

Lamb and saganaki burgers

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
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Mushroom burgers with halloumi.
EASY

Mushroom burgers with halloumi

  • < 30 mins
  • Caroline Velik
Hands-on feasting: Pork fajitas with pineapple and corn salsa, guacamole and sour cream.

Pork loin fajitas with pineapple and corn salsa and guacamole

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Smoky mushroom and pineapple tacos.
EASY

Smoky mushroom and pineapple tacos

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Tomato, bean and chicken tray bake with mint pesto.
EASY

Tomato, bean and chicken tray bake with mint pesto

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Baked chickpeas with eggplant.
EASY

Baked chickpeas with eggplant

  • 2 hrs +
  • Carolina Doriti