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We know what you ate last summer (and number one was a sweet surprise)

From substantial salads and supersized sangas to irresistible ice-creams, these were the 30 most popular recipes of summer 2025/26. Let’s get (c)licking!

30 recipes
Cookie dough and chocolate fudge ice-cream.

1. Katrina Meynink’s cookie dough & choc fudge ice-cream (plus three more icy hits)

  • Katrina Meynink
Juicy chicken, fresh herbs and a tangy dressing make this a standout weeknight meal.

2. Sarah Pound’s Vietnamese chicken salad (plus two more summery salads)

  • Sarah Pound
Pasta with broccoli has a deliciousness that sneaks up on you.

3. Sooshi Mango’s lasagne (plus two more nonna-approved recipes)

  • Joe Salanitri, Carlo Salanitri and Andrew Manfre
Porchetta.

4. Adam Liaw’s porchetta with perfect crackling masterclass recipe

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Dirty martini dip and mortadella olives.
EASY

5. Katrina Meynink’s dirty martini dip and mortadella olives

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Chicken, halloumi and quinoa provide the fuel while mango and avocado bring the summer vibes.

6. Sarah Pound’s chicken, mango and halloumi salad (plus more high-protein lunches)

  • Sarah Pound
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20-minute summer puttanesca pizza.
EASY

7. Jessica Brook’s 20-minute puttanesca pizza

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Adam Liaw’s Caprese salad.
EASY

8. Adam Liaw Caprese salad recipe masterclass

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Adam Liaw’s marinara seafood pasta.
EASY

9. Adam Liaw’s spaghetti marinara recipe masterclass

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Jewelled potato salad.
EASY

10. Adam Liaw’s jewelled potato salad

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Limoncello tiramisu.
EASY

11. Emelia Jackson’s limoncello tiramisu

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Emelia Jackson
Zingy and packed with flavour, this green goddess toastie is a guaranteed winner.

12. Donna Hay’s green goddess cheese toastie

  • Donna Hay
Sesame-soy dumpling salad.

13. Nicole Maguire’s sesame-soy dumpling salad

  • Nicole Maguire
Chicken for lemon lovers with tarator.

14. Rachel Simons’ lemony chicken tray bake with tarator

  • Rachel Simons
Serve with a little preserved lemon and toasted pistachios.
EASY

15. Helen Goh’s zucchini and green bean salad with preserved lemon and pistachios

  • < 30 mins
  • Helen Goh
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Summer pasta with no-cook zucchini sauce.
EASY

16. Jessica Brook’s summer pasta with no-cook zucchini sauce

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Spiced lamb flatbreads with quick chilli and vegetable pickle.
EASY

17. Jessica Brook’s spiced lamb flatbreads with quick chilli and veg pickle

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
The Palomar’s cucumber salad, with pickled cucumbers, green tahini and crispy chilli oil.
EASY

18. The Palomar’s cucumber salad with pickled cucumbers, green tahini and crispy chilli oil

  • < 30 mins
  • The Palomar
Christmas cubanos.
EASY

19. Adam Liaw’s Christmas ham cubanos

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
A Christmassy dinner for two.

20. Rick Stein’s camembert and spinach filo pastry parcels

  • Rick Stein
Lean into the sandwich-for-dinner trend with this bun cha-inspired toastie.

21. Rosheen Kaul’s Vietnamese-style grilled pork sandwich

  • Rosheen Kaul
Special fried rice.

22. Vincent Yeow Lim aka Dim Sim Lim’s special fried rice (plus more retro Australian-Chinese recipes)

  • Vincent Lim
Golden, crunchy chicken cotoletta needs little more than lemon juice and fresh salad greens for company.
EASY

23. Adam Liaw’s chicken cotoletta

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Foolproof brownies.
EASY

24. Emelia Jackson’s best-ever brownies

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Emelia Jackson
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Green bean and chickpea salad with crispy halloumi and tajin dressing.
EASY

25. Jessica Brook’s green bean and chickpea salad with crisp halloumi

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Choc brown butter cookies.

26. Two Good Co’s perfect chewy choc cookies (with a brown butter twist)

  • Two Good Co
Sausages with barbecue cherry tomato chutney.
EASY

27. Adam Liaw’s sausages with barbecue cherry tomato chutney

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Burrata pizza with vodka sauce.
EASY

28. Burrata pizza with vodka sauce

  • < 30 mins
  • Giorgio Linguanti and Salim Gafayri
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s pistachio amaretti.
EASY

29. Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s pistachio amaretti

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura

30. Danielle Alvarez’s family-favourite barbecue ribs

  • 2 hrs +
  • Danielle Alvarez