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This zesty Mexican chicken and rainbow bean salad will keep you going all afternoon.
EASY

Zesty Mexican chicken and rainbow bean salad

This prep-ahead salad keeps its crunch, and tastes just as good on day three as it does on day one.

  • < 30 mins
  • Sarah Pound
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s Ligurian pesto pasta with beans and potatoes.
EASY

This simple pasta with greens is your meat-free Monday dinner of dreams

Cooking pasta, beans and potatoes together in one pot is a revelation.

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Prawn and avocado nicoise salad.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s prawn and avocado nicoise salad

Salad nicoise is as simple as a plate of good, tasty and healthy ingredients. We could all do with eating more of that.

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Fresh tuna soba noodle bento bowl.
EASY

Seared tuna and cold soba noodle bowls are perfect for hot nights

Packed with crisp vegetables, just-seared tuna and soba noodles, this healthy bento-inspired dish comes together in no time.

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Miso salmon, soba noodle and avocado salad.
EASY

Miso salmon, soba noodle and avocado salad

Loaded with good stuff, this fibre-rich cold noodle salad comes together quickly and is bound to become a year-round favourite.

  • < 30 mins
  • Sarah Pound
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Miso-glazed fish and edamame guacamole in crisp nori shells.
EASY

Sushi meets tacos in this nori-wrapped crispy fish with edamame guacamole

Swap tortillas for crisp nori sheets to make these fun fish ‘tacos’ the whole family will love.

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s bean, porcini and pasta soup.
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‘The ultimate comfort food’: Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s bean, porcini and pasta soup

An earthy and warming dish with a spoonful of pasta in every bite.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Danielle Alvarez’s bean and pasta stew with pancetta and rosemary.
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‘Pure winter comfort’: Shortcut bean and pasta stew with pancetta and rosemary

This one-pot dish is inspired by the Italian pasta e fagioli, but sped up.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
This perfectly warming midweek meal uses mostly pantry ingredients.
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Raid the pantry for these creamy braised beans with lamb meatballs

This cosy bowl of beans and balls is the perfect cold weather antidote.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Sarah Pound’s fish dish can be ready in less than 30 minutes.
EASY

Mediterranean one-pan fish with cherry tomatoes, olives and cannellini beans

This one-pot wonder not only nourishes your body, it also tastes incredible. And the best part? It’s so simple.

  • < 30 mins
  • Sarah Pound