Cooking

Fresh tuna soba noodle bento bowl. — EASY

Quick & 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

The joy of six ingredients

Three six-ingredient noodle dishes to throw together to rescue dinner

For those days when you just can’t, these simple recipes prove that a satisfying meal doesn’t have to be a struggle.

Katrina Meynink

Miso and labne onion dip so good, you’ll want to hoard it at your end of the table.

Cookbook extracts

Hosting New Year’s Eve? This dip is too good to share with your guests

Netflix star Samin Nosrat elevates the classic onion dip with miso and labne. It’s so good you’ll want to hoard the bowl at your end of the New Year’s table.

Samin Nosrat

Blanching boiled veg in iced water helps stop them from cooking.

Know how

How to blanch fresh produce to preserve flavour, colour and texture

This back-pocket technique is a quick way to make the most of fruit and vegetables.

Aaron Hutcherson

Kitchen Drawer

The $6 ingredient to elevate your Japanese cooking, according to a top chef

You’ve likely heard of kombu, but here’s what it does, and how to use it in the kitchen.

Matt Shea

How do you keep your flat-leaf parsley from flopping?

Fresh herbs

How to make supermarket herbs last longer and go further

Tired of sad, wilting basil and past-it parsley? Bushy, flourishing plants are possible, as are longer-lasting packets, with these tips.

Sue Quinn

Which rack to use depends on what you’re cooking and what you want to achieve.

Know how

No more soggy bottoms: How to decide which oven rack to use

From cakes to roasts and everything in between – here are some simple rules to remember when you’re deciding which rack to cook on.

Becky Krystal

Barbecues around Australia will sizzle this Saturday for democracy sausage day, aka the Federal election.

Barbecue

To prick or not to prick? The secret to the perfect DIY democracy sausage

Pork or beef? Slowly does it or lots of sizzle? And don’t forget the jammy onions. The experts share their brilliant banger tips, for election day and beyond.