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Mother's Day

Vanilla slice.
EASY

Emelia Jackson’s foolproof vanilla slice is easier to make than you might expect

This zesty twist on the nostalgic country bakery classic is more “modern chic”, less “sugar coma”.

  • < 30 mins
  • Emelia Jackson
Steamed snapper with red curry butter.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s steamed snapper with red curry butter

I love steamed fish, and pairing it with a richly flavoured butter is both wonderfully simple and extraordinarily delicious.

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
 Danielle Alvarez's tomato and basil poached eggs with crusty bread.
EASY

Tomato and basil poached eggs with crusty bread

Make this for breakfast, lunch or dinner; it honestly works at every time of day.

  • < 30 mins
  • Danielle Alvarez
Blueberry pancakes.

Better batter: 20 pancake recipes for Shrove Tuesday

Whether you like your pancakes thick and fluffy or thin and lacy, you’ll flip for these recipes. We have stacks of options, both sweet and savoury, to cover every craving.

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
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Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s French toast with whipped honey butter.
EASY

French toast with whipped honey butter

A very impressive make-ahead breakfast.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Layers of soft sponge and crisp meringue, topped with kiwi and passionfruit.

Helen Goh’s Matildas tribute cake

Helen Goh created this green and gold cake in honour of the Aussie soccer stars.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Emelia Jackson’s foolproof brownies.
EASY

The secret to perfect glossy brownies: Emelia Jackson’s best recipe

These simple, foolproof tips guarantee you’ll bake chocolate brownies with a fudgy centre and that signature crackly top every time.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Emelia Jackson
Mixed berries and sumac sugar slablova.

Mixed berries and sumac sugar ‘slablova’

With its generous topping-to-meringue ratio and easy-to-cut structure, this is a user-friendly take on Australia’s favourite celebratory dessert.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
Helen Goh’s mango mascarpone sponge cake.

Mango mascarpone sponge cake

This genoise sponge is a very useful recipe to have in your baking arsenal.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh