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Sauces & dressings

Morgan McGlone's four ingredient chicken salt.
EASY

This four-ingredient chicken salt is the closest thing you’ll get to takeaway chips at home

Created by the Belles Hot Chicken founder, it’s made with everyday pantry staples – but one important ingredient – and great tossed through buttery popcorn, nuts or a tray of chips.

  • < 30 mins
  • Morgan McGlone
Soy-marinated steak with broccolini and edamame salad.
EASY

Big umami energy meets weeknight speed in this soy-dressed steak with loads of greens

Tender steak meets a crunchy broccolini and edamame salad. But the rich, sticky soy dressing is the star – you’ll want to put it on everything.

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Substitute the chicken for prawns or tofu.
EASY

Cold somen noodles with poached chicken and ponzu

Make the most of the remaining warm weather with these Japanese noodles dressed with zingy ponzu.

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Zucchini and potato tikki buns.
EASY

Rosheen Kaul’s aloo tikki buns leave other vegie burgers in the dust

There are a few moving parts to this recipe, but the payoff is pure magic: a riot of spice, crunch, and chutneys that launch these buns into the stratosphere.

  • < 30 mins
  • Rosheen Kaul
Roasted garlic aioli.

10 dunkalicious dips to liven up your chips

Classic garlic aioli, comforting gravies plus more creative dips, sauces and dressings that will instantly give hot chips a flavour-packed lift.

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Juicy pineapple adds an extra pop of flavour to this familiar Thai-style beef salad.
EASY

Spicy pineapple and cucumber beef salad

This zesty Thai-style salad balances scorched beef with juicy pineapple for a vibrant meal that’s ready in minutes.

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Eat the rainbow with this roasted pumpkin, farro, chickpea and golden halloumi salad.
EASY

Roasted pumpkin, farro, chickpea and golden halloumi salad

Caramelised pumpkin and crispy halloumi make this a textured, flavour-packed bowl that keeps you full for hours.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Sarah Pound
Karen Martini's potato chip tortilla with chermoula.
EASY

Potato chips in a tortilla? Trust us on this one

Ready for picnics, parties, anything, this variation on the Spanish classic swaps potatoes for chips and finishes with zesty chermoula.

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
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
Sticky orange and sumac lamb skewers with pickled cucumber tzatziki.
EASY

Sticky orange and sumac lamb skewers with pickled cucumber tzatziki

Marmalade is the secret weapon you didn’t know your lamb needed.

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook