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Summer seafood

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
Serve as a romantic dinner for two or as an easy weeknight meal.
EASY

Ready in minutes, this ‘super-simple’ fish dish is as vibrant as an Amalfi sunset

Serve this fish dish as a romantic dinner for two or as an easy weeknight meal.

  • < 30 mins
  • Danielle Alvarez
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
20-minute crispy barramundi with chilli and tomato butter pasta.
EASY

20-minute crispy barramundi with chilli and tomato butter pasta

Elevate your midweek rotation with this masterclass in texture and heat. It’s fast, fiery and guaranteed to become your new favourite way to do “fast food” at home.

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Chicharron de queso with pico de gallo.

Bet you’ve never tried crackling like this one-ingredient Mexican snack

The founder of Adelaide’s deservedly popular La Popular Taqueria shares three summery party snacks, plus a saucy beer-based cocktail to chase them with.

  • Daniella Guevara Muñoz
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Korean beef and green rice bowl with soft-boiled eggs.

The no-oven edit: 20 crisp, healthy recipes for hot summer nights

Keep your kitchen (and yourself) cool with flavour-packed meals that deliver maximum impact with minimum effort.

Spicy marinated seafood salad.
EASY

Rosheen Kaul’s spicy marinated seafood salad

This spicy riff on the classic Italian insalata di mare uses a punchy marinade to make the seafood’s natural sweetness truly sing.

  • < 30 mins
  • Rosheen Kaul
Fried mozzarella “carrozza” with curry napoli.

Rosheen Kaul’s golden sandwiches with cheese pull will be the life of your party

These high-impact dishes deliver the ultimate summer vibe. Expect dramatic cheese pulls, cold spicy seafood, and minimal time stuck in a hot kitchen.

  • Rosheen Kaul
Swedish prawn rolls.

Roll into the summer holidays with 16 prawn, lobster and fish sandwich recipes (plus a classic seafood sauce)

Whether the filling is DIY-crumbed and fried, or tossed through your creamy mayonnaise base of choice, these buns scream summer.

Teeny weeny blinis.

Brunch to dinner: 12 all-day ways to love smoked salmon

Smoked salmon adds elegance to any occasion, elevating simple ingredients into sophisticated dishes to serve at brunch, cocktail parties or even midweek dinner.