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Summer pinzimonio.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s summer pinzimonio

Bring a taste of Milanese aperitivo to your table with pinzimonio, the ultimate shared plate of seasonal veg and seasoned olive oil.

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
The Palomar’s cucumber salad, with pickled cucumbers, green tahini and crispy chilli oil.
EASY

Not a cucumber fan? Palomar’s must-try salad will change your mind

The herbaceous cucumber, green tahini and chilli crisp salad has become an international hit – and with some cheeky cheats, you can serve it in less than 30 minutes.

  • < 30 mins
  • The Palomar
Smashed cucumber salad from Chinese-ish by Rosheen Kaul and Joanna Hu.
EASY

Smashed cucumber salad

Whacking cucumbers with a cleaver isn’t just fun – it creates perfect crevices for dressing. The result is a punchy, refreshing hit for sweltering days.

  • < 30 mins
  • Rosheen Kaul and Joanna Hu
Chermoula mushroom skewers.
EASY

Chermoula mushroom skewers

Marinated in punchy chermoula, these vegan mushroom skewers are a vegetarian barbecue hero. Use the leftover marinade as a zesty dressing.

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Cauliflower replaces meat in this Lao-inspired dish, which can be served as a salad or a meal.

Hetty McKinnon challenges everything you thought you knew about salads

The New York City-based food writer is on a mission to expand people’s ideas about what salad can be.

  • Hetty McKinnon
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An accidentally vegan roasted pumpkin and brown rice salad with a Japanese twist.
EASY

Tonkatsu butternut pumpkin with cucumber, wasabi and brown rice salad

Roast, relax, repeat with this big-flavoured vegan salad featuring sticky, caramelised pumpkin.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Baked chickpeas with eggplant.
EASY

These slow-baked chickpeas capture a sunny taste of the Greek Islands

Fudgy baked eggplant and chickpeas combine with a spice-scented tomato sauce in this dish, served on feast days.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Carolina Doriti
Prep bircher muesli (overnight oats) ahead, but vary the toppings.
EASY

Make-ahead bircher muesli (overnight oats)

Start the week on the right foot by mixing up a batch of overnight oats for the days ahead.

  • < 30 mins
  • Sarah Pound
Spicy stir-fried mashed potato and fennel is loosely based on colcannon.
EASY

Spicy stir-fried mashed potato and fennel

Loosely inspired by colcannon, the Irish dish combining spuds and greens, this is like no mash you’ve experienced before.

  • < 30 mins
  • Rosheen Kaul
Coconut milk adds creaminess to this vibrant vegetarian curry.
EASY

Pumpkin, zucchini and green bean curry

Quick to make and loaded with vegetables, this is the sort of accidentally vegan dish everyone will enjoy.

  • < 30 mins
  • Sarah Pound